Setting up DB2 Connect is a multi-step process. DB2 Connect Enterprise Edition is often installed with hundreds or thousands of clients in mind. For this reason, we recommend a test installation, outlined below. After the test configuration has proven stable, you can use it as the template for an unattended installation of DB2 Connect and your clients across your organization.
The typical steps to installing and configuring DB2 Connect Enterprise Edition are as follows:
Step 1. | Determine how you want to use DB2 Connect in your network. For the available options, see Accessing Host or AS/400 DB2 Data from the Desktop using DB2 Connect Enterprise Edition. |
Step 2. | Verify that you have the correct hardware and software prerequisites on both your workstation and the host database server. See Planning for Installation for prerequisites. |
Step 3. | Verify that your host or AS/400 database server is configured to accept connections from DB2 Connect servers. See Preparing Host and AS/400 Databases for DB2 Connect Communications. |
Step 4. | Install your DB2 Connect software. You will use this workstation to configure and verify your host and AS/400 connections. For DB2 Connect installation instructions, see Installing DB2 Connect. |
Step 5. | After installation, establish the connection between DB2 Connect and your host or AS/400 database system. |
Step 6. | Bind the programs and utilities provided with DB2 Connect to your host or AS/400 database. For instructions, see "Bind Utilities and Applications to the Database Server" on "6. Bind Utilities and Applications to the Database Server". |
Step 7. | Test the connection. |
Step 8. | Enable the Multisite Update feature (optional). See Enabling Multisite Updates (Two-Phase Commit). |
Step 9. | If you are planning to use Net.Data, WebSphere, transaction monitors or your own application server software, install these products or applications. For information on installing Net.Data or WebSphere consult the documentation provided with these products as part of the DB2 Connect Enterprise Edition product package. For other products consult the installation documentation provided with the product. |
Step 10. | Install and configure a DB2 client. Use this workstation to test connectivity from the DB2 run-time client to host and AS/400 servers, as well as to test applications that use this connectivity. For instructions, see Installing and Configuring DB2 Clients. |
Step 11. | Use the Client Configuration Assistant to connect the client to the host or AS/400 system through DB2 Connect. For instructions, see Configuring Client-to-Server Communications Using the Client Configuration Assistant. |
Step 12. | Install DB2 clients on all end-user workstations that will use applications that connect to host and AS/400 database servers. For instructions on deploying DB2 clients on a large number of workstations, refer to the Installation and Configuration Supplement. |
Step 13. | You are now ready to use DB2 Connect with all your applications. Workstations that will be used for application development should have the DB2 Application Development Client installed. For instructions, see Installing and Configuring DB2 Clients. |
Step 14. | If you want to use this workstation to administer DB2 for OS/390 or DB2 Universal Database for UNIX, Windows NT, Windows 2000, or OS/2 servers, install the DB2 Administration Client. For more information, see Administering DB2 for OS/390 and DB2 Connect Enterprise Edition servers with the Control Center.
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