Deployment
IBM Infosphere DataStage v11.5
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Unit objectives
• Identify the components of Information Server that need to be installed
• Describe what a deployment domain consists of
• Describe different domain deployment options
• Describe the installation process
• Start the Information Server
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What gets deployed
An Information Server domain, consisting of the following:
•Metadata Server backbone, hosted by an IBM WebSphere Application
Server (WAS) instance
•One or more DataStage servers
Can be on the same system or on separate systems
•One database manager instance containing the Repository database
(XMETA)
•Information Server clients
Web Console
DataStage clients
•Additional Information Server products
Information Analyzer, Information Governance Catalog,
QualityStage (part of DataStage), Data Click, FastTrack
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Deployment: Everything on one machine
• All Information Server
components on one system
Metadata Server
• Additional client workstations backbone (WAS)
can connect to this machine
Clients
DataStage
Clients Server
XMETA Repository
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Deployment: DataStage on a separate machine
• IS components on
multiple systems
Metadata Server
DataStage servers backbone (WAS)
Metadata server
WAS and XMETA
repository
DataStage
Server
Clients XMETA Repository
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Metadata Server and DB2 on separate machines
Metadata Server
• IS components all on backbone (WAS)
separate systems
DataStage Server
Metadata Server
(WAS)
XMETA Repository
DataStage
Clients Server
XMETA Repository
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Information Server start-up
• Starting the Metadata Server (WAS) on Windows:
Select the IBM WebSphere menu
Click Start the Server from the InfoSphere profile
• Starting the Metadata Server on Unix platforms:
Invoke the startServer.sh script in the
WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/InfoSphere/bin directory
• By default, the startup services are configured to run automatically
upon system startup
• To begin work in DataStage, double-click on a DataStage client icon,
and then log in
• To begin work in the Information Server Web Console, open a web
browser, enter the address of the services (WAS) system, and then log
in
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Starting Information Server on Windows
Start the Server Application Server
Profiles folder
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Starting Information Server on Linux
• Open a terminal window
• Change to the AppServer/bin directory
• Run the startServer.sh script
Change to AppServer/bin directory
Default name of
Metadata Server
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Verifying that Information Server is running
• Log into the Information Server Administration Console
Note: This doesn’t establish that individual component applications such as
DataStage are running
• To log into the Administration Console:
Click the Administration Console link in the Information Server Launch Pad
− To log into the Launch Pad: https://edserver:9443/ibm/iis/launchpad
• edserver: Name of the Information Server domain system
• 9443: Port address for communicating with the domain server
In a web browser enter the IP address of the InfoSphere Information Server
Web Console: https://edserver:9443/ibm/iis/console/
• On the WAS system, you can check whether the Metadata Server is
running using the serverStatus.sh script
Change to WAS bin directory and run serverStatus.sh server1
− By default, the Metadata Server is “server1”
− Log in as WAS administrator: wasadmin
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Web Console Login window
Information Server
Administrator ID
Log in
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Checkpoint
1. What Information Server components make up a domain?
2. Can a domain contain multiple DataStage servers?
3. Does the database manager with the repository database need to be
on the same system as the WAS application server?
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Checkpoint solutions
1. Metadata Server hosted by a WAS instance. One or more
DataStage servers. One database manager (for example, DB2 or
Oracle) containing the XMETA Repository.
2. Yes.
The DataStage servers can be on separate systems or on a single
system.
3. No.
The DB2 instance with the repository can reside on a separate
machine than the WebSphere Application Server (WAS).
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Demonstration 1
Log into the Information Server Administration Console
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Unit summary
• Identify the components of Information Server that need to be installed
• Describe what a deployment domain consists of
• Describe different domain deployment options
• Describe the installation process
• Start the Information Server
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