An OLAP Metadata Catalog is a relational database containing 33 tables in which DB2 OLAP Integration Server stores OLAP models and metaoutlines. DB2 OLAP Integration Server supports the following RDBMSs:
The RDBMS for an OLAP Metadata Catalog can run on any platform as long as you have the ODBC driver and database client software to connect to it from the computer that runs DB2 OLAP Integration Server. The RDBMS for the relational data source that you use to create OLAP models and build metaoutlines also can run on any platform, if you have the ODBC driver and database client software to access it.
The RDBMS for the OLAP Metadata Catalog can be different from the RDBMS for the relational data source, and the platforms for the two RDBMSs do not need to be the same.
You can have more than one OLAP Metadata Catalog and, by using the XML Import/Export utility, you can move OLAP models and metaoutlines from one OLAP Metadata Catalog to another.