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Introduction

This Lifecycle Director DB2 Manager User Guide provides all the information required for installation, implementation and operation of the DB2 Manager product for the enabling of Lifecycle Director support for the storage and retrieval of table rows using IBM's DB2 relational database management software.

For ease of reference, the product will be referred to as DB2 Manager throughout the remainder of this manual. In addition, the Archive Manager component of Lifecycle Director which is used by DB2 Manager for storage of migrated data will be referred to as Archive Manager throughout the remainder of the document.

The manual assumes some familiarity with DB2 concepts and its implementation. Information on these topics may be obtained from the appropriate IBM manuals where necessary.

Version 1.1 of the product will support all releases of DB2 from version 4 upwards. Page 16 of the manual lists all the pre-requisite software and hardware requirements for DB2 Manager implementation.

Implementation of version 2.5 or higher of the Archive Manager tape database management component is a pre-requisite for DB2 Manager installation. Users should refer to the Archive Manager User Manual for the version of Archive Manager installed at their installation for information regarding that product component.

Any additional installation or release-dependent information not contained in this manual will be supplied to customers as part of the DB2 Manager distribution package.

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