Importing data from a client machine to Amazon RDS for Db2 with the LOAD command

To load data to the RDS for Db2 server

1. Log in to your client machine with IBM Db2 Data Management Console. For more information, see Connecting to your Amazon RDS for Db2 DB instance with IBM Db2 Data Management Console.

2. Catalog the RDS for Db2 database on the client machine.

   1. Catalog the node. In the following example, replace dns_ip_address and port with the DNS name or the IP address and the port number of the self-managed Db2 database.

      db2 catalog tcpip node srcnode REMOTE dns_ip_address server port

   2. Catalog the database. In the following example, replace source_database_name and source_database_alias with the name of the self-managed Db2 database and the alias that you want to use for this database.

      db2 catalog database source_database_name as source_database_alias at node srcnode \
          authentication server_encrypt

3. Attach to the source database. In the following example, replace source_database_alias, user_id, and user_password with the alias you that created in the previous step and the user ID and password for the self-managed Db2 database.

   db2look -d source_database_alias -i user_id -w user_password -e -l -a -f -wlm \
       -cor -createdb -printdbcfg -o db2look.sql

4. Generate the data file by using the EXPORT command on your self-managed Db2 system. In the following example, replace directory with the directory on your client machine where your data file exists. Replace file_name and TABLE_NAME with the name of the data file and the name of the table.

   db2 "export to /directory/file_name.txt of del modified by coldel\| \
       select * from TPCH.TABLE_NAME"

5. Connect to your RDS for Db2 database using the master username and master password for your RDS for Db2 DB instance. In the following example, replace rds_database_alias, master_username, and master_password with your own information.

   db2 connect to rds_database_alias user master_username using master_password

6. Use the LOAD command to load data from a file on the client machine to the remote RDS for Db2 database. For more information, see LOAD command in the IBM Db2 documentation. In the following example, replace directory with the directory on your client machine where your data file exists. Replace file_name and TABLE_NAME with the name of the data file and the name of the table.

   db2 "LOAD CLIENT from /directory/file_name.txt \
       modified by coldel\| replace into TPCH.TABLE_NAME \
       nonrecoverable without prompting"

7. Terminate your connection.

   db2 terminate