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  • PowerExchange for CDC and Mainframe 10.4.0
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  1. Preface
  2. PowerExchange Installation and Upgrade Overview
  3. Installation Planning
  4. Upgrade Planning
  5. Installing and Upgrading PowerExchange on IBM i
  6. Installing and Upgrading PowerExchange on Linux and UNIX
  7. Installing and Upgrading PowerExchange on Windows
  8. Installing and Upgrading PowerExchange on z/OS
  9. Appendix A: Upgrade Considerations
  10. Appendix B: PowerExchange Environment
  11. Appendix C: Manual Installation on IBM i

Installation and Upgrade Guide

Installation and Upgrade Guide

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PowerExchange Overview

PowerExchange Overview

PowerExchange can help you synchronize a data source with a data target. PowerExchange performs the following basic functions:
  • Bulk data movement. Use this function to materialize or entirely refresh a data target. This function can move large amounts of data between different platforms efficiently. However, frequent bulk data movement operations can be costly in terms of space, time, and staff resources.
  • Change data capture (CDC). Use this function to capture changes to a data source and apply them to a target in near real time or asynchronously. PowerExchange CDC can capture insert, update, and delete changes that are made to a data source. PowerExchange CDC has minimal impact on the performance and availability of the source database, tables, and files.
    PowerExchange provides two types of CDC:
    • Synchronous CDC. Occurs in real time by integrating into the transaction performing the change.
    • Asynchronous CDC. Captures the changes from database log files.
PowerExchange works with PowerCenter to enable you move bulk data and change data to a variety of data targets.
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