Deploying the IBM Data Server Driver for ODBC and CLI with database applications
The IBM Data Server Driver for
ODBC and CLI
is not part of the IBM Data Server
Client
or the IBM Data Server Runtime
Client .
It must be installed and configured separately. You can simplify the
deployment of your CLI
and ODBC database applications by creating an install program. You
can deploy the IBM Data Server Driver for
ODBC and CLI
with your CLI and
ODBC database applications by obtaining the compressed file that contains
the driver and following the installation and configuration steps
required for the driver into your install program.
Before you begin
- a mechanism for deploying the applications, such as an install program (install program is available on Windows only);
- to obtain the compressed file that contains the driver; See: Obtaining the IBM Data Server Driver for ODBC and CLI software
- a redistribution license. See: License requirements for the IBM Data Server Driver for ODBC and CLI.
Restrictions
Under the terms of the redistribution license, only some of the IBM Data Server Driver for ODBC and CLI files can be redistributed. Which files may be redistributed is listed in the file redist.txt. This file can be found in the compressed file that contains the driver, called ibm_data_server_driver_for_odbc_cli.zip on the Windows operating systems and ibm_data_server_driver_for_odbc_cli.tar.Z on all other platforms.
Procedure
To incorporate the IBM Data Server Driver for ODBC and CLI into your install program:
- Copy the driver files into your install program. See the restrictions mentioned previously about which driver files can be redistributed.
- Set the install program to install the driver on the target machine. See: Installing the IBM Data Server Driver for ODBC and CLI software on Linux and UNIX operating systems.
- Set the install program to configure the environment on the target machine. See: Configuring the IBM Data Server Driver for ODBC and CLI.