Editions from DB2

[Fabian Knopf]

Hi @ll,

i have here the try and buy version from the DB2 Enterprise Edition as
demo working. I get in a week a licence for the Express Edition and want
to know if i can take the licence key from the express edition to get my
enterprise edition to an express edition is this possible i dont want
to install my database again its fine working on enterprise edition?

Do i have to pay for a developer edition to hold my database???

Cu,

Fabian Knopf

[Philip Sherman]

Re: Editions from DB2

I doubt you'll be able to do that. EE is targeted at large businesses
while Express is targeted at small to medium sized ones.

It shouldn't be necessary to recreate your database when going to
Express. Backup your existing database, test the restore process using
another instance to verify that the backup is usable then delete and
reinstall the software. Make sure you've applied the same fixpacks with
the new install and setup the Express system to match the original
install of EE.

You may be able to recatalog your database on the Express instance and
use it as-is. Worst case would be a redirected restore of the backup,
which is what you should have done above when testing the restore process.

One question - Why did you start with the Try & Buy Enterprise edition?

Philip Sherman



Fabian Knopf wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi @ll,
>
> i have here the try and buy version from the DB2 Enterprise Edition as
> demo working. I get in a week a licence for the Express Edition and want
> to know if i can take the licence key from the express edition to get my
> enterprise edition to an express edition is this possible i dont want
> to install my database again its fine working on enterprise edition?
>
> Do i have to pay for a developer edition to hold my database???
>
> Cu,
>
> Fabian Knopf[/color]

[Fabian Knopf]

Re: Editions from DB2

Philip Sherman wrote:[color=blue]
> I doubt you'll be able to do that. EE is targeted at large businesses
> while Express is targeted at small to medium sized ones.
>
> It shouldn't be necessary to recreate your database when going to
> Express. Backup your existing database, test the restore process using
> another instance to verify that the backup is usable then delete and
> reinstall the software. Make sure you've applied the same fixpacks with
> the new install and setup the Express system to match the original
> install of EE.
>
> You may be able to recatalog your database on the Express instance and
> use it as-is. Worst case would be a redirected restore of the backup,
> which is what you should have done above when testing the restore process.
>
> One question - Why did you start with the Try & Buy Enterprise edition?
>
> Philip Sherman
>
>
>
> Fabian Knopf wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Hi @ll,
>>
>> i have here the try and buy version from the DB2 Enterprise Edition as
>> demo working. I get in a week a licence for the Express Edition and
>> want to know if i can take the licence key from the express edition to
>> get my enterprise edition to an express edition is this possible i
>> dont want to install my database again its fine working on enterprise
>> edition?
>>
>> Do i have to pay for a developer edition to hold my database???
>>
>> Cu,
>>
>> Fabian Knopf[/color]
>
>[/color]
Hi Philipp,

i tried the Enterprise because a friend told me this were the right
distri but it was not !
The Express Edition how many users can work with the db.
When i buy the Version Express they said only 1 user licence what does
this mean???

Cu,

Fabian

[Mark A]

Re: Editions from DB2

"Fabian Knopf" <F.Knopf@gmx.de > wrote in message
news:2v1d65F2g6 e8uU1@uni-berlin.de...[color=blue]
> Hi @ll,
>
> i have here the try and buy version from the DB2 Enterprise Edition as
> demo working. I get in a week a licence for the Express Edition and want
> to know if i can take the licence key from the express edition to get my
> enterprise edition to an express edition is this possible i dont want
> to install my database again its fine working on enterprise edition?
>
> Do i have to pay for a developer edition to hold my database???
>
> Cu,
>
> Fabian Knopf
>[/color]
Using the create instance command (db2icrt) you can specify that a WSE
(workstation edition) instance be created from a ESE install. However I
don't see a option to create an Express Edition instance. But you might try
your license with an WSE instance and see if it works. Of course, you would
have to backup any databases from your ESE instance and restore them on the
new instance.

[Philip Sherman]

Re: Editions from DB2

Full details about the various versions and licensing mechanisms for UDB
are available from the IBM website.

Express is licensed two different ways. You can obtain a user based
license, paying for each user that accesses the database or a processor
license that allows unlimited users on a single processor. The processor
license is the one you are required to buy if you are accessing the
database from a web server (unless you have only a handful of users and
want to use the individual licenses).

If you run your database on a two processor system; you must purchase
two licenses. If you are running on one of the new CPUs that has a split
personality and can operate as two "independen t" processors; I believe
that the single processor license is appropriate because it's still a
single physical processor. Check with whomever you purchased your
express edition from; they should have all the details on what you need
to purchase.

Philip Sherman


Fabian Knopf wrote:[color=blue]
> Philip Sherman wrote:
>[color=green]
>> I doubt you'll be able to do that. EE is targeted at large businesses
>> while Express is targeted at small to medium sized ones.
>>
>> It shouldn't be necessary to recreate your database when going to
>> Express. Backup your existing database, test the restore process using
>> another instance to verify that the backup is usable then delete and
>> reinstall the software. Make sure you've applied the same fixpacks
>> with the new install and setup the Express system to match the
>> original install of EE.
>>
>> You may be able to recatalog your database on the Express instance and
>> use it as-is. Worst case would be a redirected restore of the backup,
>> which is what you should have done above when testing the restore
>> process.
>>
>> One question - Why did you start with the Try & Buy Enterprise edition?
>>
>> Philip Sherman
>>
>>
>>
>> Fabian Knopf wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> Hi @ll,
>>>
>>> i have here the try and buy version from the DB2 Enterprise Edition
>>> as demo working. I get in a week a licence for the Express Edition
>>> and want to know if i can take the licence key from the express
>>> edition to get my enterprise edition to an express edition is this
>>> possible i dont want to install my database again its fine working on
>>> enterprise edition?
>>>
>>> Do i have to pay for a developer edition to hold my database???
>>>
>>> Cu,
>>>
>>> Fabian Knopf[/color]
>>
>>
>>[/color]
> Hi Philipp,
>
> i tried the Enterprise because a friend told me this were the right
> distri but it was not !
> The Express Edition how many users can work with the db.
> When i buy the Version Express they said only 1 user licence what does
> this mean???
>
> Cu,
>
> Fabian[/color]