DB2 Version 9.7 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows

Upgrading IBM Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms (SA MP) using the DB2 installer

Before you begin

Whether you use the DB2 installer or the installSAM install script that is included in the IBM Data Server install media to upgrade SA MP, you must meet the basic prerequisites for upgrading SA MP. See: Upgrading IBM Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms (SA MP).

About this task

There are three methods for using the DB2 installer:

• DB2 Setup wizard (install, upgrade, or uninstall)
• Silent install using a response file with db2setup (install or upgrade) or db2unins (for uninstall)
• db2_install command (for install), installFixPack command (for upgrade), or db2_deinstall command (for uninstall)

Before upgrading SA MP on a given machine, the DB2 installer queries your system for the following information:

• If SA MP is already installed, is the version of SA MP that is already installed older than the version of SA MP that is on the IBM Data Server install media?

The DB2 installer calls the installSAM install script to perform some parts of the SA MP upgrade operation. You can call installSAM directly. For more information about using the installSAM install script to upgrade SA MP, see: Upgrading IBM Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms (SA MP) using the installSAM install script.

You can use the -l option with db2setup, db2_install, or installFixPack to specify where the installSAM utility should place the SA MP install log. For more information about the SA MP install log, see: IBM Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms (SA MP) install and uninstall logs.

Procedure

• To upgrade SA MP using DB2 Setup wizard, run DB2 Setup wizard and follow the instructions in the wizard.

  The information about your system that the DB2 installer collects determines which panels appear in the graphical interface of the DB2 Setup wizard during the upgrade. For example, if the version of SA MP that you already have installed is at the same version as, or at a later version than the version of SA MP that is on the IBM Data Server install media, then the DB2 Setup wizard will not display a panel to upgrade SA MP.

• To upgrade SA MP using a response file, set the response file keyword INSTALL_TSAMP to "YES".

  In a response file installation operation, the default behavior of the DB2 installer is to upgrade SA MP if the version of SA MP that is already installed is older than the version that is on the IBM Data Server install media. If INSTALL_TSAMP is "YES", or if INSTALL_TSAMP is comment out or missing from the response file, the DB2 installer will attempt to upgrade SA MP.

  To prevent the DB2 installer from upgrading SA MP in a response file installation, set INSTALL_TSAMP to "NO".

• To upgrade SA MP using db2_install, you can run db2_install without any parameters specific to SA MP.

  The default behavior of db2_install is to upgrade SA MP if the version of SA MP that is already installed is older than the version that is on the IBM Data Server install media.

  To prevent db2_install from upgrading SA MP, use the -f NOTSAMP option with db2_install.

What to do next

Whether you use the DB2 installer or the installSAM install script to upgrade SA MP, follow the same post-upgrade steps. For more information about general post-upgrade steps, see: Installing IBM Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms (SA MP)