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Metadata repository for IS v8 (mandatory or non-mandatory??)
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 9:40 am
by ds_is_fun
Is it mandatory to have a database for metadata repository for Information Server? Can we choose not to have a database metadata repository.
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 2:36 pm
by ray.wurlod
It is mandatory.
If you don't have one of your own, a copy of DB2 version 9 ships with IIS and you can use that.
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 7:19 pm
by vmcburney
I've been able to run the Metadata Server on the bundled DB2 database and on the free SQL Server Express. It also runs on Oracle. The database server does not need to be on the same machine as the metadata server though you want fast connectivity between the two. You could put the DataStage Server, the Metadata Server and the repository on different machines.
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:49 am
by ray.wurlod
But... it must be DB2 version 9, or Oracle version 10g. Any earlier release will not work.
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 7:59 am
by ds_is_fun
To use the bundled DB2 which installs with IS, do we have to buy a separate license to maintain it. OR is it considered to bundled with the IS license?
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:33 pm
by ray.wurlod
Bundled, but licensed only to be used as IIS Repository.