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3496884 - DB6: "db2val" fails with DBI1338E  The validation of instance db2<SID> failed. Reason code=3 on LINUX Operating system.

Symptom

db2val fails with the following error on LINUX

Task 6: Validating instance file ownership and permission fails with the following error.
Files with wrong ownership:
/db2/db2<SID>/sqllib : expected permissions:u=rwx,g=rwxs,o=rxt

Additional error:

DBI1338E  The validation of instance db2<SID> failed. Reason code=3.


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Environment

Db2 LUW IBM

Keywords

db2val -i <instance_name> -l <log_file> -t <trace_file>, db2val.log,  SELinux permissions  , KBA , BC-DB-DB6 , DB2 Universal Database for Unix / NT , Problem

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