Informatica

9.6 Installation Guide

Contents
Oracle 11g Installation .................................................................................................................................. 2
Step 1: ....................................................................................................................................................... 2
Step 2: ....................................................................................................................................................... 2
Step 4: ....................................................................................................................................................... 4
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Step 10: ....................................................................................................................................................... 11
Part 1: Informatica Server Installation and configuration .......................................................................... 12
Step 1: ..................................................................................................................................................... 13
Step 2: ..................................................................................................................................................... 15
Step 3: ..................................................................................................................................................... 19
Step 4: ..................................................................................................................................................... 27
Step 5: ..................................................................................................................................................... 31
Part 2: Informatica Client Installation and configuration ........................................................................... 34
Step 1: ..................................................................................................................................................... 34
Step 2: ..................................................................................................................................................... 38
Step 3: ..................................................................................................................................................... 40

Hey Guys, Today well be learning how to install and configure Informatica Powercenter 9.6.1 client and
server side both. Before we cover the installation steps, we need to complete a couple of prerequisites:
1. Install oracle 11g
2. Install the database.

Oracle 11g Installation

Step 1:

Visit www.oracle.com
Go to Downloads and select Oracle Database

Step 2:

Scroll down to the Oracle Database 11g Release 2

Click on select all in front of the Microsoft Windows (x64)

Step 3:

On the next screen Accept the license agreements and the download both the links that follow,
as shown in the snapshot:

Step 4:

After downloading the two zipped files youll get the following:

Unzip the first folder and edit the extracted folders name as database 1
Unzip the second folder and edit the extracted folders name as database 2

Copy the all the folders of database2 from the following location: databae
2/stage/Components to the following location in database 1 folder: databae
1/stage/Components

Go back to the main database 1 folder and run the setup as Administrator

Step 5:

On the first screen of the setup wizard uncheck the I wish to receive security updates via My Oracle
Support option and dont fill in any other fields and click next:

Step 6:
On the second window select the Create and configure a database and click next:

Step 7:
On the third window select Desktop class and click next:

Step 8:

Let all the things be as they are, dont change anything written in any fields just enter the
administrative password and confirm password. Ive set the password as oracle. Click next

Step 9:

After the prerequisites have been checked, click next and the product will begin installation.

Once the installation completes, which can take upto 15 minutes, you will get the following
screen, click on password management:

Enter the passwords for the user SYS and SYSTEM same as the one that you entered earlier,
in our case it will be oracle

Click OK twice and the Close.

Step 10:

You have successfully installed 11g and oracle database on your system now.
To verify this, open your command line and enter the following commands:
1. set ORACLE_SID=orcl
2. sqlplus / as sysdba

Next enter the SQL command: select name from v$database;

You should get the following output:

Now youre ready to install Informatica powercenter.

Informatica 9.6 Installation

Part 1: Informatica Server Installation and configuration

Step 1:

Visit the following link:

https://edelivery.oracle.com/EPD/Download/get_form?egroup_aru_number=12854073
And download the following items:

Once downloaded cut-paste all 4 folders in new folder named Informatica_9_6

Extract all 4 in this directory now Informatica_9_6

It will create following folders after extraction completed

Open following highlighted folder

You will see following in above folder, unzip the highlighted folder

Step 2:

Run the install.bat file.

Select the Install or upgrade to Informatica 9.6.1 and Run the pre-installation system check
tool options

Simply click Next on the following window:

Give the following directory as the installation directory: C:\informatica_9_6 and click Next

On the next screen you will see that you need a new database user ID and password. For this
well create a user.
o To do that go to the start menu and type in the search bar sqlplus
o On the command line screen that opens, login using the following credentials:
o Username: SYSTEM
o Password: oracle
o Next enter the following two commands:
o CREATE USER INFORMAT_DOMAIN_01 identified by oracle;
o GRANT DBA TO INFORMAT_DOMAIN;
Now return to the setup wizard and fill in the information as shown in the picture and as
mentioned below:
o Database type: Oracle
o Database user ID:INFORMAT_DOMAIN_01
o User Password: oracle
o Database hostname: localhost
o Port number:1521
o Database service name: oracle

On the next screen, ignore the Operating System not supported error.

In case you encounter one of the following errors, execute the following commands in the sqlplus
window and re run the setup:

Error
[Fail] OPEN_CURSORS Parameter: The number
of open cursors in the database is 300. If you
are installing Informatica, set OPEN_CURSORS
to 1000 or higher. If you are upgrading
Informatica, set OPEN_CURSORS to 4000 or
higher.
[Fail] RESOURCE Privilege: The database user
account does not have the RESOURCE privilege.
Assign the RESOURCE privilege to the database
user account.

Solution
alter system set open_cursors =
1200 scope=both;

grant RESOURCE to
INFORMAT_DOMAIN_01;

Step 3:
Now that weve checked the system requirements, lets start the server installation.

Run the install.bat file.

This time only select the Install or upgrade to Informatica 9.6.1 option and click Next

On the next screen select Install Informatica 9.6.1 and click Next

On the next screen browse for the licence key file, it will be present where you unzipped all your
folders with the name Oracle_All_OS_Prod_Key

Simply click Install on the next window

Wait for the installation to complete:

On the next screen we have to setup a domain. Only select the Create a Domain option and
let everything be as is:

Next enter the following information :

o Database type: Oracle
o Database user ID:INFORMAT_DOMAIN_01
o User Password: oracle
o Database address: localhost:1521
o Database service name: oracle

Insert any encryption keyword. I inserted: Informatica@1. and click Next

Dont change anything on the next screen, just enter the password as oracle, and click NextS

Uncheck the Run Informatica under a different user account option and click Next

Click Done

Now that weve installed the server, we need to set up the repository services and the integration
services.

Step 4:

Setting up the repository services

Go to the start menu and look for the Informatica administrator homepage

On the web page that opens, enter the following login credentials:
o Username: Administrator
o Password: oracle

Right click on the domain being displayed in the left side of the window and select New ->
Powercenter Repository Service

Enter the name of the repository as infa_training. Select the first option from the license
dropdown menu as well as the node menu:

We need to create another user for the repository services. Do it in a similar way as we did
before.

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To do that go to the start menu and type in the search bar sqlplus
On the command line screen that opens, login using the following credentials:
Username: SYSTEM
Password: oracle
Next enter the following two commands:
CREATE USER INFA_REP identified by infa_rep;
GRANT DBA TO INFA_REP;

Return to the administrator homepage and fill in the following information:

o Database Type:Oracle
o Username: INFA_REP
o Password: infa_rep
o Connection String: oracle
o Select the No content exists under specified connection string. Create new content
option.

Click on Edit next to the Repository Properties heading. Set the Operating Mode as Normal

Step 5:

Setting up the Integration Services

Right click on the domain being displayed in the left side of the window and select New ->
Powercenter Integration Service

Enter the name of the integration service as infa_training_IS. Select the first option from the
license dropdown menu as well as the node menu

Select infa_training as the repository service. Enter Administrator as th username and oracle as the
password. Click Finish

Click on the green refresh button to make the services available:

Informatica 9.6 Installation

Part 2: Informatica Client Installation and configuration
Step 1:

Go to the Informatica_9_6 folder that we earlier created and where we had extracted the setup
folders.
Unzip the highlighted client folder now:

Open the newly extracted folder and run the install file:

Select install Informatica 9.6.1 clients and click Next:

On the next screen select all the check boxes and click next:

On the next screen let the default path be and click Next without making any changes:

Wait for the installation to complete:

Click Done on the next screen:

Step 2:

Now we have to set up the repositories that we created earlier:

Go to the start menu, navigate to Informatica 9.6.1 powercenter clients and select PowerCenter
Repository Manager:

Once in the Repository Manager, click on the Repository menue - > Configure Domains to
configure the domain:

Click on the Add New button and fill in the following details in it after confirming from the
Informatica administrator homepage:

Now right click on the newly created repository and click connect:
Provide the following credentials for login:
o Username: Administrator
o Password: oracle

Step 3:

Now we need to create new folders in which well do the development

Navigate to Folder -> Create:

Name the folder as Training and click OK:

Lets create a shared folder now:

Navigate to Folder -> Create:

Name the folder shared and check the Allow shortcut option:

Conclusion
Now that weve set up the server and PowerCenter client, were all set to hit the development phase.
Cheers!