Registering the DB2 product license key

Before you begin

Only perform this procedure if you are using the version of DB2 that was included with HCL Connections. If you installed HCL Connections and DB2 from the product DVD, the license key was already provided.

Note: HCL Connections 6.0 supports DB2V11.1 only

If you used DB2 with an earlier version of HCL Connections, your installation of DB2 is already registered and you can skip this task.

Note: Install DB2 before beginning this task but do not create any application databases until after you have completed this task.

About this task

To register the DB2 product license key, complete the following steps:

Procedure

Navigate to the HCL Flexnet web site and log in.

Note: If you installed HCL Connections and DB2 from the product DVD, the license key was already provided. You can skip Steps 1-3 and begin at Step 4.
Choose Find by Part Number and search for part number CNB1YML.
Download the part and extract DB2_ESE_Restricted_Activation_11.1.zip, making a note of the download location.
Log into DB2 using an ID with SYSADM authority.
Update the DB2 license.

The db2ese_u.lic file is the license file for the Authorized User Single Install option. For other license options, see the DB2 information center.
1. Open a command prompt and change to the following directory: db2_install_dir/bin.
  
  where db2_install_dir/bin is the directory to which you installed DB2.
  
  Note: On the DVD image, the license is stored in the DB2.License directory.
2. Run the following command to update the license:
```
db2licm -a path_to_lic_file/db2ese_u.lic
```
  Note: For more information about using the db2licm command, see the DB2 information center.
Verify that the license is registered by running the following command:
db2_install_dir/bin/db2licm -l
If the license is correctly registered, the details of your DB2 installation are displayed.
Restart DB2.

What to do next

Create your HCL Connections application databases.