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Upgrading from a Try-and-Buy License

To upgrade your DB2 product from a demonstration license to a product license, you simply need to copy the license file from the DB2 CD-ROM to the system where DB2 is installed; you do not need to reinstall the product.
Note:Your Proof of Entitlement and License Information booklets identify the products for which you are licensed.

The following steps describe how to upgrade the license:

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If you have purchased a product, other than the one that you have installed from the Try-and-Buy CD-ROM, you must first uninstall this product and install the one you have purchased. The install program will automatically install the required license.

On OS/2 and Windows NT Systems:

  1. Put the product CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive.

  2. Double-click on the Nodelock Administration Tool icon in the License Use Runtime - Client folder to start the Nodelock Administration Tool.

  3. Select Products->New from the menu bar.

  4. Click on the Import push button.

  5. In the Import window, locate the db2\license directory on your CD-ROM. A list of files is shown.

  6. Select the license file that corresponds to the specific product that you have purchased and installed on your system:
    db2conne.lic
    DB2 Connect Enterprise Edition

  7. Click on OK.

On UNIX Systems:

  1. Log in as root.

  2. Mount the CD-ROM, if required. See "Step 3. Mounting the CD-ROM" for information on how to mount the CD-ROM.

  3. Update your DB2 product license with the following command: 
       DB2DIR/cfg/db2licinst license_filename


    where DB2DIR = /usr/lpp/db2_05_00 on AIX


    		= /opt/IBMdb2/V5.0 on HP-UX or Solaris

    and license_filename is the license file that corresponds to the product you have purchased:

    db2conne.lic
    DB2 Connect Enterprise Edition
    Note:The DB2 product license key can be found in the nodelock file located as follows:
    • For AIX: 
         /usr/lib/netls/conf/nodelock
    • For HP-UX: 
        /usr/netls/nodelock
    • For Solaris: 
         /var/netls/nodelock

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