Using Installation Manager to reinstall the product and use an existing DB2 Express

You can reinstall the product and use the existing DB2 Express database, if you did not remove it when you uninstalled other product components. This scenario gives you access to your existing Build Forge projects and job logs.
Before you start Installation Manager, use the check list in the following steps to obtain the required DB2 Express information.
Important: If you have configured the system to use HTTPS and SSL, you need to back up your certificates in <bfinstall>/keystore and <bfinstall>/bfclient.conf (where the certificate password is stored). On UNIX and Linux systems the directories are in <bfinstall>/Platform.

To reinstall and use an existing DB2 Express database:

  1. Start Installation Manager.
  2. On the Start page click Install.
  3. Follow the instructions in the Installation Manager wizard to reinstall product components.
  4. On the Database Configuration page, make the following selections:
    1. For Install DB2 Express, select No.
    2. For Do you wish to populate this database at install time?, select No.
    3. To complete the remaining fields, use the information in the following table:
      Check list: DB2 Express configuration information
      Field Description
        Database host The provided DB2 Express database is installed on the local host name (127.0.0.1).
        Database name The database name is BUILD, all uppercase.
        Database schema name The name of the database schema is BUILD, all uppercase.
        Database user name The database user name that you provided to create the DB2 Express database.
        Database password The password that you provided for the database user name.
        Path to the DB2 client libraries The path to the DB2 client libraries (db2cli.dll) for DB2 Express is C:\Program Files\IBM\SQLLIB\bin.
        JDBC driver location The path to the JDBC driver (db2jcc.jar) for DB2 Express is C:\Program Files\IBM\SQLLIB\java.
  5. Click Test Connection.
  6. Click Next to continue and complete the installation.

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