Quick Beginnings

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:

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 program will automatically install the required license.

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:

   db2work.lic

   DB2 Universal Database Workgroup Edition

   db2entr.lic

   DB2 Universal Database 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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