Connecting Eclipse Project to IBM DB2CM Repository

Couple of days ago I had the task of connecting to a CM repository using the IBM CMv8 APIs , at first we had to put everything on one machine that contains both The Eclipse IDE and the CM setup so we can go on with the development with the APIs.
Then , and for the sake of separating the Development Environment form the server, we had to move the Eclipse to another machine on the same domain, to make our project able to communicate with the CM we had to do the following steps

1. Install the db2 client so we can catalog both the RMDB and the LMSDB.
2. Copy the cmgmt folder which contains the connectors form the original installation machine to the development machine in the same installation path C:\Program Files\IBM\db2cmv8\cmgmt
3. For the project the following Java Archive (JAR) files are required to be put in the build path
• cmb81.jar
• cmbsdk81.jar
• cmbview81.jar
• log4j-1.2.8.jar
• db2jcc.jar
• db2jcc_license_cu.jar
• db2jcc_license_cisuj.jar
All of these files can be found in [IBMCMROOT] \lib\
4. finally, add the cmgmt folder to your class path and you are set to go

Up to this point everything is up and running but I’ve had two thorns in my side

• I have to install the DB2 client and catalog the cm database
• The cmgmt folder is on a different place than the project is

Actually, I don’t know why in the first place I had to catalog the DB, so all I did is simply removing the DB client

The second problem was really a challenge, after two hours of working here is how you can solve it:

1. Move the cmgmt folder form C:\Program Files\IBM\db2cmv8\cmgmt to the [PROJECTROOT]\cmgmt
2. Edit the cmbcmenv.properties file so that the CMCFGDIR=cmgmt\\connectors
3. Edit the ibmcmconfig.properties file so that the IBMCMWorkingDirectory=
4. Change the ClassPath so it would point to the new folder location

Now you are all set, test the project
I’ve Enclosed a sample that you can download from this LINK