Before you can use Db2 Data Management Console
service, you must provision an instance service. You can provision only one instance of Db2 Data Management Console service for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
Before you begin
Before you provision the Db2 Data Management Console
service, you must:
About this task
The Db2 Data Management Console service is provisioned to any
compute node in the Cloud Pak for Data cluster that has the specified resources (cores and memory)
available.
Important: To complete this task, you must have the Provision
Databases permission. The default Cloud Pak for Data administrator role, Admin,
has this permission.
Procedure
To provision the Cloud Pak for Data
service:
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Click the Services icon. () from the Cloud Pak for Data web user
interface.
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From the list of services, locate the IBM
Db2 Data Management Console
service under the Data sources category. Click the action menu and select
Provision instance.
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In the Compute section, specify the number of Cores and the
amount of Memory you want to allocate.
Memory (GB) |
CPU (Cores) |
No of concurrent users |
No of databases |
10 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
18 |
9 |
20 |
10 |
36 |
18 |
100 |
50 |
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Click Next.
The console checks your OpenShift® cluster for adequate memory and CPU resources to meet your specifications. An error message displays if inadequate resources are found. If this occurs, you must either reduce the amount that you specified or add more resources to the cluster.
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In the Storage section, specify the resources (storage class and amount
of memory) to allocate for persistent storage using Persistence Volume Claim
(PVC).
Note: The only storage classes supported are Network file system (NFS), OpenShift Container Storage (ocs-storagecluster-cephfs), and
Portworx (portworx-shared-gp3). You must use one of these classes.
If you want to create a
new persistent volume claim (PVC), select
Create new claim. Then, select the
storage class to use.
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Click Next.
- Ensure that the summary is correct and click Create.
- Optional:
It can take approximately 10 minutes for the service to be provisioned. Check the status to
determine the state of a provisioning or provisioned service. If you want to use Cloud Pak for Data while you wait for the provisioning process to
complete, click Home.
Note: If you open the provision instance for Db2 Warehouse,
Db2 Advanced Edition, and Big SQL, the Db2 Data Management Console service opens directly if the console is
installed else you will be redirected to the installation page.