Upgrading from Version 9.0.1 or 9.1.0 for Oracle

10.3 HotFix 2

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Re-register Operational Reference Stores with the Proxy User

If any Operational Reference Store was previously registered to the proxy user, and if you changed the registered proxy user to the original schema owner before the upgrade, change the database registration back to the proxy user.

Start the Hub Console.

The

Change database

dialog box appears.

Select the MDM Hub Master database, and click

Connect

Start the

Databases

tool under the Configuration workbench.

Click

Write Lock

Acquire Lock

Click the

button.

The

Informatica MDM Hub Connection Wizard

appears and prompts you to select the database type.

Select the type of database, and click

Configure connection properties for the database.

Select an Oracle connection method, and click

The following table describes the Oracle connection methods that you can select:

Connection Method	Description
Service	Connect to Oracle by using the service name.
SID	Connect to Oracle by using the Oracle System ID.

For more information about SERVICE and SID names, see the Oracle documentation.

The

Connection Properties

page appears.

Specify the connection properties for the connection type that you select, and click

The following table lists and describes the connection properties:

Property	Description
Database Display Name	Name for the Operational Reference Store that must appear in the Hub Console.
Machine Identifier	Prefix given to keys to uniquely identify records from the Hub Store instance.
Database hostname	IP address or name of the server that hosts the Oracle database.
SID	Oracle System Identifier that refers to the instance of the Oracle database running on the server. The SID field appears if you selected the SID connection type.
Service	Name of the Oracle SERVICE used to connect to the Oracle database. The Service field appears if the you selected the Service connection type.
Port	The TCP port of the Oracle listener running on the Oracle database server. The default is 1521 .
Oracle TNS Name	Name by which the database is known on your network as defined in the TNSNAMES.ORA file of the application server. For example: mydatabase.mycompany.com . You set the Oracle TNS name when you install the Oracle database. For more information about the Oracle TNS name, see the Oracle documentation.
Schema Name	Name of the Operational Reference Store.
User name	Specify the proxy user name for the Operational Reference Store.
Password	Password associated with the proxy user for the Operational Reference Store.

The

Summary

page appears.

Review the summary, and specify additional connection properties.

The following table lists additional connection properties that you can configure:

Property	Description
Connection URL	Connect URL. The Connection Wizard generates the connect URL by default. The following list shows the format of the connect URL for the Oracle connection types: Service connection type jdbc:oracle:thin:@//database_host:port/service_name SID connection type jdbc:oracle:thin:@//database_host:port:sid For a service connection type only, you have the option to customize and later test a different connection URL.
Create datasource after registration	Select to create the datasource on the application server after registration. If you do not select the option, you must manually configure the data source.

Property

Description

Connection URL

Connect URL. The Connection Wizard generates the connect URL by default. The following list shows the format of the connect URL for the Oracle connection types:

Service connection type: jdbc:oracle:thin:@//database_host:port/service_name
SID connection type: jdbc:oracle:thin:@//database_host:port:sid

For a service connection type only, you have the option to customize and later test a different connection URL.

Create datasource after registration

Select to create the datasource on the application server after registration.

If you do not select the option, you must manually configure the data source.

For a service connection type, if you want to change the default URL, click the

Edit

button, specify the URL, and then click

Click

Finish

The

Registering Database

dialog box appears.