Setting up a DB2 database

Set up a DB2® database to work with the Jazz™ Team Server for System z™.
This procedure assumes the following prerequisites have been met. Consult your DB2 documentation or a DB2 database administrator for help.
To set up a DB2 database:
  1. Optional: You can create a new DB2 instance to use with the Jazz Team Server, or just create a database in an existing DB2 instance. To create a DB2 instance for the Jazz Team Server:
    1. Log on with the root user.
    2. Define two new user IDs to the Linux® for System z. For example, db2fenc1 and db2inst1.
    3. From the DB2InstallPath/V9.1/instance directory, run the following command:
      ./db2icrt -a server -s ese -u db2fenc1 -p db2c_db2inst1 db2inst1
  2. Create the Jazz Database:
    1. Log on with db2inst1 or your DB2 instance user ID.
    2. Start the DB2 manager:
      db2start /D
    3. Run the following command:
      db2 create database JAZZ on YourDatabasePath using codeset UTF-8 territory en
    Important: The directory YourDatabasePath must exist and the user ID db2inst1 must have write access.
    Note: To ensure proper handling of Unicode content, the database character set must be UTF-8 encoding.
    Tip: If the database is not running, the command db2start starts DB2.
  3. Locate the file teamserver.properties in the directory JazzInstallDir/server and rename it to teamserver.derby.properties.
  4. Locate the file teamserver.db2.properties in the directory JazzInstallDir/server and rename it to teamserver.properties.
  5. Specify the database and connection details in the file teamserver.properties.

    The default connection specification connects to a DB2 database that runs on localhost on port 50000. The database is called JAZZ, and both the user name and password are db2admin. If the default values were used when setting up your database, the teamserver.properties file might already be configured correctly. If not, change this information to match your configuration.

    1. Open the file teamserver.properties in a text editor.
    2. Locate the following lines:
      com.ibm.team.repository.db.vendor = DB2
      com.ibm.team.repository.db.jdbc.location=//localhost:50000/JAZZ:fullyMaterializeLobData=false;user=db2admin;password={password};
      com.ibm.team.repository.db.jdbc.password=db2admin
    3. Edit the value of com.ibm.team.repository.db.jdbc.location for your DB2 server and database.
      Tip: From your DB2 instance user (such as db2inst1), enter the command db2 get dbm cfg, then find the line that contains SVCENAME, which indicates the DB2 port name or number. If this command displays a number, use it as the port number (in place of 50000 in the example above). If the command returns a non-numeric name, determine what port number was assigned for this name and use that port number. The file /etc/services contains the mapping between port names and numbers. For more information, ask your database administrator or consult the database documentation.
    4. Edit the value of com.ibm.team.repository.db.jdbc.location for your DB2 user name.

      It is important that the user has authority to create tables, tablespaces, and modify the database configuration.

    5. Specify the user password in the property com.ibm.team.repository.db.jdbc.password.
      Note: Do not change the password={password} text in the com.ibm.team.repository.db.jdbc.location property.
    6. If necessary, change the property com.ibm.team.repository.db.db2.content.tablespace.location to a path on your Jazz Team Server where the main tablespace can be created.
      Note: If this value is not changed from the default of content_tablespace, the tablespace is created under the database storage location.

You are finished setting up your database. Continue with Creating the Jazz Team Server database tables.


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