catalog views can be found in 

DB2 UDB SQL Reference 

Volume 1 and 2, 

SC09 4484 and SC09 4485.

1.1.3  DB2 utilities

All DB2 system commands are installed in the 

sqllib/bin

 directory by the 

installation procedure. Some of the most important commands

in DB2 UDB are 

listed in Table 1 1. For a more detail description of the DB2 administration GUI 

tools, see Chapter 8.,  Database administration  on page 235.

Table 1 1   DB2 commands list

Command

Command description

dasauto 

Autostart DB2 Administration Server

dascrt 

Create a DB2 Administration Server

dasdrop 

 Remove a DB2 Administration Server

dasmigr 

 Migrate a DB2 Administration Server

db2 

 Command Line Processor invocation

db2admin 

 DB2 Administration Server

db2advis 

 DB2 Index Advisor

db2cap 

 CLI/ODBC Static Package Binding Tool

db2cc 

 Start Control Center

db2cfexp 

 Connectivity configuration export tool

db2cfimp 

 Connectivity configuration import tool

db2cidmg 

 Remote database migration

db2ckbkp 

 Check backup

db2cli 

 DB2 interactive CLI

db2cmd 

 Open DB2 command window

db2dart 

 Database analysis and reporting tool

db2empfa 

 Enable multipage file allocation

db2eva 

 Event analyzer

db2evmon 

 Event monitor productivity tool

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