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Installation and Configuration Supplement

Before You Begin

Before you begin installing a DB2 client or Software Developer's Kit using the DB2 Installer program, you need to gather the following information:

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Ensure that your system meets all of the memory, hardware, and software requirements to install your DB2 product. For more information, see Planning for Installation.

__  2.

A username for the default DB2 instance. We recommend that you create a new group and use it as the primary group for the DB2 instance owner.



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When you use the DB2 Installer program, you should be aware of the following:

  • The DB2 Installer's db2setup command only works with Bash, Bourne, and Korn shells. Other shells are not supported.

  • You can generate a trace log, db2setup.trc, to record errors experienced during the installation. Run the db2setup command as follows: 
       db2setup -d

    This creates a trace file, /tmp/db2setup.trc.


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