Informatica architecture:

Client Tools:

The tools are:

PowerCenter Designer:Used to design the mappings,sources and targetsRepository Manager:Tool usedto create folders,export and import different XML objects which have mappings for sources and targets defined in itWorkflow Manager:Create sessions and workflows, as well as trigger the workflows(including trigeering them through PC command promptWorkflow Monitor:Whether workflow execution is succesful or not,also see session logs and workflowsInformatica Reporter:Control metadata things

PowerCenter Repository:(Heart of informatica powercenter)

PowerCenter repository serverRepository database

We can create backup of the database or we can create a dumpPowerCenter Server

Integration service maintains workflow execution