Obtaining the IBM Data Server Driver for ODBC and CLI software

The IBM Data Server Driver for ODBC and CLI product contains the CLI driver. The IBM Data Server Driver for ODBC and CLI product does not require creation of an instance.

You can obtain the IBM Data Server Driver for ODBC and CLI product from the Db2® installation media or the IBM Data Server Driver for ODBC and CLI product can be download from the internet. If you are installing from the Db2 installation media, copy the IBM Data Server Driver for ODBC and CLI product image to the target computer.

The IBM Data Server Driver for ODBC and CLI product is a lightweight deployment solution that is designed for independent software vendors (ISV) deployments.

The following steps can be used to obtain the IBM Data Server Driver for ODBC and CLI product from the internet:

Procedure

  1. Go to the IBM Support Fix Central website: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
  2. Select the Information Management from the Product Group drop down box.
  3. Select the IBM Data Server Client Packages from the Select from Information Management drop-down box.
  4. Select the IBM Data Server Driver for ODBC and CLI product version that you require from the Installed Version drop-down box.
  5. Select the platform from the Platform drop-down box then click Continue.
  6. Click Continue from the Identify fixes window.
  7. Select the DSClients-XXXX-odbc_cli-XX.X.XXX.XXX-FPXXX product from the list then click Continue.
  8. Sign in with your IBM ID to proceed with the product download.

    The IBM Data Server Driver for ODBC and CLI product is in a compressed file that is called vxxxfpx_ntxxx_odbc_cli.zip on Windows operating systems, and vxxxfpx_xxxxx_odbc_cli.tar.gz on other operating systems.