Before you install PowerExchange for the first time or upgrade to a new release, review the installation planning information to ensure that you can successfully install and use the product.
Perform the following planning tasks:
Verify that your operating systems and data sources and targets meet the version and maintenance requirements that are specified for the PowerExchange release and functions that you want to use.
The term
data source
refers generically to the relational databases and nonrelational sources from which PowerExchange reads data. The term
data targets
refers generically to the relational databases and nonrelational targets to which PowerExchange writes data.
Obtain a license key.
To use a PowerExchange installation with an earlier version of PowerExchange or PowerCenter, review the PowerExchange and PowerCenter interoperability information.
Plan your PowerExchange environment to make current and future migrations as easy as possible.
If you are upgrading from a previous PowerExchange release, review the upgrade planning and upgrade consideration information. See
Upgrade Considerations.