DB2 Version 9.7 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows

Installation requirements for DB2 servers and IBM data server clients (Windows)

Before you install a DB2® database product on Windows operating systems, ensure that the system you choose meets the necessary minimum operating system, hardware, and software requirements.

Important: For the most up-to-date installation requirements for DB2 database products, you must start using the System requirements for IBM® DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows and System requirements for IBM DB2 Connect™ technotes. These technotes use IBM Software Product Compatibility Reports (SPCR). With the SPCR tool, you can locate and find complete lists of supported operating systems, system requirements, prerequisites, and optional supported software for DB2 database products. This DB2 Information Centre topic might be removed in a future release or fix pack.

Table 1. Windows workstation platforms
Operating System	Prerequisites	Hardware
Windows XP Professional (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows Vista Business (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows Vista Enterprise (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows Vista Ultimate (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows 7 Professional (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows 7 Enterprise (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows 7 Ultimate (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows 8 Standard (32-bit and 64-bit) and Windows 8 Professional (32-bit and 64-bit)	Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later IBM Data Server Provider for .NET client applications and CLR server-side procedures require .NET 2.0 or later framework runtime. 64-bit IBM data server provider for .NET applications are supported. All Windows Vista and Windows 7 service packs are supported.	All Intel and AMD processors capable of running the supported Windows operating systems (32-bit and 64-bit based systems)

Table 2. Windows server platforms
Operating System	Prerequisites	Hardware
Windows 2003 Datacenter Edition (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit and 64-bit)	Service Pack 2 or later. R2 is also supported IBM data server provider for .NET client applications and CLR server-side procedures require .NET 2.0 or later framework runtime. 64-bit IBM data server provider for .NET applications are supported.	All Intel and AMD processors capable of running the supported Windows operating systems (32-bit and 64-bit based systems).
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition (32-bit and 64-bit) and Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition (32-bit and 64-bit) and Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition (32-bit and 64-bit) and Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Edition (64-bit) and Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition (64-bit) DB2 V9.7.0.2 is Windows Server 2008 R2 certified. See http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/results.aspx?text=db2&bCatID=1282&avc=10&ava=0&OR=5&=Go for a complete list of Windows-certified DB2 products.	IBM data server provider for .NET client applications and CLR server-side procedures require .NET 2.0 or later framework runtime. 64-bit IBM data server provider for .NET applications are supported. All Windows Server 2008 service packs are supported.

Note: DB2 database products support the hardware-enforced Data Execution Prevention (DEP) feature that is built into some Windows operating systems.

Additional software considerations

Windows Installer 3.0 is required. It will be installed by the installer if is it not detected.
IBM Data Server Provider for .NET client applications and CLR server-side procedures require .NET 2.0 or later framework runtime. In an x64 environment, 32-bit IBM data server provider for .NET applications will run in the WOW64 emulation mode.
If you plan to use LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol), you should use either a Microsoft LDAP client or the IBM Tivoli® Directory Server v6 client (also known as the IBM LDAP client which is included with DB2 database products). Before installation of the Microsoft Active Directory, you will need to extend your directory schema using the db2schex utility, which can be found on the installation media under the db2\Windows\utilities directory.
The Microsoft LDAP client is included with Windows operating systems.
One of the following browsers is required to view online help, run the DB2 install launchpad (setup.exe), and to run First Steps (db2fs):
- Firefox 2.0 and later
- Internet Explorer 6.0 and later
- Mozilla-based browsers 1.7 and later
- Safari 3.0 and later