Bookshelf v7.8.3: Gathering PowerCenter Information

While you are preparing to install the Siebel Customer-Centric Enterprise Warehouse, you must gather information for your databases and repositories, such as passwords, IDs, and so on. Siebel Customer-Centric Enterprise Warehouse provide variables with predefined designations to act as placeholders for the information needed throughout this guide. The variables begin with the dollar symbol ($), followed by a name that represents the placeholder role. For example, the PowerCenter Server requires a password for the UNIX user ID: $PC_SVR_UNIX_PASSWORD.

Table 4 lists the variable names for installing the PowerCenter. You can use this table as a worksheet, and record the values applicable to your installation.

Table 4. Variable Names with Explanations for Installing PowerCenter
Variable	Explanation	Your Value
PowerCenter Server Parameters for Windows NT
$PC_SVR_NT_USERID	The NT user ID with administrative access to PowerCenter and, if you are extracting from SAP, to PowerConnect.
$PC_SVR_NT_PASSWORD	The password for the user ID to use to install PowerCenter.
$PC_SVR_NT_DOMAIN	The NT domain on which PowerCenter is to be installed.
PowerCenter Server Parameters for UNIX
$PC_SVR_UNIX_USERID	The user ID that has administrative access to PowerCenter and, if you are extracting from SAP, administrative access to PowerConnect.
$PC_SVR_UNIX_PASSWORD	The password to the UNIX user ID.
PowerCenter Client Parameters
$PC_CLIENT_USERID	The user ID that has administrative access to PowerCenter and, if you are extracting from SAP, to PowerConnect.
$PC_CLIENT_PASSWORD	The password for the user ID (to be used to install PowerCenter).
$PC_CLIENT_DOMAIN	The NT domain on which PowerCenter is to be installed.
PowerCenter Repository Server Parameters
$PC_REP_SVR_DOMAIN	The domain for the user account that runs the Repository Server service (must have the Logon as a service right).
$PC_REP_SVR_USERNAME	The username for the user account that runs the Repository Server service.
$PC_REP_SVR_PASSWORD	The password for the user account that runs the Repository Server service.
$PC_REP_SVR_PORT_NUMBER	The port number the Repository Server uses to connect to the repository client applications. The default port number is 5001.
$PC_REP_SVR_PORT_MAX	The maximum port number the Repository Server can assign to the Repository Agent process. The default value is 65535.
$PC_REP_SVR_PORT_MIN	The minimum port number the Repository Server can assign to the Repository Agent process. The default value is 5002.
PowerCenter Repository Parameters
$PC_TEMP_REPO_NAME	The name you want to assign to your first, or temporary PowerCenter Repository (IA_TEMP).
$PC_TEMP_REPO_USERID	The database user ID to connect to the database housing the first, or temporary PowerCenter Repository (IA_TEMP).
$PC_TEMP_REPO_PASSWORD	The database password to connect to the database housing the first, or temporary PowerCenter Repository (IA_TEMP).
$PC_TEMP_REPO_SERVER	The server housing the first, or temporary PowerCenter Repository (IA_TEMP).
$PC_TEMP_REPO_DATABASE	The database where your first, or temporary PowerCenter Repository (for IA_TEMP) resides.
$PC_TEMP_CODE_PAGE	The code page specific to the characters and language your system is using.
$PC_CONTENT_INSTALL_DIR	The install directory you choose when you first install the PowerCenter content from the installation CD (when you run SETUP.EXE). By default, the content files are installed on C:\Program Files\Informatica PowerCenter 7.1.2.
$PC_DEV_REPO_NAME	The name you want to assign to your development repository (IA_DEV).
$PC_DEV_REPO_USERID	The user ID to connect to the database housing the PowerCenter development repository for IA_DEV.
$PC_DEV_REPO_PASSWORD	The password to connect to the database housing the PowerCenter development repository for IA_DEV.
$PC_DEV_REPO_SERVER	The server housing the PowerCenter development repository for IA_DEV.
$PC_DEV_REPO_DATABASE	The database where your development repository (for IA_TEMP) resides.
$PC_DEV_CODE_PAGE	The code page specific to the characters and language your system is using.
$PC_QA_REPO_NAME	The name that you want to assign to your QA repository (IA_QA).
$PC_QA_REPO_USERID	The user ID to connect to the database housing the PowerCenter QA repository (IA_QA).
$PC_QA_REPO_PASSWORD	The password to connect to the database housing the PowerCenter QA repository (IA_QA).
$PC_QA_REPO_SERVER	The server hosting the PowerCenter QA repository (IA_QA).
$PC_QA_REPO_DATABASE	The database where your QA repository (for IA_QA) resides.
$PC_QA_CODE_PAGE	The code page specific to the characters and language your system is using.
$PC_PROD_REPO_NAME	The name you want to assign to your production repository (IA_PROD).
$PC_PROD_REPO_USERID	The user ID to connect to the database housing the PowerCenter production repository (for IA_PROD).
$PC_PROD_REPO_PASSWORD	The password to connect to the database housing the PowerCenter production repository (for IA_PROD).
$PC_PROD_REPO_SERVER	The server housing the PowerCenter production repository (for IA_PROD).
$PC_PROD_REPO_DATABASE	The database where your production repository for IA resides (IA_PROD).
$PC_PROD_CODE_PAGE	The code page specific to the characters and language your system is using.
PowerCenter Server License Information
Product Key	You are asked to enter the Platform Key during your installation of PowerCenter. This information is provided with your installation CDs.
Options Key	This key varies with each option you have purchased with PowerCenter, for example Team Based Development, Server Grid, and so on. This information is provided with your installation CDs.
Database Key	This key varies with each RDBMS, so the Oracle key is different from the key you enter if you are running Sybase. This information is provided with your installation CDs.
Siebel Business Analytics and Siebel Customer-Centric Enterprise Warehouse License Information
Siebel Business Analytics and Siebel Customer-Centric Enterprise Warehouse Key	You are asked to provide the license XML file during your installation of Siebel Business Analytics and Siebel Customer-Centric Enterprise Warehouse. This file is provided with your installation CDs.