DOMINO AND DB2

Installing and setting up Domino and DB2 and the DB2 Access server on IBM AIX -- Local configuration
To enable Domino 7 with DB2, use the "DB2 key" that allows access to Domino 7 with DB2. For IBM AIX platforms, use libdb2key_r.a. Add the DB2 key to the default Domino Program directory, /opt/lotus/ibm. For more information about the DB2 key, contact your IBM representative.

Complete this procedure to set up a new Domino and DB2 environment on IBM AIX. This is not a procedure for upgrading an existing Domino and DB2 configuration.

On IBM AIX, the Domino server's installation process checks for the proper configuration of the Input Output Completion Protocol (IOCP). IOCP must be installed on AIX systems on which the DB2 Access server is installed. If Domino has not been installed on the computer where the DB2 Access server is to be installed, you must manually verify that IOCP is installed and enabled prior to installing the DB2 Access server.

When you create file systems on IBM AIX, enable the large file option. For more information, see the subtopic "Enabling large files" in the topic "AIX operating system tuning" in the Tivoli Software Information Center.

Note Only 64-bit Instances are supported on AIX.

Prerequisite


Procedure

1. Install and set up the Domino server. For instructions, see Chapters 1 - 3 of Administering the Domino System, or see the Domino Administrator 7 Help.

2. Start the Domino server.

3. On the Domino server, permanently enable transaction logging.


For more information about enabling transaction logging, see the topic Setting up a Domino server for transaction logging in the Domino Administrator Help.

4. Stop the Domino server.

5. Install DB2 on IBM AIX.

6. From the AIX OS or from the AIX administrator tool, create these three primary groups:

7. Determine whether your DB2 configuration already has a SYSCTRL_GROUP. From the DB2 Command Line Processor (CLP) enter the command:
8. If your DB2 configuration has a SYSCTRL_GROUP, you can omit this step. If you do not already have a group with SYSCTRL_GROUP access, create a group named DB2DOM. You will be designating DB2DOM as a DB2 SYSCTRL_GROUP later during this procedure.

9. Add the Domino user account to the DB2DOM group or to whatever group you have designated as a SYSCTRL_GROUP.

10. From the AIX OS or from the AIX administrator tool, create these three user accounts and then add the user to the corresponding group you created in Step 6.

11. You now have the following users and groups set up:
Required userExample user nameExample primary group name
Instance ownerdb2inst1db2iadm1
Fenced userdb2fenc1db2fadm1
DB2 administration server userdb2asdb2asgrp
12. From the AIX OS or from the AIX administrator tool, assign secondary groups to the users you created as follows:
User namePrimary groupSecondary groups
db2inst1db2iadm1Db2asgrp, db2dom
db2fenc1db2fadm1db2dom
db2asdb2asgrpDb2iadm1, db2dom
13. Log on as Domino server administrator, in the UNIX shell used to start the Domino server, set the DB2INSTANCE parameter as shown in these examples below for ksh and csh.
kshcsh
export DB2INSTANCE=<db2instancename>setting DB2INSTANCE <db2instancename>
14. Restart the Domino server and the Domino Administrator client.

15. Create a server ID for the DB2 Access server .

16. Install the DB2 Access server on the server running DB2.

17. On the DB2 server, log in using the instance owner user account name and password.

18. If your DB2 configuration has a SYSCTRL_GROUP, you can omit this step. If your DB2 configuration does not have a SYSCTRL_GROUP, set up DB2DOM as the SYSCTRL_GROUP in DB2 by entering this command from the DB2 CLP:


19. Update the DB2 configuration by entering these commands from the CLP window:
20. From the Domino Administrator, run the DB2 Server Enablement Tool to enable the Domino server to communicate with DB2.

21. Complete the AIX post-installation procedure.

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