
80 DB2 II and WPS Synergy
The AIX platform does not support Microsoft Excel. If WebSphere Portal
requires access to Microsoft Excel files, then it will require special DB2 II
configurations such as described in Option 2 and Option 3 in Figure 4-11.
The AIX platform can support multiple versions/fixpak levels of DB2 UDB, and
therefore the DB2 II prerequisite of DB2 UDB 8.1.2 can coexist with other
DB2 code levels in the same AIX server.
The following are some of the considerations in the selection of a particular
option as described in Figure 4-11:
Option 1 shows the WebSphere Portal on AIX1 Server and DB2 Information
Integrator on Windows1 ...