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  1. Preface
  2. Prepare to Install Data Validation Option
  3. Install Data Validation Option
  4. Configure Data Validation Option
  5. Configuring Multiple Environments
  6. Upgrade Data Validation Option
  7. Install DVOcmd on UNIX
  8. Appendix A: Installation and Configuration Checklist

Data Validation Option Installation and Configuration Guide

Data Validation Option Installation and Configuration Guide

Enable Informatica User Authentication

Enable Informatica User Authentication

By default, Data Validation Option does not authenticate users. If the Informatica domain has TLS enabled and you access a PowerCenter repository version 10.2 HotFix 2 or later, you can enable Informatica Authentication to validate users based on Informatica domain credentials.
You must have the Administrator role in the Informatica domain to enable Informatica authentication. The Data Validation Client determines roles based on the PowerCenter user associated with the Data Validation Option user. Also, the Informatica services must be running to test the domain settings.
Use the nodemeta.xml file to determine the values for these properties. You can find the nodemeta.xml file in the following directory on the machine where you installed Informatica services:
<Informatica installation directory>\isp\config
You can also use the DVOCmd UpdateInformaticaAuthenticationConfiguration command to enable Informatica user authentication.
To ensure that Data Validation Option saves global settings, verify that all users close the Data Validation Client when you configure preferences.
  1. In the Data Validation Client, click
    File
    Settings
    Preferences
    .
    The
    Preferences
    dialog box appears.
  2. Select
    Informatica Authentication
    .
    The Informatica Authentication dialog box appears. The Informatica Authentication tab of the Preferences dialog box specifies the Informatica services connection information such as the Informatica server host name and http port. You can select the Enable Informatica User Authentication check box to enable Informatica authentication. You can also click Test to test the connection to the Informatica services.
  3. Configure the following Informatica authentication properties:
    Properties
    Description
    Enable Informatica User Authentication
    Enables Informatica authentication in the Data Validation Client. By default, Informatica authentication not enabled.
    Informatica Server Host Name
    Host name of the machine where you installed Informatica services.
    You can find the host name specified in the
    host
    attribute of the
    address
    element in the nodemeta.xml file.
    Informatica Server HTTP Port
    Port number through which Data Validation Option accesses the Informatica domain. Use the port number specified in the
    httpport
    attribute in the nodemeta.xml file.
    Is Secure Connection
    Indicates whether TLS is enabled in the domain.
    If TLS is not enabled in the Informatica domain, the
    tlsEnabled
    element is not available in the nodemeta.xml file.
  4. Click
    Test
    to test the domain settings.
  5. Click
    Save
    to save the domain settings.
  6. Close the Data Validation Client.
  7. Open the Data Validation Client.
    The
    Login
    dialog box appears.
  8. Enter the PowerCenter user name and password.
    If you use an LDAP domain, you must also enter the security domain.
After you enable Informatica authentication, users can log in to the Data Validation Client with their Informatica login credentials. If the Informatica domain uses Kerberos authentication, enter the security domain instead of the user name and password. If the Informatica domain uses LDAP authentication, enter the security domain in addition to the user credentials.

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