Informatica Admin Console hangs on Creating repository service......

Question

Hello Gurus,
For some time now I have been trying to create a repository service using the Informatica admin console after I have installed Informatica PowerCenter 8.6.1 server and applied the server HotFix 11. I do provide all the correct credentials for the connection to the DB, this is inferred from the process initiation of the creation. It is just now that the creation process gets initiated but doesn’t end. It keeps running with no end. The following are the account privileges granted to the repository user on which the Informatica repository should be created:
grant dba,connect,resource,select any table, create table,create view,insert any table,delete any table,update any table to infadb_rep;
Note that I have granted a dba privilege to the user as a precautionary measure. Yet, the creation process doesn’t conclude. I have also noticed that no tables, views, procedures not even any objects whatsoever were created on this user. But I have noticed that the user could not be dropped (i.e locked) if the Informatica service is up (that is being discovered after losing hope with the creation process and closing the admin console window).
I just wanted to also note that the whole system is a Virtual machine having Windows Server 2003 SP2, having Oracle 11gDB installed with two Network Adapters ( loopback adapter with static IP 192.168.100.100 and an additional Network adapter with DHCP IP assignment attribute set). Therefore, it is to be noted that addressing the machine usually is done by using the machine name “WIN2K3”. I hope any of these details does not introduce conflicts as a setting.
Would most definitely appreciate the help.
Thanks you very much in advance,
Hossam

Answer 1

I was able to get it working when I gave the following grants:
resource
connect
create session
create any table
drop any table
update any table
select on v_$parameter
create any directory
dba