Administering Satellites Guide and Reference

Chapter 12. An Introduction to Planning and Installation for the Satellite Environment

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For a satellite environment, the installation scenarios will vary from one organization to another. At a minimum, you will need to install DB2 on the workstation that will act as the DB2 control server, and DB2 Satellite Edition on the workstations and laptops that will act as satellites.

You can also install the Control Center, which includes the Satellite Administration Center, on workstations for help desk staff and on workstations used for satellite environment administration. In large deployments, you can install the replication control server tables and a replication source database on a machine other than the DB2 control server.

The following diagram provides a schematic of the systems in your satellite environment:

Notes:

1. The Control Center, which includes the Satellite Administration Center, is assumed to be installed on workstations other than the DB2 control server. At a minimum, you will need to install the DB2 Administration Client on these workstations, although any other DB2 product that includes the Control Center can also be installed.

2. If you choose to administer the satellite environment from the same workstation on which you have installed the DB2 control server, select the Control Center component in addition to the Satellite control server component when you install DB2.

3. The replication control server, which contains the tables required to control replication, can be installed on any workstation that supports IBM DB2 products. In smaller installations, the replication control server can reside on the same workstation as the DB2 control server. For more information, see Creating the Replication Environment.

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