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Managing Connections to Databases Using the Client Configuration Assistant

The Client Configuration Assistant (CCA) helps you manage your database connections to remote servers. The CCA is available on OS/2 and Windows 32-bit operating systems. This is the preferred method to set up any OS/2, Windows 9x, or Windows NT client to communicate with a server.

You can use the command line processor to set up DB2 clients on any platform. For more information, see Configuring Client-to-Server Communications Using the Command Line Processor.

With the Client Configuration Assistant, you can:

• Catalog databases so that they can be used by applications. Three methods are available:

  • Search the network for available databases and selecting one. Client access is automatically set up for that database.

  • Use a database access profile provided by a database administrator to automatically define your connections. Client access is automatically set up for that database.

  • Manually configure a connection to a database by entering the required connection parameters.

• Remove cataloged databases, or change the properties of a cataloged database.

• Test connections to local or remote databases identified on your system.

• Bind applications to a database by selecting utilities or bind files from a list.

• Tune the client configuration parameters on your system. Parameters are logically grouped and suggested settings are provided on the interface as parameters are selected.

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