When starting DB2 9.7 instance in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 environment, the following error may appear. The key message
is "Could not find /usr/bin/SPident".
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2009-11-13-14.14.57.542827-480 E5240661E350 LEVEL: Severe
PID : 11108 TID : 47434210884592PROC :
db2star2
INSTANCE: db2inst1 NODE : 000
FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, oper system services,
sqloKADetermineServiceLevel, probe:10
DATA #1 : <preformatted>
Could not find /usr/bin/SPident, or it is not readable and
executable.
2009-11-13-14.14.57.543391-480 E5241012E372 LEVEL: Severe
PID : 11108 TID : 47434210884592PROC :
db2star2
INSTANCE: db2inst1 NODE : 000
FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, oper system services,
sqloKADetermineServiceLevel, probe:50
MESSAGE : ECF=0x9000001A=-1879048166=ECF_FILE_DOESNT_EXIST
File doesn't exist
DATA #1 : Codepath, 8 bytes
0
2009-11-13-14.14.57.601952-480 E5241385E270 LEVEL: Severe
PID : 11108 TID : 47434210884592PROC :
db2star2
INSTANCE: db2inst1 NODE : 000
FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, oper system services, sqloKAAnalyze, probe:10
DATA #1 : Codepath, 8 bytes
3
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SPident is an executable, provided by SUSE Linux, which
idetifies the Service Pack level of the Linux. This executable
is included in the previous version of SLES, but not in SLES 11.
The following webpage from Novell has a brief explanation on
it.
http://www.novell.com/linux/releasenotes/x86_64/SUSE-SLES/11/
Since DB2 tries to determine the Service Pack level of the OS
during db2start time, the error above will appear in db2diag.log
file. However, this does not affect DB2's functionality in any
way.
To avoid the error message, via this APAR fix, DB2 will use a
different command, sam, to retrieve the Service Pack level in
SLES 11. |
