Informatica Repository Backup

This page will guide you step by step how to backup the informatica repository.

STEP 1: Login to Informatica account

STEP 2: Connect to repository using pmrep command

Remark: copy and paste the command below to a note pad and update the values in between the <> after you finish update, copy it to your informatica account and run it, this command might take few minutes to complete.

${INFA_HOME}/server/bin/pmrep connect -r <Repository Name> -d <Domain Name> -n <Repository User Name> -x <Repository Password>

Note, if you want to use the encrypted password use -X option (Capital X)

Command Usage
Usage: pmrep connect
-r <repository_name>
{-d <domain_name> |
{-h <portal_host_name>
-o <portal_port_number>}}
[-n <user_name>
[-s <user_security_domain>]
[-x <password> |
-X <password_environment_variable>]]
[-t <client_resilience>]

STEP 3: Create new backup by running the command below.

Remark: copy and paste the command below to a note pad and update the values in between the <> after you finish update, copy it to your informatica account and run it, this command might take few minutes to complete.

${INFA_HOME}/server/bin/pmrep backup -f -o <Full path to backup file>/<backup file name>.rep -f

Note, The file will be created with “.rep” extension.

Command Usage.

Usage: pmrep backup
-o <output_file_name>
[-d <description>]
[-f (overwrite existing output file)]
[-b (skip workflow and session logs)]
[-j (skip deploy group history)]
[-q (skip MX data)]
[-v (skip task statistics)]