Installation and Configuration Supplement

Step 3. Run Setup with the Response File from the Client Workstation

If you are planning to deploy your DB2 product across a network using Microsoft's System Management Server (SMS), go to DB2 Product Installation Using SMS.

To perform an installation from the workstation where the DB2 products will be installed, perform the following steps:

step  1.	Log on to the system with the user account that you created to install your DB2 product in Before You Begin.
step  2.	Connect to the shared directory of the network drive or CD-ROM drive by entering the following command from the command prompt: net use x: \\computer_name\directory_sharename /USER:domain\username where: x: represents the shared directory on the local drive. computer_name represents the computer name of the remote machine where the DB2 install files reside. directory_sharename represents the share name of the directory on network drive or CD-ROM drive where the DB2 install files reside. domain represents the domain where the account is defined. username represents a user that has access to this machine. Note: You may be prompted to enter a user name and password depending on how your domain security is set up. For example, to use the remote db2prods directory, which was shared as db2nt and is located on the remote server codesrv, as the local x: drive, enter the following command: net use x: \\codesrv\db2nt Depending on how security is set up across your network, you may have to specify the /USER parameter.
step  3.	Run the setup program by performing the following steps: step  a. Click on Start and select the Run option. The Run window opens. step  b. In the Open field, enter the path to the setup program. The syntax of the setup command is an follows: where: /U Specifies the fully qualified response file name. If you changed and renamed the sample response file that is provided, make sure that this parameter matches the new name. This parameter is required. /L Specifies the fully qualified log file name, where setup information and any errors occurring during setup are logged. This parameter is optional. If you do not specify the log file's name, DB2 names it db2.log. DB2 then stores it in the db2log directory on the drive on which your operating system is installed. /I Specifies the two-character country code that represents your language. If you do not specify the language, setup will determine the system language, and launch the appropriate DB2 install for that language. This parameter is optional. For example, to install a DB2 Administration Client using a custom response file that you created called admin.rsp (located in the same directory as the DB2 install files), enter the following command: x:\setup /U admin.rsp If you are using a response file that was created using the response file generator, you must ensure that all the instance profiles are located in the same drive and directory as the response file that you specify. step  c. Click on OK to start the setup program. The installation proceeds without further action on your part.
step  4.	Check the messages in the log file when the installation finishes.

Go to Configuring Client Settings.

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