Restoring the Sametime Gateway database

Restore the IBM® Sametime® Gateway database on the IBM DB2® server to replace the copy that was overwritten during installation of Sametime 9.0.1.

About this task

Due to a known problem, the Sametime Gateway database is overwritten when you install Sametime 9.0.1 Gateway. You can work around this issue by restoring the database from the backup copy that you created before beginning the migration.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the DB2 server as the DB2 administrator.
  2. Open a command window.
  3. Start the DB2 command line processor by running the following command:
    • Linux™: db2
    • Windows™: db2cmd
  4. Restore the Sametime Gateway database by running the following command:
    restore database Database_name

    where Database_name is the name you provided when you created the database. The default name for the Sametime Gateway database is STGW.

    For information on restoring DB2 databases, see the product documentation for the appropriate product: