DB2 instance running in a WPAR for VCS agent for DB2 on AIX

Last published : Jun 11, 2026
This sample DB2 instance running on AIX gives the following configuration, which reflects a DB2 UDB instance running in a AIX WPAR environment.
include "types.cf"
include "Db2udbTypes.cf"

cluster vxcs (
       UserNames = { admin = hlmElgLimHmmKumGlj }
       Administrators = { admin }
       )

system nodeA (
       )

system nodeB (
       )

group db2_grp (
       SystemList = { nodeA = 0, nodeB = 1 }
       ContainerInfo @nodeA = { Name = db2_wpar, Type = WPAR, Enabled = 1 }
       ContainerInfo @nodeB = { Name = db2_wpar, Type = WPAR, Enabled = 1 }
       )

       Db2udb db2udb_res (
              DB2InstOwner = db2inst1
              DB2InstHome = "/wpars/db2_wpar/home/db2inst1"
              ContainerOpts = { RunInContainer = 1, PassCInfo = 0 }
              )

       DiskGroup db2dg_res (
              DiskGroup = db2dg
              )

       Mount db2mnt_res (
              MountPoint = "/wpars/db2_wpar/home/db2inst1"
              BlockDevice = "/dev/vx/dsk/db2dg/db2vol"
              FSType = vxfs
              FsckOpt = "-y"
              )

       Volume db2vol_res (
              Volume = db2vol
              DiskGroup = db2dg
              )

       WPAR db2wpar_res (
              )

       db2mnt_res requires db2vol_res
       db2mnt_res requires db2wpar_res
       db2udb_res requires db2mnt_res
       db2vol_res requires db2dg_res

       // resource dependency tree
       //
       //    group db2_grp
       //    {
       //    Db2udb db2udb_res
       //        {
       //        Mount db2mnt_res
       //            {
       //            Volume db2vol_res
       //                {
       //                DiskGroup db2dg_res
       //                }
       //            WPAR db2wpar_res
       //            }
       //        }
       //    }