Getting Started with IBM Data Studio for DB2

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4. If prompted, enter the Data Studio web console URL and login information. The Data
Studio web console opens on the selected page.
B.2 Using a repository database to store configuration data
When you install Data Studio web console, all user information and configuration settings
such as database connections, alert settings, and job management settings are stored
locally in system files.
By storing this data locally you can quickly get up and running with Data Studio web
console in a test environment with only one user. If you plan to use Data Studio web
console in a production environment, or if you plan to share the web console with other
users, you need to set up a repository database.
Using a repository database provides significant advantages over storing the information
locally:
• A repository database can be accessed by multiple servers to allow for clustered
environments and scalability.
• A repository database provides tools to help maintain transactional integrity, back up
and restore data, roll back data to a consistent state, replicate data, and more.
• A repository database provides access control through database privileges.
To set up Data Studio web console to use a repository database:
1. Create a DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows database to use as the repository
database. For information, see Chapter 2.2.1 Creating a new database.
2. Log in to Data Studio web console using the default administrative user ID.
3. If you have added database connections that you want to keep, you must manually
export these, and then import them to the repository database. To do this, in the web
console, click Databases, and then click Export All to export the existing database
connections to a text file on your computer. Note that other settings, such as alert
thresholds, notifications, and so on, are not retained when you move to a repository
database. To retain these settings you must manually reconfigure these.
4. Set up the repository database:
In the web console, select Open -> Setup -> Configuration Repository and then click
Select Repository Database to select the relational database that you created in step
1 as a repository for the Data Studio web console data. Note that the user ID that
you enter to connect to the repository database must have the authority to create
new tables and schemas on the database. Test the connection to the database and
then click OK to configure the repository database by having Data Studio web