IBM GC09-2830-00 Welcome to DB2 Connect, How This Book is Structured, DB2 Universal Database

Welcome to DB2 Connect!

The DB2 Connect Quick Beginnings books provide a focused introduction to the installation and con®guration of DB2 Connect products.

This Quick Beginnings book will guide you through the planning, installation, migration (if necessary), and setup of a DB2 Connect workstation. Once the DB2 Connect workstation has been installed and con®gured, you will con®gure a connection from the workstation to a DB2 server on a host or AS/400 system (using the Command Line Processor or DB2 GUI tools).

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How This Book is Structured

Setting up DB2 Connect is a multi-step process. The sections in this book follow the typical sequence of tasks necessary to go from installing DB2 Connect to using client applications with your database.

The typical steps to installing and con®guring DB2 Connect are as follows:

Step 1. Determine how you want to use DB2 Connect in your network. For the available options, see ªAccessing Host or AS/400 DB2 Data Using DB2 Connect Personal Editionº on page 4.

Step 2. Verify that you have the correct hardware and software prerequisites

on both your workstation and the host database server. See ªChapter 2. Planning for Installationº on page 23 for prerequisites.

Step 3. Verify that your host or AS/400 database server is con®gured to accept connections from DRDA Application Requesters such as DB2 Connect. See ªPart 3. Preparing Host and AS/400 Databases for DB2 Connect Communicationsº on page 37.

Step 4. The next step is to install your DB2 Connect software. You will use this workstation to con®gure and verify your host and AS/400

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