Verifying the installation

You should verify that your Db2® database server installation was successful.

Verifying access to the registry on the instance-owning computer (Windows)
After installing Db2 database products in a partitioned database environment, verify that you have access to the registry on the instance-owning computer. This verification step must be run from all participating computers.
Verifying a partitioned database server installation (Linux and UNIX)
Use the db2val tool to verify the core functions of a Db2 copy by validating installation files, instances, database creation, connections to that database, and the state of partitioned database environments.
Verifying a partitioned database environment installation (Windows)
To verify that your Db2 database server installation was successful, you will create a sample database and run SQL commands to retrieve sample data and to verify that the data has been distributed to all participating database partition servers.
Verifying port range availability on participating computers (Linux and UNIX)
This task describes the steps required to verify port range availability on participating computers. The port range is used by the Fast Communications Manager (FCM). FCM is a feature of Db2 that handles communications between database partition servers.

Parent topic: Installing the Db2 Partitioned Database Environment