Rename a database?

[shsandeep]

Can a database be renamed?
DB2 V8.1
AIX V5.2

[rAinDeEr]

1.) Create a configuration file:

DB_NAME=OLDDB,NEWDB
DB_PATH=provide the path
INSTANCE=provide the instance
NODENUM=0

2.) Save the configuration file as relocate.cfg
3.) use the following command to make the changes to the database
files:
db2relocatedb -f relocate.cfg

[Knut Stolze]

shsandeep wrote:

Can a database be renamed?
DB2 V8.1
AIX V5.2

If this is an option, you can uncatalog the db and then catalog it with a
new alias:

$ db2 create db test
$ db2 uncatalog db test
$ db2 catalog db test as new_name

This will not change the actual name of the database but it changes the name
that has to be used in a CONNECT statement. And that is usually all that
matters to an application.

--
Knut Stolze
DB2 Information Integration Development
IBM Germany

[The Maxx]

It should be noted that in order to use db2relocate the instance must
be down. That way you avoid future problems in the catalag tables.

Best Regards.

Max