DB2 Version 9.7 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows

Installation requirements for DB2 Connect Personal Edition (Windows)

Before you install DB2 Connect™ Personal Edition on Windows operating systems, ensure that the system you choose meets the necessary operating system, hardware, software, and communications 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.

To install DB2 Connect Personal Edition, the following requirements must be met:

Operating system requirements

One of:

Windows XP Professional Edition (32-bit and 64-bit) with Service Pack 2 or later
Windows 2003 with Service Pack 2 or later:
- Standard Edition (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Enterprise Edition (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Datacenter Edition (32-bit and 64-bit)
Windows Vista
- Professional Edition (32-bit and x64)
- Enterprise Edition (32-bit and x64)
All Windows Vista service packs are supported.
Windows 7
- Professional Edition (32-bit and x64)
- Enterprise Edition (32-bit and x64)
Windows 8
- Professional Edition (32-bit and 64-bit)
Windows Server 2008
- Standard Edition (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Enterprise Edition (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Datacenter Edition (32-bit and 64-bit)
All Windows Server 2008 service packs are supported.
Windows Server 2008 R2
- Standard Edition (64-bit)
- Enterprise Edition ( 64-bit)
- Datacenter Edition (64-bit)
All Windows Server 2008 R2 service packs are supported.
Windows Server 2012
- Enterprise Edition (64-bit)
- Datacenter Edition (64-bit)

Hardware requirements

All Intel and AMD processors capable of running the supported Windows operating systems (32-bit and x64 based systems).

Software requirements

A browser is required to view online help.

Communication requirements

TCP/IP is supported and supplied by the operating system.

Windows (64-bit) considerations

SQL requests sent by remote 32-bit clients from earlier versions are supported.

Features

This edition of DB2 Connect is intended for personal workstation use and application connectivity. Server or gateway functionality is not available. For complete details about features provided in this edition, visit http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2/db2connect/edition-pe.html.

This edition of DB2 Connect is not intended to enable application servers and should not be installed on such servers.