tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740338341177826314.post6991311385969483059..comments2024-03-14T04:57:09.247+00:00Comments on A Portal to a Portal: Installing DB2 UDB 9.7 on CentOS Linux 6.2Dave Hayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10444759805764485699noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740338341177826314.post-20198038428726377602012-04-15T16:21:49.939+01:002012-04-15T16:21:49.939+01:00Hi David, thanks for the steps above, I am able to...Hi David, thanks for the steps above, I am able to install the 97. code in Centos 6.2 (Virtual image), and everything is fine, except creating a database takes a lifetime. I have just gone to the DB2 first steps to build the sample database, and although it worked, it took about 15 mins!!<br /><br />Looking at some other posts, I have a feeling that the kernel.shm... entries in sysctl.conf might need looking at.<br /><br />I just took the defaults from the Centos install.<br /><br /># Controls the maximum size of a message, in bytes<br />kernel.msgmnb = 65536<br /><br /># Controls the default maxmimum size of a mesage queue<br />kernel.msgmax = 65536<br /><br /># Controls the maximum shared segment size, in bytes<br />kernel.shmmax = 4294967295<br /><br /># Controls the maximum number of shared memory segments, in pages<br />kernel.shmall = 268435456Paul Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16810639779212283584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740338341177826314.post-15698841316425725702012-04-09T20:52:45.258+01:002012-04-09T20:52:45.258+01:00@Ignacio - interesting,the Launchpad runs OK for m...@Ignacio - interesting,the Launchpad runs OK for me on CentOS 6.2.<br /><br />I'm also using DB2 UDB 9.7 and execute the Launchpad via this script: -<br /><br />-rwxrwxr-x. 1 185101 330209 5145 Nov 15 2009 db2setup<br /><br />as follows: -<br /><br />$ cd /tmp<br />$ ./db2setup<br /><br />Take a look at /tmp/db2setup.log: -<br /><br /><i><br />DB2 Setup log file started at: Mon 09 Apr 2012 08:48:02 PM BST BST<br />============================================================<br /><br />Operating system information: Linux 2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64.#1 SMP Wed Mar 7 00:52:02 GMT 2012 x86_64 <br /></i><br /><br />If needed, try running: -<br /><br />$ ./db2setup -t /tmp/db2setup.trace<br /><br />in order to run it in debug / trace mode.<br /><br />Once you've done this, take a look at the trace files: -<br /><br />-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 462K Apr 9 20:51 db2setup.trace.ctrc<br />-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 190K Apr 9 20:51 db2setup.trace.jtrc<br />-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 69K Apr 9 20:51 db2setup.trace_lpDave Hayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10444759805764485699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740338341177826314.post-39050292120418075972012-04-06T10:59:13.449+01:002012-04-06T10:59:13.449+01:00Hi,
I'm trying to install db2 9.7 into CentOS ...Hi,<br />I'm trying to install db2 9.7 into CentOS 6.2 but get an error saying "This launchpad is not intended to run on the current platform..."<br />Do you know how I can make db2 installer ignore platform information and continue with installation just a you did?<br /><br />ThanksIgnacio de Córdobahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16091001394294880161noreply@blogger.com