Support Changes
This section describes the support changes in version 10.1.1.
Big Data Management Hive Engine (Deprecated)
Effective in version 10.1.1, Informatica deprecated the Hive engine. Informatica will drop support for the Hive engine in a future release.
If you install Big Data Management 10.1.1 or upgrade to version 10.1.1, you can continue to use the Hive engine in the Hive driver mode. The Hive engine no longer supports the HiveServer2 mode. Informatica recommends that you use the Blaze or Spark engine to run mappings in the Hadoop environment before Informatica drops support for the Hive engine.
For information about configuring the Blaze and the Spark engines for your Hadoop distribution, see the Informatica Big Data Management 10.1.1 Installation and Configuration Guide. For information about mapping objects that the Blaze and Spark engines support, see the Informatica Big Data Management 10.1.1 User Guide.
Big Data Management Hadoop Distributions
Effective in version 10.1.1, the following changes apply to Big Data Management support for Hadoop distributions:
Supported Hadoop Distributions
At release date, version 10.1.1 supports the following Hadoop distributions:
- •Azure HDInsight v. 3.4
- •Cloudera CDH v. 5.8
- •IBM BigInsights v. 4.2
- •Hortonworks HDP v. 2.5
- •Amazon EMR v. 5.0
Future releases of Big Data Management may support later versions of one or more of these Hadoop distributions. To see a list of the latest supported versions, see the Product Availability Matrix on the Informatica Customer Portal:
https://mysupport.informatica.com/community/my-support/product-availability-matrices.
MapR Support
Effective in version 10.1.1, Informatica deferred support for Big Data Management on a MapR cluster. To run mappings on a MapR cluster, use Big Data Management 10.1. Informatica plans to reinstate support in a future release.
Some references to MapR remain in documentation in the form of examples. Apply the structure of these examples to your Hadoop distribution.
Amazon EMR Support
Effective in version 10.1.1, you can install Big Data Management in the Amazon EMR environment. You can choose from the following installation methods:
- •Download and install from an RPM package. When you install Big Data Management in an Amazon EMR environment, you install Big Data Management elements on a local machine to run the Model Repository Service, Data Integration Service, and other services.
- •Install an Informatica instance in the Amazon cloud environment. When you create an implementation of Big Data Management in the Amazon cloud, you bring online virtual machines where you install and run Big Data Management.
For more information about installing and configuring Big Data Management on Amazon EMR, see the Informatica Big Data Management 10.1.1 Installation and Configuration Guide.
Big Data Management Spark Support
Effective in version 10.1.1, you can configure the Spark engine on all supported Hadoop distributions. You can configure Big Data Management to use one of the following Spark versions based on the Hadoop distribution that you use:
- •Cloudera Spark 1.6 and Apache Spark 2.0.1 for Cloudera cdh5u8 distribution.
- •Apache Spark 2.0.1 for all Hadoop distributions.
For more information, see the Informatica Big Data Management 10.1.1 Installation and Configuration Guide.
Data Analyzer
Effective in version 10.1.1, Informatica dropped support for Data Analyzer. Informatica recommends that you use a third-party reporting tool to run PowerCenter and Metadata Manager reports. You can use the recommended SQL queries for building all the reports shipped with earlier versions of PowerCenter.
Operating System
Effective in version 10.1.1, Informatica added support for the following operating systems:
- •Solaris 11
- •Windows 10 for Informatica Clients.
PowerExchange for SAP NetWeaver
Effective in version 10.1.1, Informatica implemented the following changes in PowerExchange for SAP NetWeaver support:
Support Change | Level of Support | Comments |
|---|
Analytic Business Components | Dropped support | Effective in version 10.1.1, Informatica dropped support for the Analytic Business Components (ABC) functionality. You cannot use objects in the ABC repository to read and transform SAP data. Informatica will not ship the ABC transport files. |
SAP R/3 version 4.7 | Dropped support | Effective in version 10.1.1, Informatica dropped support for SAP R/3 4.7 systems. Upgrade to SAP ECC version 5.0 or later. |
Reporting and Dashboards Service
Effective in version 10.1.1, Informatica dropped support for the Reporting and Dashboards Service. Informatica recommends that you use a third-party reporting tool to run PowerCenter and Metadata Manager reports. You can use the recommended SQL queries for building all the reports shipped with earlier versions of PowerCenter.
Reporting Service
Effective in version 10.1.1, Informatica dropped support for the Reporting Service. Informatica recommends that you use a third-party reporting tool to run PowerCenter and Metadata Manager reports. You can use the recommended SQL queries for building all the reports shipped with earlier versions of PowerCenter.