DB2(R) Version 8.1.2 Documentation Readme
Contents
1) Readme for IBM(R) DB2 Universal Database(TM) Version 8.1.2 HTML
documentation
1a) Checking the level of the documentation
1b) IBM FTP server
1c) Installing the DB2 HTML documentation
1c.i) Checking the installation of the DB2 HTML documentation
on UNIX-based operating systems
1c.ii) Installing the DB2 HTML documentation on UNIX-based
operating systems
1c.iii) Installing the DB2 HTML documentation on Windows
2) Notices
1) Readme for IBM(R) DB2 Universal Database(TM) Version 8.1.2 HTML
documentation
This version of the HTML documentation is comprised of all the changes
and updates since DB2 Version 8. If you install the HTML documentation
and do not install DB2 DB2 Version 8.1.2, some of the information may
not be applicable.
1a) Checking the level of the documentation
You can check the level of the documentation when you view the
documentation from the HTML Information Center.
Procedure
To lanuch the HTML Information Center:
1. Log on to a DB2 instance ID.
2. On a UNIX shell prompt or a Windows command prompt enter the db2help
command.
The update level will be listed in the toolbar window. The update level
that appears in the Information Center for DB2 Version 8.1.2 is "Update
2".
1b) IBM FTP server
DB2 Documentation can also be downloaded from IBM's anonymous FTP server
at ftp.software.ibm.com. Go to ps/products/db2/fixes/%L/%P/ where:
* %L represents the appropriate locale, for example, english-us,
spanish, german.
* %P represents the supported platform name/version.
The directory names are as follows:
+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| Platform | Directory |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| UNIX-based | db2docv8/UNIX/FP2_U486569 |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| Windows | db2docv8/Windows/FP2_U486569 |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
1c) Installing the DB2 HTML documentation
If you ordered DB2 Version 8.1.2 HTML documentation CD media, then the
following table shows the supported languages on each CD volume:
+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| CD volume | Supported languages |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| 01 of 5 | English, French, German, |
| | Spanish, Italian, Brazilian |
| | Portuguese. |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| 02 of 5 | English, Danish, Finnish, |
| | Norwegian, Swedish, Russian, |
| | Polish. |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| 03 of 5 | English, Bulgarian, Slovenian, |
| | Slovak, Croatian, Czech, |
| | Hungarian, Dutch, Portuguese, |
| | Turkish, Arabic. |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| 04 of 5 | English, Japanese and Korean. |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| 05 of 5 | English, Simplified Chinese and |
| | Traditional Chinese. |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
1c.i) Checking the installation of the DB2 HTML documentation on
UNIX-based operating systems
The doc_install script allows you to query your system to find which
HTML documentation topics are currently installed, and in what languages
they are installed. The doc_install --q --i script that you use to check
this is found on your CD-ROM, or inside of the image that you
downloaded.
Procedure
To check which HTML documentation topics are installed on your system:
1. Run the doc_install --q --i script.
2. Check to see if you get the following sample output:
core-en_US
admin-en_US
start-en_US
core-fr_FR
admin-fr_FR
start-fr_FR
If you do not receive any output, then there are no HTML documentation
topics installed on your system.
1c.ii) Installing the DB2 HTML documentation on UNIX-based operating
systems
Prerequisites
* Ensure that your system meets installation, memory, and disk
requirements.
* You must have root authority to install the documentation.
Restrictions
* When you install the DB2 HTML documentation on an environment that
already has DB2 installed on it, the documentation will be installed
on the same partition that DB2 is installed on.
Procedure
To install the DB2 HTML documentation on UNIX(R) operating systems:
Note: If you are installing the DB2 Version 8.1.2 HTML documentation
from the CD media, then skip steps 1 and 2 below and start the
installation at step 3.
1. Download the appropriate UNIX documentation file for the set of
languages you require.
FP#_$PTF_DOC_UNIX_SBCS1.tar(.Z)
English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Brazilian
Portuguese.
FP#_$PTF_DOC_UNIX_SBCS2.tar(.Z)
English, Bulgarian, Slovenian, Slovak, Croatian, Czech,
Hungarian, Dutch, Portuguese, Turkish, Arabic.
FP#_$PTF_DOC_UNIX_NORDIC_RU_PL.tar(.Z)
English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Russian,
Polish.
FP#_$PTF_DOC_UNIX_JP_KR.tar(.Z)
English, Japanese and Korean.
FP#_$PTF_DOC_UNIX_SC_TC.tar(.Z)
English, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
where # represents the FixPak number and $PTF represents the related
PTF number for the Documentation.
2. Untar the file, or decompress and then untar the file.
3. If you are installing the documentation for the first time, refer to
the instructions in the readme.txt file. If you are updating your
existing documentation, then run the installFixPak command. The
installFixPak command does not install any additional topics, it only
updates the topics in the existing documentation installed on your
computer.
1c.iii) Installing the DB2 HTML documentation on Windows
Prerequisites
* Ensure that your system meets installation, memory, and disk
requirements.
* You must have a local Administrator user account with the recommended
user rights to install the documentation.
Restrictions
* When you install the DB2 HTML documentation on an environment that
already has DB2 installed on it, the documentation will be installed
on the same partition that DB2 is installed on.
Procedure
To install the DB2 HTML documentation on Windows
Note: If you are installing the DB2 Version 8.1.2 HTML documentation
from the CD media, then skip the download steps and the CD burning
steps below.
1. Download the appropriate Windows documentation file for the set of
languages you require.
FP#_$PTF_DOC_WIN_SBCS1.zip
English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Brazilian
Portuguese.
This product download contains the set up program required
on Windows for installing any other language versions of the
DB2 HTML documentation.
FP#_$PTF_DOC_WIN_NORDIC_RU_PL.zip
English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Russian, and
Polish.
FP#_$PTF_DOC_WIN_SBCS2.zip
English, Bulgarian, Slovenian, Slovak, Croatian, Czech,
Hungarian, Dutch, Portuguese, Turkish, and Arabic.
FP#_$PTF_DOC_WIN_JA_KO.zip
English, Japanese, and Korean.
FP#_$PTF_DOC_WIN_SC_TC.zip
English, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.
FP#_$PTF_DOC_WIN_NLV.exe
Complete language version: English, French, German, Spanish,
Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian,
Swedish, Russian, Polish, Bulgarian, Slovenian, Slovak,
Croatian, Czech, Hungarian, Dutch, Portuguese, Turkish,
Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and
Traditional Chinese.
This file also contains the set up program required to
install the HTML documentation. You do not need to download
FP2_U486249_DOC_WIN_SBCS1.zip.
For English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese languages
a. Download the FP#_$PTF_DOC_WIN_SBCS1.zip file.
b. After the file has been downloaded, unzip its contents.
This zip file's contents will be placed in a folder
called DISK1.
c. From the DISK1 folder, click setup.exe to bring up the
DB2 Launchpad. Click Install Products and then click Next
to launch the DB2 Setup wizard.
For documentation in any other languages, you have two options:
a. Download the complete set of the DB2 HTML documentation
in all available languages.
Note: The file size is approximately 600 MB.
1) FP#_$PTF_DOC_WIN_NLV.exe file which contains the DB2
HTML documentation in all available languages.
2) After the file has been downloaded, unzip its contents
by running the FP#_$PTF_DOC_WIN_NLV.exe file.
3) From the folder where you extracted the contents of
FP#_$PTF_DOC_WIN_NLV.exe file, click setup.exe to
bring up the DB2 Launchpad. Click Install Products and
then click Next to launch the DB2 Setup wizard.
b. Download the appropriate CD-ROM installation images and
burn them onto CD-ROMs. You can also order the CD media.
1) Regardless of which languages you wish to install, you
must download the FP#_$PTF_DOC_WIN_SBCS1.zip file, or
have CD volume 1 ready. This file, or CD volume 1,
contains the set up program required for any
installation.
2) Download any other zip file(s), or any other CD
volumes, that you require.
3) Unzip and burn the contents of
FP#_$PTF_DOC_WIN_SBCS1.zip and any other zip file(s)
you downloaded.
Note: When you burn these images from downloaded
files, you must label the CD-ROM volume exactly
as follows:
FP#_$PTF_DOC_WIN_SBCS1.zip
DISK 1
FP#_$PTF_DOC_WIN_NORDIC_RU_PL.zip
DISK 2
FP#_$PTF_DOC_WIN_SBCS2.zip
DISK 3
FP#_$PTF_DOC_WIN_JA_KO.zip
DISK 4
FP#_#PTF_DOC_WIN_SC_TC.zip
DISK 5
4) Insert the DISK 1, or CD volume 1, CD-ROM and type the
setup command to bring up the DB2 Launchpad. Click
Install Products to launch the DB2 Setup wizard.
5) Insert the appropriate installation image CD-ROM when
prompted.
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