Configuring the DB2 infrastructure
Before creating the HCL Docs databases, you must complete these steps to ensure that the data will be stored in UTF-8 format.
Configuring DB2® for Unicode on Linux™
- Open a terminal window on the IBM® DB2® server.
- Change to the DB2 admin user, for example, db2admin:
su – db2admin
- Run the following commands:
db2set DB2CODEPAGE=1208
db2stop force
db2start
- Check the configuration with the following command:
db2set
Configuring DB2® for Unicode on Windows™
If
you are logged in as an existing user, go to the start menu and select
the option to switch users (arrow option next to the Log
off button).
- Log in to the server as a DB2® administrator (db2admin).
- Open a db2cmd window on the IBM® DB2® server.
- Run the following commands:
db2set DB2CODEPAGE=1208
db2stop force
db2start
- Check the configuration with the following command:
db2set