IBM's Universal Database

Log on to your workstation as a user with root authority

In order to run the graphical tools, you need to be running at least Java 1.1.7 v3 or later. A JRE is available from the Blackdown web site at www.blackdown.org/java-linux/mirrors.html. For this example, I visited the mirror site at: ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/devel/lang/java/blackdown.org/JDK-1.1.7/i386/glibc/v3/, downloaded the jre_1.1.7-v3-glibc-x86-native.tar.gz file and placed it in the /tmp directory. For all the latest information on supported JREs and browsers, go to http://www.software.ibm.com/data/db2/.

Note that you must download the native threads version of the JRE that you want to use. The DB2 Control Center does not support green threads.

Once you have downloaded an appropriate JRE, unpack the file by entering the following command:

tar xvfz jre_1.1.7-v3-glibc-x86-native.tar.gz

Log on to your workstation as the db2inst1 user.

Update your PATH so that your workstation knows the location of the JRE's binary files just installed. Assuming you are following along the example, for Bash or Bourne shells enter this command: export PATH=/tmp/jre117_v3/bin:$PATH; for C shell enter: setenv PATH /tmp/jre117_v7/bin:${PATH}, where /tmp/jre117_v7/bin is the path to the downloaded JRE binary files.

Start the JDBC Applet Server by entering the following command: db2jstrt 6790.

Start a graphical administration tool. For this example, let's start the Control Center using the command db2cc 6790.

The Control Center Sign On window opens. Enter a valid DB2 user that has SYSADM authority on the instance with which you intend to work. For our example, enter the db2inst user ID and the corresponding password. For more information, refer to the “Administration Guide”.