Connecting a client machine to an Amazon RDS for Db2 DB instance
To use any of the native Db2 tools to move data from a Db2 database to an Amazon RDS for Db2 database, you must first connect your client machine to an RDS for Db2 DB instance.
The client machine can be any of the following:
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An Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance on Linux, Windows, or macOS. This instance should be in the same virtual private cloud (VPC) as your RDS for Db2 DB instance, Amazon Cloud9, or Amazon CloudShell.
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A self-managed Db2 instance in an Amazon EC2 instance. The instances should be in the same VPC.
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A self-managed Db2 instance in an Amazon EC2 instance. The instances can be in different VPCs if you enabled VPC peering. For more information, see Create a VPC peering connection in the Amazon Virtual Private Cloud VPC Peering Guide.
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A local machine running Linux, Windows, or macOS in a self-managed environment. You must either have public connectivity to RDS for Db2 or enable VPN connectivity between self-managed Db2 instances and Amazon.
To connect your client machine to your RDS for Db2 DB instance, log in to your client machine with IBM Db2 Data Management Console. For more information, see Creating an Amazon RDS DB instance and IBM Db2 Data Management Console.
You can use Amazon Database Migration Service (Amazon DMS) to run queries against the database, run an SQL execution plan, and monitor the database. For more information, see What is Amazon Database Migration Service? in the Amazon Database Migration Service User Guide.
After you successfully connect your client machine to your RDS for Db2 DB instance, you are ready to use any native Db2 tool to copy data. For more information, see Native Db2 tools.