5.1 Environment setup

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Overview

In this chapter we discuss the general steps to get DB2 UDB V8 and WebSphere Application Server V5 working together to serve specific business and application requirements. The new DB2 EJB sample application named "AcessEmployee" is introduced in detail to provide you with the basic process of how to fit DB2 UDB V8 and WebSphere Application Server V5 together. In addition, we also discuss the available JDBC drivers shipped with DB2 UDB V8 and the differences between those drivers.

Basically, the following information is covered in this chapter:

• Environment setup (including product installation briefing)

• Steps to create JDBC Providers and DB2 Data Sources

• DB2 EJB sample application installation and testing

• Access to DB2 on z/OS by using DB2 Connect

Also please be aware that this chapter is more operation flavor but not performance flavor, as we think before we talk about the integrated performance tuning. Getting the environment up and running is the basis for further performance tuning.

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