The release notes contain late-breaking information for the following DB2(R), Version 8 products:
DB2(R) Universal Database Personal Edition DB2(R) Universal Database(TM) Workgroup Server Edition DB2(R) Universal Database(TM) Workgroup Server Unlimited Edition DB2 Universal Database(TM) Enterprise Server Edition DB2 Personal Developer's Edition DB2 Universal Developer's Edition DB2 Warehouse Manager DB2 Warehouse Manager Sourcing Agent for z/OS(R) DB2 Data Links Manager DB2 Net Search Extender DB2 Spatial Extender DB2 Intelligent Miner(TM) Scoring DB2 Intelligent Miner(TM) Modeling DB2 Intelligent Miner(TM) Visualization DB2 Connect(TM) Application Server Edition DB2 Connect(TM) Enterprise Edition DB2 Connect(TM) Personal Edition DB2 Connect Unlimited Edition DB2 Query Patroller(TM)
The topics in the DB2 Information Center (http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/db2help/) are updated regularly, but not necessarily for every release. The release notes ship with every release so it is possible that critical information is communicated in the release notes. However, critical information is contained in the release notes when:
Your primary source for information should be the DB2 Information Center. The release notes should be reviewed for late-breaking information that might apply to the particular release of your DB2 product. The FixPak readme should also be reviewed for specific considerations involving the installation of your DB2 product. Further details about the DB2 Information Center are provided under the Additional resources heading of this section.
The most up-to-date documentation is available in the latest version of the DB2 Information Center, which is accessed through a browser. The URL for downloading the latest documentation is provided in the Additional resources section that follows this section.
Revision marks in the DB2 UDB Release Notes indicate text that has been added or changed. A vertical bar ( | ) indicates information that was added or changed for the current release.
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For information about currently known outstanding issues with DB2 Information Integrator and its associated technologies, including federated systems, SQL replication, Q replication, event publishing, Web services, and metadata management, see the DB2 Information Integrator Release Notes. The DB2 Information Integrator Release Notes are available on the DB2 Information Integrator support Web page at: http://www.ibm.com/software/data/integration/db2ii/support.html
|The latest version of the DB2 documentation |is always the version of the DB2 Information Center hosted at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/db2help/ and any late-breaking |changes contained in these Release Notes. You can also install the DB2 Information |Center on your own computer or intranet server by using the DB2 HTML Documentation |CD that came with your DB2 product. Once you have installed the DB2 Information |Center, you should apply the latest documentation FixPak available from the |DB2 Support site at http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2/udb/support/downloadv8_docfix.html. However, DB2 documentation FixPaks are released infrequently and may not reflect |the most current level of the DB2 documentation. DB2 product manuals in PDF are also updated |infrequently and may not reflect the most current level available.
The DB2 UDB Support Web site contains technotes and service flashes that describe changes to the documentation and known limitations and workarounds discovered after this document was created. The DB2 UDB Support Web site address is http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2/udb/support.html.
Information about migrating DB2 products is available at http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=71&uid=swg21200005 (DB2 migration portal).
More information on the DB2 Development Center and DB2 for z/OS(R) is available at http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2/os390/spb/.
The Data Links Manager Administration Guide and Reference was updated in PDF form (book number SC27-1221-01) at the time of FixPak 1 and is available for download at the DB2 support site: http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2/udb/support.html.
Documentation for the DB2 Life Sciences Data Connect product is available for download from the IBM(R) software site: http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2/lifesciencesdataconnect/
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