Set up a supported DB2® database to work with the Rational
Requirements Composer 2.0
Server.
Before you begin
Check for the following prerequisites before you set up your
DB2 database to work with Rational Requirements Composer Server. Talk
to your DB2 database administrator for additional help.
- Your system meets the minimum hardware and software requirements
for DB2.
- The user who is setting up the DB2 database has administrative
privileges.
Note: Linux® users: To obtain administrative privileges
for the DB2 database, sudo to DB2 user db2fenc1 and
run bash.
- DB2 is installed and running on the machine that will be used
as the database server.
Note: The machine that you wish to use as the
database server can be different from the one on which the Rational® Requirements Composer 2.0
Server is running.
Procedure
To setup a DB2 database:
- In Windows, open the DB2 Command Window by clicking .
- Type the following command (only an example to create a
new database called RRC) in the Command Window:
Note: (a) UTF-8 encoding is essential to ensure proper handling
of Unicode content. (b) The page size should be set to at least 8K,
because the
AUDITABLE_LINKS table does not fit in the default
page size of 4K in Windows.
Troubleshooting: When setting
up a database, a user must be authorized to access the database that
you are trying to connect to. To check whether a user has access to
a database, right click on the database, and click Authorities.
If you get error messages when connecting to the database, you might
need to add a particular user to the database and also make that user
a database administrator.
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