Installation and Configuration Supplement

Step 5. Install the License Key

The following steps describe how to upgrade your DB2 license.

Note:

Your Proof of Entitlement and License Information booklets identify the products for which you are licensed.

1. Log in as a user with root authority.

2. The DB2 product license key can be found in the nodelock file:

      /var/ifor/nodelock
   

3. Update your DB2 product license with the following command:

      /usr/lpp/db2_06_01/cfg/db2licm -a filename
   

   where filename is the full pathname and filename for the license file that corresponds to the product you have purchased. The names of the license files for these products are:

   db2udbee.lic

   DB2 Universal Database Enterprise Edition

   db2conee.lic

   DB2 Connect Enterprise Edition

   db2conpe.lic

   DB2 Connect Personal Edition (Linux only)

   db2udbwe.lic

   DB2 Universal Database Workgroup Edition (Linux only)

   db2udbpe.lic

   DB2 Universal Database Personal Edition (Linux only)

   db2dlm.lic

   DB2 Universal Database Data Links Manager

   db2qp.lic

   DB2 Universal Database Query Patroller

   db2udbeee.lic

   DB2 Universal Database Enterprise - Extended Edition

   For example, if the CD-ROM is mounted in the /cdrom directory and the name of the license file is db2dlm.lic, the command should be as follows:

      /usr/lpp/db2_06_01/cfg/db2licm -a /cdrom/db2/license/db2dlm.lic
   

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