DOMINO AND DB2

Creating the DB2 administrator and administration server account
You create the IBM® DB2 Universal Database™ Enterprise Server Edition administrator account during the DB2 installation process. The DB2 administrator account is also called the DB2 Administration server (DAS) user account. DAS is a DB2 administration service that supports the GUI tools and assists with administration tasks on local and remote DB2 servers. The DAS user account logs the DAS service on to the computer when the DAS service is started. It can be a local user account or a domain user account. It is recommended that the DAS user account have SYSADM authority on each DB2 system in your environment so that it can start or stop other instances as necessary.

Note By default, any user that is part of the Administrator group has SYSADM authority.

The DB2 administrator account starts the DB2 services, such as DB2 DAS, DB2 Remote Command server, DB2 Governor, and other DB2 services.

You can create the DAS account before you install DB2 or you can use the DB2 Setup wizard to create it. The DAS account must be granted these rights:


The DB2 administrator account must belong to the Administrator's group on the machine on which you perform the DB2 installation.

For more information about the DB2 administrator and administration server account, go to the DB2 Information Center http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/db2help/index.jsp.

If you are using a Microsoft® Windows® platform, return to the roadmap topic Setting up the DB2 environment.

If you are using an IBM® AIX® or Linux® platform,return to the roadmap topic Setting up the DB2 server environment.

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