You can use the DB2(R) Setup wizard to install your DB2 product on your computer, create a response file, or both. You can use the response file to perform an installation later. For example, you can use a response file to perform identical installations on a number of different computers. Also, you can make your installation choices, and perform the installation later, using a different user ID.
For example, if you are installing the instance-owning partition in a partitioned DB2 Enterprise Server Edition (ESE) database environment and plan to install additional database partitions, you can also create a second response file to use when installing the additional partitions. Use this second response file to create non-instance-owning partitions in the same partitioned database system. For more information on using response files to create additional partitions in an ESE environment, or other environments, see http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/db2luw/v9/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.db2.udb.uprun.doc/doc/t0008425.htm
For more information on response file installations, see http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/db2luw/v9/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.db2.udb.uprun.doc/doc/c0007503.htm
Click Install <DB2 product> on this computer to perform an installation on your system. When you are finished stepping through the DB2 Setup wizard, your DB2 product is installed on your system.
Click Save my installation settings in a response file to create a file with which you can perform the installation at a later time or on a different system. If you are installing the instance-owning partition on a partitioned DB2 ESE server, this also creates a second response file for installing other partitions.
Click Install <DB2 product> on this computer and save my settings in a response file to perform an installation on your system and create a file with which you can perform the installation at a later time or on a different system.
If you have chosen to create a response file, type the Response file name or click [...] to browse for a file. This file can be used to perform the installation on other computers or on this computer later.
The DB2 Setup wizard will generate two response files if both of the following conditions are met:
The DB2 Setup wizard generates the file name for the second response file by appending "_addpart" to the end of the response file name you specify on the Select installation, response file creation, or both panel, but before the suffix, if one exists. For example: