- In case an application such as the IBM Systems Director needs the DB2 client to be installed, the process has a couple of pitfalls. Here are steps that make the installation very simple.
- Download the DB2 client from IBM: http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2/9/download.html
- Create a directory and unpack the tarball in that directory, and install the client:
- Create users in the system for the client to use:
- Create a client instance for the client to use:
- Add the db2 profile to the default profile:
- Test the db2 client:
- Add DB2 servers to the catalog:
- At that point you are ready to test the database connection:
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2009-06-07