IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2

Testing the database connection using the DB2 Control Center

This section illustrates using the DB2® Control Center to test the database connection.

Invoke the DB2 Control Center, shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. DB2 Control Center
This figure shows the DB2 Control Center.
Select the plus sign (Select the plus sign to show the constituent list.) to the left of the z/OS® system that is running the DB2 on z/OS subsystem that owns your Tivoli Data Warehouse repository; then expand its list of databases. The list should include the database you're using.
To again check your database connection, right-click your database name, and select Connect from the pop-up menu, as shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2. DB2 Control Center right-click action menu
This figure shows the DB2 Control Center's right-click pop-up menu, with the Connect option.
The Connect to the database window, shown in Figure 3, opens.
Figure 3. Connect to named database window
This figure shows the DB2 Control Center's Connect to the named database window, where you supply the userid and password necessary to access your database.
Enter the user ID and password for the remote DB2 on z/OS database, and press the OK button.


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