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Test Connection to ILMT failed with error "'IBMDADB2' provider is not registered"

Summary

Test Connection to ILMT failed with error "'IBMDADB2' provider is not registered"

Symptoms

IBM Data Server Driver Package (IBMDBCL1) 64-bit has been installed and ILMT database is cataloged.
However, Test Connection to ILMT failed with error "'IBMDADB2' provider is not registered".

IBM Data Server Driver Package version is 9.7.

Connection String is like the following:
Provider=IBMDADB2; Password=password; Persist Security Info=True; User ID=db2admin; Data Source=TLMA; Location=servername:50000; Extended Properties=""

Cause

This is a known bug of IBM Data Server Driver Package v9.7.

Please refer IC86849: DEFAULT IBMDADB2 PROVIDER NOT REGISTERED WHEN INSTALLING IBM DATA SERVER DRIVER OR SWITCHING DEFAULT COPY TO THE DS DRIVER.

Resolution

IBM had released a 64-bit DB2 9.7 FixPack 8, it included the fix of this issue.

Workaround

Use the provider qualified with the copy name such as 'IBMDADB2.IBMDBCL1'.

To confirming the copy name, please check the registry key under "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\". If "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\IBMDADB2.IBMDBCL1" is existing, the copy name is 'IBMDADB2.IBMDBCL1'.

Additional Information

IC86849: DEFAULT IBMDADB2 PROVIDER NOT REGISTERED WHEN INSTALLING IBM DATA SERVER DRIVER OR SWITCHING DEFAULT COPY TO THE DS DRIVER

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