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Db2 Basics: Using FTPS to get a Fixpack Directly to a Db2 Server
This is the third time I have written this post. It keeps changing, so I keep sharing. I work from home, so downloading software to my laptop and then uploading it to a server is not very efficient....
View ArticleSQL1643C on Rollforward
I ran into this error message recently and thought I’d describe what the issue was. The Scenario I was building a new consolidated development database server for a client – moving away from 10...
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Db2 Basics: Levels of Configuration
There are a number of places where we can store and change configuration for a Db2 server. I wanted to walk through the main areas and a few details about them. Db2 Registry The Db2 registry actually...
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Building a Sandbox VM for DB2
There are plenty of things that I want to try in a sandbox VM before I let them anywhere near even a development environment. Even if I didn’t use it constantly for blogging, I would still need it for...
View ArticleStrange Problem Installing DB2 11.1, Fix/Mod Pack 1 on Ubuntu
I ran into an interesting problem installing 11.1, fix/mod pack 1 on Ubuntu, and thought I would share. Please read to the bottom before trying anything, as this entry goes through things I tried that...
View ArticleDB2 Basics: Patching DB2
Like any software, DB2 requires frequent patching. A database should be one of the most secure parts of any enterprise, and keeping it secure means keeping up with the fixes that are delivered in fix...
View ArticleProblem with DB2 Federation to an Informix Source when Applying a Fixpack
I can’t say that I work with federation on a daily basis. I have, however, set up federation for an Oracle data source from top to bottom, and support at least one system on a daily basis that uses...
View ArticleWebSphere Commerce Instance Creation Creates Database as Wrong User
This post is specific to WebSphere Commerce. We’ve reported this issue to IBM, but since we’ve run into it several times across more than a year, and in multiple different Fix Packs of Commerce, I...
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“Now, now you two play nice”… DB2 and HACMP Failover
The holy grail of I/T is to be up all the time with no user impact. As most companies mature in the I/T area there is a shift from reactive tactics to proactive measures. There is a strong desire to be...
View ArticleNew Builds – Do You Have a Checklist?
In case anyone is wondering why I’m currently just barely managing one post a week, the first and most obvious reason is preparation for Black Friday/Cyber Monday. Retail clients really stress their...
View ArticleThree HADR Failures
When you move DB2 servers from one hosting provider to another, you have to re-do hadr. Along with another DBA, I had 6 production databases across 3 instances to move last Saturday night, along with...
View ArticleHow to Disable ASLR and Why you Should do it
Update: Oct 28, 2013 – the below applies only to DB2 before DB2 10.1 Fixpack 3. IBM says that ASLR can safely be used with DB2 on 10.1 Fixpack 3 and later. See the technote at...
View ArticleError on Installation of DB2 /tmp/…: Permission Denied
I haven’t actually personally installed DB2 in about a year. We scripted it out, and I’ve been spoiled to just use the script. But now we have a custom server that varies enough from our standards that...
View ArticleCloning a DB2 Database Server
I’ve built new servers in half a dozen different ways. One of the ways most favored these days, especially by the other Engineers on my team is cloning. Whether it’s an Amazon EC2 copy or VM Ware that...
View ArticleUsing TSA/db2haicu to Automate Failover Part 3: Testing, Ways Setup can go...
Part 3 in this series is a bit overdue. Parts 1 and 2 were back in April. This is a complicated topic. Please use any procedures here with extreme care, and keep in mind that if you have anything other...
View ArticleDB2 Commands: db2licm
Managing DB2 licenses isn’t exactly the glory work of DB2. It’s not fun, and the only scenario you might come out of messing with them with Kudos is if you’re dealing with an expired Try&Buy...
View ArticleDBI1306N when trying to use db2set
This was a new one for me, so I thought I’d write up a quick blog entry on it. After creating a new instance and a new database, and even after executing one db2set command successfully, I got this:...
View ArticleInstalling DB2 Using a Response File
Some friends on Twitter were commenting that db2_install is not just deprecated in DB2 10, but is fully discontinued and not available. Melanie Stopfer mentioned this on her webcast on June 22. I do...
View Articledb2val – Validating your Install
I’m constantly discovering new features. You’d think at this point that I’d know the contents of the /opt/IBM/db2/V9.7/bin directory by heart. Especially since I intentionally went through everything...
View ArticleWebSphere Commerce Instance Creation Doesn’t Like DB2 9.7 FixPack 5
This post is specific to WebSphere Commerce. We spent a fair amount of time on this, both on a SUSE server and a Red Hat Server. The problem manifested in different ways. The main thing that became...
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