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Command Line Programs and Utilities Overview

The Informatica installation includes customer support tools and command line programs and utilities. Use the command line programs and utilities to manage the Informatica domain, application services, and objects. You can run the command line programs and utilities on any machine that can access the Informatica domain.
When you install the Informatica services or the Informatica clients, the command line programs and utilities are installed by default. You can also install and run the programs and utilities on other machines by installing the Informatica utilities.
The following table describes the Informatica utilities:
Command Line Program
Description
infacmd
Administer the Informatica domain and application services and processes, including the repository and integration services. You can also use infacmd to access and administer licenses and log events and export and import objects and user accounts.
infasetup
Administer domains and nodes.
The following table describes the PowerCenter® utilities:
Command Line Program
Description
pmcmd
Manage workflows. Use pmcmd to start, stop, schedule, and monitor workflows.
pmpasswd
Encrypt passwords to use with pmcmd and pmrep environment variables.
pmrep
Performs repository administration tasks. Use pmrep to list repository objects, create and edit groups, and restore and delete repositories.
The following table describes the Metadata Manager utilities:
Command Line Program
Description
mmcmd
Load and manage resources. Import and export models and custom resources.
mmLineageMigrator
Migrate data lineage linking information after you upgrade from Metadata Manager 9.6.x to the current version.
Note: Because this program runs automatically, do not run this program unless the migration fails and you fix the error or unless you are directed to run this program by Informatica Global Customer Support.
mmRepoCmd
Create, delete, back up, and restore Metadata Manager repository contents. Restore a PowerCenter repository back-up file that contains Metadata Manager objects to the PowerCenter repository database.
mmXConPluginUtil
Generate the image mapping information or the plug-in for a universal XConnect.
rmu
Migrate resources from a previous version of Metadata Manager to the current version.
rcfmu
Migrate a resource configuration file from a previous version of Metadata Manager to the current version.