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  1. Preface
  2. Upgrade Overview
  3. Apply the hotfix
  4. Before You Upgrade the Domain on Linux
  5. Before You Upgrade the Domain on UNIX
  6. Before You Upgrade the Domain on Windows
  7. Prepare for the Upgrade
  8. Upgrade the Domain
  9. Upgrade the Domain with Changes to Node Configuration
  10. Before You Upgrade the Application Services
  11. Application Service Upgrade
  12. Informatica Client Upgrade
  13. After You Upgrade
  14. Appendix A: Upgrade Checklist
  15. Appendix B: Managing Distribution Packages

Upgrading from Version 10.4.0 and Later (10.5.3)

Upgrading from Version 10.4.0 and Later (10.5.3)

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Upgrade in Graphical Mode

Upgrade in Graphical Mode

You can upgrade the domain in graphical mode on Windows.
  1. Log in to the machine with the same user account that you used to install the previous version.
  2. Stop all processes that access the directory and subdirectories of the Informatica product to upgrade, including command prompts and tail logs.
  3. Go to the root of the directory for the installation files and run install.bat as administrator.
    To run the file as administrator, right-click the install.bat file and select
    Run as administrator
    .
    On Windows, if you encounter problems when you run the install.bat file from the root directory, run install.exe from the following location: 
    <Informatica installation directory>/server/install.exe
    If you do not run the installer as administrator, the Windows system administrator might not be able to access files in the Informatica installation directory.
    The
    Informatica 10.5.3
     page appears.
  4. Select
    Upgrade to
    Informatica 10.5.3
    .
    Informatica provides utilities to facilitate the Informatica services installation process. You must run the Informatica Upgrade Advisor utility before you upgrade. Informatica Upgrade Advisor validates the services and checks for obsolete services in the domain before you perform an upgrade. For more information about the Informatica Upgrade Advisor, see Run the Informatica Upgrade Advisor.
  5. Click
    Start
    .
  6. Read the terms and conditions of Informatica product usage toolkit and select
    I agree to the terms and conditions
    . Subject to your opt-out rights described below, the software will automatically transmit to Informatica in the USA the information about the computing and network environment in which the Software is deployed and the data usage and system statistics of the deployment. This transmission is deemed part of the Services under the Informatica privacy policy and Informatica will use and otherwise process this information in accordance with the Informatica privacy policy available at https://www.informatica.com/in/privacy-policy.html. You can disable usage collection in the Administrator tool.
    Informatica DiscoveryIQ is a product usage tool that sends routine reports on data usage and system statistics to Informatica. Informatica DiscoveryIQ uploads data to Informatica 15 minutes after you install and configure Informatica domain. Thereafter, the domain sends the data every 30 days. You can choose to disable usage statistics from the Administrator tool.
  7. The
    Upgrade Prerequisites
     page appears.
    Verify the requirements before you continue the upgrade.
  8. Click
    Next
    .
    The
    Upgrade Directory
     page appears.
  9. Enter the directory of the Informatica version that you want to upgrade and the directory where you want to install
    Informatica 10.5.3
    The following table describes the directories that you must specify:
    Directory
    Description
    Directory of the Informatica product to upgrade
    Directory that contains the version of Informatica services that you want to upgrade.
    Directory for Informatica
    Directory in which to install Informatica .
    Enter the absolute path for the installation directory. The directory cannot be the same as the directory that contains the previous version of Informatica services.The directory names in the path must not contain spaces or the following special characters: @|* $ # ! % ( ) { } [ ] , ; '
    Informatica recommends using alphanumeric characters in the installation directory path. If you use a special character such as á or €, unexpected results might occur at run time.
    On Windows, the installation directory must be on the current machine.
  10. Verify that the
    Allow changes to the node host name and port numbers
     option is not selected.
  11. If you want to install distribution packages through the Informatica installer, select the check box.
  12. If you choose to install distribution packages, select one or more packages from the list that you want to install.
  13. Click
    Next
    .
    The
    Domain Security - Encryption Key
     page appears.
  14. Enter the directory for the encryption key for the Informatica domain.
    Informatica uses an encryption key to secure sensitive data, such as passwords, that are stored in the Informatica domain. When you upgrade, you must enter the directory in which to store the encryption key on the node that you are upgrading.
    All nodes in an Informatica domain use the same keyword and encryption key. You must keep the name of the domain, the keyword for the encryption key, and the encryption key file in a secure location. The encryption key is required when you change the encryption key of the domain or move a repository to another domain.
    Property
    Description
    Encryption key directory
    Directory in which to store the encryption key for the domain. By default, the encryption key is created in the following directory:
    <Informatica installation directory>/isp/config/keys
    .
  15. Enter the user name and password for the Informatica domain.
  16. Click
    Next
    .
    The
    Pre-Installation Summary
     page appears.
  17. Review the upgrade information, and click
    Install
     to continue.
    The upgrade wizard installs the Informatica server files to the
    Informatica 10.5.3
     installation directory.
    The upgrade wizard displays a warning to shut down the Informatica domain before you continue the upgrade.
  18. Click
    OK
    .
    The
    Domain Configuration Repository Upgrade
     page appears.
    If you are upgrading a gateway node, the upgrade wizard displays the database and user account information for the domain configuration repository to be upgraded.
    If you are upgrading a worker node, the upgrade wizard does not display the domain configuration repository information. You cannot modify the database connection information.
    The following table describes the properties that the installer displays for the domain configuration repository:
    Property
    Description
    Database type
    Database for the domain configuration repository.
    Database user ID
    Database user account for the domain configuration repository.
    User password
    Password for the database user account.
    The upgrade wizard displays the database connection string for the domain configuration repository based on how the connection string of the previous version was created at installation:
    • If the previous version used a JDBC URL at installation, the upgrade wizard displays the JDBC connection properties, including the database address and service name.
      Optionally, you can specify additional JDBC parameters to include in the JDBC URL. To provide additional JDBC parameters, select JDBC parameters and enter a valid JDBC parameter string.
    • If the previous version used a custom JDBC connection string at installation, the upgrade wizard displays the custom connection string.
      You cannot specify additional JDBC parameters.
  19. Click
    Test Connection
     to verify that you can connect to the database, and then click
    OK
     to continue.
  20. On the
    Domain and Node Configuration
     page, enter the domain name, node name, node host name, and node port number. If you use a custom keystore file for HTTPS configuration, enter the custom keystore password and keystore file.
  21. Click
    Next
    .
    The
    Port Configuration Upgrade
     page appears.
  22. On the Port Configuration Upgrade page, enter the start and shutdown port numbers for the Service Manager and Administrator tool.
  23. Click
    Next
    .
    The
    Windows Service Configuration
     page appears.
    On Windows, the upgrade wizard creates a service to start Informatica. By default, the service runs under the same user account as the account used for installation. You can run the Windows service under a different user account.
  24. Select to run the Windows service or under a different user account.
    Enter the following user account information:
    Property
    Description
    Run Informatica under a different user account
    Indicates whether to run the Windows service under a different user account.
    User name
    User account with which to run the Informatica Windows service.
    Use the following format:
    <domain name>\<user account>
    This user account must have the Act as operating system permission.
    Password
    Password for the user account with which to run the Informatica Windows service.
  25. Click
    Next
    .
    The
    Post-Installation Summary
     page appears.
  26. Click
    Done
     to complete the installation procedure and exit the installer.
Review the
upgrade.log
 file to get more information about the tasks performed by the upgrade wizard and to view the configuration of installed components.
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