IBM VERSION 9 Manual De Usuario
Chapter
3.
Verifying
your
installation
Verifying
the
installation
of
DB2
servers
using
First
Steps
(Linux
and
Windows)
You
should
verify
that
the
DB2
server
installation
has
completed
successfully
by
accessing
data
from
the
SAMPLE
database.
Prerequisites:
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You
must
have
the
Control
Center
and
the
First
Steps
component
installed
to
perform
this
task.
First
Steps
is
listed
as
a
getting
started
component
in
the
feature
selection
window
in
the
DB2
Setup
wizard.
It
is
installed
as
part
of
a
Typical
installation
or
may
be
selected
when
performing
a
Custom
installation.
The
Control
Center
component
is
only
available
on
Linux
(x86
and
AMD64/EM64T
only)
and
Windows.
Procedure:
1.
On
Linux,
log
on
to
the
system
as
the
instance
owner.
2.
On
Windows,
click
Start
and,
select
Programs
->
IBM
DB2
->
[
DB2
Copy
Name]
->
Set-up
Tools
>
First
Steps
.
On
Linux
and
Windows,
you
can
start
First
Steps
by
typing
the
db2fs
command.
3.
Select
Database
Creation
in
the
First
Steps
launchpad.
On
the
Database
Creation
page,
you
will
see
links
to
the
DB2
Information
Center
for
creating
the
SAMPLE
database
and
the
Create
SAMPLE
Database
button.
Click
Create
SAMPLE
Database
to
launch
the
Create
SAMPLE
Databases
window.
4.
You
have
the
options
to
choose
the
type
of
database
objects
to
create
and
the
database
location.
You
can
choose
the
drive
on
which
to
create
the
SAMPLE
database
on
Windows,
and
the
directory
on
which
to
create
the
SAMPLE
database
on
Linux.
5.
This
command
may
take
a
few
minutes
to
process.
When
the
SAMPLE
database
has
been
created,
you
will
receive
a
completion
message.
Click
OK
.
6.
Launch
the
Control
Center.
On
Windows,
click
Start
and,
select
Programs
->
IBM
DB2
->
[
DB2
Copy
Name]
->
General
Administration
Tools
—>
Control
Center.
.
On
Linux
systems,
type
the
db2cc
command
7.
In
the
left
pane
of
the
Control
Center
screen,
expand
the
object
tree
to
view
the
SAMPLE
database
and
SAMPLE
database
objects.
Select
the
Tables
object
to
view
the
SAMPLE
database
tables
in
the
right
pane
of
the
Control
Center
screen.
Right-click
on
the
table
name
staff
and
select
Query.
In
the
command
editor
window,
click
the
run
button
to
execute
the
query
and
see
the
result
set.
After
you
have
verified
the
installation,
you
can
remove
the
SAMPLE
database
to
free
up
disk
space.
However,
you
will
need
to
keep
the
sample
database
if
you
plan
to
make
use
of
the
sample
applications.
Enter
the
db2
drop
database
sample
command
to
drop
the
SAMPLE
database.
Related
tasks:
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