Tag: IBM

  • Using Verifone RiTA software with IBM WAS

    If you are running the RiTA software by Verifone, you may encounter a number of issues configuring the software to work in an IBM WebSphere environment. There are two issues you want to avoid: Not being able to find the tid.jcc file Not having the .jar files in the correct location First, the tid.jcc needs…

  • Changing the host name in IBM WAS

    Many times in a virtual environment, it is advantageous to be able to change the host name. But if you have a virtual guest with IBM WAS installed, cloning the guest may result in the new guest being unable to stop the server, run CORBA properly, or gain access to your message queues within WAS.…

  • Updating a database option in DB2

    Sometimes after a database has been created, you may want to move where the default log path is. Or you may want to changeĀ  DB2 places the log path in the home directory, and you may want to have the logs stored on another storage device. Login as the DB2 adminstrative user, then type the…

  • Updating the log path in DB2

    Sometimes after a database has been created, you may want to move where the default log path is. DB2 places the log path in the home directory, and you may want to have the logs stored on another storage device. Login as the DB2 adminstrative user, then type the following command to change your log…

  • Dropping a DB2 database

    Normally, to drop a database in DB2, you run the following command: >db2 drop db YourDb If you run into errors trying to drop the database, you may need to recatalog the database. You can run the following series of commands: >db2 uncatalog db YourDb >db2 catalog database Restart DB2. Then run: >db2 drop db…

  • Changing a DB2 server name

    If you find DB2 not being able to start because of a server name problem, it most likely is caused by moving a virtual machine and not renaming the DB2 database. To update DB2 to the proper name: Stop DB2 as administrator (db2inst user). >su – db2inst >db2stop If there are open database connections, then…