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DB2 9 Runtime Client readme

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Abstract

This document is the readme for the DB2® 9 Runtime Client.

Content

Contents

1.0 THE DB2 RUNTIME CLIENT
2.0 USING THE DB2 RUNTIME CLIENT
3.0 CD CONTENTS
4.0 COMMAND LINE OPTIONS FOR INSTALLATION
5.0 NOTICES

1.0 THE DB2 RUNTIME CLIENT

The DB2 Runtime Client provides basic functions that allow your applications to access DB2 servers. DB2 Runtime Client also contains the support necessary for JDBC, SQLJ, ODBC, CLI, OLE DB, and .NET.

The installation program installs the language that the installation is running in, as well as the English language which is mandatory. The DB2 Runtime Client consists of one image that has support for all languages and several images that are language specific. All images contain English language support. You must use the appropriate image for the language that you want to install.

Limitations

  • Some components require the use of MDAC 2.8 or later. You should install this product before installing the DB2 Runtime Client.
  • The Configuration Assistant is not packaged with the DB2 Runtime Client. The only available GUI is the CLI/ODBC administration GUI.
  • You must bind the CLI packages from a system with the proper bind files before you can use the DB2 client for CLI applications.
  • The DB2 Runtime Client or its Merge Modules cannot coexist with other DB2 products in the same DB2 Copy.
  • The DB2 Runtime Client or its Merge Modules do not migrate other DB2 products or past versions of the DB2 Runtime Client or DB2 Runtime Client Lite.

2.0 USING THE DB2 RUNTIME CLIENT
  1. Obtain the DB2 Runtime Client source code from the CD or you can download it (from Passport Advantage (http://www.ibm.com/software/lotus/passportadvantage). If you are using the CD, this CD contains a separate installer for each language supported. Please select the appropriate CD with the language that you require.
  2. Install or embed the code by either:
    • Running a response file installation using the setup.exe command. Read through the command line parameters and select the ones necessary for your installation. Sample response files are located in the DB2 product CD under the directory: db2/platform/samples where platform refers to the appropriate hardware platform.
    • Using the appropriate merge modules in your Windows® Installer-based installation. Refer to your Windows Installer authoring tools documentation on how to use Merge Modules.

3.0 CD CONTENTS

The CD contains the following directories:
  • Install - Contains installable images for the DB2 Runtime Client. There is one image that can be installed in any language as well as a separate image containing only that language.
  • License - Contains the licensing terms and conditions for the DB2 Runtime Client.
  • Samples - Contains sample response files that can be used during a response file installation or by the DB2 Merge Module Configurator merge module. It also contains a Package Definition File that can be used to deploy the DB2 Runtime Client using Microsoft® SMS or Tivoli®.
  • Merge Modules - Contains the Windows Installer Merge Modules that can be used to easily embed the DB2 Runtime Client in a Windows Installer-based installation.

4.0 COMMAND LINE OPTIONS FOR INSTALLATION

The following list is a subset of the available command line options for the installation of the DB2 Runtime Client.

/v This option allows you to pass additional command line options and public properties to Windows Installer. You must specify this option to perform a silent installation. To pass multiple additional options include those options within quotes. For example, /v"/l*v c:\out.log /qn".

For more information on the available Windows Installer options, see http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/.


/l*v[log file name]
This option allows you to create a log of the installation. This option is only available within the use of the /v option. You can use the log to troubleshoot any problems that you might encounter during the installation. For example,
/v"/l*v c:\out.log".

/qn This option allows you to perform a silent installation. This option is only available within the context of /v.

/w This option forces setup.exe to wait until the installation is complete before exiting. For a batch file installation, you might want to insert /WAIT before the setup.exe command. For example:
start /WAIT setup.exe /w

/s This option allows you to suppress the initialization dialog for the installation.

/L This option allows you to specify the setup language. For example, to specify French as the setup language, type the setup.exe /L1036 command. There is no space between "/L" and
the "identifier".

If you specify a language that is not contained in the image, the installation will not continue and will return an error message about invalid command line parameters.

Language Identifiers
Language
Identifier
Arabic (Saudi Arabia) 1025
Bulgarian 1026
Chinese (Simplified) 2052
Chinese (Traditional) 1028
Croatian 1050
Czech 1029
Danish 1030
Dutch (Standard) 1043
English 1033
Finnish 1035
French (Standard) 1036
German 1031
Greek 1032
Hebrew 1037
Hungarian 1038
Italian (Standard) 1040
Japanese 1041
Korean 1042
Norwegian (Bokmal) 1044
Polish 1045
Portuguese (Brazilian) 1046
Portuguese (Standard) 2070
Romanian 1048
Russian 1049
Slovak 1051
Slovenian 1060
Spanish (Traditional Sort) 1034
Swedish 1053
Turkish 1055



Specify the following public properties to control the installation of a DB2 Runtime Client:
  • These parameters must be the last parameters specified with the /v option.
  • RSP_FILE_PATH - this should contain the full path to the response file that will be used to drive the installation of the DB2 Runtime client. This is only valid when /qn is specified.

To perform a response file installation, use the following command line parameter:

setup /s /v"/qn RSP_FILE_PATH=[Full Path to the Response File]"

The example assumes that no copy of the client is already installed. If one or more copies exist, the command is different. To install a second copy using a response file, use the following command line parameter:

setup /v" TRANSFORMS=:InstanceId1.mst MSINEWINSTANCE=1 /qn RSP_FILE_PATH=[Full path to the response file]"

To install a second copy using the GUI, use the following command line parameter:

setup /v" TRANSFORMS=:InstanceId1.mst MSINEWINSTANCE=1"

NOTE: Up to 15 new DB2 copies can be installed on the same computer. Use InstanceId2, InstanceId3, ..., InstanceId15 for different copies.

5.0 NOTICES

IBM®, DB2, and Tivoli are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.

Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.

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Modified date:
16 June 2018

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