Quick Beginnings for DB2 Extended Enterprise Edition for UNIX
You must start an instance before you can perform the
following tasks:
- Connect to a database on the instance.
- Precompile an application.
- Bind a package to a database.
- Access host databases.
To start an instance:
- Log in as the instance owner.
- Run the start up script as follows:
. INSTHOME/sqllib/db2profile (for Bourne or Korn shell)
source INSTHOME/sqllib/db2cshrc (for C shell)
where INSTHOME is the home directory of the instance that you
want to use.
- Start the DB2 database manager by entering the db2start command
from a command line.
To stop a database instance:
- Log in as the instance owner.
- Run the start up script as follows:
. INSTHOME/sqllib/db2profile (for Bourne or Korn shell)
source INSTHOME/sqllib/db2cshrc (for C shell)
where INSTHOME is the home directory of the instance that you
want to use.
- Stop the DB2 database manager by entering the db2stop command
from a command line.
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