Hi All,
When I try to create an instance after logging in as ROOT user I'm getting this error
/usr/opt/db2_08_01/instance > db2icrt -a server -u db2fenc1 db2inst1
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.27954.

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.


Contents of /tmp/db2icrt.log.27954
=====================
/usr/opt/db2_08_01/instance > cat /tmp/db2icrt.log.27954
Program name = db2idbm
Instance home dir = /home/db2inst1, Sysadm group = db2grp1
Instance type = 1, Auth type = server

DB21016E The Command Line Processor encountered a system error while sending
the command to the backend process.
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.27954.

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.

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Please advice as when I went wrong ?

Thanks,
Vij

Check the file permission , under /usr/opt/ for db2_ directory.
When I have this problem at solaris, I change the /opt/IBM directory
to 755.

you can also turn the debug flag at db2icrt command, but the output is mostly helpful to IBM support.

regards,

mujeeb

You can use .

db2icrt -d -a server -u db2fenc1 db2inst1.


All other things looks fine.
Check the primary group of db2inst1.

regards,

mujeeb

The beauty (or ugliness ) of db2icrt and some of the other instance-level commands is that they're shell scripts. Often you can grep through them and find the point of failure, if you're into that sort of thing. Or just call IBM support and let them do it.

jono

I issued this command now and it worked perfectly
db2icrt -a SERVER -p db2_db2inst1 -s ESE -w 64 -u db2fenc1 db2inst1

Thanks,
Vij

Hi,

During creating instance db2inst1 (DB2 9.5) on aix 5, error occured as

DBI1281E The database manager configuration file could not be
initialized

how to troubleshoot ?

Thanks
GD