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1-12 Administrative Products for DB2 Installation Guide
Installation Paths
Determining Version, Release, and Maintenance Levels
You must determine whether the distribution tape contains a new version, a
new release, or maintenance for each product that you plan to install. The
format of the version or release number on the tape label is as follows:
date V.R.MM
The variables shown in the format are as follows:
• date represents the product date in the form mm-dd-yyyy
• V represents the version number
• R represents the release number
• MM represents the maintenance level
Determine the version, release, and maintenance levels of your currently
installed products, and compare that information with the levels on the
distribution tape’s external label. Table 1-9 shows examples of changes in
product status. You can quickly determine whether the distribution tape
contains a new version, a new release, or maintenance.
Note: Some new versions and releases contain data structure changes for
the BMC Software databases, and thus require a Full Installation.
Table 1-9 Changes in Product Status
Product Status
VRMM
new version installed level 3.2.03
distribution tape 4.0.01
new release installed level 3.2.03
distribution tape 3.3.00
maintenance level installed level 3.2.03
distribution tape 3.2.04
