Creating an instance of Db2 on Linux and Unix

This topic describes how to add a Db2 single-instance database using BMC Database Automation (BDA).

Before you begin

• A node must be available for provisioning and must meet all of the Db2 database prerequisites.

To create a single-instance Db2 database

1. From the Management Console, select the domain in the Grid within which you want to create a single-instance Db2 database.
2. In the Node Configuration section, select Provision > Add Db2 Instance.

3. In the Naming page, populate the following fields, and click Next.
4. Click Next on the Custom Fields page.
5. If you have previously discovered a Db2 instance, select one of the following options in the Copy Selection page:
   1. Select Create New Copy to create a new Db2 copy and proceed to the next step to configure installation settings for the new copy.
   2. If a copy already exists, select that copy from the menu and proceed to Step 8 to configure the Db2 instance. 

6. In the Installation Settings page, populate the following fields, and click Next.

7. If the Configure DAS page displays (for root installations on nodes where a Db2 instance does not already exist), populate the following fields, and click Next.

8. (For root installs configured with a DAS only) In the DAS Notifications Configuration page, populate the following fields, and click Next.

9. In the Instance Configuration page, populate the following fields, and click Next.

10. In the Instance User Configuration page, populate the following fields, and click Next.

11. In the Fenced User Configuration page, populate the following fields, and click Next.

12. In the Custom Scripts Configuration page, select any pre-provisioning or post-provisioning scripts that you want to run as follows, and click Next.

13. In the Job Options page, specify any of the following Job options, and click Next.

14. If the Change Control page displays, populate the following fields, and click Next.

    Note

    The Change Control page appears only when change control is configured for your environment. See Configuring-change-control.

15. In the Summary page, review the provisioning information.
    To make changes, do the following:
    1. Click Go to to return to the provisioning step that you want to edit.
    2. Make your changes.
    3. Click Save and Review to return to the Summary page.
16. Specify your verification preferences.
    For additional information, see Understanding-pre-verification-tests.
    • To continue with database creation after the pre-verification tests have been successfully run without manual intervention, select Automatically Continue If All Tests Succeed.

    • To create the database without having first run the pre-verification steps, select Skip Pre-Verification Tests.

      Note

      The Skip Pre-Verification Tests option should only be used when you are certain all tests can succeed. The option skips verification and advances directly to the actual provisioning activity.

17. Click Create Db2 Instance.
    If you disabled the Automatically Continue If All Tests Succeed and Skip Pre-Verification Tests options, you are prompted to click Continue after the pre-verification steps are done.
    The database creation process begins and a progress page appears.

    Note

    If you close your browser, the operation continues. You can return to this page by using the Jobs page.

18. (Optional) Click View Log to view log file details or Download Log Package to download full log details.
19. Check the Results section for the Success message.

20. Click Done and return to the Contents view of this domain.

    Note

    Detailed current and historical information about this action can be viewed in the Jobs section of the Management Console. See Monitoring-jobs-and-viewing-job-history.