DB2 Data Links Manager Quick Beginnings

Troubleshooting the configuration on AIX

If you received an error when you attempted to access the psmith.bmp test file, use the following checklist and go through the configuration instructions again, verifying each item as you go:

At the Data Links server:

• Ensure that you correctly registered the file system that is being used to store any linked files.
• In native JFS environments, ensure that the file system that is being used to store linked files is mounted as dlfs.
• In DCE-DFS environments, ensure that the DFS Client is running and /... is mounted.
• Ensure that the DB2 database was registered correctly.
• Ensure that the directory where the linked file is stored was not created by the DB2 Data Links Manager Administrator username or a username with root authority.
• Ensure that the Data Links File Manager was started by entering the dlfm see command.

At the DB2 server:

• The DATALINKS database manager configuration parameter is set to YES.
• The Data Links Manager was registered correctly using the db2 add datalinks manager command.
• In DCE-DFS environments, ensure that the DFS Client is running and /... is mounted.

At the DFS Client Enabler (in DCE-DFS environments only)

Ensure that /... is mounted as dlfscm on the machine where the DFS Client Enabler is installed.

For information on any error messages that you may encounter on the DB2 Data Links Manager, see Appendix A, DB2 Data Links Manager Errors and User Responses. For information on any error messages that you may encounter on the DB2 server, refer to the Message Reference.