db2 8.1 for solaris 64 bit for AMD

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Mary Lei - 29 Aug 2006 01:15 GMT

Does anyone know the link to obtain the
tarball for db2 8.1 for solaris running
on AMD 64 bit ?
This is the entire db2 installation
on a new system that does not have db2.

Thanks.

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Bob Jones - 29 Aug 2006 02:34 GMT

> Does anyone know the link to obtain the
> tarball for db2 8.1 for solaris running
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>
> Thanks.

I don't think it is available, but then it is more likely to get lost in
IBM's web site than actually finding something.

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Larry - 29 Aug 2006 02:38 GMT

http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/download/product.jsp?s=c&cat=database&S_TAC
T=104CBW71&fam=SMUM-49JKRF&S_CMP=&id=TDUN-49EVGU

But is DB2 supported on Solaris AMD 64-bit? I believe UltraSPARC or
x86-64 CPU is required. See
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/db2/9/sysreqs_v8.html

Larry Edelstein

> Does anyone know the link to obtain the
> tarball for db2 8.1 for solaris running
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>
> Thanks.

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Larry - 30 Aug 2006 00:02 GMT

Apparently, I am being told that x86-64 means Intel as well as AMD. So I
stand corrected.

Larry Edelstein

> http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/download/product.jsp?s=c&cat=database&S_TAC
T=104CBW71&fam=SMUM-49JKRF&S_CMP=&id=TDUN-49EVGU
>
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>>
>> Thanks.

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Darin McBride - 29 Aug 2006 14:23 GMT

> Does anyone know the link to obtain the
> tarball for db2 8.1 for solaris running
> on AMD 64 bit ?
> This is the entire db2 installation
> on a new system that does not have db2.

It should be on Passport Advantage if you've paid for that. Otherwise,
you'll need to talk to your IBM rep that sold you whatever you've bought
that may not have come with that CD.

Note that DB2's support for Solaris on AMD64 was recent - I think it started
somewhere around 8.2.2, so you won't be able to get version "8.1" for it.

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Mary Lei - 30 Aug 2006 23:54 GMT

When I finally foung the solaris db2 9 tarball for
x86-64, I have an error installing it:

./db2_install -b /opt/ibm/db2/V9.1
CMD_UNAME /usr/bin/uname CMD_BASENAME /usr/bin/basename, DB2CURDIR
/tmp/ese_t/disk1
PROGDIR /tmp/ese_t/disk1
ON SunOS
installdir /tmp/ese_t/disk1/db2/solaris/install?
current dir /tmp/ese_t/disk1/db2/solaris/install
./db2_install: /tmp/ese_t/disk1/db2/solaris/install/../bin/db2langdir:
cannot execute
./db2_install: /tmp/ese_t/disk1/db2/solaris/install/../bin/db2langdir:
cannot execute
bindir /tmp/ese_t/disk1/db2/solaris/install/../bin lang msgdir
/tmp/ese_t/disk1/db2/solaris/install/locale langdir locname C
DBI1055E The message file db2install.cat cannot be found.

Explanation: The message file required by this
script is missing from the system; it may have been
deleted or the database products may have been loaded
incorrectly.

The file is there but db2_install does not seem to be
able to access the english version as the lang var is
empty.

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Larry - 31 Aug 2006 00:25 GMT

Mary ... I believe the "final" disposition of this was that only DB2
V8.2 is supported for Solaris on x86-64.

Larry Edelstein

> When I finally foung the solaris db2 9 tarball for
> x86-64, I have an error installing it:
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> able to access the english version as the lang var is
> empty.

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Mary Lei - 31 Aug 2006 01:10 GMT

How do I go about
installing db2 8.2 on a brand new solaris system
running X86-64 ?
I found fixpaks but they require pre- installation
of db2.

> Mary ... I believe the "final" disposition of this was that only DB2
> V8.2 is supported for Solaris on x86-64.
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>> able to access the english version as the lang var is
>> empty.

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Larry - 31 Aug 2006 02:42 GMT

I think Darin said that passport advantage was refreshed with the images
for x86-64 at the 8.2 level. You would then apply any fixpak on top of
that install.

Larry Edelstein

> How do I go about
> installing db2 8.2 on a brand new solaris system
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>>> able to access the english version as the lang var is
>>> empty.

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riedel - 31 Aug 2006 08:51 GMT

Mary Lei schrieb:

> When I finally foung the solaris db2 9 tarball for
> x86-64, I have an error installing it:
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> able to access the english version as the lang var is
> empty.

we had something similar on redhat
export LANG=en_EN@euro
or similar in the installation shell did the trick.
hth
Wolfgang

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Darin McBride - 31 Aug 2006 14:57 GMT

> Mary Lei schrieb:
>> When I finally foung the solaris db2 9 tarball for
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> hth
> Wolfgang

Mary's problem is that she has the Solaris/SPARC image, when she needs the
Solaris/x86-64 image. No amount of environment variables will overcome
that ;-)

The problem you're referring to included the DBI1055E message, but did not
have a bunch of "cannot execute" errors in the output. It happens when
your current LANG setting is not recognised by DB2, and it manages to get
confused as to what directory to find its messages in.

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Mary Lei - 31 Aug 2006 19:07 GMT

Yes, Darin is right.
I have no problem getting a 64bit DB2 on
a linux opteron but
when I cannot find a solaris distribution
that can install on an opteron that runs solaris.

The executables e.g. db2langdir
simply does not run as they require sparc.
So how does one go about installing a pre-requisite
8.1 onto an opteron AMD64 bit solaris so I can
apply the fixpak to bring it up to 8.2.4.

I dont have any Passport Advantage disk
as we are academic and get our DB2 via download.

>>Mary Lei schrieb:
>>
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> your current LANG setting is not recognised by DB2, and it manages to get
> confused as to what directory to find its messages in.

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Darin McBride - 31 Aug 2006 23:09 GMT

> The executables e.g. db2langdir
> simply does not run as they require sparc.
> So how does one go about installing a pre-requisite
> 8.1 onto an opteron AMD64 bit solaris so I can
> apply the fixpak to bring it up to 8.2.4.

There is no such thing as 8.1 for Solaris/x86-64. The first time it was
released was at the 8.2.2 level, I believe (it might be 8.2.4, but I'm
pretty sure it was 8.2.2). You need to get that level before you can apply
the 8.2.4 fixpak.

> I dont have any Passport Advantage disk
> as we are academic and get our DB2 via download.

Passport Advantage is not a disk. It's a website. Specifically, an IBM
website.

You may have to ask your Scholar's Program contact how you can get this
version. As I mentioned before, this should be on Passport Advantage
(which I don't have access to). However, I'm not sure if Scholar's Program
users have access to PA - I highly doubt it, but could be wrong. If you
(or, if you aren't the faculty member who acts as the liaison with IBM, the
person who is) do not have access to PA, you (or your liaison) will need to
contact your IBM contact to get more information. While I don't know where
to get it, either, if that contact doesn't know how to get it, I might be
able to point that person onto the trail to get it for you. (Is that
convoluted enough?)

Good luck!

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Mary Lei - 01 Sep 2006 00:42 GMT

Thanks Darin for your continual help.
I checked with my former boss who gets all
the IBM stuff when he managed the project.
He just does the download after DB25.1.
We have no trouble installing DB2 for solaris on sun
and for linux.
But I cant find anything for x86-64.
Since I am the primary installer of DB2 if
you can point me to it, would be of great help.

Meantime I am trying to locate one person
to see if we have a formal ID for the scholar program.

Darin wrote

>>The executables e.g. db2langdir
>>simply does not run as they require sparc.
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>
> Good luck!

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