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The task of connecting a client to databases on servers is now simplified. Many of the steps performed on the server and the client are now automated.
From the server, DB2 auto-discovers the protocols it has detected on the workstation. You select the appropriate protocol and tell DB2 to configure the server and client.
From the client, it is now much simpler to make a new database connectable. You can ask DB2 to auto-discover the databases available, and then you can select a database from that list and ask DB2 to configure it for connection.
From an instance in the Control Center, the Setup Communications option lets you configure a DB2 server instance and update the communications protocol settings to support connections to the instance's databases from remote clients. You can set up communications for a new instance, or maintain the communication configuration of an existing instance. Many of the required steps are automated. You simply need to select the communication protocols you wish to have the server instance support.
Server Communications Configuration is available on OS/2, Windows NT, Windows 95, and Windows 98 operating systems. See the Quick Beginnings book for your operating system for details.
This assistant leads you through the steps necessary to configure and manage a DB2 client, while at the same time automating some of the steps required. Once a database has been configured for connection using either the automated or manual method, you can perform other actions on it:
Connections can be configured to both DB2 Common Server databases and DRDA databases.
The Assistant is available on OS/2, Windows NT, Windows 95, and
Windows 98 operating systems. The Client Configuration Assistant does
not configure remote clients. See the Quick
Beginnings book for your operating system for details.
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Version 5.2
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The Client Configuration Assistant (CCA) can be used to configure TCP/IP connections to DB2 for VM and DB2 for AS/400 database servers. You can also use it to configure Communications Server for NT (CS/NT) and IBM Personal Communications SNA stacks if you are using an SNA network. See the DB2 Connect Quick Beginnings manuals for details.