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Take me to next stage - deployment or
migration
One of the most important phases of any software project is deployment or migration. Re-
pository Manager provides a convenient way to migrate the code from one environment to
another. As you are aware, we have three different environments for migration. Usually, we
refer to them as DEV for the development environment, TEST for the testing environment,
and PROD for production. DEV is the environment where you actually develop the code.
You perform the unit testing, and then you migrate the code to the TEST environment,
where the testing team performs the testing on the code to evaluate whether everything is
running as per requirements. Once tested, the code is migrated to PROD , where it actually
goes live. When we wish to migrate the code, we need to make sure that all the components
along with their properties are migrated properly. We need to migrate all sources, targets,
mappings, workflows, and session tasks used in the code. Transformations and tasks get
migrated along with mappings and workflows. So, you need not migrate them separately.
Also, if your code is using parameter files or Unix shell scripts, you need to migrate them
though the parameter file and Unix scripts are migrated separately and not from the Inform-
atica client tool.
To migrate the sources, targets, and mappings, you can use the PowerCenter Designer, and
to migrate the session tasks and workflows, including other tasks, you can use PowerCenter
Workflow Manager. Repository Manager can migrate all components in one go for you.
Informatica PowerCenter provides three ways to migrate the code from one environment to
another, that is, Export / Import , Copy / Paste , and Drag / Drop .
Let's talk about all the options.
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