Thomas, We are an SAP shop. Years ago, we ran the full DB2 connect client on each SAP application server. This would be a real pail at times when DB2 maintenance came along. It was also a consumed quite a bit of disk space on the server. Also there was the matter of the configuration that had to be co-ordinated with the SAP folks.
SAP has since migrated to what was called a 'thin client.' (I can find the real name if you want.) One of the advantages of the thin client was that to install, you basically just untarred a directory structure and then pointed your PATH to it. It is so simple that the the SAP admin folks took over the maintenance of DB2 connect. As far as configuration goes, sometimes we have to make an entry in a INI file, but most of the time we do not. Ron Foster Baldor Electric Company 5711 R S Boreham Jr Street Fort Smith, AR 72901 Phone:479-648-5865 Fax:479-646-5440 Email: ron.fos...@baldor.abb.com www.baldor.com ________________________________________ From: Linux on 390 Port [LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] on behalf of Tom Ambros [thomas_amb...@keybank.com] Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 9:43 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: DB2 Connect client, any sense in running server? We're running the DB2 Connect client at the various distributed machines that require it. Is there any sense in running the DB2 Connect server product in a Linux on System Z guest to serve the other guests or the distributed machines removing the client from those distributed devices? I am of the impression that the only purpose for the server, at this point, is to perform two-factor commit under certain circumstances that we do not encounter here. Do the advantages of running the client wash out when Linux on System Z for a set of guests becomes the configuration? Thank you for sharing your experience and advice. Thomas Ambros Operating Systems and Connectivity Engineering 518-436-6433 This communication may contain privileged and/or confidential information. It is intended solely for the use of the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, you are strictly prohibited from disclosing, copying, distributing or using any of this information. If you received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately and destroy the material in its entirety, whether electronic or hard copy. This communication may contain nonpublic personal information about consumers subject to the restrictions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. You may not directly or indirectly reuse or redisclose such information for any purpose other than to provide the services for which you are receiving the information. 127 Public Square, Cleveland, OH 44114 If you prefer not to receive future e-mail offers for products or services from Key send an e-mail to mailto:dnereque...@key.com with 'No Promotional E-mails' in the SUBJECT line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
