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Informatica PowerCenter Installation and Configuration GuideVersion 8.1.1September 2006

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Table of Contents

List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii

List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii

About This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv

Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv

Other Informatica Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv

Visiting Informatica Customer Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv

Visiting the Informatica Web Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv

Visiting the Informatica Developer Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv

Visiting the Informatica Knowledge Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv

Obtain ing Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv

Part I: Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Chapter 1: PowerCenter Installation Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Installation Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

PowerCenter Standard/Advanced Edition 32 bit/64 bit DVD . . . . . . . . . . 5PowerCenter Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

PowerCenter License Key CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

PowerCenter Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Directory Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Data Analyzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Metadata Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

PowerCenter Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

PowerCenter Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Administrative Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

PowerCenter Repository Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Data Analyzer Data Profiling Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Chapter 2: Installation and Upgrade Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16


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Single or Multiple Machine Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Single Machine Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Multiple Machine Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Installing PowerCenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

PowerCenter Complete Installation Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

PowerCenter Services Custom Installation Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Data Analyzer Custom Installation Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Metadata Manager Custom Installation Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Upgrading PowerCenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Compatible PowerCenter Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

PowerCenter Version 6.x / 7.x Upgrade Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24PowerCenter Version 8.0 Upgrade Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

PowerCenter Version 8.1 Upgrade Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Upgrading Data Analyzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Upgrading Metadata Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Metadata Manager Upgrade Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Chapter 3: PowerCenter Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Minimum System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Web Browsers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Database Re quirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Applicat ion Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

JBoss Applicat ion Server Pre requis it es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

IBM WebSphere Applicat ion Server Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

BEA WebLogic Server Prerequi sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Third-Party Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Code Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Working wi th 32-b it and 64-bit Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Running PowerCenter on 32-bit and 64-bit Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Migrating to a 64-bit Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Chapter 4: Before You Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Pre-Installa tion Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Step 1. Create Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

PowerCenter Domain Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Repository on Oracle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52


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PowerCenter Repository on IBM DB2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

PowerCenter Repository on Sybase ASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Data Profiling Warehouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Data Analyzer Repository on Sybase ASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Data Analyzer Repository on Microsoft SQL Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Data Analyzer and Metadata Manager Repository on Sybase ASE . . . . . . 54

Metadata Manager Repository and Source Repository on IBM DB2 . . . . 54

Step 2. Create Database User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Rules and Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Step 3. Install Database Client Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Step 4. Create a System User Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Windows User Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

UNIX User Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Step 5. Configure Environment Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Configuring Environment Variables on UNIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Database Client Environment Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Library Path Environment Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Locale Environment Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Java Component Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

libstdc++.so.5 Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

X Window Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

PowerCenter Services Environment Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Testing the Database Connection on UNIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Step 6. Establish Port Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Step 7. Verify License Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Step 8. Configure Web Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Step 9. Install Languages (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Step 10. Install the Application Server (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

JBoss Applicat ion Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

BEA WebLogic Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71IBM WebSphere Application Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Step 11. Install X Virtual Frame Buffer (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

HP-UX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

AIX and Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Solaris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Step 12. Prepare for Installation from a Hard Disk (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . 74


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Chapter 5: Before You Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

PowerCenter Version 6.x/7 .x Pre-Upgrade Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Step 1. Establish the PowerCenter Installation Environment . . . . . . . . .79

Step 2. Configure Database Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Step 3. Prepare the Repository for Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Step 4. Prepare the Informix and Teradata Data Profiling Warehouse . . . 80

Step 5. Back Up and Copy PowerCenter Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . 80

Step 6. Back Up and Uninstall Web Services Provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

PowerCenter Version 8.0 Pre-Upgrade Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Step 1. Prepare the Repository for Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Step 2. Note Domain Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Step 3. Stop Informatica Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Step 4. Unset Environment Variab les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Step 5. Back Up Metadata Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

PowerCenter 8.1 Pre-Upgrade Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Step 1. Back Up Domain Metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84Step 2. Back Up Configuration Metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Step 3. Stop Informatica Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Preparing the Repository for Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Step 1. Set Up the PowerCenter Repository Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Step 2. Optimize Upgrade Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Step 3. Prepare Informix, Teradata, or Oracle 8 Repositories . . . . . . . . .87Step 4. Create a Copy of a Repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Backing Up and Copying Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Step 1. Create a PowerCenter Server Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Step 2. Back Up the Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

Step 3. Verify the Character Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

Step 4. Copy the Configuration Files to the Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92

Data Ana lyzer Pre-Upgrade Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Step 1. Set Up the Data Analyzer Repository Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Step 2. Back Up the Data Analyzer Repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Step 3. Restore the Data Analyzer Repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Step 4. Copy Customized Files and Shared Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Metadata Manager Pre-Upgrade Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Step 1. Set Up the Repository Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Step 2. Copy the Metadata Manager Repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96


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Step 3. Back Up Existing Parameter Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Step 4. Note Information for the Business Objects XConnect . . . . . . . . 97

Part II: PowerCenter Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Chapter 6: PowerCenter Complete Installation in Graphical Mode 101

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Installing PowerCenter Standard Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Installing PowerCenter Advanced Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Chapter 7: PowerCenter Custom Installation in Graphical Mode . . 153

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Installing PowerCenter Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Upgrading from PowerCenter 8.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Installing Data Analyzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Installing Metadata Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Chapter 8: PowerCenter Complete Installation in Console Mode . . 211

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Rules and Guidelines for Using Console Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Installing PowerCenter Standard Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Installing PowerCenter Advanced Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Chapter 9: PowerCenter Custom Installation in Console Mode . . . 237

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238


Installing PowerCenter Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Upgrading from PowerCenter 8.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Installing Data Analyzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248Installing Metadata Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Chapter 10: PowerCenter Client Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Installation Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Running the Complete Client Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267Running the Custom Client Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271


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Running a Silent Client Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Step 1. Create the Properti es File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Step 2. Run the Installer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Chapter 11: PowerCenter Reports Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Installation Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282


Installing PowerCenter Reports in Graphical Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Installing PowerCenter Reports in Console Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Chapter 12: Documentation Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Installing from the Hard Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Installing PowerCenter Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Viewing PowerCenter Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Updating PowerCenter Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Updating PowerCenter Client Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Updating Administration Console Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Chapter 13: PowerCenter Utilities Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

PowerCenter Command Line Programs and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299Rules and Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Data Analyzer Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Ear Repackager Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Import Export Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

License Update Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

PowerCenter Integration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302Repository Backup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Data Analyzer Repository Upgrade Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Update System Accounts Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Metadata Manager Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Ear Repackager Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

License Update Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Repository Backup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Update System Accounts Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311


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Chapter 14: Informatica Development Platform Installation . . . . . . 313

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

Installing the Informatica Development Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Installation Directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

Chapter 15: After You Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

Configuring Informatica Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

Configuring Application Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Creating and Configuring the Repository Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Creating and Configuring the Integration Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Configuring the Metadata Manager Scheduler Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Creating a Data Profiling Warehouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

Step 1. Create the Data Profiling Warehouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

Step 2. Create the Data Profiling Warehouse Views for Data Analyzer (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

Step 3. Configure Connectivity to the Data Profiling Warehouse . . . . . 331Step 4. Configure a Data Source and Data Connector for Data Analyzer (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331

Configuring the PowerCenter Integration Utility for WebSphere . . . . . . . . 332

Step 1. Configure the notifyias.ear File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

Step 2. Update the notifyias.properties File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334

Updating a Data Analyzer or Metadata Manager License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

Configuring Microsoft SQL Server for a Data Analyzer Repository . . . . . . . 336

Setting Up the PowerCenter Repository Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

Step 1. Create a Data Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

Step 2. Add the Data Source to a Data Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

Step 3. Set Up Schedules for Cached Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

Switching PowerCenter Repositories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

Setting Up the Data Analyzer Data Profiling Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Step 1. Configure a Data Source for the Data Profiling Warehouse . . . . 349

Step 2. Create a Data Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

Step 3. Add a Data Profiling Data Source to a Data Connector . . . . . . 352

Chapter 16: Troubleshooting a PowerCenter Installation . . . . . . . . 355

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356Troubleshooting Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357


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Installer Log Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

Installation Log Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

Service Manager Log Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360

Services Log Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

Troubleshoo ting Domains and Nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

Creating the Domain Configuration Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

Creating or Joining a Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

Starting Informatica Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

Pinging the Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Adding a License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Troubleshooting Application Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365Creating and Enabling a Repository Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

Creating and Restoring Repository Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

Creating and Enabling an Integration Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Troubleshooting Data Analyzer and Metadata Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368

Creating a Data Analyzer Repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368

Creating and Updating a Metadata Manager Repository . . . . . . . . . . . . 368

Switching Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368

Troubleshooting Application Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

JBoss Applicat ion Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

WebLogic Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

WebSphere Application Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

Troubleshooting the PowerCenter Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

Installer Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

Chapter 17: Uninstalling PowerCenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

Uninstalling PowerCenter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Uninstallation Rules and Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Running the Uninstaller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Before You Uninsta ll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Uninstallation Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Running the Uninstaller on UNIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Running the Uninstaller on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

Complete Uninstallation in Graphical Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .386

Partial Uninstallation in Graphical Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388

Uninstallation in Console Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392


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Part III: Upgrading PowerCenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395

Chapter 18: Upgrading PowerCenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398

PowerCenter Upgrade Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398

PowerCenter Repository Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399

Using the Upgrade Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400

Validate Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402

Troubleshooting Configuration File Validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

Upgrade a Global Repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

Troubleshooting Creating and Enabling a Repository Service . . . . . . . . 407

Troubleshooting a Repository Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407

Upgrade a Local Repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Upgrade the PowerCenter Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

Troubleshooting Creating and Enabling an Integration Service . . . . . . 414

View Upgrade Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

Upgrade Domain and Node Metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416Running Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416

Step 1. Upgrade Gateway Node Metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417

Step 2. Upgrade Domain Metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417

Step 3. Upgrade Worker Node Metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418

Upgrade the PowerCenter Repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

Upgrade the PowerCenter Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421Upgrade Data Profiling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422

Running Data Profiling Upgrade Scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422

Step 1. Prepare the Data Profiling Warehouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423

Step 2. Upgrade the Data Profiling Warehouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423

Step 3. Upgrade Schema and Views for Data Analyzer Data Profiling Reports (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424

Step 4. Recreate the ODBC Connection to the Data ProfilingWarehouse (Opt ional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425

Chapter 19: Upgrading Data Analyzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428

Run the Repository Upgrade Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429

Update Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432Complete the Repository Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433


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Increasing Transact ion Timeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433

Chapter 20: Upgrading Metadata Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438

Upgrade Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438

Running the Metadata Manager Upgrade Utility on Windows . . . . . . . . . .440

Running the Metadata Manager Upgrade Utility on UNIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445

Upgrading the Metadata Manager Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449

Metadata Manager Client Upgrade Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449

Chapter 21: After You Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452

PowerCenter 6.x / 7.x Post-Upgrade Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453

Step 1. Register Local Repositories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453

Step 2. Configure Application Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453

Step 3. Update Password Environment Variable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453

Step 4. Upgrade to a Unicode Repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453Step 5. Move PowerCenter Server Run-time Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .454

Step 6. Configure the Web Services Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454

PowerCenter 8.0 Post-Upgrade Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455

Step 1. Reconfigure Environment Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455

Step 2. Move Integration Service Run-time Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455

Step 3. Update Service Logs Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455Step 4. Recreate Repository Service for Metadata Manager . . . . . . . . . .456

PowerCenter 8.1 Post-Upgrade Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457

Step 1. Restart Informatica Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457

Step 2. Update the Repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457

Step 3. Move Integration Service Run-time Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458

Data Ana lyzer Post-Upgrade Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459

Step 1. Update the Custom Color Schemes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459

Step 2. Update the Cached Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460

Step 3. Update the Location of Shared Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460

Step 4. Refresh the PowerCenter Table Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460

Step 5. Update Applications that Use the Data Analyzer SDK . . . . . . . 461

Metadata Manager Post-Upgrade Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462

Step 1. Refresh Metadata Manager Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462Step 2. Delete Obsolete Metadata Manager Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463


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Step 3. Import Metamodels for an IBM DB2 Repository . . . . . . . . . . . 464

Step 4. Update Metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464

Part IV: Configuring Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465

Chapter 22: Understanding Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468

Connectivity Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469

Domain Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471

Native Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472

Establishing Native Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472

ODBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

Establishing ODBC Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

PowerCenter Client Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475

Connecting to the Repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475

Connecting to Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475

Connecting to the Integration Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475Repository Service Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477

Connecting from the PowerCenter Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477


Integration Service Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478

Connecting from the PowerCenter Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478

Connecting to the Repository Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478


Data Analyzer and Metadata Manager Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480

Chapter 23: Connecting to Databases from Windows . . . . . . . . . . . 481

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482

Connecting to an IBM DB2 Universal Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483

Configuring Native Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483

Configuring ODBC Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484

Connecting to an Informix Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485



Connecting to Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487


Connecting to a Microsoft SQL Server Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488


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Configuring ODBC Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489

Connecting to an Oracle Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490



Connecting to a Sybase ASE Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493



Connecting to a Teradata Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495


Chapter 24: Connecting to Databases from UNIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . .497

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498

Connecting to Microsoft SQL Server on UNIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498

Connecting to an IBM DB2 Universal Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499


Connecting to an Informix Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503Configuring Native Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

Connecting to an Oracle Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506


Connecting to a Sybase ASE Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510


Connecting to a Teradata Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513


Connecting to an ODBC Data Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517

Sample odbc.ini File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521

Part V: Appendices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529

Appendix A: Starting and Stopping Informatica Services . . . . . . . . 531

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532

Starting and Stopping Informatica Services on UNIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533

Starting and Stopping Informatica Services on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534

Stopping Informatica Services Using the Administration Console . . . . . 535

Appendix B: Starting and Stopping Application Servers . . . . . . . . 537

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538


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Starting and Stopping Applications on JBoss Application Server . . . . . . . . . 539

Starting JBoss Application Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539

Stopping JBoss Application Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540

Starting and Stopping Applications on BEA WebLogic Server . . . . . . . . . . 542

Starting BEA WebLogic Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542Stopping BEA WebLogic Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543

Starting and Stopping Applications on IBM WebSphere Application Server 544

Starting IBM WebSphere Application Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544

Stopping Applications on IBM WebSphere Application Server . . . . . . . 547

Appendix C: Logging in to the Administration Console . . . . . . . . . 551Logging In to the Administration Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552

Appendix D: ODBC Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553

Client ODBC Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554

Integration Service ODBC Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556

Appendix E: JDBC Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557

Installed JDBC Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558

JDBC Driver for Orac le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559

Appendix F: LANG Environment Variable for Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . 561

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567


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List of Figures

Figure 18-1. Upgrade Wizard - Upgrade Globa l Repository Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

Figure 18-2. Upgrade Wizard - Upgrade Local Repository Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Figure 18-3. Upgrade Wizard - Upgrade PowerCenter Server Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

Figure 18-4. Upgrade Wizard - Upgrade Summary Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

Figure 22-1. PowerCenter Conne ctivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468

Figure 22-2. PowerCenter Repos itory Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471

Figure 23-1. ODBC Microsoft SQL Se rver Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489


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Table 1-1. Installed PowerCenter Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Table 1-2. PowerCenter Serv ices Installation Directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Table 1-3. Installed Data Ana lyzer Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Table 1-4. Installed Metadata Manager Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Table 1-5. Installed Client Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Table 2-1. PowerCenter Compatib le Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Table 3-1. PowerCenter Component Installati on Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Table 3-2. Min imum System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Table 3-3. Database Requirements for PowerCente r Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Table 3-4. JBo ss Application Server Pre requisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Table 3-5. IBM WebSphere Application Server Prerequ isites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Table 3-6. BEA WebLogic Serve r Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Table 3-7. Third-Party Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Table 4-1. PowerCenter Environment Variable s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Table 4-2. UNIX Databas e Environment Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Table 4-3. UNIX Library Path Environment Variable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Table 4-4. AIX and HP-UX Library Path Env ironment Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Table 4-5. Port Numbers for PowerCen ter Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Table 4-6. Dire ctories and Files Required for Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Table 5-1. pm serverexportreg Arguments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Table 5-2. Da ta Analyzer Configura tion Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Table 6-1. PowerCenter Repos itory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Table 6-2. WebSphere Applica tion Server Security and Repository Authentication . . . . . . . . . 125

Table 6-3. Da ta Analyzer Reposito ry Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126




Table 6-7. Met adata Manager Repository Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151






Table 7-6. Met adata Manager Repository Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Table 8-1. JBo ss Application Server Def ault Port Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215




Table 8-5. JBo ss Application Server Def ault Port Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226Table 8-6. PowerCenter Repos itory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231


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Table 8-7. WebSphere Application Server Security and Repository Authentication. . . . . . . . . .233

Table 8-8. Data Analyzer Reposito ry Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234

Table 8-9. Metadata Manager Repository Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235

Table 9-1. PowerCenter Repository Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244

Table 9-2. J Boss Application Se rver Default Port Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250


Table 9-4. Data Analyzer Reposito ry Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254

Table 9-5. J Boss Application Se rver Default Port Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257

Table 9-6. PowerCenter Repository Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260


Table 9-8. Metadata Manager Repository Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263

Table 10-1. Silent Installation Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278

Table 13-1. PowerCenter Command Line Programs and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299Table 13-2. Data Ana lyzer Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300

Table 13-3. EAR Repackager Utility Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301

Table 13-4. Import Export Utility Variable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301

Table 13-5. License Update Utility Variab les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302

Table 13-6. Repository Backup Utility Variable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307

Table 13-7. Repository Upgrade Utility Variabl es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307

Table 13-8. Update System Accounts Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308Table 13-9. Metadata Manager Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309

Table 13-10. EAR Repackager Utility Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310

Table 13-11. Lic ense Update Utility Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310

Table 13-12. Repository Backup Utility Variab les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311

Table 13-13. Update System Accounts Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312

Table 15-1. Scripts for Creating a Data Profiling W arehouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329

Table 15-2. Scripts for Creating the Data Profiling Warehouse Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330

Table 15-3. PowerCenter Repository Reports Cached Report Schedu les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343

Table 15-4. Data Connector Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351

Table 16-1. Debug Log File Propert ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358

Table 16-2. Summary Log File Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359

Table 16-3. Installation Log Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360

Table 16-4. WebSphere Application Server Log Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .371

Table 17-1. PowerCenter Uninstallation Directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .384

Table 17-2. Uninstallation Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .392

Table 18-1. PowerCenter Upgrade Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .398

Table 18-2. PowerCent er 7.x to PowerCenter 8.1.1 Repository Size Increa se . . . . . . . . . . . . . .399

Table 18-3. Required Configuration Fil e Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .404

Table 18-4. Upgrade G lobal Repository Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406

Table 18-5. Upgrade Local Repository Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .410

Table 18-6. Integ ration Service Upgrade Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .413

Table 18-7. upgradeGatewayNode Options and Arguments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .417Table 18-8. upgradeDomain Options and Arguments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .418


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Table 18-9. upgradeWorkerNode Option and Argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418

Table 18-10. Procedure for Upgrading a Data Profiling Warehouse to PowerCenter 8.1.1 . . . 422

Table 18-11. Scripts for Upgrading the Data Profiling Warehouse to PowerCenter 8.1.1 . . . . 423

Table 18-12. Scripts for Upgrading the Data Profiling Warehouse Schema and Views . . . . . . 424

Table 22-1. Drivers Used by PowerCent er Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469

Table 22-2. Native Connect String Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472

Table 22-3. Recommended Database ODBC Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474

Table 22-4. PowerCenter C lient Connectivity Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475

Table 22-5. Repository Service Connec tivity Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477

Table 22-6. Integration Serv ice Connectivity Requirement s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478

Table D-1. PowerCente r Client ODBC Function Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554

Table D-2. Integration Service ODBC Function Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556

Table E-1. JDBC Drivers Install ed for Supported Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558Table E-2. JDBC Connection String El ements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559

Table F-1. Valid Values for the LANG Environment Variable for Linux Machines . . . . . . . . . 562


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Preface

Welcome to PowerCenter Standard and Advanced Edit ion. With these PowerCenter editions,Informatica extends the definition of the base enterprise data integration platform to include

additional, key capabilities such as metadata analysis (Metadata Manager), data-readyreporting (Data Analyzer), server grid, and team-based development to enable comprehensiveend to end data integration solutions.

The PowerCenter repository coordinates and drives a variety of core functions, includingextracting, transforming, loading, and managing data. The Integration Service can extractlarge volumes of data from multiple platforms, handle complex transformations on the data,and support high-speed loads. PowerCenter can simplify and accelerate the process ofbuilding a comprehensive data warehouse from disparate data sources.

Data Analyzer makes accessing, analyzing, and sharing enterprise data simple and easilyavailable to decision makers. Data Analyzer enables you to gain insight into your businessprocesses and develop business intelligence.

Metadata Manager is an enterprise information asset management and analysis solution. Itenables you to analyze and manage metadata from any system. It also enables you to gaininsight into your metadata for impact and content analysis and allows you to view data andinformation flow across systems.

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The Installation and Configuration Guideis written for the system administrators who areresponsible for installing and configuring the PowerCenter product. This guide assumes you

have knowledge of your operating systems, relational database concepts, and the databaseengines, flat files, or mainframe systems in your environment. This guide also assumes you arefamiliar with the interface requirements for your supporting applications and that you arefamiliar with the application server that you plan to use with Data Analyzer or MetadataManager.

The material in this book is also available online.

Document ConventionsThis guide uses the following formatting conventions:

If you see It means

italicized text The word or set of words are especially emphasized.

boldfaced text Emphasized subjects.

italicized monospaced text This is the variable name for a value you enter as part of anoperating system command. This is generic text that should be

replaced with user-supplied values.

Note: The following paragraph provides additional facts.

Tip: The following paragraph provides suggested uses.

Warning: The following paragraph notes situations where you can overwriteor corrupt data, unless you follow the specified procedure.

monospaced text This is a code example.

bold monospaced text This is an operating system command you enter from a prompt to

run a task.

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Other Informatica Resources

In addition to the product manuals, Informatica provides these other resources:

Informatica Customer Portal

Informatica web site

Informatica Developer Network

Informatica Knowledge Base

Informatica Technical Support

Visiting Informatica Customer Portal

As an Informatica customer, you can access the Informatica Customer Portal site athttp://my.informatica.com. The site contains product information, user group information,newsletters, access to the Informatica customer support case management system (ATLAS),the Informatica Knowledge Base, Informatica Documentation Center, and access to theInformatica user community.

Visiting the Informatica Web Site

You can access the Informatica corporate web site at http://www.informatica.com. The sitecontains information about Informatica, its background, upcoming events, and sales offices.

You will a lso find product and partner information. The services area of the site includesimportant information about technical support, training and education, and implementationservices.

Visiting the Informatica Developer NetworkYou can access the Informatica Developer Network at http://devnet.informatica.com. TheInformatica Developer Network is a web-based forum for third-party software developers.The site contains information about how to create, market, and support customer-orientedadd-on solutions based on interoperability interfaces for Informatica products.

Visiting the Informatica Knowledge Base

As an Informatica customer, you can access the Informatica Knowledge Base athttp://my.informatica.com. Use the Knowledge Base to search for documented solutions toknown technical issues about Informatica products. You can also find answers to frequentlyasked questions, technical white papers, and technical tips.

Obtaining Technical Support

There are many ways to access Informatica Technical Support. You can contact a TechnicalSupport Center by using the telephone numbers listed the following table, you can sendemail, or you can use the WebSupport Service.

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Part I: Introduction

This part contains the following chapters:

PowerCenter Installation Components, 3

Installation and Upgrade Overview, 15

PowerCenter Prerequisites, 33

Before You Install, 49

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PowerCenter Installation

Components

This chapter includes the following topics:

Overview, 4

Installation Package, 5

PowerCenter Services, 7

Data Analyzer, 9

Metadata Manager, 10

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Overview

The PowerCenter installer can install PowerCenter Standard Edition or PowerCenterAdvanced Edition. PowerCenter Standard Edition includes PowerCenter and Data Analyzer

for PowerCenter Repository Reports. PowerCenter Advanced Edition includes StandardEdition plus Metadata Manager. The installation process configures the products andestablishes connections between serv ices, servers, clients, and repositories.

You can install the complete set of PowerCenter components or select a custom insta llation toinstall each component separately. The PowerCenter components you can install depend onyour license. You can install PowerCenter in graphical mode or console mode.

If you perform a complete installation, you can install PowerCenter, PowerCenter Repository

Reports, Data Analyzer, and Metadata Manager on one machine. If you perform a custominstallation, you can select the component you want to install. You can install eachcomponent on the same machine or on different machines.

Depending on your license, you can install the following components:

PowerCenter Services.Includes the Service Manager and application services that run in adomain. The PowerCenter installer installs and configures PowerCenter Services. You cancreate a new domain or join an existing domain. The installer can create the PowerCenter

repository or connect to an existing PowerCenter repository. For more information, seePowerCenter Services on page 7.

Data Analyzer. Includes Data Analyzer and JBoss Application Server. The installer installsData Analyzer on JBoss Application Server, BEA WebLogic Server, or IBM WebSphere

Application Server. The insta ller can create the Data Analyzer repository or connect to anexisting repository. For more information, see Data Analyzer on page 9.

Metadata Manager.Includes Metadata Manager and JBoss Applicat ion Server. The

installer installs Metadata Manager on JBoss Application Server , BEA WebLogic Server, orIBM WebSphere Application Server. The installer can create the Metadata Managerrepository or connect to an existing repository. The installer creates the PowerCenterrepository for Metadata Manager. For more information, see Metadata Manager onpage 10.

PowerCenter Client.Includes client tools for PowerCenter and Metadata Manager. Formore information, see PowerCenter Client on page 12.

PowerCenter Reports. Includes administrative and metadata reports . For moreinformation, see PowerCenter Reports on page 13.

You install the PowerCenter components from the PowerCenter insta llation DVD. Theinstallation package also includes the PowerCenter Documentation CD, the PowerCenterUtilities DVD, and the PowerCenter License Key CD. For more information about theinstallation package, see Installation Package on page 5.

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The PowerCenter installation package contains the following DVDs and CDs:

PowerCenter Standard/Advanced Edition 32 bit/64 bit DVD.Contains the PowerCenter

installation files for components on all platforms, PowerCenter utilities, and customersupport tools. For more information, see PowerCenter Standard/Advanced Edition 32bit/64 bit DVD on page 5.

PowerCenter Documentation CD.Contains the PowerCenter manuals, release notes, andonline help. For more information about the PowerCenter Documentation CD, seePowerCenter Documentation CD on page 6.

PowerCenter License Key CD.Contains the l icense keys for PowerCenter, Data Analyzer,

and Metadata Manager. For more information, see PowerCenter License Key CD onpage 6.

PowerCenter Standard/Advanced Edition 32 bit/64 bit DVD

The installation DVD contains the installers for graphical mode and console mode for allPowerCenter components on all platforms. If you install PowerCenter in graphical mode, youcan choose the Server, Reports, or Client installer. If you install PowerCenter in console

mode, you run the Server and Reports installers separately.

Depending on your license, the server installation includes PowerCenter Services,PowerCenter Repository Reports, Data Analyzer, and Metadata Manager. You can use theserver installation to perform a complete or custom installation.

The reports installationinstalls administrative and metadata reports that you can import intoa Data Analyzer or Metadata Manager instance. You can install administrative reports,PowerCenter Repository Reports, and Data Analyzer Data Profiling Reports.

The DVD also contains customer support tools and command line programs and utilities forPowerCenter, Data Analyzer, and Metadata Manager. You can install and run the commandline programs and utilitie s on a machine without installing PowerCenter. The DVD containsall the files required by the programs and utilities. You do not need a license key to install orrun the programs and utilities

You can use Informatica Electronic Software Distribution (ESD) to get the PowerCenterinstaller. Informatica provides the PowerCenter installer in ZIP and TAR format for you to

download using FTP. After you download the ZIP or TAR file, you unpack or unzip theinstaller. You can then run the installation from the download files on a hard disk or create aDVD to run the installer on multiple machines.

Informatica provides more information about downloading the installer, including user name,password, and detailed instructions, in an email message when you purchase PowerCenter. Ifyou do not have the download instructions, contact Informatica Technical Support.

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The PowerCenter Documentation CD includes the following documentation: All PowerCenter books in PDF format

Online help for the PowerCenter Client and the Administration Console

Release notes for PowerCenter, Data Analyzer, and Metadata Manager, including:

Metadata Manager IME files for custom XConnects

PowerCenter License Key CDThe PowerCenter License Key CD contains the license keys for PowerCenter, Data Analyzer,and Metadata Manager. Informatica ships one license key for PowerCenter and anotherlicense key for Data Analyzer and Metadata Manager. You do not need a license key to installthe PowerCenter Client or Metadata Manager Client.

When you install PowerCenter, you install all PowerCenter options, PowerCenter Connects,and metadata exchange options. The options and connections available to you are based on

your license. You can install PowerCenter Standard Edition or PowerCenter Advanced Editionbased on your license key.

You may receive a full or incremental license key. If you receive a full license key, you cancreate or join a domain when you install PowerCenter. If you receive an incremental licensekey, you can join a domain when you install PowerCenter.

Note: If you download the PowerCenter installation files and documentation from theInformatica FTP site, you receive the required license keys by email.

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PowerCenter Services consists of a Service Manager and application services that run in adomain. A domain is a collection of nodes and services that you can group in folders based on

administration ownership.You create a domain when you first install PowerCenter Services. You can run the installat ionon other machines to add the machines to the domain as nodes. You use the PowerCenter

Adminis tration Console to manage the domain after you insta ll PowerCenter Services.

When you run the installer, you insta ll Informatica Services. Informatica Services runs as aservice on Windows and as a daemon on UNIX. When you start Informatica Services,Informatica Services starts the Service Manager, which manages all domain operations.

For more information about PowerCenter domains, nodes, services, and the AdministrationConsole, see Understanding Domains in the PowerCenterAdministrator Guide.

For more information about using the installer to create a domain or add a node to a domain,see Single or Multiple Machine Installation on page 17.

Table 1-1describes the PowerCenter Services components included in a PowerCenter Servicesinstallation:

Table 1-1. Installed PowerCenter Components

Component Description Installation Summary

Informatica Serv ices Star ts the Service Manager on a node.Installs as a service on W indows and

as a daemon on UNIX.

- Installed in /server/bin directory under thePowerCenter installation directory.

- Service or daemon started during installation.

Service Manager Manages domain operations on anode. Includes authentication,

authorization, configuration, domain,licensing, and log functions.

- Installed in /server/tomcat directory under thePowerCenter installation directory.

- Started during installation.

Repository Se rvice Mana ges connections t o thePowerCenter repository.

- Installed in /server/bin directory under thePowerCenter installation directory.

- Service started during installation.

- Connection established to the PowerCenterrepository.

PowerCenter repository Stores metadata for PowerCenter

source and target data, workflows,sessions, and mappings.

- Repository tables created.

In tegrat ion Servi ce Ex tracts , transfo rms, and loads da ta to

PowerCenter targets. If Metadata

Manager is installed, extracts andloads metadata based on XConnect

workflows.

- Installed in /server/bin directory under the

PowerCenter installation directory.

- Service started during installation.- Connection established to the Repository

Service.

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PowerCenter Services are installed in the server directory under the PowerCenter installationdirectory. The server directory contains PowerCenter applications, configuration fi les, andstorage directories for PowerCenter Services.

Table 1-2describes the directories created under the server directory during a PowerCenterServices installation:

Java Runtime

Environment

Required by the Service Manager and

Java-based PowerCenter components.

- Installed in the java directory under the

PowerCenter Services inst allation directory.

DataDirect 5.1 ODBCDrivers

ODBC drivers used by the IntegrationService and PowerCenter Client.

- Installed in the ODBC5.1 directory under thePowerCenter installation directory.

Table 1-2. PowerCenter Services Installation Directories

Di rec tor y Nam e Conte nts

bin Conta ins PowerCente r application service ex ecutables and co mmand line progra ms .

config Contains the node configuration file.

infa_shared Default storage location for run-time f iles used by Integration Service processes and

domain log events files generated by the Log Manager.

You can configure the shared directory location for the Integration Service processes andthe Log Manager in the Administration Console after installation.

tomcat Contains the Servi ce Manager appl ica tion fi les and the Servi ce Manager log f il es .


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You can install Data Analyzer with PowerCenter Standard or Advanced Edition. DataAnalyzer requires an application server. You can run Data Analyzer on one of the followingapplication servers:

JBoss Application Server

BEA WebLogic Server

IBM WebSphere Application Server

If you run Data Analyzer on JBoss Application Server, you can install JBoss ApplicationServer with Data Analyzer or use an existing instance of JBoss Application Server. Informaticaincludes JBoss Application Server version 4.0.3 in the PowerCenter installer.

If you run Data Analyzer on BEA WebLogic Server or IBM WebSphere Application Server,you must obtain and install the application server before you install PowerCenter StandardEdition.

For more information about application server prerequisites for Data Analyzer, seeApplication Servers on page 40.

Table 1-3describes the Data Analyzer components installed with a PowerCenter installation:

Table 1-3. Installed Data Analyzer Components


Data Analyzer Web application to analyze data from datasources and create reports.

- Installed on selected application server.- Data Analyzer utilities installed in the

Data Analyzer directory under the

PowerCenter installation directory.- Connection established to Data Analyzer

repository.

Data AnalyzerRepository

Stores metadata for Data Analyzer schemas,reports, and dashboards.


JBoss Application Server Java application server that manages

processes for Data Analyzer.

- Installed in the JBoss403 directory under

the PowerCenter installation directory.

- Application server started.

DataDirect JDBC Drivers JDBC drivers for use with Data Analyzer. - Connection established between Data

Analyzer and the Data Ana lyzer

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Metadata Manager uses an application server to manage processes. You can run MetadataManager on one of the following application servers:

JBoss Application Server BEA WebLogic Server

IBM WebSphere Application Server

If you run Metadata Manager on JBoss Application Server, you can install JBoss ApplicationServer with Metadata Manager or use an existing instance of JBoss Application Server.Informatica includes JBoss Application Server version 4.0.3 in the PowerCenter installer.

If you run Metadata Manager on BEA WebLogic Server or IBM WebSphere ApplicationServer, you must obtain and install the application server before you install PowerCenterStandard Edition. The installer does not install BEA WebLogic Server or IBM WebSphere

Application Server.

For more information about application server prerequisites for Metadata Manager, seeApplication Servers on page 40.

Metadata Manager XConnects are a set of PowerCenter workflows that Metadata Manager

uses to extract metadata from sources and load into the Metadata Manager repository. Theworkflows are stored in the PowerCenter repository. You use the Metadata ManagerConfiguration Console to run the XConnects to load metadata to the Metadata Managerrepository. Metadata Manager XConnects are installed when you install Metadata Manager.

When you install Metadata Manager, the PowerCenter installer can create a PowerCenterrepository or connect to an existing PowerCenter repository to store the XConnect workflows.It creates a Metadata Manager folder in the PowerCenter repository to store the XConnect

workflows that you run from the Metadata Manager Configuration Console.

If you perform a complete installation of PowerCenter Advanced Edition, the installer usesthe PowerCenter repository as the PowerCenter repository for Metadata Manager. You mustcreate a separate database and user account for another PowerCenter repository and create aRepository Service when you configure the application services.

Note: The PowerCenter repository that stores the Metadata Manager XConnects is called theIntegration repository in the Metadata Manager documentation.

Table 1-4describes the Metadata Manager components installed with a PowerCenterinstallation:


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Table 1-4. Installed Metadata Manager Components


Metadata Manager

Server

Web application for analyzing and reporting

on metadata from PowerCenter and ot herapplications.

- Installed on top of selected application

server.- Installed in the Metadata Manager

directory under the PowerCenter

installation directory.- Connections established to the Metadata

Manager repository.

- Connections established to thePowerCenter repository.

Metadata Manager

Repository

Stores the Metadata Manager schema,

reports, dashboards, source metadata to

analyze and report on, and the packagedmetamodels that classify source metadata.


- Metadata Manager warehouse tables

created.- Metamodels installed.

PowerCenter Repository

for Metadata Manager

Stores Metadata Manager XConnect

metadata. Also known as the Integration

repository.

- Metadata Manager XConnect metadata

created in the Metadata Manager f older.

JBoss Application Server Java application server that managesprocesses for Metadata Manager.

- Installed in the JBoss403 directory underthe PowerCenter installation directory if

new JBoss Application Server instanceis the selected application server.

- Application server started.

Metadata ManagerXConnects

PowerCenter workflows to extract and loadmetadata.

- PowerCenter workflows created in theMetadata Manager folder of specified

PowerCenter repository.

Data Direct JDBC Drivers JDBC drivers for use with MetadataManager.

- Establishes a connection betweenMetadata Manager and the MetadataManager repository.

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With the PowerCenter Client installat ion, you can install the complete set of PowerCenterclient tools or select the custom installation to install the PowerCenter Client and MetadataManager Client separately. You can install the PowerCenter and Metadata Manager clients ona Windows platform. You can use graphical or silent installation to install the PowerCenterClient components.

The PowerCenter Client includes the following tools:

Designer

Repository Manager

Workflow Manager

Workflow Monitor

Data Stencil

The Metadata Manager Client includes the following tools:

Metadata Manager Console

Custom Metadata Configurator

Table 1-5describes the client components installed with PowerCenter:

Table 1-5. Installed Client Components


PowerCenter Client Manage users, def ine sources and targets,

build mappings and mapplets with the

transformation logic, and create workflows torun the mapping logic.

- Installed in the client directory under the

PowerCenter Client installation directory.

- No configuration performed.

Metadata Manager Client Client application you use to create,

configure, and run Metadata ManagerXConnects.

- Installed in the Metadata Manager

directory under the PowerCenter Clientinstallation directory.

- Code page and PowerCenter repository

for Metadata Manager name configured.

DataDirect 5.1 ODBCDrivers

ODBC drivers for use with t he PowerCenterClient and Metadata Manager Console.

- Installed in the ODBC 5.1 directory underthe PowerCenter Client and Metadata

Manager Client installation directory.

- No configuration performed.

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PowerCenter provides administrative and metadata reports that you can import into a DataAnaly