Installing IBM Data Server Client or DB2 Connect Personal Edition on the code server

The installation steps for installing IBM Data Server client or DB2 Connect Personal Edition on the code server is similar to installing any other DB2 product. However, you must select Custom installation type and from the Select the Features to install Windows, select Server Support, and then select Thin Client Code server as shown in Figure 3-45.

Figure 3-45 Select the features to install

Making the code directory available to all thin client workstations

In order to load the required code from the code server, each of the target thin client workstations must be able to read the directory where IBM Data Server Client or DB2 Connect Personal Edition source code is installed.

The following steps demonstrate an example for Windows XP:

1.On the code server, launch Windows Explorer.

2.Select the directory on the code server that will be used to serve thin client workstations. For this example, select the C:Program Files\IBM\sqllib directory to set up the share.

3.Select File Properties from the menu bar.

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