Creating user group accounts for DB2

Last published : Jun 11, 2026
Three user group accounts are required on each node in the cluster.
To create the group accounts on each node in the cluster on AIX
  1. Create a group for the DB2 UDB instance owner. For example, enter:
    \# mkgroup id=999 db2iadm1
    1. Create a group for the user to execute fenced user-defined functions (UDFs) or store procedures. For example, enter:
    \# mkgroup id=998 db2fadm1
  2. Create a group for the database administration server. For example, enter:
\# mkgroup id=997 db2asgrp