Creating artdata license database

After you install the IBM® Db2® and the Rational License Key Server Administration and Reporting Tool V8.1.5.2, you must create the artdata.This database will contain your license information.

About this task

This task describes how to create the artdata database file on Windows and UNIX operating system.

Procedure

  1. For Windows icon
    1. From the Start menu of the Windows operating system, run the Db2 command line processor. For example, Start > All Programs > IBM Db2 > Db2 Command Line Processor.
      Tip: If the Db2 command line processor is not available from the Start menu, complete the following steps:
      1. Go to the Db2 installation directory, for example C:\Program Files\IBM\SQLLIB\BIN
      2. Run the db2cmd.exe file.
      3. In the Db2 command line processor, type db2 and press Enter.
    2. In the Db2 command line processor db2 =>, run the command: 
      create database artdata using codeset UTF-8 TERRITORY DEFAULT with "RLKS Administration/Usage Data"
  2. For Linux icon
    1. Open the terminal and switch to the Db2 user using su rcldb2i1 command.
      Remember: The default user is rcldb2i1.
    2. Navigate to the Db2 installation directory using the following command: 
      cd /opt/IBM/db2/V11.1/bin
      Important: The default Db2 installation location is /opt/IBM/db2/V11.1/bin.
    3. Run the ./db2 command and press Enter. The Db2 command line processor db2 => opens.
    4. Run the command: 
      create database artdata using codeset UTF-8 TERRITORY DEFAULT with "RLKS Administration/Usage Data"

What to do next

Now that you have the artdata database for your licenses, you can configure the Db2 database. For more details, see Configuring the Db2 database.
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