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Db2 : Running the installfixpack command may fail with ETXTBSY (26) errors from db2chgpath

Troubleshooting


Problem

Attempts to run installfixpack might fail with error messages "error: 26(Text file busy)" from db2chgpath.

Symptom

In install.log, you will see the error message as:

<snippet>

ERROR: The output will be saved in /tmp/db2chgpath.log.xxxxxxx

Starting the update of runtime path ...

…..

Changing the embedded runtime path for DB2 deliverables installed

under /opt/IBM/db2/V11.1.4.5 from /opt/IBM/db2/V11.1/ to /opt/IBM/db2/V11.1.4.5/

---> Please wait

…..

Output was saved in the log file /tmp/db2chgpath.log.xxxxxxx

</snippet>

Checking /tmp/db2chgpath.log.xxxxxxx you would see error messages "error: 26(Text file busy)" returned for running db2chgpath on some libraries as:
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db2chglibpath: Unable to open file for write: '/opt/IBM/db2/V11.1.4.5/lib64/libdb2dascmn.a': error: 26(Text file busy)

db2chglibpath: Unable to open file for write: '/opt/IBM/db2/V11.1.4.5/lib64/libdb2g11n.a': error: 26(Text file busy)

db2chglibpath: Unable to open file for write: '/opt/IBM/db2/V11.1.4.5/lib64/libdb2genreg.a': error: 26(Text file busy)

db2chglibpath: Unable to open file for write: '/opt/IBM/db2/V11.1.4.5/lib64/libdb2install.a': error: 26(Text file busy)

</snippet>

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Modified date:
01 May 2025

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