Installing the database package

Install the required database.

About this task

For IBM® Intelligent Operations Center V5.2.1, a Db2® version 11.1 Express-C database is required.
For IBM Intelligent Operations Center V5.2.0, a DB2® version 10.5 Express-C is required.

The required version of the database package is included in the installation package..

Procedure

Log on to the server as a root user.
Extract the contents of the database package.
- For IBM Intelligent Operations Center V5.2.1, enter the following commands in a terminal window to extract the contents of the v11.1_linuxx64_expc.tar.gz file:
```
tar zxf /installmedia/v11.1_linuxx64_expc.tar.gz -C /tmp
```
  For IBM Intelligent Operations Center V5.2.0, enter the following commands in a terminal window to extract the contents of the v10.5_linuxx64_expc.tar.gz file:
```
tar zxf /installmedia/v10.5_linuxx64_expc.tar.gz -C /tmp
```
To start the database installation wizard, in a terminal window, go to the /tmp/expc product directory and run ./db2setup.
Proceed through the installation wizard and accept the default values, except for the following values:
1. In the Installation type window, select Custom.
2. In the Select the features to install window, in addition to the features that are selected by default, select the following options:
  - Under Server support, select Spatial Extender server support.
  - Under Client support, select Spatial Extender client.
3. In the Set user information for the DB2 Administration Server window, enter a password for the dasusr1 default user. Note the password that you choose because you will need to use it later.
4. In the Set user information for the DB2 instance owner window, for User name, enter db2i1own and enter a password. Note the password that you choose because you will need to use it later.
5. In the Set user information for the fenced user window, enter a password for the default fenced user.
6. In the Configure instance communication and startup window, you can either accept the default port number of 50000, or you can specify a port number of your choice. Note the port number that you choose.
7. For IBM Intelligent Operations Center V5.2.0, in the Set up notifications window, select Do not set up your DB2 server to send notifications at this time.
After the DB2 installation is complete, delete the installation files from the /tmp directory.
- For IBM Intelligent Operations Center V5.2.1, enter the following commands in a terminal window:
```
rm -rf /tmp/expc
rm -rf  /tmp/v11.1_linuxx64_expc.tar.gz
```
- For IBM Intelligent Operations Center V5.2.0, enter the following commands in a terminal window:
```
rm -rf /tmp/expc
rm -rf  /tmp/v10.5_linuxx64_expc.tar.gz
```