Quick Beginnings

Planning for Installation

Before you install DB2, you should make sure that your system meets DB2's hardware and software requirements. If you are migrating from a previous version of DB2, there are also pre-installation migration tasks you should perform to prepare your databases.

This chapter describes the following requirements you should take into consideration before installing DB2:

• Memory Requirements.
• Disk Requirements.
• Software Requirements.
• Possible Client-to-Server Connectivity Scenarios.
• Migrating from Previous Versions of DB2.

If you know that your system meets all the hardware and software requirements, and you want to begin installing your DB2 product right away, go to: Installing and Configuring DB2 Universal Database on AIX Installing and Configuring DB2 Universal Database on HP-UX Installing and Configuring DB2 Universal Database for NUMA-Q Installing and Configuring DB2 Universal Database on Solaris For information on the DB2 family of products, see Appendix D, About DB2 Universal Database for UNIX, Windows, and OS/2.