DB2 UDB Enterprise Edition V7.1 License Question

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banyanhost@gmail.com - 31 Mar 2005 21:00 GMT

Hello:

I have a question regarding my copy of DB2 Enterprise Edition 7.1

My business acquires used software fairly often. And we came across a
copy of DB2 Enterprise Edition 7.1 and i want to know if you can tell
me what type of license this will allow us to use the product as.

Here is what the license card says:

IBM DB2 UDB Enterprise Edition V7.1
(1) Processor, (1) Host

Being a processor license. Does this give us unlimited client
connections to the database server?

Thank you!

Banyan

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Pierre Saint-Jacques - 31 Mar 2005 21:36 GMT

Yes it does.
However, be aware that this code level is out of service for more than a
year and no support available unless you contract for it and I don't even
know if you can.
DB2 EE supports unlimited client connections from a license perspective.
Yours is licensed for a single processor.
It also supports DB2 Connect to DRDA hosts to act as gateway.
HTH, Pierre.

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Mark A - 31 Mar 2005 21:40 GMT

> Yes it does.
> However, be aware that this code level is out of service for more than a
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> It also supports DB2 Connect to DRDA hosts to act as gateway.
> HTH, Pierre.

However, version 7.2 is a free upgrade to 7.1, simply by applying Fixpak 3.
After applying Fixpak 3, FP 13 (or something close) should be applied.

7.2 has officially been out of service since end of September 2004, but
rumors are that it is still supported by IBM.

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Larry - 31 Mar 2005 22:58 GMT

This, however, assumes that your server has only one processor. If it
has more than one, you must upgrade the license. And it is correct that
this version is out of support for quite awhile now. V8 is current.

Larry Edelstein

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banyanhost@gmail.com - 03 Apr 2005 01:42 GMT

Hello:

Thank you! all for the supportive answers. I know Microsoft SQL with
(1) processor licensing it entails unlimited connections to the server.
Only wanted to verify this was the same with DB2. My server only has
(1) processor, so i'm ok license wise. I'll have to find out where to
download that free upgrade to 7.2.

Thank you! so much for the help.

> This, however, assumes that your server has only one processor. If it

> has more than one, you must upgrade the license. And it is correct that
> this version is out of support for quite awhile now. V8 is current.
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> > It also supports DB2 Connect to DRDA hosts to act as gateway.
> > HTH, Pierre.

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Mark A - 03 Apr 2005 02:03 GMT

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> Thank you! so much for the help.

Not all editions of DB2 have unlimited connections, but EE is one of the
ones that does.

You can download the fixpaks here for your operating system. The
instructions are in the FP read me file.

After installing the base code that you have, you must install FP3 next to
bring it up to version 7.2, and then you can install FP13. I would recommend
that you not stay at FP3 because of the number of things fixed between FP3
and FP13. It is a little easier if you don't create any databases (including
the sample database) until you have finished installing and upgrading the
code to the latest FP.

http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/db2/udb/support/downloadv7.html

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