Hardware and software requirements for IBM Data Studio full client

Verify that your hardware and software meet or exceed the minimum requirements. If your hardware and software do not meet the minimum requirements, you might be unable to install or run the product.

Before you can install the product, verify that your system meets the minimum hardware requirements.

For the most up to date system requirements, see the technote on the web: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27016018

Hardware Requirements
Processor Minimum 2 GHz or higher
Memory Minimum: 1 GB RAM; For best results: 2 GB RAM
Disk space Minimum: 2 GB of disk space is required for product package installation. Additional disk space is required for the resources that you develop.
  • Disk space requirements can be reduced or increased depending on the features that you install.
  • Additional disk space is required if you download the product package to install this product.
Display 1024 x 768 display minimum using 256 Colors (or higher for best results)
Other hardware Microsoft mouse or compatible pointing device
Software Requirements
Eclipse and JDK versions This version of the product was developed for use with Eclipse 3.6, using the IBM® JDK 1.6 SR10. These versions are included with the product package.
Compatible operating systems

Do not attempt to install the product on operating systems other than those that are listed. Installation Manager might run on other operating systems, but the product package installation can fail. If installation fails, uninstallation sometimes also fails.

Supported operating systems are listed on the product system requirements web page: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27016018

Driver support
Data Studio has the following software requirements on the client platform:
  • To run IBM Installation Manager, Java Runtime Environment 1.6 is required. An instance of JRE 1.6 is bundled with the product and installed during the product installation.
  • To run SQL statements, you must have access to the IBM Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) Type 4 driver. This JDBC Type 4 driver is included with Data Studio. You can select a different JDBC driver if necessary.

    On Linux systems, if the class location of your JDBC driver (db2jcc.jar and license) is not automatically populated, check the DB2INSTANCE environment variable. This variable should be set to the local DB2® instance name, for example, export DB2INSTANCE=db2inst1. The value of the variable is case sensitive. Otherwise, you can specify the location manually.

  • To run commands and utilities that cannot be run through the JDBC driver, you must use one of the following alternative protocols that the workbench supports:
    • The DB2 Administration Server (DAS) protocol, which is supplied by DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows V9.7 and earlier
    • The Secure Shell (SSH) protocol

    For information about the configuration and set up that is required for using DAS, SSH, and SFTP, see Configuration for remote operations.

  • To browse and access the file system on a remote server, the Secure File Transfer (SFTP) protocol is used.
  • To connect to a DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows database as a Sybase database the ANTs software is required.
  • The following client drivers are required:

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