Create DB2 Connections

Create Toad Connection Profiles for DB2

Setting up connections to the DB2 for LUW databases and DB2 for z/OS subsystems that Toad will manage requires two steps.

Step 1. Configure DB2 client connections - If you use a DB2 client each of the databases or subsystems must be cataloged on the client. See Configure DB2 Client Connections to learn how to catalog databases/subsystems.

Step 2. Create connection profiles - Step 2 involves creating Toad connection profiles for DB2 databases or subsystems that were either cataloged in the DB2 client or imported from your Data Server Driver configuration file. Each profile contains the information that Toad needs to connect to the system, such as the user ID and password, DB2 registry settings, and the default schema. If you use IBM DSD environment you can import your connection profile from a Data Server Driver configuration file.

Note: You must have a DB2 client installed before you can configure client connections and create connection profiles. Beginning with Toad Data Point 3.6, a DB2 client is no longer included in the product installation. Refer to IBM for information regarding a DB2 client download, http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/db2/linux-unix-windows/downloads.html, or consult your organization's IT department. For a list of supported DB2 client versions, see the Toad Data Point Release Notes.

Note: The default location of your Data Server Driver configuration file is in ...Program Data\IBM\DB2\IBMDBCL1\cfg. The default config filename is db2dsdriver.cfg.

Note: When you connect using IBM Data Server Driver the Database button and the toolbar option in Tools | LUW Database Options will not be available.

Click here to view a video about creating connections in Toad Data Point

Connection Using a Custom Connection String

You can also connect to your DB2 database/subsystem using a custom connection string.

• Select Connect Using | Connection String in Connection Properties
• Enter Database alias, Host name, Login, and Password and the connection string will be automatically updated according to what you enter
• You can save a connection created using a custom connection string in your Connection Manager

If You Previously Used the Toad DB2 Client

If you previously used the Toad DB2 client installed with earlier versions of Toad Data Point, you may need to do the following:

• Install a DB2 client from IBM and set it as the default client. Because Toad no longer installs a client along with the product, you must now have a DB2 client from IBM installed to use your DB2 connections.
• Transfer the catalog from the previous Toad DB2 client to your current default DB2 client. If you used the Toad DB2 client in a previous version of Toad, install a default DB2 client from IBM, and then transfer the catalog from the Toad client to the new default DB2 client. Configure DB2 Client Connections

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Create Connection Profiles

Use one of the following methods to create Toad connection profiles:

• Import Toad connection profiles previously exported to an XML file

  (Export connection profiles to an XML file about exporting a profile that you can later import.)

  Note: The connection profiles are not usable unless you have also created entries in the DB2 catalog for the DB2 databases and subsystems to which these profiles correspond. Configure DB2 Client Connections.

  To import connection profiles

  1. In the Connections (or Create New Connection) window, click on the toolbar, and select Connection file.

  2. From the Import Connections window, browse for and select the XML file containing the connection profiles you want to import.

  3. Click Open.

  4. Select DB2 and click OK to complete the import.

     The connections whose profiles you imported are listed on the Connections window.

• Manually define Toad connection profiles.

  To create a Toad connection profile for a DB2 database or subsystem

  1. In the Connections (or Create New Connection) window, click on the toolbar (ALT+F+N).

  2. Select IBM DB2 LUW or IBM DB2 z/OS from the Group list box.

  3. Review the following for additional information:

     Database alias	Select the alias for the DB2 database or subsystem. This alias was defined when you cataloged this DB2 database or subsystem on the DB2 client. Configure DB2 Client Connections if the alias does not display in the list. Tip: Click to refresh the alias list. Normally, Toad caches the DB2 catalog the first time you open this window in your Toad session and continues to read from cache each time you subsequently open this window. This button forces Toad to reread the DB2 catalog to list any new systems that might have been cataloged externally during the caching period.
     Default schema/auth ID	Enter the SET SCHEMA value (DB2 for LUW) or the SET SCHEMA or SET CURRENT SQLID value (DB2 for z/OS) for this connection.
     Category	Select or create a category if you want to color code Editor tabs for a specific connection. This can help differentiate between development and production databases. You can also set an option to color code the Object Explorer pane and object editor windows (Create, Alter, Drop, etc.). Set Connection Categories   Click here to view a video of this feature.

  4. Select the Advanced tab to define special register values that are then in effect each time Toad connects to the DB2 database or subsystem.

  5. Click Connect to save the connection and immediately connect to the database.

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     Click Save to save the connection without connecting to the database.

Manage Connections

After you have completed both phases for configuring Toad connections to DB2 databases or subsystems, the Connections window lists all the configured connections, allowing you to perform the following:

• Connect to and manage a DB2 database or subsystem through Toad

• Export connection profiles to an XML file

  Toad for DB2 provides functionality to export one or more of your current Toad connection profiles to an XML file. You can then import these exported connection profiles into another Toad installation. Import Toad connection profiles previously exported to an XML file  

  To export connection profiles

  1. In the Connections (or Create New Connection) window, select the connections whose profiles you want to export.

  2. Click on the toolbar, and select Connection file.

  3. On the Export Connections window, review the selected connections, and click OK.

  4. Browse for and select the path for the file in which to export the selected profiles.

• Import missing connections defined on the Toad client

  You can import all connection entries currently defined in the DB2 client catalog or Data Server Driver configuration file but missing from your current list of Toad connections.

  Note: Default location for Data Server Driver configuration files is in ...\IBM\DB2\IBMDBCL1\cfg.

  Note: The imported connection entries might be associated with incorrect or missing DB2 catalog or Toad connection profile information, making them currently invalid. To re-instate any of these connections, you might need to provide accurate DB2 catalog and Toad profile information.

  To import missing connections

  • In the Connections or Connections Manager window, click .

• Troubleshoot connection issues

Note: Click to open the Client Configuration Wizard. Configure DB2 Client Connections

Tip: Connections are stored in the connections.xml file and can be found by clicking the Application Data Directory link in Help | About.

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