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PowerCenter Upgrade
Upgrading to PowerCenter 9.6.0
9.1x
9.5x
9.0.1 to 9.5x
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8.61/8.62
9.0.1
9.1x
9.5x
PowerCenter
Not Supported
Not Supported
Supported
Supported
PowerExchange
Not Supported
Not Supported
Supported
Supported
Data Quality
Not Supported
Not Supported
Supported
Supported
Data Explorer
Not Supported
Not Supported
Supported
Supported
Data Services
N/A
Not Supported
Supported
Supported
Upgrade Tasks
Complete the pre-upgrade tasks for the domain and server files to
ensure that you can successfully run the installer.
Upgrade the Informatica domain and server files. Use the server
installer to upgrade Informatica domain and upgrade the server files
on each node. If the domain contains multiple nodes, upgrade the
gateway node before you upgrade the worker nodes.
After you upgrade the first gateway node, verify that the upgrade was
successful before you upgrade the other nodes in the domain.
5
Repository Services
CRS 15 mins per service
MRS 15 - 30 mins per service
Pre-Upgrade Tasks
Review the operating system specific requirements. Review the
prerequisites and environment variable configuration.
Domain Upgrade
Upgrading to 9.6
What's new in 9.6 (enhanced) Encryption key
While either installing 9.6 fresh or while upgrading to 9.6 keyword input is
required from user
Upgrading to 9.6
Apart from Encryption key there are no new caveats for upgrading to
9.6
Keyword Input
For Gateway nodes
If there is more than one node within the domain then location of
encryption key created for gateway node needs to be provided
This is required for the Gateway nodes only; not for worker nodes
One of the gateway nodes can become the master gateway node in a
failover scenario
After upgrading the first gateway node, the same encryption key
needs to be copied to other gateway nodes. All gateway nodes in a
domain should use the same encryption key.
2
Location for
encryption key
to be stored
Location of previously
created encryption key
for Master node
Use the Allow changes to the node host name and port
number option during the Upgrade Directory installation, to make the
following key changes to domain configuration:
4. Click Next.
5. If dependency errors exist, the Dependency Errors dialog box appears.
Review the dependency errors and click OK. Then, resolve dependency
errors and click Next.
7. Click Next.
The service upgrade wizard upgrades each service and displays the status and processing details.
8. When the upgrade completes, the Summary section displays the list of services and their upgrade
status.
Click each service to view the upgrade details in the Service Details section.
Post-Upgrade tasks
Update ODBC data sources. The Informatica installation includes new DataDirect ODBC drivers.
Re-create each ODBC data source to use the new drivers.
Verify that the log events directory is correct. To use a different directory for the logs, update the Log
Directory Path property for the domain.
If you exported business glossaries from Metadata Manager, import the glossaries into the Analyst
tool.
Complete the following post-upgrade tasks for each Metadata Manager Service:
Create business glossary resources based on the business glossaries that you imported into the Analyst tool.
Uninstall and reinstall the Metadata Manager Agent after you configure the Metadata Manager
Service.
Update the Reporting and Dashboards Service properties file and upgrade to Jaspersoft 4.2.
The client installer configures the newly installed client tools with the same settings as
the previous version.
The client installer does not modify the files of the previous version of the client tools.
Run the installer on all machines that host previous versions of the Informatica client
tools that you want to upgrade. You can upgrade the Informatica clients in graphical or
silent mode.
When you run the client installer, select the Informatica client tool to upgrade.
For PowerCenter, you can upgrade the PowerCenter Client tools. PowerCenter Client is
a set of tools you can use to manage the PowerCenter repository, mappings, and
sessions.
By default, the when you upgrade PowerCenter Client, the following components are
also upgraded:
References
The 9.6 Upgrade Planner is available on My Support:
https://mysupport.informatica.com/Multimedia/Upgrade_Planner_96/index.html