Installing and setting up the database

You must set up the database to complete the IBM® Product Master installation.

To install and set up the database, refer to the documentation for your database. To configure the database for use with Product Master, refer to the following topics.

Product Master uses two kinds of connections to connect to the database:

A native database client to run scripts for creating schema or companies
A JDBC driver

For installation purposes, set up one or more restricted users on a system for database schema users. Because DB2® uses the operation system to authenticate a new user, use a user ID such as mdmdb1 with a restricted shell. This user is not required to be a member of any Db2 groups. You can also do a simple installation by using a single ID for both Db2 installation ID and the schema ID. The default ID is db2inst1. For more information, see your Db2 documentation.