db2 eee 7.2 on aix 5.1

[andysys]

Hi

We have a unix of with AIX 5.1 installed on it.
It is NIS client.
While installing db2 eee edition 7.2 is shows following
error. --

DBI1722E The specified service can not be added to the
/etc/services file because NIS is running.

As it's NIS environment we created db2 users before
starting installation & also made entries in /etc/services.
We resolved the problem by temporarily disabling NIS
client.
But how to do it IN NIS environment.

Any help will be highly appreciated.

Thanks

Andy

 

[ademeter]

Hi,

the db2setup when run from the install media will not handle the NIS environment correctly, that is create groups, users and services entries. I always run the installation manually, that is:
1. Install the filesets using installp
2. Create users and groups and services entries, The services should contain a service with the db2inst1 name
3. Create the instance
cd /usr/lpp/db2_07_01/instance
./db2icrt -s eee -u db2fenced -w 32 db2inst1
I would not use the "-p db2inst1" to define the port here.
4. Update the instance using TCPIP
su - db2inst1
db2set DB2COMM=TCPIP
db2 UPDATE DBM CFG USING SVCENAME db2inst1
db2start

I know this is not the expected "pure" NIS way of doing things, but if the NIS way does not work then this is one way I use.
The db2inst1 is the instance name and also the port name assigned to the instance.