This IBM Redbooks publication will help you install and customize Lawson Insight Applications for OS/390 Release 2.8 with DB2 V6. It is based on the installation experiences gained while installing Lawson Insight Applications with DB2 V6 for use with OS/390 V2R8 at the ITSO in Poughkeepsie.

It contains an introduction to the architecture of the Lawson applications for OS/390 Solution. It also describes the customization needed for OS/390 and DB2 V6.1 and the Lawson installation process to install the applications. It includes guidelines for setting up and administering DB2 for Lawson Insight.

This book will be especially useful for those installing Lawson Insight Applications on OS/390 for the first time.

Chapter 1. Overview

Chapter 2. Overview of our test systems

Chapter 3. Preparing DB2

Chapter 4. Installation procedure

Chapter 5. Moving the database to DB2 on OS/390

Chapter 6. Setting up DB2 for a second product line

Chapter 7. Administration of Lawson Applications on DB2 OS/390

Chapter 8. Problems we encountered

Appendix A. Installation questionnaire

Appendix B. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Appendix C. Setting up DB2 Connect

Appendix D. Setting up DDF

Appendix E. DSNZPARMS for DB2

Appendix F. Job to add temporary tablespaces

Appendix G. JCL to execute RUNSTATS after the database is loaded

Appendix H. Reducing Lawson UNIX file permissions

Appendix I. Connectivity options

Appendix J. Enterprise Storage Server (ESS)