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= Pre-Installation Requirements for the Single-Tier "Lite" Edition ODBC Driver for IBM DB2, for Unix-like OS =

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== DBMS Requirements ==

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

* [[HowDoIIdentifyDB2DatabaseNames|Database Name]]
* [[HowDoIIdentifyTheDB2InstanceName|DB2 Instance Name]]
* [[HowDoIIdentifyTheDB2ListeningPort|TCP Port Number]]
* Database Server Hostname or IP Address

== Software Requirements ==

* You need to obtain the DB2 native client and install it on the same machine as <nop>OpenLink's Lite driver. You must ensure that this client connects to 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 [[ConfigureDB2DBAliasonUnix|DB2 database alias]].

== Next... ==

[[InstallDB2LiteUnix|Proceed to Installation & Configuration]].