Replication Agent for IBM DB2 Universal Database (UDB) must be installed on the same UNIX or Microsoft Windows host as the primary UDB server or the UDB Administration Client. Replication Agent requires access to UDB JDBC drivers and UDB API libraries.
The DB2 JDBC driver is effectively a JDBC/ODBC bridge. For each primary database, you must configure an ODBC datasource name (DSN) in the DB2 client software.
If the Replication Agent is installed on the same host machine as the DB2 Universal Database primary data server, a separate DB2 client is not required for connectivity.
If the Replication Agent host machine is not the same as the DB2 Universal Database host, you must install the DB2 Administration Client on the Replication Agent host machine.
See the IBM publication, DB2 Universal Database and DB2 Connect, Installation and Configuration Supplement.