Deploying .NET applications (Windows)

To simplify .NET application deployment, IBM provides the IBM® Data Server Driver Package, a small-footprint client that is ideal for use in mass deployment scenarios. You can use the IBM Data Server Runtime Client instead, if the additional features of that client are required over the IBM Data Server Driver Package.

Before you begin

  • Before deployment, you must build your .NET application, which you can do with either Visual Studio or the command line. For more information about building .NET applications, see the related tasks.
  • Computers that you use to build .NET applications and computers where you will deploy .NET applications must have a supported version of the Windows operating system, in addition to other software, as described in Supported .NET development software:
    • Build systems
      • Windows operating system
      • Visual Studio
      • .NET Framework Redistributable Package
      • .NET Framework Software Development Kit
    • Deployment systems
      • Windows operating system
      • .NET Framework Redistributable Package

Procedure

To deploy a .NET application:

  1. Install the IBM Data Server Driver Package onto the computers where you will deploy your application. During the installation, set the IBM Data Server Driver Package installation to be the default database client interface copy.
    Note: Any existing database applications that run against an IBM data server will use this new installation of the IBM Data Server Driver Package. Test those applications against the new driver before rolling out your deployed .NET application.
  2. Install your built application onto the computers where your application will run.