Configuring a connection to host or System i database servers using the CA (Linux and Windows)

This task describes how to connect to a remote database host or System i™ database server from your DB2 Connect™ workstation using the Configuration Assistant (CA). The CA is a DB2^® GUI tool that can be used to configure database connections and other database settings.

Note: In previous releases, the DB2 Administration Tools, such as the CA, were supported on all platforms. As of Version 9, the DB2 Administration Tools are supported only on Windows^® x86, Windows x64 (AMD64/EM64T), Linux™ on x86, and Linux on AMD64/EM64T. For all platforms, you can use the DB2 command line processor (CLP) to configuring a connection to a host or System i database server. Your DB2 Connect workstation can be either:

A IBM^® data server client: The IBM data server client can connect indirectly to host or System i databases through a DB2 Connect server product.
DB2 Connect Personal Edition: You can connect directly to host or System i databases using DB2 Connect Personal Edition. You can also connect through a DB2 Connect server product.

Prerequisites

The Configuration Assistant must be installed on your DB2 Connect workstation. The Configuration Assistant is available as part of the IBM data server client.
The remote server must be configured to accept inbound client requests. By default, the server installation program detects and configures most protocols on the server for inbound client connections.

The following methods can be used to configure a connection to a database using the CA (refer to the Related tasks at the end of this topic):

Connecting to a database using a client profile
Connecting to a database manually using the CA