Informatica Administrator

Informatica Administrator

Informatica Administrator is a web application that you use to administer the PowerCenter domain and PowerCenter security. You can also administer application services for the Informatica Analyst and Informatica Developer. Application services for Informatica Analyst and Informatica Developer include the Analyst Service, the Model Repository Service, and the Data Integration Service.

Domain Page
Administer the Informatica domain on the Domain page of the Administrator tool. Domain objects include services, nodes, and licenses.

You can complete the following tasks in the Domain page:
•   Manage application services. Manage all application services in the domain, such as the Integration Service and Repository Service.
•   Configure nodes. Configure node properties, such as the backup directory and resources. You can also shut down and restart nodes.
•   Manage domain objects. Create and manage objects such as services, nodes, licenses, and folders.Folders allow you to organize domain objects and manage security by setting permissions for domain objects.
•   View and edit domain object properties. View and edit properties for all objects in the domain, including the domain object.
•   View log events. Use the Log Viewer to view domain, PowerCenter Integration Service, SAP BW Service, Web Services Hub, and PowerCenter Repository Service log events.
•   Generate and upload node diagnostics. You can generate and upload node diagnostics to the Configuration Support Manager. In the Configuration Support Manager, you can diagnose issues in your Informatica environment and maintain details of your configuration.Other domain management tasks include applying licenses and managing grids and resources.

Security Tab
You administer PowerCenter security on the Security tab of Informatica Administrator. You manage users and groups that can log in to the following PowerCenter applications:

•   Administrator tool
•   PowerCenter Client
•   Metadata Manager
•   Data Analyzer

You can also manage users and groups for the Informatica Developer and Informatica Analyst. You can complete the following tasks in the Security page:
•   Manage native users and groups. Create, edit, and delete native users and groups.
•   Configure LDAP authentication and import LDAP users and groups. Configure a connection to an LDAP directory service. Import users and groups from the LDAP directory service.
•   Manage roles. Create, edit, and delete roles. Roles are collections of privileges. Privileges determine the actions that users can perform in PowerCenter applications.
•   Assign roles and privileges to users and groups. Assign roles and privileges to users and groups for the domain and services.
•   Manage operating system profiles. Create, edit, and delete operating system profiles. An operating system profile is a level of security that the Integration Services uses to run workflows. The operating system profile contains the operating system user name, service process variables, and environment variables. You can configure the Integration Service to use operating system profiles to run workflows.

Domain Configuration
The Service Manager maintains configuration information for an Informatica domain in relational database tables. The configuration is accessible to all gateway nodes in the domain. The domain configuration database stores the following types of information about the domain:

•   Domain configuration. Domain metadata such as the host names and the port numbers of nodes in the domain. The domain configuration database also stores information on the master gateway node and all other nodes in the domain.
•   Usage. Includes CPU usage for each application service and the number of Repository Services running in the domain.
•   Users and groups. Information on the native and LDAP users and the relationships between users and groups.
•   Privileges and roles. Information on the privileges and roles assigned to users and groups in the domain.

Each time you make a change to the domain, the Service Manager updates the domain configuration database. For example, when you add a node to the domain, the Service Manager adds the node information to the domain configuration. All gateway nodes connect to the domain configuration database to retrieve the domain information and to update the domain configuration.