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

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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 operating system, hardware, and software requirements.

Table 5. 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 XP Service Pack 2 or later IBM® Data Server Provider for .NET client applications and CLR server-side procedures require .NET 2.0 framework runtime. 64-bit IBM data server provider for .NET applications are supported. All Windows Vista service packs are supported.	All Intel® and AMD processors capable of running the supported Windows operating systems (32-bit and x64 based systems)

Table 6. 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 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 x64 based systems).
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition (32-bit and 64-bit)	IBM data server provider for .NET client applications and CLR server-side procedures require .NET 2.0 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 framework runtime. In an x64 environment, 32-bit IBM data server provider for .NET applications will run in the WOW64 emulation mode.
MDAC 2.8 is required. The DB2 Setup wizard will install MDAC 2.8 if it is not already installed.
Note:

If a previous version of MDAC (for example, 2.7) is already installed, DB2 install will upgrade MDAC to 2.8. For a typical install, MDAC 2.8 is installed. For a custom install, MDAC 2.8 is installed but only if you have not deselected the default which is to install it. If you deselect MDAC as part of a custom install, it will not be installed.
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

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