Testing the installation of IBM InfoSphere DataStage and IBM InfoSphere QualityStage

After you install and configure InfoSphere® DataStage® and InfoSphere QualityStage®, test the installation by logging in to the Administrator and Designer clients.

Before you begin

To run these tests, especially to connect to the IBM® InfoSphere DataStage and QualityStage Designer client, you must be either an InfoSphere DataStage administrator or a lower-level user with specific project access granted by an administrator (in the Administrator client).

If the services and engine tier do not share a user registry, then you must set up credential mapping. For more information, see Engine security overview.

Procedure

Start the IBM InfoSphere DataStage and QualityStage Administrator client:

On the computer where you installed the Administrator client, click Start > All Programs > IBM InfoSphere Information Server > IBM InfoSphere DataStage and QualityStage Administrator.

When you are prompted for the server where the services tier is installed, select a URL in the Host name of the services tier list. If the URL is not in the list, type the URL into the field. The URL is in the form server_name:port_number.

The server name and port values depend on whether IBM WebSphere® Application Server clustering is set up within your services tier configuration.

Table 1. Host and port values for different configurations
WebSphere Application Server configuration	Host value	Port value (HTTPS protocol)
Clustering is configured	The host name or IP address of the front-end dispatcher (either the Web server or the load balancer). Do not use the host name of a particular cluster member.	HTTPS secure port of the front-end dispatcher (for example, 443). Do not use the port number of a particular cluster member.
Clustering is not configured	The host name or IP address of the computer where WebSphere Application Server is installed.	HTTPS transport secure port (configured as WC_defaulthost_secure in WebSphere Application Server). Default: 9443

Select the engine server name in the Host name of the Information Server engine list, or type it into the field if it is not in the list.
Use your suite credentials to log in to the Administrator client.
If you get a message that a security certificate from the server is not trusted, accept the certificate and store it in your list of trusted certificates:
1. To view the security certificate, click View Certificate.
2. Click the Certification Path tab, and then select the root certificate.
3. Click the General tab.
4. Click Install Certificate, and then click Next.
5. Select Place all certificates in the following store.
6. Click Browse, and then select Trusted Root Certification Authorities.
7. Click Next, and then click Finish to import the certificate.

Start the IBM InfoSphere DataStage and QualityStage Designer client:
1. On the computer where you installed the Designer client, click Start > All Programs > IBM InfoSphere Information Server > IBM InfoSphere DataStage and QualityStage Designer.
2. Use your suite credentials to log in to the Designer client. If you completed step 1 and installed the certificate in the trusted store on this same computer, the Designer client will reuse that certificate when authenticating.
3. When you are prompted for the server where the services tier is installed, select a URL in the Hostname of the services tier list. If the URL is not in the list, type the URL into the field. The URL is in the form server_name:port_number.
  Use the same server name and port number that you used in the previous step.
4. When you are prompted for the server and project, select the server and project in the Project list. If the values are not in the list, type them into the field. Specify the server and project as follows: server_name/project_name. For example, if the engine is installed on the xyz server (in a non-clustered application server configuration) and the project is named my-project, type xyz/my-project.