DB2 Version 9.7 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows

Response file installation of DB2 overview (Windows)

Before you begin the installation, ensure that:

• Your system meets all of the memory, hardware, and software requirements to install your DB2 product.
• You have all of the required user accounts to perform the installation.
• Ensure all DB2 processes are stopped.

• To perform a response file installation of a DB2 product on a single machine:
  1. Create and customize a response file by one of the following methods:
     • Modifying a sample response file. Sample response files are located in (db2\Windows\samples).
     • Using the DB2 Setup wizard to generate a response file.
     • Using the response file generator.
  2. Run the setup -u command specifying your customized response file. For example, a response file created during an installation:

     setup -u my.rsp

• To perform a response file installation of a DB2 product on multiple machines:
  1. Set up shared access to a directory
  2. Create a response file using the sample response file
  3. Install a DB2 product using a response file