Db2 Connect Server products: installation and configuration overview

Setting up a Db2 Connect Server product, such as Db2 Connect Enterprise Edition, is a multi-step process. Db2 Connect Server products are often installed with hundreds or thousands of clients connecting to IBM mainframe database servers. For this reason, it is recommended to use a test installation. After the test configuration has proven stable, you can use it as the template for an unattended installation of Db2 Connect and your clients across your organization.

The typical steps to installing and configuring a Db2 Connect Server product are as follows:
  1. Determine how you want to use Db2 Connect in your network.
  2. Verify that you have the correct hardware and software prerequisites on both your workstation and the host database server.
  3. Verify that your IBM mainframe database server is configured to accept connections from Db2 Connect Server.
  4. Install your Db2 Connect software. You will use this workstation to configure and verify your IBM mainframe connections. Use the related links to find the details specific to the installation of a Db2 Connect product on your operating system.
  5. After installation, establish the connection between Db2 Connect and your IBM mainframe database system. Db2 Connect can locate and configure all TCP/IP connections for you. You can use the Db2® command line processor (CLP) commands to configure IBM mainframe databases.
  6. Bind the programs and utilities provided with Db2 Connect to your IBM mainframe database.
  7. Test the connection.
  8. (Optional) Enable the Multisite Update feature.
  9. If you are planning to use WebSphere®, transaction monitors, or your own application server software, install these products or applications. For information about installing WebSphere consult the documentation provided with these products as part of the Db2 Connect server product package. For other products consult the installation documentation provided with the product.
  10. Install and configure the IBM® data server client. Use this workstation to test connectivity from the IBM data server client to IBM mainframe database servers, as well as to test applications that use this connectivity.
  11. Use the CLP commands to connect the client to the IBM mainframe system through Db2 Connect.
  12. Install a IBM data server client on all end-user workstations that will use applications that connect to IBM mainframe database servers.
  13. You are now ready to use Db2 Connect with all your applications. Workstations that will be used for application development should have the IBM data server client installed.
  14. If you want to use your workstation to administer Db2 for z/OS® or Db2, install the IBM data server client.