Complete the pre-installation tasks before you apply or roll back a hotfix.
Download the hotfix package for your platform.
Unzip or untar the contents of the hotfix package.
On Windows, the length of the installation path, including the .zip file name, must be 60 characters or fewer. On UNIX, use the native tar or GNU tar command to extract the installer files. The user that runs the installer must have read and write permissions on the directory that contains the installer files and execute permissions on install.sh.
Stop all processes that access the installation directory and subdirectories, including command prompts and command line programs.
Close the Informatica clients on all machines where you want to apply or roll back the hotfix.
Close the Informatica directory and the subdirectories.
If you are applying a hotfix, back up the repository and warehouse files. Ensure that you back up the required repositories from the Administrator tool. These backup files are required if you roll back the hotfix. Back up the following databases and files in your environment:
PowerCenter repository
Model repository
Metadata Manager imm.properties file
Metadata Manager warehouse
Data Transformation ServiceDB directory
Stop the Informatica services on all nodes in the domain.
If you are applying a hotfix and the machine uses HTTPS to connect to Informatica Administrator, verify that the keystore file is in the default location and that it uses the default file name. The default location for the keystore file is