Command Reference

db2admin - DB2 Administration Server

This utility is used to manage the DB2 Administration Server. For more information about the DB2 Administration Server, see the Administration Guide.

Authorization

Local administrator on Windows NT, or SYSADM on UNIX based systems and OS/2.

Required Connection

None

Command Syntax

>>-db2admin----------------------------------------------------->
 
>-----+--------------------------------------------------------------------+>
      +-START--------------------------------------------------------------+
      +-STOP---------------------------------------------------------------+
      +-CREATE--+-----------------------+---+----------------------------+-+
      |         '-/USER:--user-account--'   '-/PASSWORD:--user-password--' |
      +-DROP---------------------------------------------------------------+
      +-SETID--user-account--user-password---------------------------------+
      '--?-----------------------------------------------------------------'
 
>--------------------------------------------------------------><
 

Command Parameters

Note:

If no parameters are specified, and the DB2 Administration Server exists, this command returns the name of the DB2 Administration Server instance.

START

Start the DB2 Administration Server.

STOP

Stop the DB2 Administration Server.

CREATE /USER: user-account /PASSWORD: user-password

Create the DB2 Administration Server. If a user name and password are specified, the DB2 Administration Server instance will be associated with this user account. If the specified values are not valid, the utility returns an authentication error. The specified user account must be a valid SQL identifier, and must exist in the security database. It is recommended that a user account be specified to ensure that all DB2 Administration Server functions can be accessed.

Note:

This parameter is not supported on UNIX.

DROP

Deletes the DB2 Administration Server instance.

Note:

This parameter is not supported on UNIX based systems.

SETID user-account/user-password

Establishes or modifies the user account associated with the DB2 Administration Server instance.

-?

Display help information. When this option is specified, all other options are ignored, and only the help information is displayed.