Informatica Upgrade 9.X To 10.X (Powercenter + Data Quality)

This course covers all key considerations and planning to execute two/three step Informatica upgrade for clients

What you'll learn
Where to get free Informatica and supporting softwares
Installing Informatica 9.x version on windows
Capturing upgrade requirements
Defining upgrade approach
Pre requisites that needs to be addressed
Defining upgrade steps
Upgrade from 9.6.1 to 10.2.0 (Server and Client)
Upgrade from 10.2.0 to 10.4.1 (Server and Client)
Requirements
Laptop/PC with storage space with internet connection
Basic sql skills
Description
For the 16th consecutive time, Gartner has named Informatica a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools. For the 2021 report, Informatica is positioned farthest to the right on vision and highest for ability to execute. Informatica has various offerings for different data management practices like Data Integration, Data Quality, Master Data Management and Data Governance. Its one of the most widely used tool for Extract, Transform and Load( ETL) worldwide. Being for so long in the market means they continuously evolve based on market trends and addressing different client's problems and challenges. They come up with multiple releases for their various products every year which means there is often need to upgrade Informatica for their clients/customers. Every client has different landscape/architecture/products which makes every upgrade different.Upgrading Informatica in itself can be considered as a project delivery which needs to be planned properly. It goes through multiple phases like gathering requirements, defining upgrade approach, clearly articulating pre requisites and execution steps, testing etc.We will achieve the below in this course:Download different Informatica versions installer files for freeDownload oracle server, sql developer and javaRequirements gatheringDifferent approaches to upgrade like in place or clone along with pros and cons of eachArticulating pre requisites for client's team before you start the upgradeListing detailed execution steps for upgrading every environmentAssumptions and any upgrade supporting docs to be shared with clientDefining Testing and code freeze approachUpgrading 9.6.1 to 10.2.0 ( both server and client) and testingUpgrading 10.2.0 to 10.4.1 (both server and client) and testingIf you are working with Informatica ( as a developer/architect/tester/administrator) and you want to add upgrade skills to your profile or you have some knowledge of upgrade but wants to learn how to do these upgrades for clients, this is the course for you.We will use all free available resources in this course so you can also have hands on experience with myself during this course. By the end of this course you should be comfortable to take up any upgrade activity for clients.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Downloading free softwares

Section 2: 9.6.1 setup

Lecture 2 9.6.1 setup

Lecture 3 Informatica services and Client Connectivity

Lecture 4 Creating Metadata in 9.6.1

Section 3: Planning Upgrade

Lecture 5 Gathering Requirements

Lecture 6 Approach Part 1

Lecture 7 Approach Part 2

Lecture 8 Application Services

Lecture 9 Pre requisites

Lecture 10 Upgrade Steps

Lecture 11 Assumptions

Lecture 12 Server and Database Guidance

Section 4: Upgrade Informatica 9.6.1 to 10.2.0

Lecture 13 10.2 Upgrade Advisor

Lecture 14 Upgrade 9.6.1 to 10.2.0 Server

Lecture 15 Application Services Upgrade 9.6.1 to 10.2.0

Lecture 16 9.6.1 to 10.2.0 clients upgrade

Lecture 17 Operational Testing for 9.6.1 to 10.2.0 upgrade

Section 5: Upgrade Informatica 10.2.0 to 10.4.0

Lecture 18 Run 10.4.1 upgrade advisor

Lecture 19 Upgrade 10.2.0 to 10.4.1 Server

Lecture 20 Application Services Upgrade 10.2.0 to 10.4.1

Lecture 21 10.2.0 to 10.4.1 clients upgrade and removing older versions

Lecture 22 Operational Testing for 10.2.0 to 10.4.0 upgrade

Informatica Developers,Informatica Architects,Anyone who wants to learn how to perform Informatica upgrades on client side or for personal enablement