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  1. Preface
  2. Installation Overview
  3. Before You Install
  4. Data Archive Installation
  5. Data Vault Installation
  6. Application Accelerator Installation
  7. Application Retirement for Healthcare Accelerator Installation
  8. MongoDB Accelerator Installation
  9. Salesforce Accelerator Installation
  10. After You Install
  11. Data Archive Upgrade
  12. Data Vault Upgrade
  13. ILM Data Validation Option Setup
  14. Data Archive Source and Target Database Requirements
  15. Data Archive Connectivity
  16. Data Archive Uninstallation
  17. SAP Application Retirement
  18. Appendix A: Database Users and Privileges
  19. Appendix B: Data Visualization Designer Installation
  20. Appendix C: Data Archive Installation Requirements Checklist and Architecture Options

Installation and Upgrade Guide

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Data Vault Requirements

Data Vault Requirements

When you install Data Vault, you install the following components:
Data Vault Service
Includes the Data Vault Agent and the Data Vault ODBC driver. You can install the Data Vault Service on the same machine as the ILM Engine.
Data Vault Data Archive Plug-in
You must install the Data Vault Data Archive plug-in on the same machine as the ILM Engine.
Data Vault Administration Tool and SQL Tool
You must install the Data Vault Administration Tool and SQL Tool on a machine with a Windows operating system.
Verify that the machine allocated to host the Data Vault Service meets the system and software requirements.
Server configuration
Verify that the machine has the following configuration:
  • A 64-bit server.
  • At minimum, four core processors.
  • A minimum of 8 GB of RAM.
    If you install Data Vault Service on the same machine that hosts the ILM Engine, then the machine must have a minimum of 12 GB of RAM.
  • A minimum of 20 GB of local storage.
  • A shared folder, visible to all servers running Data Vault agents, with a size that is equal to 50% of the size of the data that you plan to archive to Data Vault (up to a maximum shared folder size of 500 GB).
  • The final storage space is equal to 10%-15% of the table data that you plan to archive.
    Final storage space can be local or external. External storage options include Hadoop HDFS, NetApp, EMC Centera, EMC Atmos, EMC Data Domain, Hitachi HCP, Storage Area Network (SAN), Network Attached Storage (NAS), Content Addressed Storage (CAS), and DAS.
For guidelines about server sizes for live archive, see Server Guidelines for Archive to Data Vault.
For guidelines about server sizes for application retirement, see Server Guidelines for Retire to Data Vault
Operating system
If you plan to archive or retire data to NAS, use one of the following operating systems:
  • 64-bit Red Hat Linux 5, 6.1, 6.2 and later with a x64 chip set
  • 64-bit SUSE Linux ES10 or ES11 with a x64 chip set
  • 64-bit Windows 2008, 2008 R2, or 2012 with a x64 chip set
If you plan to archive or retire data to a target other than NAS, see the product matrix availability for the supported operating systems at https://kb.informatica.com.
System-specific notes
The following limitations apply to the Windows 2012 with the AMD Opteron chip set system:
Java
Install the 64-bit version of Java Development Kit (JDK) SE 8.
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