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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Toad?

Toad™ for DB2 is a tool that improves the productivity of developers and administrators by providing an easy-to-use DB2 UDB development environment. With Toad, developers and database administrators can use a familiar, proven tool to manage their DB2 databases.

What are Toad's system requirements?

Minimum Hardware Requirements

  • PC with 300 MHz or higher recommended; 233 MHz minimum
  • 130 MB of disk space for installation
  • 512 MB of RAM minimum, 768 MB is recommended
  • VGA monitor with a minimum resolution of 800x600, 1024x768 is recommended
  • Mouse pointing device
Minimum Software Requirements
  • Microsoft Windows v2000, v2003, or XP Professional
  • Microsoft .NET Framework v2.0
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer v5.01 or later
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader v5.0 or later (for viewing the Getting Started Guide)

Supported Databases

  • DB2 (Linux, Unix & Windows) v8.1 with FixPak 5 or later
  • DB2 (Linux, Unix & Windows) v8.2
  • DB2 (Linux, Unix & Windows) v9.1
  • DB2 (z/OS) v8.1 in Full Function Mode (only available in Toad Commercial/ Trial versions)
Supported Database OS Platforms
  • AIX v5.1, 5.2, 5.3
  • HP-UX 11iv1.5, 2(PA-RISC and Itanium chipsets supported)
  • LINUX Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS v3, 4 (Itanium and AMD Opteron chipsets support for 64-bit environments)
  • SOLARIS v7, 8, 9, 10 (PA-RISC chipset support on all versions; AMD Opteron chipset support on Solaris v10)
  • SuSE v7, 8, 9 (64-bit support is not available)
  • Windows v2000, 2003 support for 64-bit environments, XP (AMD Opteron chipset support for 64-bit environments)
  • z/OS 


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