The Metadata Manager Agent extracts metadata from metadata sources and converts it to the Informatica Metadata Extraction (IME) interface format. The Metadata Manager Agent runs on Windows either within the Metadata Manager application or separately.
By default, the Metadata Manager Agent runs on the Windows machines where the Metadata Manager Service runs. You can also install the Metadata Manager Agent separately.
You must install the Metadata Manager Agent separately in the following circumstances:
When you extract metadata from some business intelligence, data integration, data modeling, or JDBC metadata sources.
To extract metadata from some business intelligence, data integration, data modeling, or JDBC metadata sources, you must install the Metadata Manager Agent on the machine that runs the vendor supplied software. For example, to extract metadata from Microstrategy, the Metadata Manager Agent and the Microstrategy client must be on the same machine. For information about extracting metadata from business intelligence and data modeling resources, see the documentation for the resource type that you want to create.
When the domain uses Kerberos authentication.
When the domain uses Kerberos authentication and the Metadata Manager Service runs on Windows, you must install the Metadata Manager Agent separately. You can install the Metadata Manager Agent separately on the same machine where the Metadata Manager Service runs, or you can install it on another Windows machine.
When the Metadata Manager Service runs on UNIX.
You must install the Metadata Manager Agent on a Windows machine. The Metadata Manager Agent does not run on UNIX.