Quick Beginnings for DB2 Universal Database for UNIX

Step 6. Install the License Key

The following steps describe how to upgrade the license:
Note: Your Proof of Entitlement and License Information booklets identify the products for which you are licensed.

Log in as a user with root authority.
The DB2 product license key can be found in the nodelock file:
```
   /var/netls/nodelock
```
Update your DB2 product license with the following command:
```
   /opt/IBMdb2/V5.0/cfg/db2licinst license_filename
```
where license_filename is the full pathname and filename for the license file that corresponds to the product you have purchased. The name of the license file for these products is:

db2entr.lic
DB2 Universal Database Enterprise Edition

For example, if the CD-ROM is mounted in the /cdrom directory and the name of the license file is db2entr.lic, the command should be as follows:
```
   /opt/IBMdb2/V5.0/cfg/db2licinst /cdrom_unnamed/db2/license/db2entr.lic
```

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