I am testing an upgrade and installed DB2 Connect V 8.2 on a windows server.

I would like to create a second DB2 instance and then test my 9.5 upgrade.

I used the control center an created a new instance but I cannot connect to it.. I get "The instance "DB2_01" does not exist on host "

obviously I am missing something.. can anyone help?

Hi,

open a command window (or simply run db2cmd).
Enter the command db2ilist. Does it show two instances?

If yes,
set DB2INSTANCE=DB2_01 (or what other instance is shown)
db2 get dbm cfg
db2licm -l
or any other command ...

DB2ILIST only shows 1 Instance - the default DB2 Instance

created the instance before or after install 9.5
after : start -programs-ibm-db2 there is a link to the new environment
db2icrt can create an instance, but not applicable for you. new instance in new code level..