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Urid1969
Helper I
9 years ago
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Cannot connect to AS400 via IBM DB2 database

Hello friends Keep getting error while trying to connect to AS400 
Need Help
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Hi Urid1969,

    Firstly, please check the IBM AS400 server status and port status as per the below steps.

      a. Verify that if the IBM server is up and running following the troubleshoot steps in this article.
      b. Check the port status by using “netstat” in your IBM server and verify the port is in state Listen.

    Secondly, choose each driver in the following screenshot when connecting to IBM database and check if it is successful. When you choose IBM, please ensure that you have IBM DB2 Data Server Driver installed on your computer (minimum requirement is the IBM Data Server Driver Package (DS Driver)). Select the driver that matches your Power BI Desktop installation (32-bit or 64-bit).


    Thirdly, check if you are able to connect to IBM AS400 database from other application such as Excel.

    Thanks,
    Lydia Zhang

DaveKnittle's avatar
DaveKnittle
New Member
8 years ago

just downloaded the most current BI desktop and most of my database options are gone, including DB2... How do i get them back? (sorry to hijack thread)

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BenSensdat
Regular Visitor
8 years ago

I'm trying to connect to an AS400 as well (or to the DB2 for i database). I downloaded the IBM Data Server Driver Package (DS Driver) and search on the IBM website the right drive but I could manage to find anything and I'm still getting this error: 

 

 

Does anyone else have the same problem?

 

Many thanks,

Ben

  • curtismob's avatar
    curtismob
    Helper IV
    8 years ago

    We added port 446 when entering the server name, for example HOSTNAME:446, then HOSTNAME for database.  Hope this helps.

     

    curtismob