Quick Beginnings

Step 4. Update the DB2 Directories

To configure the DB2 directories, do the following at the SNA client workstation:

1. Catalog the DRDA server as an APPC node. The syntax of the command is:

      catalog appc node node_name remote sym_dest_name security program
   

   For example:

      catalog appc node DB2NODE remote DB2CPIC security program
   

   Note:

   The case of the sym_dest_name (DB2CPIC in this example) must match the case of the Symbolic Destination Name in the CPI-C Symbolic Destination Name Properties definition.

2. Catalog a database alias for the remote database. The syntax of the command is:

      catalog db local_dbname as db_alias at node node_name authentication dcs
   

   For example:

      catalog db NYC3 as DB2DB at node DB2NODE authentication dcs
   

3. Catalog the remote database as a Data Connection Services (DCS) database. The syntax of the command is:

      catalog dcs db local_dbname as real_host_dbname
   

   For example:

      catalog dcs db NYC3 as NEW_YORK3
   

In the DB2 commands above:

• node_name can be any valid eight-character name

• sym_dest_name is the name of your Side Information Profile ((16)).

• local_dbname can be any valid eight-character name

• db_alias can be any valid eight-character name

• real_host_dbname is the name of the database you want to connect to at the DRDA server ((5)).

You now need to update the DB2 directories, test the connection, and bind utilities and applications to the server. The easiest way to do this is to use the CCA as described in Chapter 9. "Configuring DRDA Host Connections on OS/2 or Windows NT Workstations". However, you can also perform these steps manually as described in the sections that follow.

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