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<p>Created page with &quot;= DB2 autostart with systemd = == Problem == DB2 installation creates an inittab entry which controls autostart of db2 instances fmc:2345:respawn:/opt/ibm/db2/V10.5/bin/db...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>= DB2 autostart with systemd =<br /> <br /> == Problem ==<br /> <br /> DB2 installation creates an inittab entry which controls autostart of db2 instances<br /> <br /> fmc:2345:respawn:/opt/ibm/db2/V10.5/bin/db2fmcd #DB2 Fault Monitor Coordinator<br /> <br /> With systemd managing the os startup instead of sysvinit, the inittab is no longer used. This means DB2 instance autostarts and automatic restarts after failures no longer work.<br /> <br /> == Solution ==<br /> <br /> Create a systemd service file /etc/systemd/system/db2fmcd.service that does the same job as the above inittab entry<br /> <br /> [Unit]<br /> Description=DB2 Fault Monitor Coordinator<br /> <br /> [Service]<br /> ExecStart=/opt/ibm/db2/V10.5/bin/db2fmcd<br /> Restart=restart-always<br /> <br /> [Install]<br /> WantedBy=multi-user.target<br /> <br /> Make systemd aware of the new file<br /> <br /> # systemctl daemon-reload<br /> <br /> Start the service once<br /> <br /> # systemctl start db2fmcd.service<br /> <br /> Enable autostart of the service at boot<br /> <br /> # systemctl enable db2fmcd.service</div>

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