IBM Data Server Client Packages Version 10.1

Installation requirements for DB2 servers and IBM data server clients (Windows)

Before you install a DB2® database product on Windows operating systems, ensure that the system you choose meets the necessary minimum operating system, hardware, and software requirements.

Important: For the most up-to-date installation requirements for DB2 database products, you must start using the System requirements for IBM® DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows and System requirements for IBM DB2 Connect™ technotes. These technotes use IBM Software Product Compatibility Reports (SPCR). With the SPCR tool, you can locate and find complete lists of supported operating systems, system requirements, prerequisites, and optional supported software for DB2 database products. This DB2 Information Centre topic might be removed in a future release or fix pack.

In addition to system requirements, installing a DB2 product on supported Windows operating systems has these additional considerations.

Windows Installer 3.0 is required. It will be installed by the installer if is it not detected.
IBM Data Server Provider for .NET client applications and CLR server-side procedures require .NET 2.0 or later framework runtime. In an x64 environment, 32-bit IBM data server provider for .NET applications will run in the WOW64 emulation mode.
If you plan to use LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol), you should use either a Microsoft LDAP client or the IBM Tivoli® Directory Server v6 client (also known as the IBM LDAP client which is included with DB2 database products). Before installation of the Microsoft Active Directory, you will need to extend your directory schema using the db2schex utility, which can be found on the installation media under the db2\Windows\utilities directory.
The Microsoft LDAP client is included with Windows operating systems.
One of the following browsers is required to view online help, run the DB2 install launchpad (setup.exe), and to run First Steps (db2fs):
- Firefox 2.0 and later
- Internet Explorer 6.0 and later
- Mozilla-based browsers 1.7 and later
- Safari 3.0 and later
The computer name of the Windows workstation on which the DB2 installation files are located, must be 15 characters or less in length.

Note: DB2 database products support the hardware-enforced Data Execution Prevention (DEP) feature that is built into some Windows operating systems.