This document describes the internals of the steps involved during Archive and Retirement jobs scheduled in the Data Security Group (DSG) Data Archive Service. The document considers the source and target databases as Oracle databases in the description of Online Archive jobs.

You can use Data Archive to archive data from custom applications to the Informatica Data Vault. This article explains how to create and define entities for archiving. It also explains how to configure and schedule the archive project.

You can use on-premise Data Archive to retire an application to the Informatica Data Vault. This article describes the steps to import metadata, create entities, and create and schedule a retirement project.

Informatica Data Vault (IDV) is a compressed read-only database that stores inactive data. This article describes the steps to use Microsoft Excel to read data from Data Vault.

Data in flat files must be mapped to a datatype before it can be retired. You can use PowerExchange to create data maps that specify the datatypes for data in flat files. After you create a data map, you can validate and correct the data before you retire it.

You can use PowerExchange ODBC connections to connect to z/OS data sources in an Informatica Data Archive retirement project. This article describes the procedures for using PowerExchange ODBC connections in an archive retirement project.

You can use Data Archive to archive your data to cloud storage. This article describes some best practices to follow when you archive data to different cloud storage types.

This article presents an example of a system configuration for Data Archive and the Data Vault designed for high availability.

Informatica Data Vault (IDV) is a compressed read-only database that stores inactive data. This article describes the steps to use Microsoft Excel to read data from Data Vault.