Preparing for a stand-alone installation with DB2

Before you begin a stand-alone server installation with DB2® or stand-alone workstation installation with DB2, make sure that you complete the planning steps and meet the prerequisites. These steps are applicable only to stand-alone installations with DB2.

• Review the readme file for system requirements and potential issues that might affect your installation.
• Read the release notes for information about supported product features or enhancements to the release.
• Review and complete the installation worksheets.
• Complete the Acquiring and extracting the installation files task.
• Review Installation requirements.
• Review Stand-alone installation deployment types.
• If you are installing in a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) environment, you must set the host IP in the /etc/hosts file. This setting is not required if your host uses a static IP. This setting is not required for custom installations either.
• For stand-alone installations with DB2, ensure that you are logged in as the root user, assuming that IBM DB2, InfoSphere MDM, and IBM WebSphere Application Server will all be installed using root.
  Important: To perform installations as a root user, you must install IBM Installation Manager in admin mode. To install IBM Installation Manager in admin mode, log in as the root user, then run the install command.