DB2 Version 9.7 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows

Installing the IBM Data Server Driver for ODBC and CLI

To install the IBM Data Server Driver for ODBC and CLI, you need:

• to obtain the compressed file that contains the driver.
  • See: Obtaining the IBM Data Server Driver for ODBC and CLI.

There is no installation program for the IBM Data Server Driver for ODBC and CLI. You must install the driver manually:

1. Copy the compressed file that contains the driver onto the target machine from the internet or a DB2 Version 9 installation CD.
2. Uncompress that file into your chosen install directory on the target machine.
3. Optional: remove the compressed file.

If you are installing the IBM Data Server Driver for ODBC and CLI under the following conditions:

• the operating systems on the target machine is AIX®; and
• the DB2 Version 9 CD is mounted on the target machine.

the steps you would follow are:

1. Create the directory $HOME/db2_cli_odbc_driver, where you will install the driver.
2. Locate the compressed file /db2/aix/clidriver/db2_driver_for_odbc_cli.tar.Z on the install CD.
3. Copy db2_driver_for_odbc_cli.tar.Z to the install directory, $HOME/db2_cli_odbc_driver.
4. Uncompress db2_driver_for_odbc_cli.tar.Z:

   cd $HOME/db2_cli_odbc_driver
   uncompress db2_driver_for_odbc_cli.tar.Z
   tar -xvf db2_driver_for_odbc_cli.tar

5. Delete db2_driver_for_odbc_cli.tar.Z.
6. Ensure the following if you installed the driver on a NFS file system:
   • On UNIX or Linux platforms the db2dump and the db2 directory need to be writable. Alternatively, the path you have referenced in the diagpath parameter must be writable.
   • If host or i5/OS data servers are being accessed directly ensure the license directory is writable.