You can install the Extender for Db2 without Db2. Db2
front-end applications can then issue server requests and query
non-Db2 and other relational and non-relational databases without
the presence of a Db2 database. An example is an installation site
which has a requirement of querying IMS and VSAM data. The Extender
for Db2 enables access through a Db2 application (such as QMF),
but does not specifically require the installation to have Db2.
To install the Extender for Db2 without Db2, perform the steps
described in Installation
Procedure with the following changes:
- Unload two data sets from the tape.
- Copy Extender Entry points.
- Omit Step 3. Link-edit
the Extender for DB2 Module With DB2 Entry Points (Optional).
This step enables the Extender for Db2 to communicate with Db2, which
is not present.
- Set up the parameter file EDAPARMS. Set the following parameters
in this file:
EDASERVER = edaserver_name
DBMS = EDA
- Link the Extender for Db2 interface modules with your application
program (optional). Complete Step
5. Link the Extender for DB2 Interceptors With Your Application
(Optional) only if your Db2 application is statically linked
to the Db2 standard IBM modules, such as DSNALI, DSNELI, DSNTIAR.
Running this step links your application to the Extender for Db2
interceptor modules (also called DSNALI, DSNELI, DSNTIAR, etc.)
instead of Db2's.
- Customize the sample CLIST/JCLs provided for the user program.
- Run your application.