Installing a Db2 Connect server product (Windows)

To install a Db2 Connect server product, such as Db2 Connect Enterprise Edition on Windows operating systems, use the Db2 Setup wizard. Alternatively, you can install Db2 Connect server products using the response file method.

Before you begin

Before you launch the Db2 Setup wizard:
  • Ensure that your system meets:
  • If you are planning to use LDAP, you must extend the directory schema.
  • It is recommended that you use an Administrator account to perform the installation. The Administrator account must belong to the local administrator's group on the Windows computer where you are installing your Db2® database product and should have the following advanced user rights:
    • Act as part of the operating system
    • Create token object
    • Increase quotas
    • Replace a process level token
    You can perform the installation without advanced user rights, but the setup program might be unable to validate accounts.
  • If you want to install Db2 Connect with a non-Administrator account, refer to the topic Non-Administrator installation of Db2 Connect (Windows).

Procedure

  • To install a Db2 Connect server product, such as Db2 Connect Enterprise Edition, on Windows using the Db2 Setup wizard:
    1. Log on to the system as a user with administrator authority.
    2. Close all programs so the installation program can update files as required.
    3. Insert the DVD into the drive. The auto-run feature automatically starts the Db2 Setup wizard. The Db2 Setup wizard will determine the system language and launch the setup program for that language. If you want to run the setup program in a different language, or the setup program failed to auto-start, you can run the Db2 Setup wizard manually. On Windows 2008 and Windows Vista or later versions of Windows operating system, you must right-click on setup.exe and select Run as administrator or start setup.exe from command prompt from "Command Window: Administrator".
      Attention: You must never start the installation package(".msi" file) present in the Db2 installation media directly. Installation must always be started by setup.exe with full administrative privileges.
    4. The Db2 Launchpad opens. From this window, you can view the installation prerequisites and the release notes, or you can proceed directly to the installation.
    5. Once you have initiated the installation, proceed by following the setup program's prompts. Online help is available to guide you through the remaining steps. Click Help to invoke the online help. You can click Cancel at any time to exit the installation.
    A log file stores general information and error messages resulting from the install and uninstall activities. The file name of the log follows the format DB2-Product_Abrreviation-Date_Time.log, such as DB2-CEE-10-06-2006_17_23_42.log. By default, the log file is located in the My Documents\DB2LOG directory.
  • To invoke the Db2 Setup wizard manually:
    1. Click Start and select the Run option.
    2. In the Open field, enter the following command: 
           x:\setup /i language
      where:
      • x: represents your DVD drive
      • language represents the territory code for your language (for example, EN for English).
    3. Click OK.

What to do next

If you want your Db2 database product to have access to Db2 documentation either on your local computer or on another computer on your network, then you must install the IBM® Documentation for Db2. The IBM Documentation contains information for the Db2 database and Db2 related products.