Which DB2 on IBM xSeries 346-8840 with SuSE Enterprise 9 ?

[Philip Nelson]

Folks,

I'm in the process of building a new IBM server with SuSE Linux Enterprise
Server 9 (SLES9) to run DB2 Workgroup Server Unlimited Edition.

I notice when the Linux install is done that the HOSTTYPE=x86_64. Checking
the server spec it contains two Intel Xeon 3.2GHz processors supporting
EM64T.

I spoke to tech support and they said that I'd have to install DB2 for Intel
32-bit, as only 32 bit was supported for WSUE.

So now I go to install Fixpack 8, and it fails with -

"This fixpak cannot be installed on this Linux Architecture."

Looking at the installFixPak shell script, it has -

PLATARCH="i386"

Is it safe to change the install script to PLATARCH="x86_64" ?

Or am I doing something wrong, either in the install of SLES9 or have I got
the wrong DB2 ?

TIA

Phil Nelson

[Darin McBride]

Philip Nelson wrote:

Folks,

I'm in the process of building a new IBM server with SuSE Linux Enterprise
Server 9 (SLES9) to run DB2 Workgroup Server Unlimited Edition.

I notice when the Linux install is done that the HOSTTYPE=x86_64.
Checking the server spec it contains two Intel Xeon 3.2GHz processors
supporting EM64T.

I spoke to tech support and they said that I'd have to install DB2 for
Intel 32-bit, as only 32 bit was supported for WSUE.
With version 8.1, WSUE was not supported on your processor. You had to
go to ESE.

With version 8.2, WSE and WSUE were introduced to x86_64 processors, so
you should be using the x86_64 version.
So now I go to install Fixpack 8, and it fails with -

"This fixpak cannot be installed on this Linux Architecture."

Looking at the installFixPak shell script, it has -

PLATARCH="i386"

Is it safe to change the install script to PLATARCH="x86_64" ?

Or am I doing something wrong, either in the install of SLES9 or have I
got the wrong DB2 ?

I suspect a bit of miscommunication with the tech support. Anyway, you
may be able to go grab the x86_64 (aka AMD64) fixpak and apply it over
top of what you have. You will then also be able to take advantage of
64-bit if you wish.

[Philip Nelson]

Darin McBride wrote:

Philip Nelson wrote:

Folks,

I'm in the process of building a new IBM server with SuSE Linux
Enterprise Server 9 (SLES9) to run DB2 Workgroup Server Unlimited
Edition.

I notice when the Linux install is done that the HOSTTYPE=x86_64.
Checking the server spec it contains two Intel Xeon 3.2GHz processors
supporting EM64T.

I spoke to tech support and they said that I'd have to install DB2 for
Intel 32-bit, as only 32 bit was supported for WSUE.

With version 8.1, WSUE was not supported on your processor. You had to
go to ESE.

With version 8.2, WSE and WSUE were introduced to x86_64 processors, so
you should be using the x86_64 version.

So now I go to install Fixpack 8, and it fails with -

"This fixpak cannot be installed on this Linux Architecture."

Looking at the installFixPak shell script, it has -

PLATARCH="i386"

Is it safe to change the install script to PLATARCH="x86_64" ?

Or am I doing something wrong, either in the install of SLES9 or have I
got the wrong DB2 ?

I suspect a bit of miscommunication with the tech support. Anyway, you
may be able to go grab the x86_64 (aka AMD64) fixpak and apply it over
top of what you have. You will then also be able to take advantage of
64-bit if you wish.

Darin,

Thanks for the reply.

According to the support folks, WSUE doesn't allow you to use 64-bit.

Here's what I've done : changed the IA32 fixpack install script to search
for "compatible archs" rather than "build arch", since x86_64 is
compatible, but the build arch is i386 !!!

If this isn't correct then I can back it all out and restart the install.
Would that mean I should use the DB2 for Linux on AMD64 install disk ?

Phil