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Installing IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows

Ensure that your account has administrative privileges and then follow the DB2 installer instructions to complete a default installation. You do not need to manually create a DB2 database. The platform software provides Ant scripts that you can run as a postinstallation step to create a basic test database.

Note the following options that are presented during a default installation:

• The Name and Password of the administrator account. Use an account and password as per the standards and requirements of your site and DB2. If it is an existing user, that user must be a member of the Administrator group. The informational message about OLE DB support component can be safely ignored.

• Certain editions of the DB2 installer support federated databases. If the installer presents an option that is defaulted to This machine will be the instance-owning database partition server, then change this option to This machine will be a single-partition database server.

• You must choose MBCS or SBCS, depending on your requirements. If you are unsure of what database encoding option to select, see the related information about data encoding.

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