IBM .NET Provider for .NET 8 / .NET 9 are for developing applications using MS .NET  .NET 8/.NET 9 and connecting to IBM data servers(namely LUW, IBM i, zOS and Informix). These applications can run on multiple platforms and packages are platform specific. IBM Data Server Provider packages are available for download from NuGet repository.

Instructions for downloading and using the package

  Path/LD_LIBRARY_PATH needs to be updated to include the package driver path.

     Apart from this, the download links and other commonly asked questions are listed in the Frequently Asked Questions. In cases where diagnostics needs to be collected for any issue, please follow the instructions on tracing.

Points to remember for using this package:

• The license needed for connecting to DB2 databases remains the same as that of the DB2Connect for IBM databases.
• There are separate packages for Windows, Linux, Mac, ppc64le and Linux on IBM Z.
• Most of the features of MS ADO.NET like Connection, Command, DataReader and server specific data types are supported. 

Supported platforms and OS:

• Windows 64-bit
• Linux AMD64
• macOS
• Linux on IBM Z
• ppc64le

Supported IBM database servers

• zOS
• LUW including IBM dashDB
• IBM i

Specific samples of using Db2 .NET packages

• Writing a sample Console application using IBM .NET provider for .NET Core and using IBM databases. 
• Writing a sample MVC application using IBM .NET provider for .NET Core and using IBM databases. 
• Creating Azure Functions using IBM .NET Provider for .NET Core
• Deploy a .NET Core or .NET 5 application on Red Hat Openshift environment.
• Creating .NET 5 application using Docker Deployment.
• Creating Db2 .NET applications connecting AS400(IBM i).
• Deploy Db2 .NET 6 application and capture db2trc on Red Hat OpenShift Platform

 Last updated on 12th June 2025