General Info

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h1. Start/Stop DB2 8

Provides guides on how to start or stop DB2 8 instance.

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Installed Directory: /opt/IBM/db2/V8.1

Instance Name: db2inst1

Instance Home Directory: /home/db2inst1

Instance Owner: db2inst1

Fenced User: db2fenc1

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h2. Start DB2

# login as *Instance Owner*, e.g. db2inst1

# execute the following command:

<pre>[db2inst1@cwydb1 ~]$ db2start</pre>

# done.

h2. Stop DB2

# login as *Instance Owner*, e.g. db2inst1

# execute the following command:

<pre>[db2inst1@cwydb1 ~]$ db2stop</pre>

# done.