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Informatica Deployment Checklist

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Is the UAT completed ? Has the sign-off been obtained from the business units for code deployment in the Production
environment?
Documentation provided (SRS, SPDD, PowerCenter Design Specification, Unit Test Case, Job Details)
Approval for Application Downtime required for the deployment is available ?
Application owners notified for the deployment date and downtime
File system space added on Unix box, if required as part of enhancement / development

Target system (External / Internal) has ensured addition of tablespace; if required as part of enhancement / development
Table created / altered as per the project requirement
If there are any pre-requisites for each migration step, then have they been mentioned? Are the pre-requisites done?
Is the Informatica object deployment list provided for deployment (Informatica_Deploymentlist_Project_Name.xls)
Shared objects ( if any) listed in the (Informatica_Deploymentlist_Project_Name.xls) are verified for the dependencies
What would be the method of migration (i.e., object copy, folder copy, repository copy or deployment group) used?
Are the objects which are to be deployed valid? (Objects are valid and all objects are checked in)
Are the correct versions of the objects to be deployed available?
Do the required permissions exist for the objects and on folders to be migrated?
Are there any dependencies between the objects to be deployed which needs to take care of?
Parameter file provided
Informatica command line scripts for workflow execution provided
Has the consistency of the database connection names across environments been maintained? (If not, connections in session
has to be changed)
Developer team has highlighted findings based on testing carried out, experience and problem faced during development
Roll back plan for production failure is available?
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Tns_names.ora entries for the production source and target system available
Tns_names.ora entries added on the server hosting Informatica Server
Login Credentials for the source and target system provided, in case login details are not available
FTP connection details are available, if required

If a sequence generator transformation is being used, sequence number of the transformation is noted prior to deployment
If there is a mapping variable used, mapping variable value is noted prior to deployment
In cases of parameters and variables, have the correct values being provided in the parameter file or they would be using the
default value in the first run?
For session properties like cache sizes, DTM buffer size has proper values (optimum for the production environment) ?
Informatica Job scheduling provided

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