Hi All,

I installed DB2 9.5 on window xp.
I used configuration assistant to make a connection to a DB2 residing on OS/390.

I can not enter the entire database name. The field size seems to be capped at 8 characters and the database name I am trying to connect has 11 characters.

Is there a setting on configuration assistant to allow 11 characters on the database name field?

The database name (or alias) cannot be longer than 8 characters.

Unless you have a DB2 Connect License (which does come free on older ESE editions, but not 9.7) you will not be able to connect to DB2 z/OS.

OK.

Let me ask another question. What is the bare minimum software needed in order to establish a connection from window 2008 server to DB2 on OS/390?

Also, the DB2 database name is 11 characters long.

You need DB2 Connect or JDBC/ODBC Driver from another vendor.

Thank you all for your feedback.

I ended up export the profile w/ all database connections and imported them on the new server.

The old database connection has the 11 character database name and I was able to imported it to the new server intact.

it is possible
when using the command catalog dcs db you can say
catalog dcs db newname as oldname
oldname is the original susbsystem name and can be longer than 8