Creating a Windows domain common user account for IBM Spectrum Control

You must create a Windows domain common user account before you can install IBM Spectrum Control in a Windows domain.

Important: You set the common user for IBM Spectrum Control during the initial installation of the product. When that common user is set, it cannot be changed during the life of that IBM Spectrum Control system. For example, if you set the common user to be db2admin during the initial installation of IBM Spectrum Control on a Windows operating system, then the db2admin user is the constant common user for that particular IBM Spectrum Control system.
To create a domain common user account for IBM Spectrum Control, complete the following steps:
  1. Log on to the domain controller computer by using a domain administrator user account.
  2. Click Start > Administrative Tools > Active Directory Users and Computers.
  3. Right-click on the Users folder and select New > User.
  4. On the domain controller computer, click Start > All Programs > Administrative Tools > Active Directory Users and Computers.
  5. Right-click on the domain user you created and click Properties > Member Of.
  6. On the Member of tab, click Add and add DB2ADMNS.
  7. Click Check Names.
  8. If the name you entered is located, click OK.
  9. Repeat steps 4 - 8 and add the DB2USERS group.
    Tip: The Domain Users group exists.
  10. Follow the prompts to create the domain common user account for IBM Spectrum Control.
  11. Log on to the domain client computer on which you want to install IBM Spectrum Control by using a domain administrator user account.
    When you log in to computer that is a member of a Windows domain by using the domain administrator user account, and you encounter the 'DB2® UDB SQL5005C System Error' message, complete the following steps:
    1. Log in to the computer that is a member of a domain by using the local user name.
    2. Click Server Manager > Configuration > Local Users and Groups > Groups > DB2ADMNS > Properties > Add.
    3. Add domain\domain user name.
    4. Click Check Names.
    5. If the user name that you checked for is underlined, click Apply.
  12. Open Server Manager.
  13. In the navigation tree, click Server Manager > Configuration > Local Users and Groups > Groups.
  14. Add the domain common user name that you created in step 3 (commonid) to the local administrator group.
Restriction: When you install IBM Spectrum Control by using a Windows domain user account, the sAMAccountName and userPrincipalName (the User login name) Active Directory attributes in the Windows domain user account cannot contain spaces. The sAMAccountName must have the same value as the part of the userPrincipalName Active Directory attribute that precedes the @ character.