Informatica PowerCenter 7.1.

1
Installation Guide

Version: 1.5
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 1. First you confirmed that your oracle is running successful by connecting with user
name, password and connect string. (Connect String/Host String is must)

2. Open your Informatica CD and double click on “launch.exe” to start your

installation.

3. It will start “Welcome to Informatica” Window, click on “PowerCenter for

Windows” button.

Fig: Welcome to Informatica

4. Then you will a window there you provide, Informatica PowerCenter “Product
Key” from license file in CD and keep other same, then click “Next”, and then
you will get “Informatica PowerCenter 7.1.1 Setup window.

5. In “Informatica PowerCenter 7.1.1 Setup” window,

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 Fig: Informatica PowerCenter 7.1.1 Setup

• Select the options “Informatica PowerCenter 7.1.1 – Client, Informatica

PowerCenter 7.1.1 – Server, Informatica PowerCenter 7.1.1 – Repository
Server, ODBC 4.20”.
• Select Destination Folder, by default it will install in C:\Program
Files\Informatica PowerCenter 7.1.1\, if you want to change then click on
“Browse” button. Then click “Next” button.

6. Then just follow the wizard and until you finish installation.

7. At the end of installation it will ask for configuration at that time for Repository
Server and Informatica Server Setup. Select those and click finish.

8. Now it will open Configure Repository Server window. Otherwise open it from
Start
Program Files
Informatica PowerCenter 7.1.1
Informatica
PowerCenter 7.1.1 – RepServer
Informatica Repository Server Setup.

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 Fig: Configure Repository Server

• Give the Administrator Password as your choice (e.g. admin). Keep other
settings as it is, then click OK.

9. Then go to Informatica Server Setup Application window. If you want open it

manually then open it from Start
program files
Informatica PowerCenter 7.1.1

Informatica PowerCenter 7.1.1 – Server
Informatica Server Setup.

Fig: Informatica Server Setup Application

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 • Here Click on Continue button, then “Configure Informatica Service” window
opens.

10. In “Configure Informatica Service” window. Go to “Server” tab.

Fig: Configure Informatica Service – “Server” tab

• Here in Server tab, provide the “Server Name”.

• Give “TCP/IP Host Address” as (Host Name i.e. Computer Name or
Computer IP Address). To get Host Name go to command prompt and type
“hostname” you will see your host name or computer name use this in
installation process, where it needed.
• You can configure the Load Manager settings. Otherwise keep as it is.
• Keep other settings as it is, then go to “Repository” tab.

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11. In “Repository” tab…

Fig: Configure Informatica Service – “Repository” tab

• Give Repository Name (E.g. INFAREPO).

• Give Repository User (Default: Administrator), Repository Password
(Default: Administrator).
• Give Repository Server Host Name (Computer Name) which you gave in Fig:
Configure Informatica Service – “Server” tab for TCP/IP Host Address.
• Keep other setting as it is. Then go to “License” tab.

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12. In “Licenses” tab…

Fig: Configure Informatica Service – “Licenses” tab

• Here copy your license keys from license file in CD one by one, e.g. First
copy “Product Key” from license file and paste in “with Key:” text box and
click on “Update” button.
• Then do the same for “Connectivity Key” and “Options Key”. Copy one by
one and click “Update” button.
• Go to “Compatibility and Database” tab.

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13. In “Compatibility and Database” tab…

Fig: Configure Informatica Service – “Compatibility and Database” tab

• Here set the compatibility settings as shown in fig. or select according to your
choice.
• Keep “Database settings” as it is.
• Go to “Configuration” tab.

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14. In Configuration tab.

Fig: Configure Informatica Service – “Configuration” tab

• Here in session properties, set data movement mode as “ASCII” (You can select
UNICODE also, but for improve performance we use ASCII).
• You can configure other settings or keep as it is.
• Then click on Apply button and click on OK button.
• Close all windows.

15. Configuration of your “Informatica Repository Server” Setup and “Informatica

Server Setup” is finished.

16. Go to Start
Program Files
Informatica PowerCenter 7.1.1
Informatica

PowerCenter 7.1.1 – Client
Repository Server Administration Console.

17. “Repository Server Administration Console” window opens.

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 Fig: Repository Server Administration Console

• Here you right click on “Informatica Repository Servers” select option “New
Server Registration” then “Register a New Repository Server” window opens.

Fig: Register a new Repository Server

• Here give Host Name (Computer Name) which you gave in Fig: Configure
Informatica Service – “Server” tab for TCP/IP Host Address.
• Click OK.
• Your server is registered named with hostname.

18. Then right click on your server named with host name which you registered just and
select “connect” to connect to host name. Then you will get a window “Connecting to

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 Repository Server Hostname”. Give Administrator Password which you gave while
configuring repository server in Fig: Configure Repository Server. Then click OK.
(If your server could not start then make sure that “Informatica Repository Server”
service started in services).

19. After connecting to you server (hostname). Now right click on “Repositories” folder
and select option “New Repository” then “New Repository” window opens.

20. In “New Repository” window General tab.

Fig: New Repository – “General” tab

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 • Give Repository Name which you gave in Fig: Configure Informatica
Service – “Repository” tab.
• You can make your repository as Global Data Repository in properties
configurations, if you want to repository as local repository then don’t select
that option. By default it will not select the option, keep default as it is.
• Select Creation Mode as “Create all repository Content”.
• Go to Database “Connection” tab.

21. “In Database Connection” tab.

Fig: New Repository – “Database Connection” tab

• Select your database in “DatabaseType” (e.g. Oracle, MSSQLServer).

• Give ConnectString, DBUser, DBPassword for specific database which you
selected as your “DatabaseType”.
• Then go to “Licenses” tab.

Note: Here you must provide ConnectString otherwise it won’t permit.

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22. In “Licenses” tab.

Fig: New Repository – “Licenses” tab

• Here you copy & paste your “Product Key” in “License Key:” text box and
click “Update” button.
• Do the same for “Connectivity Key” and click “Update” button.
• Do the same for “Options Key” and click “Update” button.
• Then click on “Apply” button.
• Repository creation process will start.

Note: You need at least two keys “Product Key” and “Connectivity Key”.

Notes:
• If you get any problems then make sure about Informatica services started in
services. And correct hostname, repository name, Informatica server name
matches in all configurations and also check your database user name,
password, and connect string at database level.

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 • Sometimes your repository can not connect in designer, workflow manager
then make sure that your repository is started in “Repository Server
Administration Console”.
• You can create multiple repositories but for that you need different db user
name, password.

23. As your Repository Creation process finished, your repository is created. Close the
“Repository Server Administration Console” window.

24. To Create Connections and Server Configuration, go to Start
Program Files

Informatica PowerCenter 7.1.1
Informatica PowerCenter 7.1.1 – Client

Workflow Manager. “Informatica PowerCenter Workflow Manager” window opens.

Fig: Informatica PowerCenter Workflow Manager

• Right click on your repository which you created and select option “Connect”
to connect repository. (Note: For connecting repository the database services
must be started in services (Control Panel
Administrative Tools

Services).
• “Connect to Repository” window opens.

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 • Give repository Username, Password, Host Name, and Port Number which
you gave in Fig: Configure Informatica Service – “Repository” tab.
• Then click “Connect” button.

25. To create Connections, In “Informatica PowerCenter Workflow Manager” window.

Select from menu bar, Connections
Relational.

• “Relation Connection Browser” window opens.

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 Fig: Relational Connection Browser

• Here you select your database type from “Select Type” drop down list. (E.g.
Oracle).
• Then click on “New…” button, “Connection Object Definition” Window
opens.

Fig: Connection Object Definition

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 • Here you give Name for your selected database.
• Give user name, password, connect string specific to your database you
selected.
• Then click OK.

26. For Server Configuration, In “Informatica PowerCenter Workflow Manager”

window, select from menu bar Server
Server Configuration, “Server Browser”
window opens.

Fig: Server Browser

• Here you click on “New…” button to register server. “Server” window opens.

Fig: Server

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 • Here you give Server Name which you gave while configuring Informatica
service in Fig: Configure Informatica Service – “Server” tab.
• Host Name / IP Address (Computer Name)
• Set $PMRootDir attribute value as (e.g. C:\Program Files\Informatica
PowerCenter 7.1.1\Server) this is the path of your Informatica server where
you install it. So give the path of your server where in install to this
$PMRootDir as Attribute Value.
• Then click “Resolve Server” button.
• Click OK button.
• Your Server is created.
• Close all windows.

Note: You can create one or more servers. Whenever you get problem connecting to
server, come to this settings and click “Resolve Server” button.

27. To create Folder, Start
Program Files
Informatica PowerCenter 7.1.1

Informatica PowerCenter 7.1.1 – Client
Repository Manager.

28. “Informatica PowerCenter Repository Manger” window opens. Right click on

repository and select “Connect” to connect your repository,

• When you click connect “Connect to Repository” window opens.

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 • Give repository user name and password.
• Give Host Name, Port Name.
• Then Click “Connect” button.

• Then select from menu bar Folder
Create, then “Create Folder” window
opens.

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 Fig: Create Folder

• Here you give folder Name (e.g. DEVELOPMENT, TESTING,

PRODUCTION).
• You can set Owner/Group and Permissions also or keep default.
• Then click OK.

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 • Your DEVELOPMENT folder has been created, close the Informatica
PowerCenter Repository Manager window.

29. Close all windows, and go to services (Control Panel
Administrative Tools

Services) and start “Informatica” service. If you are getting problem while starting
service, then go to event log viewer and see the error. (To get event log, click
windows start button Start
Run, Run window opens, type “eventvwr”).

30. To create DSN for source database, go to Start
Program Files
Informatica
PowerCenter 7.1.1
Informatica PowerCenter 7.1.1 – Client
Designer.
• Connect to repository
• Connect to Folder which u created by double clicking on it.
• Go to source analyzer.

31. In Source Analyzer, select from menu bar, Sources
Import from Database.

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 • Import Tables window opens.

Fig: Import Tables

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 • Click on button where red arrow is place in above fig, to create new ODBC
data source, then it will open ODBC Data Source Administrator window.

Fig: ODBC Data Source Administrator

• Click “Add” button, it will open “Create New Data Source” window.

Fig: Create New Data Source

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 • Select Name from Name list according to your source database. And click
Finish button.
• Then it opens Microsoft ODBC for your selected data source name form list.
(E.g. Select “Microsoft ODBC for Oracle”, u will get following window).

Fig: Microsoft ODBC for Oracle Setup

• Give “Data Source Name”, DB “User Name”, DB “Server” Name (Connect

String). Click OK.

32. Go to Fig: Import Tables window, select the data source name which you created,
and give db user name, password and click “Connect” button to connect to your
database. Select tables, and click OK.

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33. To create DSN for target database, go to “Warehouse Designer”,

• Select from menu bar, Target
Import from Database. Follow the same steps for
target database as you did the same in “Source Analyzer” for source database. If
your target database is same as source database then use same data source name
which you created for source database.
• Use created data source for target database and import the targets.

34. So your data sources for source database and target database are created and sources
and targets are imported.

35. Checking your Installation properly working or not? Now use these sources and target
in “Mapping Designer” and do one simple map and save it, and Open “Informatica
PowerCenter Workflow Manager” create workflow, create session for mapping in
workflow, save it. And Run the workflow. If all your configurations are fine, then
workflow will be succeeded. If you get any server connection error then check
Informatica Services in services and your entire configuration once again.

36. So your Installation and Configuration of Informatica PowerCenter Client/Server

v7.1.1 is successfully completed.

Document Author: O. Raveen

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