Linux clustered server: Set up a remote DB2 database
View information on installing and setting up DB2to work with WebSphere Portal.
1. Linux clustered server: Install DB2
View information on installing DB2 for use with WebSphere Portal.
2. Linux clustered server: Modify DB2 database properties
You must modify the approriate properties files before transferring data from the default database to the DB2 database.
3. Linux clustered server: Create groups and assigning users
Before transferring the databases to DB2, first create the users and groups you have specified in wkplc_dbdomain.properties and assign the users to their corresponding group. The user and group names must comply with both the database management system software requirements and WebSphere Portal requirements.
4. Linux clustered server: Create DB2 databases
You can create the DB2 databases that are required by IBMWebSphere Portal locally or remotely. When you create DB2 databases locally, you can create these databases using a configuration task or you can create these databases manually. When you create the DB2 databases remotely, you can only create the databases manually.
5. Linux clustered server: Set up DB2 automatically or manually
After you have created the DB2 databases, you can set up databases automatically using a configuration task or manually. The setup path that you choose after DB2 database is created is independent of whether you created DB2 databases locally or remotely.
6. Linux clustered server: Collecting JCR collation support
View the steps to set up JCR collation to work with DB2 database. JCR collation is recommended when the language locales of users do not natively collate correctly in the DB2 database and when language locale correct ordering is important.
7. Linux clustered server: Configure WebSphere Portal to use DB2
View the steps to manually transfer data to the DB2 database you have installed and set up. Follow these steps to transfer WebSphere Portal, and Java™ Content Repository databases to DB2. As an alternative to the manual database transfer procedure that this topic describes, you can use the configuration wizard to complete the database transfer task. However, you cannot specify all settings through the configuration wizard. For example, regardless of the method used to transfer data, run a configuration task to create JMS resources as described in this topic. For this reason, specify the required settings in the appropriate property files before transferring the database with the configuration wizard.
8. Linux clustered server: Configure DB2 for large file handling in WCM
If you are using Web Content Manager, update the database configuration to support large files. Do this by setting the fullyMaterializeLobData property in the WAS administrative console.
9. Linux clustered server: Change DB2 driver types
WebSphere Portal requires the use of either the IBM DB2 Legacy JDBC driver in type 2 mode or the IBM DB2 Universal JDBC driver in type 4 mode when connecting to DB2.
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