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IBM Domino Designer Basic User Guide and Reference
Basic product usage information and programming language reference information.
Lotus® Connectors
Lotus® Connectors provide native access to a wide variety of DBMS products, ODBC, the platform File system, Enterprise Resource Planning systems, and Transaction Processing systems.
Lotus® Connectors and Connectivity Guide
Chapter 2 Connectivity
This chapter provides instructions and information for setting up and testing connectivity to the following database systems:
DB2® Connectivity Test
To test for connectivity to DB2®, complete the following steps:

DB2® Connectivity Test

To test for connectivity to DB2®, complete the following steps:

Run the test program DCTEST, located in the Domino® program directory, appropriate to your operating system.
Select DB2® from the program menu.
Enter the data source, user name, and password when the program prompts for them.
You can produce a printed report for diagnostic purposes. When asked, you can choose to output to a file (Y) or not (N). If you do not choose output to a file, the results appear on your monitor.
If you chose file output, supply a name for the file, then press Enter. The program then attempts to connect to the DB2® data source.
You can retry a connection by entering "Y" when prompted for another data source.