IBM Installation Guide for Data Server Client and DB2 Connect Personal Edition

For further details regarding Microsoft’s Systems Management Server, refer to the following URL:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/downloads/sms.mspx

To install DB2 products using SMS/SCCM, perform these steps:

1.Import the DB2 install file into SMS/SCCM.

2.Create the SMS/SCCM package on the SMS/SCCM server.

3.Distribute the DB2 installation package across your network.

Packaging IBM data server client product using Microsoft SMS

The steps for importing DB2 install file and packaging IBM data server client product using Microsoft Systems Management Server are as follows:

1.Place the IBM data server client installation image on a location where it can be accessed and edited.

2.Use db2iprune to reduce installation image if necessary.

3.Create a DB2 response file.

4.Start the SMS Administrator Console on a SMS 2003 distribution point server by selecting Start → Programs → Systems Management Server → SMS

Administrator Console.

5.Open the Site Database object tree from the SMS Administrator Console and right-click Packages, then select New → Package From Definition as shown in Figure 3-2.

Figure 3-2 SMS Administration Console

Chapter 3. DB2 client deployment 101