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Configuring Cognos Analytics Guide IBM Cognos Analytics Version 11.1.x Configuring Cognos Analytics Guide IBM © Product Information This document applies to IBM Cognos Analytics version 11.1.0 and may also apply to subsequent releases. Copyright Licensed Materials - Property of IBM © Copyright IBM Corp. 2015, 2019. US Government Users Restricted Rights – Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. IBM, the IBM logo and ibm.com are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corp., registered in many jurisdictions worldwide. Other product and service names might be trademarks of IBM or other companies. A current list of IBM trademarks is available on the Web at " Copyright and trademark information " at www.ibm.com/legal/copytrade.shtml. The following terms are trademarks or registered trademarks of other companies: • Adobe, the Adobe logo, PostScript, and the PostScript logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States, and/or other countries. • Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. • Intel, Intel logo, Intel Inside, Intel Inside logo, Intel Centrino, Intel Centrino logo, Celeron, Intel Xeon, Intel SpeedStep, Itanium, and Pentium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. • Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States, other countries, or both. • UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries. • Java and all Java-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation . US Government Users Restricted Rights – Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents Chapter 1. Distribution options.............................................................................. 1 Cognos Analytics components.................................................................................................................... 1 Server components................................................................................................................................ 1 Modeling components............................................................................................................................4 Required database components............................................................................................................ 5 Cognos Mobile components........................................................................................................................ 5 Distributing components............................................................................................................................. 6 Application Tier Components and Content Managers on separate computers....................................7 Consolidate servers for Linux on System z............................................................................................ 8 Installation for optional modeling components..........................................................................................9 Firewall considerations.......................................................................................................................... 9 Distributing Framework Manager components................................................................................... 11 Distributing Transformer components.................................................................................................11 Distribution options for Cognos Mobile.....................................................................................................13 Cognos Mobile components installed on one computer.....................................................................13 Cognos Mobile components installed on separate computers...........................................................14 IBM Cognos Analytics with other IBM Cognos products..........................................................................14 IBM Cognos products that interoperate with IBM Cognos Analytics................................................. 14 Chapter 2. Upgrading Cognos Analytics................................................................ 17 Upgrading your current version of Cognos Analytics 11...........................................................................17 Data upgrade tasks for Cognos Analytics version 11.1............................................................................ 17 Running the ParquetMigrate utility ..................................................................................................... 18 Preserved files and folders when upgrading Cognos Analytics ...............................................................19 Standard upgrade process.........................................................................................................................22 Reviewing the documentation............................................................................................................. 23 Assess applications in your environment before you upgrade........................................................... 23 Install and configure a new version of the product.............................................................................25 Move your content to the new version of the product.........................................................................27 Upgrade your content store................................................................................................................. 28 Moving your content with a deployment archive.................................................................................28 Use Lifecycle Manager to compare reports between your versions of the product...........................31 Chapter 3. Configuring server components........................................................... 33 Installation sequence for server components.......................................................................................... 34 Recommendation - Install and Configure the Basic Installation for Distributed Installations............... 35 Installation modes.....................................................................................................................................36 Installing server components on UNIX or Linux operating systems........................................................36 Installing server components on Windows operating systems................................................................37 Installing and configuring Content Manager for the content repository.................................................. 38 Active and Standby Content Manager Components............................................................................39 Installing Content Manager on UNIX or Linux operating systems......................................................39 Installing Content Manager on Windows operating systems..............................................................40 Set up database connectivity for the content store database............................................................ 41 Critical configuration actions to take first!...........................................................................................47 Start IBM Cognos Configuration.......................................................................................................... 47 Set Database Connection Properties for the Content Store............................................................... 48 Configure Environment Properties for Content Manager Computers.................................................51 Specify a connection to an email server..............................................................................................53 Enable Security.....................................................................................................................................54 iii Start Content Manager......................................................................................................................... 54 Test the Content Manager installation.................................................................................................55 Installing and configuring the Application services..................................................................................55 Install the Application services components...................................................................................... 55 Set up database connectivity for reporting databases....................................................................... 57 Start IBM Cognos Configuration.......................................................................................................... 60 Configure Environment Properties for Application services components computers....................... 61 Enabling the 64-bit version of report server....................................................................................... 61 Start the Application services components.........................................................................................62 Test the Application services components..........................................................................................63 Chapter 4. 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