Informatica Agent
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Informatica Agent Release Notes iii
Contents
Rapid Automation Informatica Agent v3
v3.2.0
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Supported Versions
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Fixed Problem Tickets
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v3.1.1
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Supported Versions
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Fixed Problem Ticket
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v3.1.0
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Supported Versions
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Change in Behavior: Session Log File Transfer Options for WorkFlow Jobs
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Fixed Problem Tickets
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v3.0.1
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Supported Versions
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Fixed Problem Tickets
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v3.0.0
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Supported Versions
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What’s New
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Change in Behavior: Using Object Variables Instead of PUT_ATT Commands for Rapid
Automation Field Replacements in Operations Manager v8.00 and Automation Engine v9 5
Bug Fixes
Rapid Automation Informatica Agent v2
v2.0.0
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Supported Versions
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What’s New
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Rapid Automation Informatica Agent v1
v1.0.0
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Supported Versions
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What’s New
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Rapid Automation Informatica
Agent v3
v3.2.0
Supported Versions
The Informatica agent is supported on Windows, Linux, and AIX for:
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Informatica 9.0.1
Informatica 9.1.0
Informatica 9.5.0
Informatica 9.5.1
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Automation Engine v10 Service Pack 1
Automation Engine v9 Service Pack 7 Hot Fix 4
Operations Manager v8.00 Service Pack 8 Hot Fix 1
Applications Manager v8.0 Service Pack 7
Fixed Problem Tickets
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PRB0305529: Performance delay with job completion due to polling for Session Log File
names. This is fixed by using the "Never" File Transfer option.
PRB0305933: Submitting an Informatica WorkFlow which has a parameter will fail. The
following Runtime Exception occurs for jobs with parameters:
java.lang.RuntimeException: Workflow argument 1 has no name, all arguments requires a
name. Workflow submission cancelled.
PRB0306036: The non-heap JVM memory usage increases steadily over time, causing the
agent to run out of Java memory.
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
PRB0307339: Intermittent timing issue with Informatica Workflow Status check. Modified
the Agent to poll latest status and added more debug messages when Trace is enabled.
PRB0307442: Informatica Resource contention issues cause commands to return with a 0
error code. Added more information to logs when Trace is enabled.
v3.1.1
Supported Versions
The Informatica Agent is supported on Windows, Linux, and AIX for:
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Informatica 9.0.1
Informatica 9.1.0
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Informatica 9.5.0
Informatica 9.5.1
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Automation Engine v10
Automation Engine v9 Service Pack 3 HotFix 3 or later
Operations Manager v8.00 Service Pack 5 or later
Applications Manager v8.0 Service Pack 7 or later
Fixed Problem Ticket
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PRB0305011: Informatica Agent: Session log transfer issue with Informatica v9.x when
"Write Backward Compatible Session Log File" is not checked.
Error description:
When the "Write Backward Compatible Session Log File" Informatica option is not checked
for a Session, the session log name does not show up in the WorkFlow logs. As a result, all
Session log files are always transferred when "For Failed Sessions or WorkFlows" or "Only
for Failed Sessions" are selected from the "Session Log File Transfer Option" field. Now the
Informatica Agent code checks the Session status regardless of whether the "Write
Backward Compatible Session Log File" option is checked in Informatica.
v3.1.0
Supported Versions
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Informatica 9.0.1
Informatica 9.1.0
Informatica 9.5.0
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Automation Engine v10
Automation Engine v9 Service Pack 3 HotFix 3 or later
Operations Manager v8.00 Service Pack 5 or later
Applications Manager v8.0 Service Pack 7 or later
Change in Behavior: Session Log File Transfer Options
for WorkFlow Jobs
The Only transfer session log files when WORKFLOWJOBs fail agent check box has been
removed. In v3.0.0 and v3.0.1, when you checked the Only transfer session log files when
WORKFLOWJOBs fail agent check box, the Only transfer session log files on failure check
box in each jobs' definition was ignored. Now the agent's Session Log File Transfer Option
setting specifies a default that can be overridden in individual WorkFlow job definitions.
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Fixed Problem Tickets
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PRB0213508: Informatica Agent: After clicking a Select button and before its pick list
window opens, it is possible to select another Informatica field in the GUI, but that field loses
focus when the window opens
Error description:
Some fields include Select buttons that open pick list windows. After clicking one of these
Select buttons and before its pick list window opens, it is possible to select another
Informatica field in the GUI. When this happens, the newly selected field loses focus as
soon the pick list window opens. This has been fixed by adding an hour glass indicator when
a Select button is clicked. While the hour grass indicator is present, it is impossible to select
another field in the GUI.
PRB0301416: Informatica Agent: Trace/debug is missing some necessary troubleshooting
information
Error description:
Some necessary troubleshooting information was not written to trace/debug files. Now this
information is written to the logs.
PRB0301904: Informatica Agent: The Informatica agent does not pass the Automation
Engine complete error messages returned from PowerCenter commands
Error description:
When an error in PowerCenter causes a problem with the Informatica agent, the error
message displayed in the Automation Engine often does not provide sufficient information to
allow you to diagnose the underlying cause of the problem.
This is fixed by adding complete messages for pmcmd and pmrep.
PRB0302197: Informatica Agent: There is no parameter to pass the run instance name to
Informatica
Error description:
There is no parameter to pass the run instance name to Informatica. Therefore, the runinsname parameter is now added when starting PowerCenter WorkFlows. You specify
the value for it in the Run Instance Name field for WorkFlow jobs.
PRB0302198: Informatica Agent: There is no option to only transfer failed Session logs for
WorkFlow jobs.
Error description:
There is no option to only transfer failed Session logs for Workflow jobs. To accommodate
this, you now have an agent option to determine whether to send Session log files; always,
for failed Sessions or WorkFlows, only for failed sessions, or never. The agent setting can be
overridden for individual WorkFlow jobs. For detailed descriptions of the agent and job
settings, see the Informatica agent Guide. Note that there is a change of behavior with this
feature. The agent setting is now the default that can be overridden for jobs. In a previous
release, a similar less featured setting was set in each WorkFlow job's definition. That
setting could be overridden by an agent setting.
PRB0302242: Informatica Agent: Restarting the Informatica agent causes long running
workflows to fail
Error description:
Restarting the Informatica agent causes long running workflows to fail with
Aborted/ENDED_NOT_OK statuses. No output files are transferred.
This was caused by a null version in the case of restart. It is now fixed.
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v3.0.1
Supported Versions
The Informatica agent is supported on Windows, Linux, and AIX for:
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Informatica 8.6.0
Informatica 8.6.1
Informatica 9.0.1
Informatica 9.1.0
Informatica 9.5.0
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Automation Engine v9 Service Pack 3 HotFix 3 or later
Operations Manager v8.00 Service Pack 5 or later
Applications Manager v8.0 Service Pack 7 or later
Fixed Problem Tickets
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PRB0191319: Connection object: When a Task is running, you can see the
userid/password.
Error description:
If you do a ps -ef|grep -i uc4, you will see not only WorkFlow names, but also the
id/password of the connection object.
PRB0211163: Informatica Agent: Jobs that should be eligible to run are forced to wait
Error description:
The Informatica agent runs jobs by starting them and waiting for them to finish. Resources
are shared between job starts and job finish status checks. On busy systems, jobs may
have to wait to start until the Finish status checks complete.
To fix this, a new field named "Job Finish Status Check After Started (seconds)" is added as
an option for all jobs that run on the agent. You can set it to a few seconds to force the
Informatica agent to free resources to prioritize any newly requested jobs to start before
making status checks.
PRB0211428: Agent goes to Running and Active statuses even if an incorrect path is
specified for pmcmd/pmrep
Error description:
The Informatica Agent starts and goes to Running and Active statuses, even if an incorrect
path is specified for the pmcmd/pmrep directory. This can be confusing if you don't know to
look at debug or trace output to find an error message. You will receive other errors when
trying to define jobs and it takes time to figure out that the pmrep dir setting is wrong.
This is fixed by raising a runtime exception to stop the agent to force the user to check the
trace.
PRB0211921: Cannot view German Informatica Solution Help
Error description:
When logged into the User Interface with German language selected, clicking on Informatica
Help button returns an error.
The German JavaHelp had an illegal character that is now removed.
PRB0213797: Informatica Agent: The "Connection Timeout (seconds)" field is not used for
job timeouts
Error description:
The "Connection Timeout (seconds)" field is not used for job timeouts.
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The "Connection Timeout (seconds)" job field is now renamed to "Job Start Timeout
(seconds)". It specifies the number of seconds before you want Informatica jobs to timeout
after they are started in the Automation Engine, if they have not been started by the
Integration Service. The default for newly created jobs is 180.
Notes:
The default value for this field is changed from 20 to 180.
For detailed and up-to-date information, see the Patch Descriptions section in the Automic
Download Center.
v3.0.0
Supported Versions
The Informatica agent is supported on Windows, Linux, and AIX for:
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Informatica 8.6.0
Informatica 8.6.1
Informatica 9.0.1
Informatica 9.1.0
Informatica 9.5.0
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Automation Engine v9 Service Pack 3 HotFix 3 or later
Operations Manager v8.00 Service Pack 5 or later
Applications Manager v8.0 Service Pack 7 or later
What’s New
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You can now automatically create multiple Informatica WorkFlow jobs on the new Create
Jobs agent sub-tab.
You can now check the Only transfer session log files when WORKFLOWJOBs fail box
in an Informatica agent’s definition to transfer Session logs only on failure for all Informatica
WorkFlow jobs rather than making that determination in each Informatica WorkFlow job’s
definition.
Session or Task job types can now run Informatica Worklets, and WorkFlow job types can
now start from Worklets and Tasks within Non-Reusable Worklets.
Change in Behavior: Using Object Variables Instead of
PUT_ATT Commands for Rapid Automation Field
Replacements in Operations Manager v8.00 and
Automation Engine v9
Attributes of Rapid Automation jobs may change when new versions of the Rapid Automation
agents are released. When this happens, :PUT_ATT commands defined in earlier versions of the
agents will no longer work. Therefore, in Rapid Automation jobs, we recommend that you always
use object variables for field replacements, not :PUT_ATT commands.
To change a job from using a :PUT_ATT command to an object variable, do the following:
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1. Remove the :PUT_ATT command from the job’s Process or Pre-Process tab.
2. Add a variable to the Variables & Prompts tab of job.
3. In the field where you wish to replace a value, enter the object variable in the format
&<variable># where <variable> represents the variable name you entered on the Variables
& Prompts tab.
Bug Fixes
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S#172446: Added Security Domain field to connection object for LDAP Authentication.
S#175642: Fixed a problem where connection object passwords were stored in clear text.
S#176028: The tmp parameter file is now written locally to avoid user permission errors on
Linux.
S#177987: Fixed a problem where aborted tasks showed the wrong status.
S#184648: Fixed a problem where the Process ID column was displaying the RunID.
S#188808: Fixed a problem where a session disconnect caused tasks to fail.
S#192573: Increased the performance of WorkFlow job types.
S#193997: Fixed timing issues that caused hanging pmcmd commands.
S#196862: Fixed a problem where job statuses were incorrect after restarting the agent.
S#196876: Fixed a problem where WorkFlow jobs set to "Suspend on Error" did not display
their Suspended status.
S#199045: Fixed a problem where jobs failed with the start error: ERROR: Folder ['BI_
Analizleri'] not found.
S#203844: Fixed a problem where failed Informatica WorkFlows did not update their status
in the Automation Engine.
S#205538: Fixed a problem where the Repository Name field could not contain spaces in
connection objects.
S#205544: Fixed a problem where parameters were returned with double blank values.
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Rapid Automation Informatica
Agent v2
v2.0.0
Supported Versions
The Informatica agent is supported on Windows, Linux, and AIX for:
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Informatica 8.6.0
Informatica 8.6.1
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Automation Engine v9 Service Pack 3 or later
Operations Manager v8.00 Service Pack 5 or later
Applications Manager v8.0 Service Pack 7 or later
What’s New
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Linux support is added.
You no longer need a Standard operating system agent where the Informatica agent is
installed. You only need the Informatica Server or Informatica Client installed there.
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Rapid Automation Informatica
Agent v1
v1.0.0
Supported Versions
The Informatica agent is supported on Windows, Linux, and AIX for:
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Informatica 8.6.0
Informatica 8.6.1
Informatica 9.0.1
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Automation Engine v9 Service Pack 3 or later
Operations Manager v8.00 Service Pack 5 or later
Applications Manager v8.0 Service Pack 7 or later
What’s New
This is the first release of the Informatica agent, with it you can:
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Run Informatica WorkFlow, Informatica Task, or Informatica Session jobs using
Informatica’s Integration Service.
Query for parameters such as folders and WorkFlows from lists while defining jobs based on
the login information provided to the job being built.
Add parameters to a job from the Informatica database at the click of a button.
Initiate (start) Tasks.
Start WorkFlow from a Task.
Manage (abort and stop) Tasks
Report status.
Monitor which agent-initiated Tasks and Sessions are running, what WorkFlows they belong
to and display it.
Register output for the running WorkFlows, Sessions, and Tasks.