January 2005
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Prior to Version 8 there was another type of instance called the Database Administration Server (DAS) instance. There could only be one such instance per database server, and its main purpose was to allow for remote graphical administration of your database. In Version 7, if you installed the DB2 Administration Client (which comes with the graphical tools) on your Windows 2000 laptop and wanted to connect to a database server in Japan using graphical tools, the database server in Japan had to have this instance created and running.
With Version 8, this instance was converted into a background process, thereby hiding some of the required administration from the user. Nonetheless, you will still find commands ...
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