BPC Client Tools Dependency on Domain

Hello Experts,
We are currently evaluating a BPC solution for a client, where the client's requirement is such that some of the users of the BPC system might not have a domain login ID, or they might not at all login to the domain where the .NET server is installed. In such a scenario, is it possible for the users to access the BPC system??
Thanks and Sincere Regards,
Amitabha

Yes,
just in case if you create for these users local users into .Net server.
Otherwise is not possible.
In 7.5 we will be able to use CMS from BO which means we wil be able to use any kind of LDAP users not just users from MS active directory.
Regards
Sorin Radulescu

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x86_64
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Installer UNIX      1 GB
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uid=502(powercenter) gid=506(powercenter) groups=506(powercenter)
[root@di-obia-01 ~]# passwd powercenter
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New UNIX password:
BAD PASSWORD: it is WAY too short
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
Port
Verify that the port numbers are available on the machines where you install Informatica Services.
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powercenter soft nofile 2500
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3001
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chown -R powercenter:powercenter /powercenter/9.0.1
chmod -R 775 /powercenter
chmod -R 775 /powercenter/9.0.1
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Preparing to install...
Extracting the JRE from the installer archive...
Unpacking the JRE...
Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive...
Configuring the installer for this system's environment...
Launching installer...
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•     HTML format: <i9Pi Directory>/i9Pi/i9Pi_summary.html
•     Text format: <i9Pi Directory>/i9Pi_summary.log
i9Pi_summary.log
Output - Informatica9 Installation Location:/
Informatica starting port number:6004
Database Type:ORACLE
Database Hostname:di-rep-db
Database Port number:1521
Database Service name:direp.hotitem.local
Database User ID:POW_DOM
PASSED: OS Version Check: RHL Version Identified is 2.6.18-194.el5
PASSED: Diskspace: Available DiskSpace is 55105 MB
PASSED: Processors: Available Processors is 2
PASSED: Physical Memory: Available RAM Size is 4242 MB
PASSED: Temporary Space: Available temporary diskspace: 55105 MB. Sufficient for installation
PASSED: Socket Port: Socket port Range 6004-6009
PASSED: LANG Environment Variable: LANG Set to en_US.UTF-8 and LC_ALL Set to null
PASSED: JRE_HOME Environment Variable: JRE_HOME is not set
PASSED: File Descriptors : File descriptors limit is 3001
PASSED: Oracle Open Cursors: Open cursors in Oracle database is set to 1000Sufficient for install
PASSED : Resource privilege : The user account has the RESOURCE privilege.
PASSED: Create Table check : Successfully created a database table.
PASSED: Create View : Successfully created a database view.
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.
[powercenter@di-obia-01 /]$ unset JRE_HOME
[powercenter@di-obia-01 /]$ /tmp/powercenter901/install.sh
OS detected is Linux
unjar task is in progress.............
You can wait a long time on this step ….
unjar of ESD completed.....
Do you want to continue installation (y/n) ?
y
Starting installation ...
\* Welcome to the Informatica 9.0.1 HotFix 2 Server Installer. *
To verify whether a machine meets the system requirements for an Informatica installation, run the
Pre-Installation System Check Tool (i9Pi) before you start the installation process. You can find the i9Pi
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Before you continue, read the 9.0.1 HotFix 2 Installation Guide and Release Notes.
You can find the 9.0.1 HotFix 2 documentation in the Documentation Center at http://my.informatica.com
Configure the LANG and LC_ALL variables to generate appropriate code pages and
create and connect to repositories and Repository Services.
Do you want to continue? (Y/N)Y
Installer requires operating system Linux version 2.6 and later.
Current operating system Linux version 2.6.
Current operating system meets minimum requirements.
Select a choice :
1. Install Informatica 9.0.1 with Hot Fix 2 or Upgrade from a previous version of Informatica to
Informatica 9.0.1 with Hot Fix 2
2. Apply Informatica 9.0.1 Hot Fix 2 to existing 9.0.1 install.
Enter the choice(1 or 2):1
Checking for existing 9.0.1 HotFix 2 product installation.
Select (G)UI mode (needs X Window support) or (C)onsole mode (G/C):G
Launching installer in GUI mode ...
Preparing to install...
Extracting the JRE from the installer archive...
Unpacking the JRE...
Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive...
Configuring the installer for this system's environment...
Launching installer...
Preparing SILENT Mode Installation...
===============================================================================
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Informatica 9.0.1 HotFix 2 Steps:
•     Installation Type: Install (and not upgrade)
•     Pre-requisites: Next
•     License and Directory. (Transfer the license file from the client zip file)
•     Pre-Installation Summary: Install (Required Disk Space 2815 MB)
•     Domain Creation: Create a domain
•     Configuration Database
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•     Domain Configuration
•     Port Configuration
•     Post-Installation Summary
Installation Status:: SUCCESS
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For more information, see the debug log file:
/powercenter/Informatica/9.0.1/Informatica_9.0.1_Services_HotFix2.log
Informatica Administrator Home Page http://di-obia-01.hotitem.local:6007
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Repository Configuration
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•     Launch the Administration console. Start > All Programs > Informatica PowerCenter 8.6.1 > Services > PowerCenter Administration Console
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•     Post-installation summary. Next
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Support
The creation of the repository hangs
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•     close the browser,
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Hello, I've got an issue with having client computers rejoin the domain after reinstalling the server software. Another post I read suggested saving the plist files to get the settings the same, but I need to reconfigure manually to eliminate some other problems we've been having.
We've got an Xserve running 10.4.8 with a mix of XP and Tiger clients all authenticating with the server. Our XP clients have remote profiles converted to local and our Tiger clients use mobile accounts. Generally things were running OK, but we kept having some authentication issues and have SMB crashes. In reviewing our log files it was suggested that our Open Directory was messed up (probably during our upgrade from 10.3 to 10.4) and that a clean install was the best course of action. The server has been running 24x7 for over 3 years without any signifigant maintenance, so this seemed like a good idea.
Everything was going great. I did the clean install and had DNS and DHCP configured and working, then started setting up Open Directory as the PDC and Windows Services as the Primary WINS. I had intended to recreate the user accounts because I didn't want to reintroduce problems by restoring the settings, however when I added one account and tested logging in on a XP machine it couldn't authenticate even though the domain name and user name was the same as before (short names too). On a whim, I moved the computer from the domain to WORKGROUP and then rejoined the (new) domain. Upon login it created a new roaming profile named user.domain instead of using the other account already there. On the XP client in accounts, the old profile showed up as unknown. I then went to a Mac and tried to log in and had similiar issues not finding the authenticating server.
After pulling my hair out this evening and realizing that there was no way I was going to have the office operation in the morning, I did a full restore from backup and pretended like I hadn't just wasted my weekend. After I got the server running, I was able to get my client machines to see the domain again and all is as it was.
Soooo, now the question is how do I create a clean installation with newly created user accounts and get the client computers to recognize the domain server as the same old one? Is there a hidden domain ID or something that is telling the client computers that it isn't the same domain or LDAP server? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
xserve G4 & XRaid Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Sorry, to clarify I did not want to use the archive & restore because I didn't want to reintroduce the errors I was trying to eliminate. I setup the Open Directory as a PDC from scratch and then ran into the client authtenication issue. In a desperate attempt to salvage the situation I did restore the previous settings which (A) didn't work and (B) may have made things worse because I already had created some groups and a few users and ended up with groups with duplicate IDs. That was when I scrapped everything and restored the disk from backup.
Your idea of using export/import is a slightly different avenue. However, now that I'm thinking about it, I didn't even get far enough for the user profiles to be an issue because the client computers weren't even communicating with the server to get the list of users (the Macs log-in by selecting a user name from a list).
Does export/import of a computer list work? I think I tried to import the computer list last night and the one I had only contained the Macs and these didn't preserve the MAC address info for some reason. I didn't have an export of the XP machines, but tried to manually add them to the list with no success.
Thanks again for your help.

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