Pre-Installation Requirements for the Single-Tier "Lite" Edition ODBC Driver for DB2, for Windows

DBMS Requirements

You need to know a variety of information pertaining to your target DB2 DBMS instance and database:

• Database Name
  
• DB2 Instance Name
  
• TCP Port Number
  
• Database Server Hostname or IP Address

Software Requirements

• You need to know whether the client application is 32-bit or 64-bit. The Single-Tier "Lite" Edition ODBC Driver for DB2 must match the bit format of the client application.
  
• The DB2 native client or DB2 itself must be installed on the same host as the Single-Tier "Lite" Edition ODBC Driver for DB2. At the time of writing, the native client is called DB2 Connect. Product names may vary over time.
  
  • The local DB2 components must match the bit format of the client application and the Single-Tier "Lite" Edition ODBC Driver for DB2.
    
  • The DB2 native client ships with the DBMS install media. It may also be downloaded from the IBM Software Mall.

Configuration Requirements

• You need to configure a local DB2 Database Alias.

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