Using DB2 for Java development

Download and install DB2 PE.

Download the DB2 JDBC driver. You need db2jcc.jar and db2jcc_licence_*.jar. The driver class is com.ibm.db2.jcc.DB2Driver. The db url is like jdbc:db2://localhost:50000/DBNAME.

Set all the DB2* services to manual start. To start up DB2, go to Start > Programs > IBM DB2 > Command Line Tools > Command Window. Type dbstart.