DB2 Version 9.7 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows

Network installation of IBM Data Server Driver Package (Windows)

You can minimize the effort and disk space required to install IBM® Data Server Driver Package on client workstations by installing the code on a network share and registering remote client workstations to use the driver as if it is installed locally. This installation method is available on Windows operating systems only.

To set up a network installation of IBM Data Server Driver Package, you install the code on a code server, rather than on each client workstation, and make the code available to remote client workstations through a network share. You run the db2dsdpreg utility to set up each remote client workstation and make the required links to the code server. When a registered remote client initiates a database connection, the driver code is dynamically loaded from the code server as required. The remote client then connects to the database in the typical way. When you update the installed IBM Data Server Driver Package, the updated code is automatically available to the remote client workstations.

The following figure shows a network installation of IBM Data Server Driver Package.

Figure 1. A typical network installation of IBM Data Server Driver Package

This figure shows a typical network installation of IBM Data Server Driver Package.

Note:

Remote client workstations that access data on System z® or Power Systems™ data servers must have a DB2 Connect™ license.
Remote clients on a 32-bit workstation cannot use a 64-bit code server.
This installation method requires code to be loaded across a LAN connection. The extent of performance loss at program initialization time depends on variables such as the load on and speed of both the network and the code server.