Setting up a DB2 database

To use the IBM® DB2® database, you must configure it to work with the Jazz™ Team Server.

Before you begin

You must complete the following prerequisite tasks before you can configure DB2.
  • Review the DB2 documentation to verify that your system meets the requirements and is configured correctly.
  • Install DB2 on a machine that is the database server. DB2 and the Jazz Team Server can be installed on separate machines.
  • Verify that you have system administrator permissions for the DB2 database.
    Tip: On Linux®, to get system administrator permissions for the database, run the command sudo db2fenc1 (db2fenc1 is the DB2 user), and at the command prompt, type bash.

About this task

To set up a DB2 database:

Procedure

  1. Create the database in the DB2 Command Window. The example commands create a database called JAZZ. These commands run in the DB2 Command Window. The Command Window can be opened from the Start menu under the DB2 Command Line Tools menu.
    • On Windows®:
      db2 create database JAZZ on c: using codeset UTF-8 territory en PAGESIZE 8192
    • On Linux:
      db2 create database JAZZ using codeset UTF-8 territory en PAGESIZE 8192
    Note:

    To ensure proper handling of Unicode content, the database character set must be UTF-8 encoding. Because the AUDITABLE_LINKS table does not fit in the default page size of 4 K on Windows, set the page size to at least 8 K.

    If the database is not running, use the command db2start to start DB2.

  2. Locate the file teamserver.properties in the directory JazzInstallDir/server/conf/jazz and rename it to teamserver.derby.properties.
  3. Locate the file teamserver.db2.properties in the directory JazzInstallDir/server/conf/jazz and rename it to teamserver.properties.
  4. Specify the database and connection details in the file teamserver.properties.

    The default connection specification connects to a DB2 database that runs on localhost on port 50000. The database is called JAZZ, and both the user name and password are db2admin. If the default values were used when setting up your database, the teamserver.properties file might already be configured correctly. If not, change this information to match your configuration.

    1. Open the file teamserver.properties in a text editor.
    2. Locate the following lines:
      com.ibm.team.repository.db.vendor = DB2
      com.ibm.team.repository.db.jdbc.location=//localhost:50000/JAZZ:user=db2admin;password={password};
      com.ibm.team.repository.db.jdbc.password=db2admin
    3. Edit the value of com.ibm.team.repository.db.jdbc.location for your DB2 server and database.
      Tip: In the DB2 Command Window, run the command db2 get dbm cfg, then find the line that contains SVCENAME, which indicates the DB2 port name or number. If this command displays a number, use it as the port number (in place of 50000 in the example above). If the command returns a non-numeric name, determine what port number was assigned for this name and use that port number. On Linux, the file /etc/services contains the mapping between port names and numbers,. and on Windows, the file C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\services contains the mapping. For more information, ask your database administrator or consult the database documentation.
      Note: The DB2 user must have permissions to create tables, tablespaces, and modify the database configuration. DB2 users are created by the operating system.
    4. Specify the user password in the property com.ibm.team.repository.db.jdbc.password.
      Note: Do not change the password={password} text in the com.ibm.team.repository.db.jdbc.location property.
    5. If necessary, change the property com.ibm.team.repository.db.db2.content.tablespace.location to a path on your Jazz Team Server where the main table space can be created.
      Note: If this value is not changed from the default of content_tablespace, the table space is created under the database storage location. On Windows, if a new path is specified, it must be specified by using double backslashes, for example: com.ibm.team.repository.db.db2.content.tablespace.location=c:\\db2\\jazz\\content_tablespace.

What to do next

You have finished setting up your database and can continue with Creating database tables.

Alternatively, return to the Installation roadmaps to review the next steps in the installation.


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