PowerCenter - Installation and Configuration (8.6.1 for Windows 32Bit)

About

This article talk about the installation of
PowerCenter from Informatica on:

Windows 32 bit

Oracle Database

I have made it in the context of an
Oracle Business Intelligence Application version 7.9.6.1 installation then it's why the computer name is OBIA7961.

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PowerCenter - Installation

Prerequisites

Oracle Database

The oracle database must be already installed:
Oracle Database - Installation

Download the files

The files for the software Informatica PowerCenter and PowerConnect Adapters 8.6.1 are available on

Edelivery.com

Choose:

Oracle Business Intelligence on Windows 32 Bit

Oracle Business Intelligence (10.1.3) Media Pack for Microsoft Windows (32-bit) :





Then this two files :





File1 contain the initial software (server and client)

File2 contain the documentation and the hot fix and the license

The Oracle key (File2>Oracle_All_OS_Prod.key) is not valid for the installation of :

PowerCenter - Data Analyzer

and
PowerCenter - Metadata Manager

Repository Account

At least two database user accounts are required to host this repository :

POW_REP for the
repository Database

POW_DOM fro the
domain Configuration Database

For Oracle, you must perform the following instruction :

CREATE USER POW_REP IDENTIFIED BY POW_REP
DEFAULT tablespace users
TEMPORARY tablespace temp
quota unlimited ON users;

GRANT CONNECT, resource, CREATE VIEW TO POW_REP;

CREATE USER POW_DOM IDENTIFIED BY POW_DOM
DEFAULT tablespace users
TEMPORARY tablespace temp
quota unlimited ON users;

GRANT CONNECT, resource, CREATE VIEW TO POW_DOM;

Server

Initial Server Software Installation

This sequence of installation don't say that you have to hit the next button and does not take care of review and informative windows.

Frist, run File1\pc861_win32_x86\install.bat

Select the language to install: English. Ok.

Select the option “Install PowerCenter 8.6.1”

License key : select the license key text file in File2>Oracle_All_OS_Prod.key

Installation Prerequisites: Next, Next

Choose the installation directory C:\Informatica\PowerCenter8.6.1 (no space)

Enable HTTPS. I choose No because I'm not in a secure environment and don't want to overload the network traffic

Review and Install

Domain Configuration

As it's the first time, I choose “Create a new
domain” option

PowerCenter Domain Configuration Metadata :

For Oracle :
Oracle Database - How to retrieve the connect descriptor parameters? (host, port, service name and SID)





Powercenter service configuration : set the password (admin for instance)





This information allow you to connect in the
administration console (http://HostPowerCenter:6001/adminconsole)

A global administrator (for the domain and the repository) is automatically created with the credentials Administrator/Administrator. You may change the password for security purpose

Then it create
domainand node, analyze the system

Next screen, I uncheck “Install Informatica Services with a different account user” because I will use it only on my laptop (ie PowerCenter don't need to go through the network to retrieve files).

Informatica Services is the Windows service that runs PowerCenter Services on a node in a PowerCenter domain. Configure the user account if PowerCenter Services needs to access a network location not available to the current Windows
user account.

In the post installation summary, you can see the installed component:

PowerCenter Services ie
integration service,
repository service, …

PowerCenter Data Analyzer

PowerCenter Metadata Manager & Business Glossary

The repository configuration is no more a step of the installer as in the
installation of powercenter version 8.1.1. A new repository and integration service are now created with the help if the

administration console. See section below.

HotFix10

Stop any Informatica services that are running. Start > All Programs > Informatica PowerCenter 8.6.1 > Services > Stop Informatica Services.

File2>pc861_HotFix10_win32_x86\Server\Windows\Disk1\InstData\VM>Install.exe

Select the language to install; English. Ok

Welcome. Next > Stop PowerCenter Services. Ok

Installation Prerequisites

Apply the Hotfix

Select the path. Verify it and Next

Pre-installation summary. Hit the Install button.

Post-installation summary. Finish

Repository Configuration

Start Informatica services. Start > All Programs > Informatica PowerCenter 8.6.1 > Services > Start Informatica Services.

Launch the
Administration console. Start > All Programs > Informatica PowerCenter 8.6.1 > Services > PowerCenter Administration Console

Login with the account given in the configuration (admin/admin for this article).

Select configuration assistant (if you don't see it, you can also configure a repository with the configuration tool on the left side)





Welcome > Next

Enter a name for the repository, click on the configure button and fill in the fields.
You must enter a
connect identifier and not a connect string. The
connect string for Oracle contains the credentials.





If the creation of the repository hang, see
the support section

You can store metadata in multiples languages, such as Chinese and English, when you choose UTF-8 as the repository

code page

Integration service: fill a name in : INT_OBIA7961 and click next.

Character Data for Integration service: (Note: Character Encoding give the choice between
ASCII and Unicode)





Finish !