Installation and Configuration Supplement

Installation Steps

To install a DB2 Client or Software Developer's Kit, perform the following steps:

step  1.
Log on to the system with the user account that you created to perform the installation.
step  2.
Shut down any other programs so that the setup program can update files as required.
step  3.
Insert the appropriate CD-ROM into the drive. The auto-run feature automatically starts the setup program. The setup program will determine the system language, and launch the setup program for that language. If you want to run the setup program in a different language, or the setup program failed to auto-start, see the tip that follows.

To manually invoke the setup program, perform the following steps:

Click on Start and select the Run option.
In the Open field, enter the following command:
x:\setup /i language

where:

x: represents your CD-ROM drive
language represents the country code for your language (for example, EN for English). Table 36 lists the code for each available language.

Click on OK.

step  4.
The Welcome window opens.

step  5.
Respond to the setup program's prompts. Online help is available to guide you through the remaining steps. Invoke online help by clicking on the Help push button, or by pressing the F1 key at any time.
You can click on the Cancel push button at any time to end the installation.

For information on errors encountered during installation, see the db2.log file. The db2.log file stores general information and error messages resulting from the install and uninstall activities. By default, the db2.log file is located in the x:\db2log directory, where x: represents the drive on which your operating system is installed.
For more information, refer to the Troubleshooting Guide.

The setup program has:

Created DB2 program groups and items (or shortcuts).
Updated the Windows registry.
Created a default client instance called DB2.

To configure your client to access remote servers, go to Configuring Client-to-Server Communications Using the Client Configuration Assistant.

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