When to upgrade DAC to 10.1.3.4 during new multi-source OBIA implementation

Question

I want to take advantage of the multi-source capabilities of DAC 10.1.3.4 on OBIA 7.9.5 as I need to bring in data from several production EBS instances. Do I need to create the Data Warehouse tables via DAC 7.9.5 or upgrade the Windows DAC client and Linux DAC server right after installation and proceed with the rest of the OBIA Installation and Configuration steps from Chapter 4? Also, given a Linux Informatica 8.1.1 Server, should the DAC client's INFA_DOMAINS_FILE point to the Linux domains.infa file instead of the dummy Windows one installed to create the pmcmd.exe executable?
Thanks.

Answer 1

You can only use the DAC 10.1.3.4 against an instance that is fully configured and running. This install is primarily intend to improve the ease with which to stand up additional Admin users. You must complete all of the steps first before you can install the standalone client (1. Install on Windows, 2. Migrate to Linux, 3. Run the Warehouse tool from the original Windows install (the preferred method).
INFA_DOMAINS_FILE is only needed on the server instance. The client tools do not need it to communicate with the Services.
Just to let you know you will not be able to connect to the Informatica 8.1.1 SP4 Server if it was not configured with a Fully Qualified Domain Name.
The following note from My.Informatica.com (ID:18672) provides the resolution. Disregard the 8.1.0 specifics, it will work for 8.1.1
Good luck,
Damon
Unable to use fully qualified server name to connect to domain using the PowerCenter 8.1 client
Problem Description
During the configuration of the domain in the PowerCenter 8.1 clients (Designer, Workflow Manager, etc.), the value for the gateway host is automatically reverted to the simple hostname. This can cause problems in a networked environment, like a WAN, where the fully qualified server name is needed( Example: server123 is used instead of server123.europe.informatica.com ).
The following error may also occur:
Unable to get repositories for domain xxxxx
Error: [PCSF_46008] cannot connect to domain [xxxxx] to look up service [coreservice][DomainConfigurationService]
Solution
If there is only one client, changing the hosts file on the client machine is sufficient. On the client machine, in the file C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc\hosts , add the required line.
Example:
10.0.0.0 server123.europe.informatica.com
To make a system-wide change, you need to modify the domain information in the following way:
1.
Go to \informatica\pc810\server.
2.
Run the infasetup backupdomain command.
Example:
infasetup backupdomain -da host:port -du user -dp password -dt Oracle -ds SID -bf domain.xml -dn domain
Successfully backed up domain [domain] to file [domain.xml]
3. Edit the xml file, and replace the existing <host> tag
Example:
Change <host>server123</host> to <host>server123.europe.informatica.com</host> .
4.
Save the xml file, and restore it into the domain with the command "infasetup restoredomain".
Example:
infasetup restoredomain -da host:port -du user -dp password -dt Oracle -ds SID -bf domain.xml -force
Successfully restored domain [domain] from file [domain.xml] .
5.
Verify that the fully qualified hostname is listed in the file nodemeta.xml in \pc810\server\config
6.
Restart the Informatica services with the new server name
Applies To
PowerCenter 8.1