DOMINO AND DB2

Upgrading from a beta release to Domino 7 and DB2
To enable Domino 7 with DB2, use the "DB2 key" that allows access to Domino 7 with DB2. For Microsoft Windows platforms, use NDB2KEY.DLL; for IBM AIX platforms, use libdb2key_r.a. Add the DB2 key to the default Domino Program directory. On Microsoft Windows, the default Domino Program directory is C:\Program Files\Lotus\Domino; on IBM AIX, the default Domino Program directory is /opt/lotus/ibm. For more information about the DB2 key, contact your IBM representative.

Complete this procedure to upgrade a beta release of Domino and DB2 to Domino 7 and DB2. If you are not installing the DB2 Access server, omit the steps that pertain to the DB2 Access server.

Note It is imperative that when you upgrade to Domino 7, you also upgrade the DB2 Access server. The DB2 Access server upgrade should be done at the same time as the update to the Domino server(s) supported by those DB2 Access servers.

Installing Domino 7 and DB2 over a beta release

If you or any users are using Domino 7 beta release 1, 2 or 3 and you do not have UTF-8 encoding, complete these steps:

1. Back up all DB2 enabled Notes databases to NSF storage and recreate the DB2 database unless it is encoded as UTF-8. This is necessary because the code page of a DB2 database is set when it is created and cannot be changed.

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

3. From the DB2 Command Line Processor, disable DB2 capabilities on the Domino server by typing:


4. Shut down the Domino server, and then verify that all server tasks have completed.

5. Drop the existing DB2 database by entering this command from the DB2 CLP:


6. Upgrade your DB2 server to DB2 8.2.2 version by installing the newer DB2 release over your older, existing version.

For instructions on upgrading DB2 8.2.2 on IBM AIX, see the topic Upgrading to DB2 8.2.2 if you have a previous version of DB2 installed.

7. Install the new beta Domino server and Domino Administrator over your existing beta install.

8. Open the NOTES.INI file on the Domino server and then change the setting DB2INIT= to the following:


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