Installing Db2 by using a Windows domain user account

Before you install IBM Spectrum Control in a Windows domain, you must install Db2® and register the Db2 license key.

The following table shows the privileges that are required for users associated with installing and running Db2 in a Windows domain environment:
Table 1. User privileges related to Db2 in a Windows domain environment
User role Required privileges
Installing Db2 on the target Windows domain member machine such that the Db2 instance owner (typically db2admin) is a domain user and the Db2 groups (typically DB2ADMNS and DB2USERS) are domain groups Local Administrator and Domain Administrator

The Db2 installation needs to access and update the Db2 user and group information in the Active Directory that is running on the Windows Domain Controller machine.
Db2 instance owner (typically db2admin) that runs Db2 after Db2 is installed Local Administrator
Tip: It is recommended that you manually create the Db2 user (the user who will own the Db2 instance that gets created when Db2 is installed, typically db2admin), and the Db2 groups (typically DB2ADMNS and DB2USERS) in the Active Directory on the Domain Controller before you install Db2 on the Windows domain member machine. The Db2 user must be a member of both Db2 groups in the Active Directory and a member of the local Administrators group on the Windows domain member machine.
To install Db2 by using a Windows domain user account, complete the following steps:
  1. Log on to Windows as a user that has the correct privileges.
  2. In Windows Explorer, go to the directory where Db2 installation image is located.
  3. Right-click setup.exe and select Run as administrator.
  4. Complete the Db2 Setup program.
  5. On the Set user information for the Db2 Administration Server page, in the User Information panel, select your domain.
  6. Enter the name of the Db2 user (the user who will own the Db2 instance, typically db2admin) that you manually created in the Active Directory on the Domain Controller then enter and confirm the corresponding password.
  7. On the Enable operating system security for Db2 objects page, complete the following steps:
    1. Verify that Enable operating system security check box is selected.
    2. In the Db2 administrators group and Db2 users group sections, select your domain and then enter the names of the Db2 groups that you manually created in the Active Directory on the Domain Controller.
    3. Click OK in the dialog warning you that these groups already exist.