If you create a domain, the installer creates a domain configuration repository to store domain metadata. The installer uses the options you enter during installation to add configuration metadata to the domain configuration repository. The installer uses JDBC to communicate with the database. You do not need to configure ODBC or native connectivity on the machine where you install the Informatica services.

The installer creates and drops a table in the domain configuration repository database to verify the connection information. The user account for the database must have create privileges on the database. Each domain must have a separate domain configuration repository.