DOMINO AND DB2

Upgrade procedures
Use these procedures to upgrade from a beta release of Domino 7 and DB2, or to upgrade to a new DB2 Access server.

Complete the prerequisites, and then complete one of the procedures according to whether or not you have created a DB2 database and it contains one or more DB2 enabled Notes databases.

Prerequisites if you are running Domino 7, beta 1, 2, or 3

If you are using Domino 7, beta release 1, 2 or 3, complete these steps:

1. Back up all DB2 enabled Notes databases to NSF storage before recreating the DB2 database.

2. When the back up of the data is complete, open the Server document - DB2 tab. Note the information in the fields on the DB2 tab, and then close the Server document.

3. Stop the Domino server, and then verify that all server tasks have stopped.

Procedure - Upgrading when you have created DB2 enabled Notes databases

Use this procedure if you created a DB2 database and it contains DB2 enabled Notes databases.

1. Stop the Domino server if it is running.

2. Upgrade to Domino 7 and DB2.

For more information, see the topicUpgrading from a beta release to Domino 7 and DB2.

3. Ensure that the NOTES.INI entry, DB2INIT=, is set to DB2INIT=CREATE in the server's NOTES.INI file.

4. Start the Domino server. Your upgrade process is complete.

Procedure - Upgrading when you have not created any DB2 enabled Notes databases

Use this procedure if you did not create a DB2 database with DB2 enabled Notes databases.

Complete the following procedure:

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