DB2 Connect Quick Beginnings for Linux**
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 and this is the preferred method to set up any OS/2,
Windows 9x, Windows NT, or Windows 2000 client to communicate with a
server.
You can use the command line processor to set up DB2 clients on any
platform. For more information, refer to the Installation and Configuration Supplement.
You can use the command line processor to set up DB2 clients on any
platform. For more information, see Configuring Client to LAN-Based Server Communications Using the Command Line Processor.
With the CCA, you can:
- Catalog databases so that they can be used by applications. Three
methods are available:
- Use a profile provided by a database administrator to automatically define
your connections. Client access is automatically set up for that
database.
- Search the network for available databases and select one. Client
access is automatically set up for that database. DB2 Connect Personal
Edition is limited in that it cannot search for Host or AS/400 databases,
except through a DB2 Connect Enterprise Edition server.
- Manually configure a connection to a database by entering the required
connection parameters.
- Remove cataloged databases, or change the properties of a cataloged
database.
- Export and import client profiles that contain database and configuration
information for a client.
- 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.
- Export client configuration information to a profile.
- Import configuration information from a profile.
- Update the server password.
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