IBM Data Server Driver for ADO .NET applications hosted on cloud accessing IBM Data Servers:

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This driver supports ADO .Net Applications hosted on Microsoft Azure Cloud accessing IBM Data Servers.

Download this driver as a nuget package from :

https://www.nuget.org/packages/IBM.Data.DB.Provider/<latest_version>

If you have downloaded the zip file from Fix Central, follow the below steps:

a) unzip the <version>_adonet_driver.zip and extract it to a Local NuGet Repository say "C:\adonetclddrvr" folder

b) Create a Local NuGet Package Source pointing to the "C:\adonetclddrvr" folder containing the nuget package "IBM.Data.DB.Provider.<latest_version>.nupkg"

To create sample ASP .NET MVC EntityFramework Application follow the steps mentioned in the below document :

DB2AZUREAPPSERVICES_WEBAPPS_USING_CLUD_DRVR.pdf

Note:

1)  By default, 64 bit applications are supported. To use package with 32 bit applications on 64 bit machine, after package is installed, remove the existing reference of "IBM.Data.DB2.dll" from the project and refer the dll from the <IBM.Data.DB.Provider package installed location>\build\net451\x86\IBM.Data.DB2.dll .

2) Make sure no other DB2 .Net driver installation is present in the system.

3) Please make sure the client side license is also copied as a part of your application when you deploy it to the Azure App Services environment if your applications needs license to connect to the server.

Thanks and Regards,

Prashanth