Configuring IBM InfoSphere DataStage and IBM InfoSphere QualityStage

Before you use IBM® InfoSphere® DataStage® and IBM InfoSphere QualityStage®, you must perform several configuration tasks.

Procedure

Complete the following tasks to configure and administer IBM InfoSphere DataStage and IBM InfoSphere QualityStage.

  1. Configure security. For more information, see the topics on managing security in the IBM InfoSphere Information Server Administration Guide.
  2. AIX Solaris Linux: Ensure that InfoSphere DataStage users have the correct localization settings.
    If you installed globalization support (NLS), ensure that IBM InfoSphere DataStage users have the correct settings specified for localization.
  3. Configure the ODBC drivers to access ODBC data sources. The drivers are installed with the client tier or the engine tier.
  4. Optional: Configure the parallel processing environment by adding computers to share engine processing, setting environment variables for the parallel engine, and configuring the parallel engine.
  5. Optional: Windows: For systems that have large numbers of simultaneously connected users or large numbers of simultaneously running jobs, configure the server engine to support the required number of open files, lock table entries, and locks that are necessary for correct engine operation. To tune the engine, modify settings in the uvconfig file.
  6. Optional: Migrate jobs that you created in an earlier version of InfoSphere Information Server to the current version.
    For more information, see the Guide to Migrating to IBM InfoSphere Information Server, Version 11.3.
  7. Optional: If you intend to develop InfoSphere QualityStage matches, ensure that a new or existing supported database is available to receive test pass results for the Match Designer. The IBM InfoSphere QualityStage Match Designer requires an ODBC data source name (DSN) to connect to the database where the Match Designer stores match pass results.
  8. Optional: Set up the application server to run SQA or investigation reports. The investigation reports and Standardization Quality Assessment (SQA) reports can read data from a sequential file or a database table. You must set up the application server to find the applicable data source.
  9. Optional: Create and configure the Operations Database.
    If you plan to use the Operations Console to monitor your InfoSphere DataStage and QualityStage engines, projects, and jobs, you must configure Operations Database to provide information to the console.
  10. After you install and configure InfoSphere DataStage and InfoSphere QualityStage, test the installation by logging in to the Administrator and Designer clients.