DB2 Connect License File to access DB2 for z/OS and i/Series

Hi folks,

[just to attract more english speaking forumers …]

do you want to connect your workstation to DB2 for z/OS? Do you want to access data without installing IBM’s DB2 Connect?

You must purchase a DB2 Connect product to connect to a DB2 host server on z/OS, iSeries, VM or VSE through the DB2 Universal JDBC / SQLJ Type 2  or Type 4 driver.

But you don’t need to install DB2 Connect to use the driver to connect to a host database. If you purchase DB2 Connect, you may copy the Type 4 driver and the license file from DB2 Connect onto your production or development system. A DB2 Connect license is required for each machine.

In order to connect to DB2 on z/OS®, iSeries™ or VM/VSE, the DB2 Universal JDBC Driver (which includes JDBC type 4 and type 2 connectivity) requires the license file "db2jcc_license_cisuz.jar". The following link will bring you to a list of license files and the products that include them (see Table 86): http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/db2luw/v8//topic/com.ibm.db2.udb.doc/ad/t0010264.htm.

The db2jcc_license_cisuz.jar file has been removed from certain products in client installations of DB2 UDB V8.2 and later FixPaks.   

Once licensed, installed and available, the license file enables you to directly access DB2 for z/OS databases just using an appropriate JDBC URL connect string (equals DB2 JDBC type 4 connection), specifying server, port and location. Nevertheless, JDBC type 2 connections need DB2 for z/OS servers "catalogued" at your workstation -  JDBC type 4 don’t.

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regards
Gernot