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Saravanan Vajjiravel
17-Nov-2011
Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 3 Software Prerequisite ................................................................................................................................. 3 Configuring and Starting IBM Cognos 10 BI Server .............................................................................. 4 Configure HTTP Server for IBM Cognos 10.1 ......................................................................................... 8
Software Prerequisite
This document assumes that you have installed the prerequisite software in the following order on IBM AIX 7.0 Operating System. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM Cognos 10 BI Server Cognos 10 Data Manager (optional) Cognos 10 BI Transformer (optional) Cognos 10 Metric Manager (optional) VVM (optional)
4. Start the Cognos Configuration. $ ./cogconfig.sh The Cognos Configuration window is displayed. Important: Replace the following in all the URLS Local host with your server name or IP address. ibmcognos with sci. 80 with your Web Server Port Number.
5. If you wish to create new instance for Content Manager database; Right click Content Manger and create a new instance. 6. Input the name and select the database type (Oracle or DB2) from the drop down list.
Database server and port number: Specify the name or TCP/IP address of the database computer and port number.
Example: localhost:1521
User ID and password: Specify the user ID and password that the database uses to connect to the content store.
Service name:
Specify the service name (SID) for the Oracle database instance. Example: XPERTCOG
7. Adjust other options if necessary, save configuration and test the content store connection.
While running Cognos configuration you may get the following warning message. This is because the SMTP server connection is not configured. Click OK and proceed ahead by ignoring this warning message. Click Continue on the next screen.
Once all services got started successfully, close and exit the screen.
5. Post successful start, you could able to see the below IBM Cognos Screen.