|DB2 now uses a new method to specify DMS raw table space containers on |Windows 2000 and later systems. Each basic disk partition or dynamic |volume is assigned a globally unique identifier (GUID) at creation |time. This GUID can be used as a device identifier when specifying the |containers in a tablespace definition. Because the GUIDs are unique |across the system, a multi-node configuration has unique GUID for each node, |even if the disk partition definitions are the same.
|A tool called db2listvolumes.exe has been provided to |help display the GUIDs for all the disk volumes defined on a Windows |system. The tool creates two files in the current directory that you |run it. One file, volumes.xml, contains information |about each disk volume. It is designed for easy viewing in any |XML-enabled browser. The other file, tablespace.ddl, |contains the required syntax for specifying the table space containers. |Before you use tablespace.ddl, you must update it to include |the remaining information needed for a table space definition.
|The db2listvolumes tool does not require any command-line |arguments.