What autostarts DB2 8.1 in Linux

[martynh]

I've been happily running DB2 8.1 (currently FP6) on RHEL for almost a year now. When the server reboots DB2 automatically starts (I requested this at DB2 installation time).

However, it occurs to me that I don't know how this actually happens, i.e. where is the command issued to start DB2 at server boot time. It isn't in /etc/inittab (the fault monitor coordinator is in there - db2fmcd), it isn't a service in /etc/init.d (its certainly not an inet or xinet service!) and it's not run via cron at boot time. I don't know where else it could run from.

Any suggestions would be gratefully received.

Martyn Hodgson
martyn.hodgson@iipay.com

 

[martynh]

I can answer my own question now that I've chance to play with the database server when no-one was using it.

The DB2 instance is started by the fault monitor coordinator, the db2fmcd command in /etc/inittab. I guess this looks at the AUTOSTART DB2 parameter, sees that DB2 should be started and starts it up.

It seems that this is a version 8.1 feature.

 

[Einstein47]

I hope this is valid for AIX as well - I've been fighting a DB2 install that will NOT autostart when the box is rebooted. I don't know if the Linux version is similar to the AIX version, but I'm crossing my fingers.

Einstein47
(Some people make things happen. Some people watch things happen. Some people wonder what happened. - Unknown)

 

[Einstein47]

quick question - where did you find the "AUTOSTART DB2 parameter"? I need to know if that is set for my install or not.

Einstein47
(Some people make things happen. Some people watch things happen. Some people wonder what happened. - Unknown)