Typical steps required to install and configure DB2 Connect Personal Edition

 

Setting up DB2 Connect™ Personal Edition is a multi-step process. This topic discusses the typical steps required to install and configure DB2 Connect Personal Edition.

  1. Determine how you want to use DB2 Connect in your network.

  2. Verify that you have the correct hardware and software prerequisites on both your workstation and the host or System i™ database server.

  3. Verify that your host or System i database server is configured to accept connections from DB2 Connect.

  4. Install your DB2 Connect software. You will use this workstation to configure and verify your host and System i connections.

    Note: If you have a computer with a IBM® data server client installed, you can activate DB2 Connect Personal Edition by registering your DB2 Connect Personal Edition licence to that computer.

  5. After installation, establish the connection between DB2 Connect and your host or System i database system.

    DB2 Connect can locate and configure all TCP/IP connections for you. You can use the Configuration Assistant (CA) to find the host or System i database.

  6. Bind the programs and utilities provided with DB2 Connect to your host or System i database.

  7. Test the host or System i connection.

  8. You are now ready to use DB2 Connect with all your applications. Workstations that will be used for application development should have the IBM data server client installed.

  9. If you want to use this workstation to administer DB2® Universal Database (UDB) for OS/390® and z/OS®, or DB2 Database for Linux®, UNIX®, and Windows® servers, install the IBM data server client.

Related tasks
Binding database utilities on DB2 Connect Preparing DB2 Universal Database for OS/390 and z/OS for connections from DB2 Connect Registering a DB2 product or feature license key using the License Center Testing a database connection using the Configuration Assistant Configuring a connection to host and System i database servers using the CLP Configuring a connection to host or System i database servers using the CA (Linux and Windows)