PowerCenter 8.6.1 Quick Start Upgrade from 8.6

This quick start includes the following topics:

Step 1. Complete the Pre-Installation Tasks, 1

Step 2. Upgrade PowerCenter, 2

Step 3. Complete the Post-Installation Tasks, 2

Step 4. Upgrade PowerCenter Components, 3

Step 5. Upgrade Metadata Manager, 4

Step 6. Complete the Post-Upgrade Tasks, 4

Step 7. Upgrade the PowerCenter Client, 4

Step 1. Complete the Pre-Installation Tasks1.1 Verify prerequisites. Review the installation prerequisites and verify that the environment meets the requirements. Verify the license key, minimum system requirements, temporary disk space requirements, database requirements, and third-party software prerequisites.

Use the following table to record the license key.

1.2 Configure environment variables. Configure environment variables for temporary files, code pages, and the graphics display server.

Use the following table to record environment variable values.

1.3 Clear environment variables. Clear environment variables configured for the previous PowerCenter

Parameter Value

License Key

Parameter Value

Installation

TMP

IATEMPDIR

Code Page Environment Variables (UNIX)

LANG

LC_ALL

Graphics Display Server Environment Variable (UNIX)

DISPLAY 1

installation.

1.4 Create a keystore for HTTPS support (Optional). Create a keystore file to use a secure connection with 2 PowerCenter 8.6.1 Quick Start Upgrade from 8.6

HTTPS.

Use the following table to record HTTPS information:

1.5 Stop Informatica Services. Stop Informatica Services on each node in the PowerCenter domain.

For more information about the pre-installation tasks, see the PowerCenter Installation Guide.

Step 2. Upgrade PowerCenter2.1 Upgrade PowerCenter. Run the installer to upgrade PowerCenter. Select the option to upgrade the node to run a single version or multiple versions of the application services. If you upgrade the node to run multiple versions of the application services, you must upgrade to a new directory.

Use the following table to record the installation directory.

For more information about upgrading PowerCenter, see the PowerCenter Installation Guide.

Step 3. Complete the Post-Installation Tasks3.1 Prepare Metadata Manager for upgrade. Back up the Metadata Manager repository database.

3.2 Configure environment variables. Configure environment variables for PowerCenter Services, database client, library path, locale, Java components, and libstdc++.so.5.

Use the following table to record environment variable values.

Parameter Value

HTTPS Port

Keystore Password

Keystore File Location

Parameter Value

PowerCenter Installation Directory

Parameter Value

PowerCenter Environment Variables (Windows/UNIX)

INFA_JAVA_OPTS

INFA_DOMAINS_FILE

INFA_HOME

IBM DB2 Database Environment Variables (UNIX)

DB2DIR

DB2INSTANCE

PATH

Oracle Database Environment Variables (UNIX)

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3.3 Configure the location of the run-time files (Optional). If you upgraded to a different installation directory, update the service process variable for run-time files, the repository backup directory, and the location of the keystore file.

3.4 Make POSIX Asynchronous I/O available (Optional). If you install PowerCenter Services on IBM AIX, make POSIX Asynchronous I/O available on any node where you want to run an Integration Service.

For more information about post-installation tasks, see the PowerCenter Configuration Guide.

Step 4. Upgrade PowerCenter Components4.1 Upgrade the Reference Table Manager Service. Upgrade the contents of the Reference Table Manager repository to encrypt the user account passwords for the Reference Table Manager connections.

For more information about upgrading PowerCenter, see the PowerCenter Configuration Guide.

NLS_LANG

ORACLE_HOME

PATH

Sybase ASE Database Environment Variables (UNIX)

SYBASE

SYBASE_ASE

SYBASE_OCS

PATH

Code Page Environment Variables (UNIX)

LANG

LANG_C

LC_CTYPE

LC_ALL

Database Library Path Environment Variables (UNIX)

LD_LIBRARY_PATH (Solaris and Linux)

LIBPATH (AIX)

SHLIB_PATH (HP-UX)

Java Directory Path Environment Variables (AIX and HP-UX)

LIBPATH (AIX32 and AIX64)

SHLIB_PATH (HP-UX)

libstdc++.so.5 Library Path Environment Variable (Linux)

LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Parameter Value

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Step 5. Upgrade Metadata Manager5.1 Upgrade the Metadata Manager repository. Upgrade the contents of the Metadata Manager repository and restore the Metadata Manager Service files.

5.2 Restore the Metadata Manager Service files. Restore the files required by the Metadata Manager Service.

5.3 Enable the Metadata Manager Service. After you enable the Metadata Manager Service, you can perform the post-upgrade tasks.

For more information about upgrading Metadata Manager, see the PowerCenter Configuration Guide.

Step 6. Complete the Post-Upgrade Tasks6.1 Verify the upgrade of the first gateway node. Perform this task if you upgrade to a mixed version domain. After you upgrade the first gateway node, verify that the upgrade was successful before you upgrade the other nodes in the domain.

6.2 Update plug-ins. Update the repository with the latest plug-in registration files.

6.3 Download and install the Metadata Manager Agent. In the Metadata Manager application, download and install the Metadata Manager Agent.

6.4 Update the configuration of the PowerCenter resources. In the Metadata Manager application, open and save the connection settings of the PowerCenter resources before you load the resources.

6.5 Update the Metadata Manager index files. In the Metadata Manager application, select and index all Metadata Manager resources.

For more information about post-upgrade tasks, see the PowerCenter Configuration Guide.

Step 7. Upgrade the PowerCenter Client7.1 Upgrade the PowerCenter Client. Run the installer to upgrade the PowerCenter Client. For more information, see the PowerCenter Installation Guide.

PowerCenter 8.6.1 Quick Start Upgrade from 8.6Step 1. Complete the Pre-Installation TasksStep 2. Upgrade PowerCenterStep 3. Complete the Post-Installation TasksStep 4. Upgrade PowerCenter ComponentsStep 5. Upgrade Metadata ManagerStep 6. Complete the Post-Upgrade TasksStep 7. Upgrade the PowerCenter Client