Installing Product License for DB2

In a previous blog post I described how to upgrade to DB2 9.7. However, once the upgrade is complete, the old 9.5 license becomes invalid and a new license needs to be loaded. Preferable before you fire up the new version. Loading the new license is quite simple:

• Download the license file from IBM (it is in your downloads or it can be on a CD that cam with your product)
• Load the license with
db2licm -a path/to/license/file
the db2licm executable is typically in the adm folder

References:

• Registering the product license keys