Preface

This guide provides instructions for administering and configuring Oracle Transparent Gateway for DB2 for 10g Release 2 (10.2) for z/OS.

Intended Audience

Read this guide if you are responsible for performing such tasks as:

Installing and configuring the Oracle Transparent Gateway for DB2
Administering the gateway
Using the gateway

Understand the fundamentals of z/OS operating systems before using this guide. This guide provides only information on Oracle products and their interactions with z/OS.

Product Name

The complete name for this product is Oracle Transparent Gateway for DB2 for z/OS. To maintain readability and conciseness in this document, the Oracle Transparent Gateway for DB2 for z/OS may be referred to as the Gateway, the Oracle Transparent Gateway, the DB2 Gateway, or TG4DB2.

Documentation Accessibility

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Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation

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Accessibility of Links to External Web Sites in Documentation

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TTY Access to Oracle Support Services

Oracle provides dedicated Text Telephone (TTY) access to Oracle Support Services within the United States of America 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For TTY support, call 800.446.2398.

The Oracle Documentation Set

The documentation set has two parts: the documentation specific to the Oracle Transparent Gateway for DB2, and general gateway documentation. Your site automatically receives both documentation parts for the Oracle products that you have purchased. Use the general gateway documentation to learn about gateway concepts, and use the Oracle Transparent Gateway for DB2 documentation to learn how to install, administer, and use this gateway.

The Oracle Transparent Gateway for DB2 documentation consists of the following documents:

SQL*Plus Prompts

The SQL*Plus prompt, SQL>, appears in SQL statement and SQL*Plus command examples. Enter your response at the prompt. Do not enter the text of the prompt (SQL>) in your response.

Storage Measurements

Storage measurements use the following abbreviations:

K, for kilobyte, which equals 1,024 bytes
M, for megabyte, which equals 1,048,576 bytes
G, for gigabyte, which equals 1,073,741,824 bytes

Conventions Used in this Guide

The following typographic conventions are used in this guide:

Convention	Meaning
italics	Indicates a variable, including variable portions of file names. It is also used for emphasis and book titles
UPPERCASE	Indicates batch and TSO commands and file names, SQL commands, reserved words, keywords, initialization parameters, and environment variables
`monospace`	Indicates z/OS UNIX System Services shell commands and file names, code examples, directory names, and user names
`oracle_hlq`	Is the standard example for a high-level data set name qualifier. Substitute your system's actual high-level qualifier, for example, ORACLE.V10G. These qualifiers may appear in lowercase or UPPERCASE typeface
`<>` `Angle brackets`	Indicate that the enclosed arguments are required and at least one of the arguments must be entered. (Do not enter the brackets, themselves.)
`[]` `Square brackets`	Indicate that the enclosed arguments are optional. (Do not enter the brackets, themselves.)
`{}` `Braces`	Indicate that one of the enclosed arguments is required. (Do not enter the braces, themselves.)
`\|` `Vertical lines`	Separate the choices
`...` `Ellipses`	Indicate that the preceding item can be repeated. You can enter an arbitrary number of similar items
Other punctuation	Must be entered as shown unless otherwise specified. For example, commas and quotes

Switches

Switches are listed with a brief description and any z/OS-specific information. Refer to the product-specific documentation for syntax and for a thorough description of its purpose. Before using a command line option switch, such as -A or -C, refer to the appropriate product-specific documentation.