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Creating the DB2 Administration
Server (Linux and UNIX®)
The DB2® Administration
Server (DAS) provides support services for DB2 tools such as the Control Center and Configuration
Assistant.
Prerequisites
To create the DAS, you must
have:
- Root authority.
- Created a DAS user.
Important:
The DB2 Administration Server (DAS)
has been deprecated in Version 9.7 and might be removed in a future
release. For more information,
see the "Control Center tools and DB2 administration server (DAS)
have been deprecated" topic in the What's New in Version 9.7 book.
Restrictions
User IDs have the following restrictions
and requirements:
- Must have a primary group other than guests, admins, users, and
local
- Can include lowercase letters (a-z), numbers (0-9), and the underscore
character ( _ )
- Cannot be longer than eight characters
- Cannot begin with IBM,
SYS, SQL, or a number
- Cannot be a DB2 reserved
word (USERS, ADMINS, GUESTS, PUBLIC, or LOCAL), or an SQL reserved
word
- Cannot use any User IDs with root privilege for the DB2 instance ID, DAS ID or fenced
ID.
- Cannot include accented characters
- If existing user IDs are specified instead of creating new user
IDs, make sure that the user IDs:
- Are not locked
- Do not have expired passwords
To create the DAS:
- Log in as user with root authority.
- Issue the following command to create the DAS:
DB2DIR/instance/dascrt -u DASuser
where
- DB2DIR specifies the path where the DB2 product was installed. The default installation
directory is:
- for AIX®, HP-UX or Solaris
operating systems: /opt/IBM/db2/V9.7
- for Linux® operating systems: /opt/ibm/db2/V9.7
- -u specifies the DAS user you created when
creating users and groups.
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