On Linux and UNIX operating systems, new capabilities
have been added to simplify the product installation and the management
of DB2® instances.
Version
9.7 includes
the following enhancements:
- Instance activities are logged when you perform
the following tasks:
- Create an instance by using the db2icrt and db2nrcfg commands
- Drop an instance by using the db2idrop command
- Update an instance by using the db2iupdt and db2nrupdt commands
- Upgrade an instance by using the db2iupgrade and db2nrupgrade commands
A log file, sqllib/log/db2instance.log,
is created during instance creation to record the instance activities.
This file is deleted if you drop the instance.
- Old instance entries in the DB2 global registry are cleaned up on all nodes
when you issue the db2icrt, db2idrop, db2iupgrade,
or db2iupdt command in partitioned database environments.
This cleanup is not performed on any pre-DB2 Version
9.7 instances
after upgrading.
- You can now run the db2ls command
from the installation media. This command lists the installed DB2 products and features.
- On Linux operating
systems, for the DB2 tools already
installed, you can now add the following tools to the Main menu:
- Check for DB2 Updates
- Command Line Processor
- Command Line Processor Plus
- Configuration Assistant
- Control Center
- First Steps
- Query Patroller.
The following new commands can be run to manually create or remove
the DB2 tool entries:
DB2 Version 9.7 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows