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database name (database_name). The information in the database directory,
along with the information in the node directory, is used on the DB2 Connect
workstation to establish a connection to the remote database.
To catalog a database on the DB2 Connect Workstation, perform the following
steps.
Step 1. Log on to the system as a user with System Administrative
(SYSADM) or System Controller (SYSCTRL) authority.
Step 2. Fill in the Your Value column in the following worksheet.
Table 6. Worksheet: Parameter Values for Cataloging Databases
Parameter Description Sample Value Your Value
Database name
(database_name)
The local DCS database name
(local_dcsname)oftheremote
database. You specified this
when you catalogued the DCS
database directory. For example,
ny.
ny
Database alias
(database_alias)
An arbitrary local nickname for
the remote database. If you do
not provide one, the default is
the same as the database name
(database_name). This is the name
that you use when connecting to
the database from a client.
localny
Node name
(node_name)
The name of the node directory
entry that describes where the
database resides. Use the same
value for node name (node_name)
that you used to catalog the
node in the previous step.
db2node
Step 3. Catalog the database by entering the following commands:
catalog database database_name as database_alias at node node_name
terminate
For example, to catalog the DCS known database ny so that it has the
local database alias localny, on the node db2node, enter the following
commands:
catalog database ny as localny at node db2node
terminate
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