Software requirements

You must meet the following minimum hardware requirements to install Performance Expert Agent for Db2 Connect Monitoring on Windows.

  • One of the following Windows versions:
    • Windows XP 64-bit Professional Edition
    • Windows Server 2003 64-bit Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, or Datacenter Edition
    • Windows Vista Business Edition, Enterprise Edition, or Ultimate Edition
    • Windows 7
  • One of the following Db2 systems:
    • Db2 Enterprise systems:
      • Db2 Enterprise Server Edition V11.1 up to V11.5
    • Db2 Connect systems:
      • Db2 Connect Application Server Edition V11.1 up to V11.5

      To check the fix pack level of your Db2 installation, type db2level on the command line.

  • TCP/IP installed on the workstation.
  • Software programs to download files or code from z/OS®, such as File Transfer Protocol (FTP) or IBM® Personal Communications.

Passwords and Multi-factor authentication (MFA)

  • The PE Agent supports password phrases.
  • The PE Agent does not support multi-factor authentication. The MFA token for authentication is not stored so the PE Agent cannot be restarted automatically when using MFA.