The DB2 Application Development Client was known as the DB2 Software Development Kit (DB2 SDK) in previous versions of DB2. DB2 Application Development Client provides the tools and environment you need to develop applications that access DB2 servers and application servers that implement Distributed Relational Database Architecture (DRDA). You can build and run DB2 applications with a DB2 Application Development Client installed. You can also run DB2 applications on a DB2 Administration Client and a DB2 Run-Time Client.
DB2 Application Development Clients are available for the following platforms: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, OS/2, NUMA-Q, Silicon Graphics IRIX, the Solaris Operating Environment, and Windows 32-bit operating systems.
The applicable DB2 Application Development Client can be found on the server product CD-ROM. The DB2 Application Development Client for all platforms can be found on the set of DB2 Application Development Client CD-ROMs.