Launches the First Steps interface, which contains links
to the functions that you need to begin learning about and using the DB2® product.
From First Steps, you can do the following tasks:
- Check for product updates.
- Learn more about getting started with DB2 database product and offerings.
- Create the sample database or your own database.
- Download and learn more about IBM® Data Studio components.
- Learn more about DB2 database
product licensing and support.
- Product updates
-
Ensure that you are aware of the available product updates
and enhancements for DB2 database
products. With the update service, you can view a list of available DB2 database product updates, and
learn details about DB2 database
product updates.
- Getting started
- You can learn more about getting started with DB2 Version 10.1 with
information for first time users, upgrading to DB2 Version 10.1 and
enabling DB2 pureScale® environment.
- Create sample database
- You can create a sample database to start working with DB2 Version 10.1.
- IBM Data Studio components
- IBM Data Studio provides
application developers with a single integrated development environment
that can be used to create deploy and debug data-centric applications.
You can download IBM Data Studio
database management and application development tools.
- DB2 database product licensing
and support
- You can learn more about DB2 database
product licenses, applying the relevant license certificate file of
your DB2 product, and technical
support for DB2 products.
- Running First Steps
-
You can manually start First Steps using the
db2fs command:
$ db2fs
- On Linux and UNIX operating systems
- The db2fs command is located in the INSTHOME/sqllib/bin directory,
where INSTHOME is the instance home directory.
You need SYSADM authority to run this command.
Alternatively,
on Linux operating systems
you can start First Steps from Main Menu by
selecting .
- On Windows operating
system
- The db2fs command is located in the DB2DIR\bin directory,
where DB2DIR is set to the location you specified
during the DB2 installation.
Alternatively,
you can start First Steps from the Start menu
by selecting or from the DB2 database product folder on the
desktop.