Connection for DB2® CAE and DDCS

IBM® Lotus Enterprise Integrator® (LEI) offers native connectivity to DB2®. This provides a direct connection to DB2® on all DB2-supported platforms, and enhances the DB2® connectivity previously provided through ODBC. The native interface offers improvements in speed and support for native data types not accessible through ODBC. This section contains information on configuring native DB2® connectivity through Distributed Database Connection Services® (DDCS).

Getting Started

Network communications programs must be installed to the server and the DB2® system to establish a network connection for data transfer. Depending on the platform you are using to operate the server, and the operating system used to store DB2®, your requirements are either to install the Administration Client or DDCS. These communications products are available from IBM®. The Administration Client is also available on your DB2® Edition CD-ROM. The machines must have connectivity through the Administration Client or a DB2® run-time environment such as DB2® server.

For DDCS on Windows™ to access DRDA® Application servers such as DB2® for MVS/ESA, the APPC protocol support must also be installed on your system. The requires Microsoft™ SNA server Version 2.11 or later.

Before attempting to connect, verify connectivity through the DB2® command line program (supplied with DB2®) or the DCTEST connectivity test program.