Windows installation prerequisites

Installation requirements for DB2 clients and servers (Windows)

For the most up-to-date prerequisite information, see

vwww.ibm.com/software/data/db2/udb/sysreqs.html.

To install a DB2 client or server product, the following operating system, software, and hardware prerequisites must be met:

Table 1. Windows installation prerequisites

Operating System

Service Pack

Hardware

 

 

 

Windows XP Professional

Service Pack 2 or

All Intel® and AMD processors

(32-bit)

later

capable of running the

Windows XP Professional x64

 

supported Windows operating

 

systems (32-bit and 64-bit)

Windows 2003 Standard Edition

Service Pack 1 or

 

(32-bit and 64-bit)

later

 

Windows 2003 Advanced Edition

 

 

(32-bit and 64-bit)

 

 

Windows 2003 Datacenter

 

 

Edition (32-bit and 64-bit)

 

 

 

 

 

Additional client considerations

DB2 products continue to be supported on Windows 98, Windows ME,

Windows NT®, and Windows 2000 until DB2 Universal Database Version

8.1goes out of service. For existing installations and new installations of DB2 products, upgrading to a more current operating system version of Windows (such as Windows 2003) is recommended. Version 9 clients cannot be installed on Windows 98, Windows ME, or Windows NT Server 4 operating systems. If you wish to continue running DB2 products on back level releases of Windows, you require the following maintenance levels:

vWindows NT Version 4 with Service Pack 6a or later

vWindows 2000 with Service Pack 4 or later

vInternet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2

Windows XP Service Pack 1 is required for running DB2 applications in either of the following environments:

vApplications that have COM+ objects using ODBC; or

vApplications that use OLE DB Provider for ODBC with OLE DB resource pooling disabled

If you are unsure about whether your application environment qualifies, then it is recommended that you install the appropriate Windows service level.

For more information about this COM+ issue, see the following Microsoft®

Knowledge Base article:

vhttp://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;306414

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