Hi There,

having problems in creating V8.1 fp 6 instance on AIX 5L 64 bit. When i try to run the following command from root

/usr/opt/db2_08_01/instance/db2icrt -a SERVER -p inst1svc -s ESE -u db2fenc1 inst1

i get the following message in the log file under /tmp

Program name = db2idbm
Instance home dir = /home/inst1, Sysadm group = db2admin
Instance type = 1, Auth type = SERVER

SQL6048N A communication error occurred during START or STOP DATABASE MANAGER
processing.
Update DBM cfg SYSADM_GROUP errcode = 8
DBI1281E The database manager configuration file could not be
initialized.

Explanation:

An error occurred when attempting to initialize the database
manager configuration file. A DB2 instance could not be created
or migrated.

User Response:

Refer to the log file for problem determination. Resolve the
problem and try the command again. If the problem persists,
please contact IBM Support.

DBI1079I Output is saved in the log file /tmp/db2icrt.log.23798.
Explanation:

All processed and failed operations have been saved into this log
file.

User Response:

Do not modify this file in any way. This file is for IBM
Technical Support reference.

instance user inst1, fence user fenc1, admin grp db2admin are all created, /etc/services files is also updated with inst1svc 50000/tcp

I have been wrestling with problem for past 2 days by trying many options no luck so far, your expertise to help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Karthik ,

Please try creating the Instance without specifying the " -s ESE " option

Run this command

/usr/opt/db2_08_01/instance/db2icrt -a SERVER -p inst1svc -u db2fenc1 inst1

Hope this should work


Regards

Falcon

Falcon, thanks for your response,

I tried without "-s ESE" option also tried just giving
/usr/opt/db2_08_01/instance/db2icrt -d -a server -u db2fenc1 inst1

it is giving me the same problem, with debug option i see it is failing at step
updating dbm function. I did a extensive search on this i saw similar problem
experienced by many people on different platforms, but i can't see a solution
given to it though. Not sure how to proceed on this.

Hi Kartik

One more hint

Please check the whether the group "db2admin" is the parent group of user "inst1"

If not please add it and then retry the db2icrt command


Hope this works

Regards

Falcon_down

Try the command without -a SERVER and after creation the instance try the change of dbm cfg , if it was necessary (default is SERVER).

thanks

One question:
Have you install db2 SERVER or CLIENT? if you do not install db2 server it make sence to get error.

Folks, thanks for your responses, i got it installed finally, it looks like db2 will throw up this weird error for many reasons, for me it turned out to be a hostname resolution problem.