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Andreas Korthaus

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Aug 20, 2003, 6:47:50 AM8/20/03
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Hi!

I downloaded (DB2_V81_ESE_LNX_32_NLV.tar) and installed (using
"db2_install" script) a DB2 for Linux, Trial-Version [1].

I installed and configured DB2 as described in "Installation and
Configuration Supplement" - Manual, but now I have a problem, I want to
install the licence, but I cannot find any license-file.

As described in the manual I should do something like:

/opt/IBM/db2/V8.1/adm/db2licm -a
/usr/local/src/009_ESE_LNX_32_NLV/db2/license/db2dlm.lic

(/usr/local/src/009_ESE_LNX_32_NLV/ is the directory where I extracted the
downloaded .tar-file to.)

But in my licence-directory there is no file like db2dlm.lic or something
like this. I only can find a lot of licences in ASCII-format for many
languages. I think this has something to do that I have a TRIAL-Version, or
perhaps something to do with downloading and not using a CD?

Where can I get a license-file from, so I can try out DB2?

Thank you!


Kind regards,
Andreas Korthaus

[1]
TRIAL DB2 Universal Database (DB2 Enterprise Server Edition for Linux
(x86, 32 Bit))
FREE download of DB2 Universal Database products.


Darin McBride

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Aug 20, 2003, 11:54:22 AM8/20/03
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Andreas Korthaus wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I downloaded (DB2_V81_ESE_LNX_32_NLV.tar) and installed (using
> "db2_install" script) a DB2 for Linux, Trial-Version [1].
>
> I installed and configured DB2 as described in "Installation and
> Configuration Supplement" - Manual, but now I have a problem, I want to
> install the licence, but I cannot find any license-file.
>
> As described in the manual I should do something like:
>
> /opt/IBM/db2/V8.1/adm/db2licm -a
> /usr/local/src/009_ESE_LNX_32_NLV/db2/license/db2dlm.lic
>
> (/usr/local/src/009_ESE_LNX_32_NLV/ is the directory where I extracted the
> downloaded .tar-file to.)
>
> But in my licence-directory there is no file like db2dlm.lic or something
> like this. I only can find a lot of licences in ASCII-format for many
> languages. I think this has something to do that I have a TRIAL-Version,
> or perhaps something to do with downloading and not using a CD?
>
> Where can I get a license-file from, so I can try out DB2?
>
> Thank you!

The license file is only used for paid-for licenses. If you're using a
trial version, no license is required. DB2 will detect this and
automatically go into try-and-buy mode.

Andreas Korthaus

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Aug 20, 2003, 1:11:24 PM8/20/03
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Hi!

Darin McBride wrote:
> The license file is only used for paid-for licenses. If you're using
> a trial version, no license is required. DB2 will detect this and
> automatically go into try-and-buy mode.

Thank You!

For how long can I test DB2 Trial?

regards
Andreas


Darin McBride

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Aug 20, 2003, 2:33:32 PM8/20/03
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Andreas Korthaus wrote:

I believe it's 90 days, but DB2 will tell you when you try to start it -
it'll give you a warning about how many days are left.

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