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Search results: Db2 Connect and Drivers

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Switch the "IBM Data Server Client" over to an MSI installer for Windows machines

Currently the installer uses an ancient InstallShield installer that is a nightmare to roll out. It would be nice if it could be transitioned over to an MSI installer because those are easier to uninstall and roll out.
about 2 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Under review

Make Db2 Connect ready for the future (which is already here)

Hi IBM Community, hi IBM Support, as part of a Red Hat Enterprise Linux version change, at the moment we have to set up many new server systems for the application software we support.Our application software relies heavily on DB2 and so the IBM D...
over 1 year ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Submitted

Windows Db2-Runtime-Client with Certificate authentication: should also work without specifying sslClientLabel

Windows Db2-Runtime-Client with Certificate authentication: should also work without specifying sslClientLabel Today it is mandatory to define sslClientLabel (aka Friendly Name) if SSLClientKeystoredb value="GSK_MS_CERTIFICATE_STORE" is set. We h...
about 4 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 3 Planned for future release

Db2 Connect Client steering thread recycle

Enhance Db2 Connect client for distributed workload. problem statement: Today Db2 DDF will close the connection to recycle the thread. This happens conditional (recycle-time limit, after Commit, no open cursors, other conditions). The client will ...
over 1 year ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Submitted

Add a parameter value like GSK_MS_CERTIFICATE_STORE for SSLClientKeystoredb on linux

On windows systems you can configure the Db2 Data Server Driver Package to search for the CA certificate in the Microsoft key store by setting <parameter name="SSLClientKeystoredb" value="GSK_MS_CERTIFICATE_STORE"/> in db2dsdriver.cfg. Unfor...
over 2 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Future consideration

Update the DB2 LUW Client Drivers to support Windows Server Core docker images

The IBM DB2 client driver package does not work on window server core images. See the included Dockerfiles. Dockerfile-servercore uses the aspnet 4.8 base image which is based on windowsservercore-ltsc2022 docker image https://hub.docker.com/r/mic...
about 1 year ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Submitted

Silent uninstall of ibm data server runtime client renders in error with db2lswtch

We are having problem when uninstalling IBM Data Server Runtime Client 11.5.7.0 from a script. Install works fine but when uninstalling I use this command from a command window as administrator MSIEXEC /X {9915B73E-D89B-4D1C-89B3-5FEF7978024C} /le...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Not under consideration

Officially Support Db2 Connect .NET core in AWS

I can currently connect using the "mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/sdk:2.2-stretch" distro with IBM.Data.DB2.Core-lnx nuget package from AWS Fargate. I am told by support that this is not officially supported. Please officially support this setup. ...
about 6 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 1 Delivered

Single self-contained Windows DLL for .net5/6

With Oracle or Microsoft, we have the possibility to just reference one DLL to get full access to those RDBMS without driver installation. The latest Nuget packages are a nice addition, but publishing a project with VS releases the full clidriver ...
over 3 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 1 Not under consideration

Support for Windows 2016 on 10.5

Requesting support for Windows Server 2016 in DB2 ESE 10.5
about 8 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Delivered