Uninstalling the Db2 database
software with the Db2
pureScale Feature
from your system requires that you perform certain steps in preparation
and then proceed to the actual removal of the software.
Procedure
To uninstall the Db2 database
software with the Db2
pureScale Feature
from your system:
- Back up your data.
- Stop the Db2
pureScale instance
by running the
db2stop command from one of the hosts.
- Drop the Db2
pureScale instance
on all the hosts by running the following command from one of the
hosts:
db2idrop -g instance_name
where
the
-g parameter specifies that the
Db2
pureScale instance
will be dropped globally (on all
Db2 members
and
cluster caching facilities).
You can find the
db2idrop command in the
<DB2DIR>/instance directory
- Manually remove the IBM® Storage Scale cluster
and file system. The db2idrop -g does not delete
the IBM Storage Scale cluster
on the host from which you ran the command and does not remove file
systems to protect your data.
- Uninstall theDb2 database
software with the Db2
pureScale Feature
installation by running the following command: