Creating a database for the Sametime Meeting Server
Before installing the IBM® Sametime® Meeting Server, create a database to store its data.
Procedure
- On the DB2® server, log in as the DB2 administrator.
- Find the software packages you plan to download.
- Download the packages.
- Extract the packages.
- Open a command window and navigate to the folder where
you extracted the SametimeMeetingServer installation
package.
This package contains a script for creating the Meeting Server database.
-
Navigate to the DatabaseScripts\MeetingServer folder. For AIX® or Linux™, locate
createMeetingDb.sh
, or for Windows™, locatecreateMeetingDb.bat
. - Create the database by running the following command:
- AIX or
Linux
./createMeetingDb.sh STMS DB2_Admin
- Windows
createMeetingDb.bat STMS DB2_Admin
where:- STMS is the name of the database. When naming DB2 objects, follow the rules for your operating system.
- DB2_Admin is the DB2 administrator account (an account with database administration authority)
Wait until you see confirmation that the database has been created and the command has finished.
- AIX or
Linux
- Start the DB2 command
window by running the following command:
- AIX or Linux:
db2
- Windows:
db2cmd
- AIX or Linux:
- Verify that the new database was created by running the
following command:
db2 connect to STMS
where STMS represents the name of the database you created. Verify that you can connect to the database.
- Close the DB2 command window.