IBM i clustered server: Create remote DB2 for IBM i databases

A remote database resides on a different system than WebSphere Portal. When you use a remote server, manually create the databases that are required by WebSphere Portal.

Before you begin:


Prerequisites


IBM i clustered server: Modify DB2 for IBM i database properties
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To create all the domain database libraries:

  1. Start a 5250 session on the remote database machine.

  2. Type the i command WRKRDBDIRE to display the Relational Database Directory Entry for Remote Location *LOCAL and make a note of the value displayed.

  3. Sign off from the 5250 session.

  4. Start a 5250 session on the local machine where WebSphere Portal is installed.

  5. Create a Relational Database Directory Entry on the local system for the remote system using i command WRKRDBDIRE.

  6. Add an entry with the following values:

      Relational database

        The remote relational database. Use the value noted from the prior step.

      Relational database alias

        The hostname. Use the short TCP/IP hostname of the remote system

      Remote location

        The domain qualified hostname. Use the full TCP/IP hostname of the remote system

      Type

        IP

      Port number or service name

        DRDA

      Remote authentication method

        Preferred method: ENCRYPTED

        Allow lower authentication: ALWLOWER

  7. Create the required DB2 packages on the remote database machine by running the following command from the local machine:

      JAVA CLASS(com.ibm.db2.jdbc.app.DB2PackageCreator) PARM('rdb_alias' 'userid' 'password') PROP((jdbc.drivers 'com.ibm.as400.access.AS400JDBCDriver'))

    ..where rdb_alias matches the name of the Relational Database Entry you created in step 2, where userid is the database administrator user ID on the remote machine, and where password is the database administrator password on the remote machine.

    The output should be: Java program completed

  8. Press F3 to exit Java Shell Display.

  9. Sign off from the 5250 session.

  10. Start a 5250 session on the remote database machine.

  11. Verify the required DB2 packages were created by running the command WRKOBJ OBJ(QGPL/QSQCL*) OBJTYPE(*SQLPKG)

      The output should be:

      Opt  Object      Type      Library     Attribute   Text                        
           QSQCLIPKGA  *SQLPKG   QGPL        PACKAGE                                 
           QSQCLIPKGC  *SQLPKG   QGPL        PACKAGE                                 
           QSQCLIPKGL  *SQLPKG   QGPL        PACKAGE                                 
           QSQCLIPKGN  *SQLPKG   QGPL        PACKAGE                                 
           QSQCLIPKGS  *SQLPKG   QGPL        PACKAGE

  12. Start a 5250 session on the local machine where WebSphere Portal is installed.

    • cd WP_PROFILE/ConfigEngine

  13. Press Enter.

  14. Change the property values in the configuration properties files before entering the following on the command line:

      ConfigEngine.sh create-database

  15. Press Enter.


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