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  1. About the TDM Upgrade Guide
  2. Test Data Management upgrade
  3. Hotfix Installation and Rollback
  4. Test Data Management upgrade to version 10.5
  5. Managing Distribution Packages

Upgrade Guide

Upgrade Guide

Apply the services hotfix in silent mode

Apply the services hotfix in silent mode

To apply the hotfix in silent mode, create the SilentInput.properties file and then run the installer.
Informatica provides a sample properties file, called SilentInput_hotFix.properties, that includes the parameters that the installer requires.
  1. Go to the root of the directory that contains the installation files.
  2. Locate the SilentInput_hotFix.properties file.
  3. Back up the file before you modify it.
  4. Use a text editor to open the file and modify the values. The following table describes the installation properties that you can modify:
    Property Name
    Description
    INSTALL_TYPE
    Indicates whether to apply the hotfix or roll back the hotfix. If the value is 0, the installer applies the hotfix to the current Informatica installation. If the value is 1, the installer rolls back the current hotfix.
    Set the value to 0 to apply the hotfix.
    USER_INSTALL_DIR
    Directory for the Informatica installation where you want to apply or roll back the hotfix.
    To apply the hotfix to Informatica services, enter the absolute path for the directory in which the current version of Informatica services is installed.
    ENABLE_USAGE_COLLECTION
    Enables the software to automatically transmit to Informatica in the USA information about the computing and network environment in which the Software is deployed and the data usage and system statistics of the deployment. This transmission is deemed part of the Services under the Informatica privacy policy and Informatica will use and otherwise process this information in accordance with the Informatica privacy policy available at https://www.informatica.com/in/privacy-policy.html. You may disable usage collection in Administrator tool. For more information about how to disable sending usage statistics, see the
    Informatica Administrator Guide
    .
    You must set the value to 1 to apply the hotfix.
    INSTALLATION_ENVIRONMENT
    If you apply the hotfix, specify the environment type associated with the Informatica services installation.
    • Press
      1
      to set Sandbox environment for a basic environment used for proof of concept with minimal users.
    • Press
      2
      to set Development environment for the design environment.
    • Press
      3
      to set Test environment for high volume processing that is closest to a production environment.
    • Press
      4
      to set Production environment for high volume processing with high levels of concurrency meant for end users. Advanced production environments are typically multi-node setups.
    Default is 1 for Sandbox.
    EDC_CATALOG_INST
    Required for Enterprise Data Catalog, Data Privacy Management, and Enterprise Data Preparation installations. Set the property to true if the Catalog Service runs on the node on which you want to apply the hotfix.
    EDC_HF_BACKUP
    Required for Enterprise Data Catalog, Data Privacy Management, and Enterprise Data Preparation installations, if you have set EDC_CATALOG_INST=true. Set the property to true if you have taken a backup of the catalog.
    EDC_BACK_UP_DIR
    Required for Enterprise Data Catalog, Data Privacy Management, and Enterprise Data Preparation installations, if you set the EDC_CATALOG_INST and EDC_HF_BACKUP properties to true. Enter the location of the catalog data backup file.
    INSTALL_HADOOP_LIBRARIES
    Determines whether to install distribution packages through the installer. Set the value to true if you want to install distribution packages through the installer. Set the value to false if you don't need distribution packages or if you want to install them later.
    SELECTED_HADOOP_LIBRARIES
    Determines the distribution packages that you want to install from the supported packages list. Enter the distribution packages that you want to install, separating multiple packages with a comma.
  5. Save the properties file with the name SilentInput.properties in the same folder.
  6. Go to the root of the services installer directory.
  7. Verify that the directory contains the SilentInput.properties file that you edited and saved.
  8. Begin the installation from Windows, UNIX, or Linux.
    • To apply the hotfix on Windows, run the silentInstallHotFix.bat file as administrator. To run the file as administrator, right-click the file and select
      Run as administrator
      .
    • To apply the hotfix on UNIX or Linux, double-click the silentInstallHotFix.sh file.
    The installer copies the Informatica files to the installation directory.
  9. Complete the post-installation tasks. Verify that the hotfix completed successfully by reviewing the log file or the
    Post-Installation Summary
    page.

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