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A Client Profile is generated from a client using the Export function of the
CCA. The information contained in a Client Profile is determined during the
export process. Depending on the settings chosen, it can contain the existing
client’s:
v Database connection information (including CLI or ODBC settings).
v Client settings (including database manager configuration parameters, DB2
registry variables).
v CLI or ODBC common parameters.
v Configuration data for the local APPC or NetBIOS communications
subsystem.
To create a Client Profile, perform the following steps:
Step 1. Start the CCA. For more information, see “Starting the Client
Configuration Assistant” on page 133.
Step 2. Click on the Export push button. The Select Export Option window
opens.
Step 3. Select one of the following export options:
v If you want to create a profile that contains all of the databases
cataloged on your system, and all of the configuration information
for this client, select the All radio button, click on OK, and go to
Step 6.
v If you want to create a profile that contains all of the databases
cataloged on your system without any of the configuration
information for this client, select the Database connection
information radio button, click on OK, and go to Step 6.
v If you want to select a subset of the databases that are cataloged
on your system, or a subset of the configuration information for
this client, select the Customize radio button, click on OK, and go
to the next step.
Step 4. Select the databases to be exported from the Available DB2
databases box and add them to the Selected databases box by
clicking on the > push button.
To add all of the available databases to the Databases to be exported
box, click on the >> button.
Step 5. Select the check boxes from the Select custom export option box that
correspond to the options that you want to set up for the target
client.
To customize settings, click on the appropriate Customize push
button. The settings that you customize will only affect the profile to
be exported, no changes will be made to your workstation. For more
information, click on the Help push button.
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