The 64 bit DB2 is up and running and seems to work good. But we can't use it.
We have DB2 for VM and VSE V 7.3. Which means we have to have V7 clients. V7 clients only play with 31 bit servers. Hence we have to stay with 31 bit servers. I can find hints that DB2/UDB V8 has both 31 and 64 bit flavors. But I can't find any hint that the 31 bit flavor is available for zLinux. It is possible that IBM decided to only have 64 bit DB2 V8 on zSeries. If so, I can stop wasting my time on this tangent and go to DB2 UDB V7. But I can't seem to find either "a statement saying no 31 bit V8 for zSeries" or where the 31 bit V8.1 is located. Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/28/2006 12:32 PM >>> Tom, I posed this question about 3 months ago to this group and never got an answer. In fact our (IBM) sales person was supposed to check into it and they never got back to me. IBM's push is toward 64bit. I wanted to use 31 bit at the time because my first attempt with 64bit linux(about a year ago) on a z box was a disaster. I don't think it (linux 64bit) was ready for prime time at that point in time. Reluctantly, I installed(about 3 months ago) the 64 bit linux and 64 bit db2 and they played well together. Steve G Tom Duerbusch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> 03/28/2006 01:12 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port To: [email protected] cc: Subject: 31 bit DB2? I've been trying to install a 31 bit DB2 instance under SLES9 (in this case, the 64 bit flavor). I went to the DB2 UDB Enterprise Server Edition V8.2 Trial site: https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/reg/download.do?source=db2udbese82&S_TACT=105AGX28&S_CMP=DLMAIN&S_PKG=dl&cp=UTF-8 I've downloaded: DB2 UDB ESE V8.2 for for Linux on zSeries systems which gave me: ese_db2linux39064_v82_try_buy.tar.gz The next effect of the install is that I keep bringing up a 64 bit DB2, not a 31 bit. That is even when I specify a "-w 31" parm (to select the installation word size). When I looked at the ".rpm"s that were loaded, I find that they are all "s390x.rpm", and no "s390.rpm". Sound like I only have 64 bit code.... So, the question I'm posing, is where can I get a trial of 31 bit code? I need 31 bit as I need to test out with V7 clients which only work with 31 bit code. Worst case, I can go back to my DB2 for VM and VSE CDs that contain DB2/UDB V7 database code. But all the installation manuals I've found so far, have dealt with V8 DB2/UDB code. So, is there a magical place where I can get current, 31 bit code? Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
