Quick Beginnings

Installation Steps

To install a DB2 client for OS/2, perform the following steps:

Step  1.	Insert the appropriate CD-ROM into the drive.
Step  2.	Open an OS/2 command window, set the directory to your CD-ROM drive, and enter the following command: x:\install where x represents your CD-ROM drive.
Step  3.	The DB2 Launchpad opens. It looks similar to the following:
Step  4.	From this window, you can view the installation prerequisites and the release notes, you can take a Quick Tour to explore the features, capabilities, and benefits of DB2 Universal Database Version 7, or you can proceed directly to the installation.

Once you have initiated the installation, proceed by following the install program's prompts. Online help is available to guide you through the remaining steps. To invoke the online help, click Help, or press F1.

For information on errors encountered during installation, see the l1.log and l2.log files. These files store general information and error messages resulting from installation and uninstall activities. By default, these files are located in the x:\db2log directory; where x: represents the drive on which your operating system is installed. For more information, refer to the Troubleshooting Guide.

To configure your client to access remote servers, go to Configuring Client-to-Server Communications Using the Client Configuration Assistant.

If you want to use ODBC applications with OS/2, you must ensure that the \sqllib\dll\odbc.dll file appears as the first odbc.dll in the LIBPATH parameter of the config.sys file. The Install program does not automatically position the dynamic link library (dll) as of Version 7. If odbc.dll is not the first ODBC dll listed, you may have problems connecting to DB2 through ODBC applications.