Read and perform the steps in this section before you begin the installation to ensure that you have the items and information that you will need.
This section describes the usernames required to install the DB2 product and its components.
You need to have a username that will be used to install DB2. The username may belong to the Domain or local Administrators group, and also be a valid DB2 username or have the "Act as part of the operating system" advanced user right.
A valid DB2 username is eight characters or less, and complies with DB2's naming rules. For more information on DB2's naming rules, see Appendix G. Naming Rules.
If this username does not comply with DB2's naming rules, but has the
"Act as part of the operating system" advanced user right, the
setup program will create the username DB2ADMIN to perform the
installation.
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This username will be removed from the system when the installation is
complete, unless it will be used by the Administration Server. See Determining the Username for the Administration Server for more information.
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During installation, you will be asked to provide a username and password that will be used by the Administration Server to log on to the system and to start itself as a service. You are strongly advised to use the same username that you used as your domain username.
By default, the setup program will fill the Username, Password, and Confirm Password fields with db2admin. You can accept these default values, or provide your own. If you provide your own username, you must ensure that it is eight characters or less and complies with DB2's naming rules. For more information, see Appendix G. Naming Rules.
The setup program will check to see if the username specified for the Administration Server exists, if it does not, it will be created. If it does exist, the setup program will:
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If you used the default username db2admin, and did not change the default password for this username, you should change this password immediately following the installation. When the setup program creates the db2admin username, it also makes it a member of the Administrators group. Since its password is well known, you should do the following:
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The following table lists the products and selectable
components that you can install on DB2 Connect Enterprise Edition. For
information on the products and components, see Chapter 1. About DB2 Connect. The marks in the columns for Typical
Install and Compact Install indicate the components that are
installed when these types of install are used. If you want to install
specific components and subcomponents, you can choose the Compact
Install type. See Performing the Installation for more information on install types.
Table 6. Products and Components for DB2 Connect Enterprise Edition for Windows NT
Product | Components and Subcomponents | Typical Install | Compact Install |
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DB2 Connect Enterprise Edition |
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DB2 Client Application Enabler |
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