Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Uninstall Informatica PowerCenter Server (version 8.6.1)



     Informatica PowerCenter sets the standard for highly scalable, high-performance enterprise data integration software. Informatica PowerCenter empowers your IT organization to implement a single approach to accessing, transforming, and delivering data without having to resort to hand coding. The software scales to support large data volumes and meets enterprise demands for security and performance. Informatica PowerCenter serves as the foundation for all data integration projects and enterprise integration initiatives, including data governance, data migration, and enterprise data warehousing. Oracle has integrated Informatica PowerCenter Server into the Oracle DAC Server !!!


Here are the steeps to uninstall the Informatica PowerCenter (8.6.1) Server :

Go to the Start -> All Programs -> Informatica PowerCenter (8.6.1) -> Services -> Uninstaller 

Uninstalling Informatica PowerCenter Server : Start Uninstaller   
Uninstalling Informatica PowerCenter Server : Start Uninstaller


The following screen will appear:

Uninstalling Informatica PowerCenter Server : Uninstall PowerCenter Components
Uninstalling Informatica PowerCenter Server : Uninstall PowerCenter Components

Here you have just to click on "Uninstall". The following screen will appear (if the Informatica services are not stopped):

Uninstalling Informatica PowerCenter Server : Stop Informatica Services
Uninstalling Informatica PowerCenter Server : Stop Informatica Services


Now we have to stop the Informatica services:

Uninstalling Informatica PowerCenter Server : Stop Informatica Services from menu
Uninstalling Informatica PowerCenter Server : Stop Informatica Services from menu

Wait a couple of seconds.

Now we can click on "Yes" for continuing the installation.

Wait a couple of seconds until you will see the following image:

Uninstalling Informatica PowerCenter Server : Uninstall PowerCenter 8.6.1
Uninstalling Informatica PowerCenter Server : Uninstall PowerCenter 8.6.1


Uninstalling Informatica PowerCenter Server : Uninstall Complete
Uninstalling Informatica PowerCenter Server : Uninstall Complete

At this time Informatica PowerCenter Server (8.6.1 version) is uninstalled.

 This can be seen if you go to the  ...  Start -> All Programs -> Informatica PowerCenter (8.6.1) :



... the Informatica PowerCenter (8.6.1) is no longer there.