Preparing to install the Db2 Partitioned Database Environment
To prepare your environment for a partitioned Db2 server you might need to update your settings or verify your port range availability on participating computers.
For Linux® and UNIX, you might need to verify that the Network File System (NFS) is running on each computer participating in your partitioned database system.
For AIX® and Linux you can create group and user IDs in a partitioned environment.