Installs DB2® database products. DB2setup is only available on Linux and UNIX operating systems. Instead of db2setup, the command for Windows operating systems is setup.
This utility is located on the DB2 database installation media. It launches
the DB2 Setup wizard to define the installation
and install DB2 database products.
If invoked with the -r option, it performs an
installation without further input, taking installation configuration
information from a response file.
Authorization
Root authority. On Linux and UNIX operating
systems, root installations require root user authority. For non-root
installations, you must log on with the user ID that owns the non-root
installation.
Command syntax
>>-db2setup--+---------------+--+---------------+--------------->
'- -i--language-' '- -l--log_file-'
>--+-----------------+--+--------------------+--+-----+--------->
'- -t--trace_file-' '- -r--response_file-' '- -c-'
>--+---------------+--+-----+----------------------------------><
'- -f--nobackup-' +- -?-+
'- -h-'
Command parameters
- -i language
- Two-letter language code of the language in which to perform the
installation.
- -l log_file
- Writes the log to the file name specified. For root installations,
the default log file is /tmp/db2setup.log. For non-root installations, the default
log file is /tmp/db2setup_userID.log, where userID represents the user ID that owns
the non-root installation. If the IBM® Tivoli® System Automation for
Multiplatforms (SA MP) is being installed with db2setup, the
install log file for SA
MP will be located in the same directory as the DB2 database log files.
- -t trace_file
- Generates a file with install trace information.
- -r response_file
- Full path and file name of the response file to use. This parameter is mandatory when the -c parameter is specified.
- -c
- Validates the contents of the response file without performing
the installation. The validation results are printed to the log file.
The location of the log file is printed in the resulting message.
When this parameter is specified, you must also specify the -r parameter.
- -f nobackup
- This applies to the non-root upgrade only. Force db2setup to not backup installation files when the components are updated.
If you choose not to backup the files, the space requirement of the
installation directory is reduced. However, choosing not to backup
the files also means that if any errors occur, the DB2 installer will not be able to perform a rollback
operation. In this case, you will need to manually clean up the files
and reinstall the product.
- -? | -h
- Generates usage information.
Usage notes
You must log on with the ID that has proper authority or use su with the "-" flag (su -) to set the process environment as if you had logged in with the
ID that has proper authority. If the process environment is not set
with the ID that has proper authority, the installation process finishes
without errors but you will encounter errors when you run the DB2 copy.