Administration Getting Started

Chapter 1. DB2 Administration Tools and Basic Concepts

This chapter presents:

• The basics of how to use the Control Center
• A description of the components of the Control Center interface
• An overview of some Control Center objects and their relationships with each other

The Server Administration folder contains the Control Center from which you can access tools to help you administer DB2 servers. The tools are installed by default on:

• Servers running the Windows NT or OS/2 operating systems
• Workstations running the Windows NT, Windows 95, or OS/2 operating systems

The tools are optionally installable on any client system running the:

• Windows NT operating system
• Windows 95 operating system
• OS/2 operating system

If you wish to have a dedicated database administrator's (DBA) system, which allows you to administer remote DB2 databases, you can install the tools on one of the client systems.

In addition to this book, you will find extensive online help accompanying the tools for all the administration tasks. For details on all other administration functions available in DB2, see the Administration Guide.

Knowledge of basic SQL is useful but not required. See the SQL Getting Started book if you need to get started using SQL.

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