Quick Beginnings

Step 1. Obtain Required Information

For your Microsoft SNA client software to function properly you must have access to a properly-configured Microsoft SNA Server. Request that your SNA Server administrator:

1. Obtain the proper license for you to use Microsoft SNA Client on your workstation.

2. Define a user ID for you on the SNA Server domain.

3. Define connections to the host and AS/400 databases that you need to access, as described in Chapter 16. "Configuring Microsoft SNA Server for DB2 Connect for Windows NT".

4. Provide you with the symbolic destination name to use for each database connection defined in the previous step.

   If you plan to change host passwords, the SNA administrator will also need to provide you with symbolic destination names for password management tasks on each host. See Chapter 10. "Changing Your MVS Password" for more information on changing host passwords.

Your host or AS/400 database administrator will need to:

1. Define a user ID and password on the host or AS/400 security system for you to use.

2. Make sure that your user ID is granted proper access to database objects that you will be working with.

3. Provide you with the database name:

   Location name

   on DB2/MVS or DB2 for OS/390

   RDB

   on AS/400

   DBNAME

   on DB2 for VM/VSE (SQL/DS)

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