unable to obtain solaris fixpak for DB2 8.1

[Mary Lei]

I have problems connecting to ftp server to
obtain the solaris fixpak to upgrade to DB2 8.2.1

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/produc...P5_U800664.tar

wget
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/produc...P5_U800664.tar
--13:18:25--
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/produc...P5_U800664.tar
=> `FP5_U800664.tar'
Resolving ftp.software.ibm.com... 207.25.253.40
Connecting to ftp.software.ibm.com[207.25.253.40]:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD
/ps/products/db2/fixes/english-us/db2sunv8/fixpak/FP8_U800664 ...
No such directory
`ps/products/db2/fixes/english-us/db2sunv8/fixpak/FP8_U800664'.

Anyone has similar problems ?

[Jan M. Nelken]

Mary Lei wrote:

I have problems connecting to ftp server to
obtain the solaris fixpak to upgrade to DB2 8.2.1

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/produc...P5_U800664.tar

1. If you want FP8 - why are you using FP5_U800664.tar as file name? This file
cannot exist! In addition to this - file name is wrong as well: use
FP8_U800664.tar.Z instead.

2. For V8.2 fixpack - use fixes2 instead of fixes:

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/produc..._U800664.tar.Z
Jan M. Nelken

[Mary Lei]

Jan M. Nelken wrote:

Mary Lei wrote:

I have problems connecting to ftp server to
obtain the solaris fixpak to upgrade to DB2 8.2.1

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/produc...P5_U800664.tar
1. If you want FP8 - why are you using FP5_U800664.tar as file name?
This file cannot exist! In addition to this - file name is wrong as
well: use FP8_U800664.tar.Z instead.

I believe this is a typo in the email.
2. For V8.2 fixpack - use fixes2 instead of fixes:

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/produc..._U800664.tar.Z

Thanks for giving me the right link.
The link on the IBM web page is incorrect.

[Jan M. Nelken]

Mary Lei wrote:

Thanks for giving me the right link.
The link on the IBM web page is incorrect.

Could you post here a link to IVM Web page hosting an incorrect link? I will
contact web page owner and have the link corrected.

Thank you for your help,

Jan M. Nelken

[Mark A]

> > Thanks for giving me the right link.

The link on the IBM web page is incorrect.
Could you post here a link to IVM Web page hosting an incorrect link? I

will contact web page owner and have the link corrected.

Thank you for your help,

Jan M. Nelken

It looks like IBM has been moving fixpaks around recently.

FP6a and FP8 are in a different sub-directory than the other Version 8
fixpaks (including Fixpak 6b).

FP6a and FP8 are in ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes2 and
the others (1, 2, 3, 4a, 5, 6b, 7a) are in
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes

Since FP6a and 8 are in a separate directory, I wonder what that means
regarding FP6b?

If there was a problem with the link for Solaris fixpaks, it looks like it
was corrected from what I can see.

[Mary Lei]

I think the problem seems to be with my Mozilla
Firefox web browser running on Fedora core 3.
I was not able to connect to ftp web server
via Firefox.
Later I tried with Kconqueror and it connects to the ftp server
to get the solaris fixpak after asking me to accept
a cookie.
So I think the IBM web link is ok.
Thanks all for your help.

ark A wrote:

Thanks for giving me the right link.
The link on the IBM web page is incorrect.

Could you post here a link to IVM Web page hosting an incorrect link? I

will

contact web page owner and have the link corrected.

Thank you for your help,

Jan M. Nelken

It looks like IBM has been moving fixpaks around recently.

FP6a and FP8 are in a different sub-directory than the other Version 8
fixpaks (including Fixpak 6b).

FP6a and FP8 are in ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes2 and
the others (1, 2, 3, 4a, 5, 6b, 7a) are in
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes

Since FP6a and 8 are in a separate directory, I wonder what that means
regarding FP6b?

If there was a problem with the link for Solaris fixpaks, it looks like it
was corrected from what I can see.