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. Next... Proceed to Installation Documentation.