WebSphere® ESB can be configured to use DB2® UDB for iSeries® or DB2 for i5/OS® as a remote database that resides on i5/OS. If you want to run WebSphere ESB on other platforms including z/OS®, then you need to use DB2 UDB for iSeries or DB2 for i5/OS as a remote database for the product repository.
The ultimate goal of the Profile Management Tool is to run the manageprofiles command with arguments that are specified by the user on a series of Profile Management Tool panels. Alternatively, the Profile Management Tool can be bypassed and the manageprofiles Qshell command line script can be used to create or augment profiles, with or without a response file which is in the form of a Java™ property file. The Profile Management Tool is more user friendly because it provides a graphical user interface (GUI).
During the augmentation of a profile, there is a need to create or access a database and its tables in order to complete the augmentation process. A number of components require database connectivity during the augmentation process. Optionally, you might choose to generate database definition scripts only and later have an administrator run them to create the DB2 collection and tables.
The components that can be configured with a remote DB2 UDB for iSeries or DB2 for i5/OS database during the profile creation and augmentation process are: