We've been using IBM file transfer utility to extract data from AS400/iSeries/Power7i for import into SQL Server (7, 2005, now 2014) for like 19 years. Now, we're trying to do a direct link by adding the Power7i's DB2 as a linked server in SQL 2014. I'm trying to use the Data Access Tool's Data Source Wizard to build the connection strings.
For Initial Catalog I have the database name as revealed by IBM System i Navigator. I'm unsure what needs to go in the Package collection and Default Schema. I've found a few articles like https://www.oninitgroup.com/ms-sql-db2-linked-server, but they just have some values filled in that I'm not sure what would correspond on my Power7i (I'm a Microsoft/networking guy, and our IBM specialist took another job in June, leaving me searching on things like this).
Anyone here have experience creating a...