Yasaswi Pulavarti wrote:
After running db2setup for the first time, what is the best way to
create additional instances on the same host? Is running db2setup
again better or running the db2icrt CLI command better? Please inform.
/usr/opt/db2_08_01/instance/db2isetup (AIX) or
/opt/IBM/db2/V8.1/instance/db2isetup (Sun, HP, Linux) will provide the
same GUI as db2setup, plus any fixes from fixpaks you've installed.
The difference? Both db2setup and db2isetup call db2icrt under the
covers. If you like user-friendly GUIs, these are the way to go, but
if you like fine-tooth control over every aspect of your machine,
db2icrt is the way to go.
As with most things, the answer is "it depends". :-)