PowerCenter is a data integration product that transforms fragmented, raw data from any source, at any latency into complete, actionable information. You can integrate data from on-premises data sources, cloud data sources, or Amazon Web Services (AWS) with PowerCenter.

With PowerCenter on AWS, you can deliver business value quickly. You can run the exact same data integration environment in the AWS cloud or on-premises seamlessly according to your requirements with the same experience. You can update AWS infrastructure resources based on your need. You can work with mappings, workflows, and metadata across on-premises and AWS cloud environments.

Use an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) web service to enable resizable computing resources in the AWS cloud. You can use Amazon EC2 to launch scalable virtual servers on AWS, allowing for vertical scaling of the hardware resources needed for the virtual servers.

You can create an instance, which is a virtual server in the AWS cloud. Each instance type offers different compute, memory, and storage capabilities. You can select an instance type based on the requirements of the application or software that you plan to run on your instance.

Migrating PowerCenter on-premises to Amazon EC2 begins with choosing the right AWS resources and extend to optimizing another PowerCenter environment. You can use an Amazon EC2 instance with any supported operating system for the migration of PowerCenter on-premises.

The process of migrating PowerCenter briefly includes the following steps:

Prepare the target cloud environment, such as an AWS EC2 instance, Amazon RDS, and EFS.
Install Informatica services on AWS.
Restore the domain and repository from on-premises to Amazon RDS.
Synchronize the PowerCenter folders from an on-premises server to an Amazon EC2 instance.

You can install PowerCenter on Amazon EC2 with the conventional installation where you configure AWS infrastructure settings or with the Amazon Marketplace. AWS Marketplace is an online store that helps customers find, buy, and immediately use the software and services they need to build products and run their businesses.

This article describes how you can manually copy over the on-premises PowerCenter infrastructure onto the AWS cloud with a conventional install of an instance and also with Amazon Marketplace.