IBM Data Server DB2 - Manual (Page 224)

210 DB2 Deployment Guide
The test application, testconn20.exe , comes with the IBM Data Server Clients and
the IBM Data Server Driver. We use this .NET application as the sample
application to be deployed. testconn20.exe is very useful to verify a correct
installation and can be a help in case of errors.
Deploying our application consist of two steps. In the first step we do a silent
install of the IBM Data Server Driver. The second step is to install the test
application. The most common way to package a .NET application is to provide a
msi-file, but in our simple scenario we just copy the application. Finally, we test
the application.
We use a response file for the silent install of the driver. We use a modified
version of the dsdriver.rsp file from the sample directory of the install image for
the driver. Example 4-49 shows the content of the response file.
Example 4-49 Response file content
PROD = IBM_DATA_SERVER_DRIVER
LIC_AGREEMENT = ACCEPT
FILE = C:\Program Files\IBM\IBM DATA SERVER DRIVER
DEFAULT_CLIENT_INTERFACE_COPY = YES
COMP = DOTNET_DATA_PROVIDER
Having the response file in place, we install the driver with the command shown
in Example 4-50. In the example we assume that the
x: drive maps to a server
location where the install image for the IBM Data Server Driver has been
unpacked. We have put the modified response file in the same directory as the
setup application.
Example 4-50 Silent install of the IBM Data Server Driver
x:setup -o -m -u x:dsdriver.rsp -l setup.log
After installing the IBM Data Server Driver we test the connection by calling
testconn20. Example 4-51 shows how to call testconn20 with the connection
string provided as a parameter. The output is the result of a successful
installation.
Note: Add -dtc to the end of the call to testconn20.exe to verify distributed
transaction handling with Microsoft Distributed Transaction Manager
(MSDTC).