This task is about upgrading the Db2 Data Management Console to the latest version by
using GUI installer.
Before you begin
Find out the installation directory of the IBM®
Db2® Data Management Console: Windows: Right-click the IBM
Db2 Data Management Console from the
icon on the desktop. Select 'Open file location' to find the installation directory.
Linux®: The install directory is the location where you
unpacked the installation package.
Mac: In the Applications folder, right-click on IBM
Db2 Data Management Console and select
'Show Package Contents' to find the installation directory.
Procedure
- Stop the older version of the IBM
Db2 Data Management Console
server.
Windows: Double-click on IBM
Db2 Data Management Console from the
Start menu or the icon on the desktop. Select the 'Stop Console' option to stop the server.
Linux: Run
./ibm-db2-data-management-console from the ibm-db2-data-management-console directory.
Select the Stop Console option to stop the server.
Mac: In the Applications folder, double-click on the entry for IBM
Db2 Data Management Console to launch
the UI installer. Select the Stop Console option to stop the server.
- Back up the files in the installation directory of the old IBM
Db2 Data Management Console to the new
<backup_dir> folder.
- Uninstall the old IBM
Db2 Data Management Console.
- Download and install the latest version of IBM
Db2 Data Management Console.
- Configure the settings of the repository database similar to the repository database
settings of the previous version of IBM
Db2 Data Management Console.
- Log into IBM
Db2 Data Management Console as an
administrator.
- From the Home page, go to Administration > Settings > Repository.
- In the Repository page, enter the connection parameters for your repository database,
along with the credentials of the repository database owner created by the customized
create.sql
script.
- Click Save.
- Optional: Migrate the following configurations from the previous version of IBM
Db2 Data Management Console to the new
version: SMTP, SNMP, CA certificates, admin user, server port, JVM configurations, etc.
Note: After the upgrade, users and ports will revert to the configuration in the old IBM
Db2 Data Management Console.
- Stop the new version of the IBM
Db2 Data Management Console server.
- Run the upgrade script in the installation directory of the new IBM
Db2 Data Management Console:
- Windows: Go to
<install_directory>\resources\bin\bin and run upgrade.bat
- Linux: Go to
<install_directory>/resources/bin/bin and run upgrade.sh
- Mac: Go to <install_directory>/Contents/Resources/bin/bin and run upgrade.sh
- Remove the back-up folder of the old installation.