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US Government Users Restricted Rights – Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents Chapter 1. Preparing to install............................................................................... 1 Review the Release Notes........................................................................................................................... 1 Critical configuration actions to take first!.................................................................................................. 1 Review supported environments.................................................................................................................2 Verify system requirements.........................................................................................................................2 Memory settings..................................................................................................................................... 4 Java requirements....................................................................................................................................... 5 Review the default port settings..................................................................................................................6 Guidelines for creating the content store....................................................................................................7 Suggested settings for creating the content store in IBM Db2 on Linux, Windows, and UNIX operating systems............................................................................................................................. 7 Suggested settings for creating the content store in IBM Db2 on z/OS ...............................................9 Suggested settings for creating the content store in Oracle...............................................................10 Suggested settings for creating the content store in Microsoft SQL Server....................................... 11 Suggested settings for creating the content store in IBM Informix database server........................ 11 Configure a User Account or Network Service Account for IBM Cognos Analytics................................. 12 Configure web browsers............................................................................................................................ 12 Chapter 2. Distribution options............................................................................ 17 Cognos Analytics components.................................................................................................................. 17 Server components.............................................................................................................................. 17 Modeling components..........................................................................................................................20 Required database components..........................................................................................................21 Cognos Mobile components...................................................................................................................... 21 Distributing components........................................................................................................................... 22 Application Tier Components and Content Managers on separate computers..................................23 Consolidate servers for Linux on System z..........................................................................................24 Installation for optional modeling components....................................................................................... 25 Firewall considerations........................................................................................................................ 25 Distributing Framework Manager components................................................................................... 27 Distributing Transformer components.................................................................................................27 Distribution options for Cognos Mobile.....................................................................................................29 Cognos Mobile components installed on one computer.....................................................................29 Cognos Mobile components installed on separate computers...........................................................30 IBM Cognos Analytics with other IBM Cognos products..........................................................................30 IBM Cognos products that interoperate with IBM Cognos Analytics................................................. 30 Chapter 3. Upgrade IBM Cognos Analytics............................................................ 33 Upgrade process........................................................................................................................................ 33 Reviewing the documentation............................................................................................................. 34 Assess applications in your environment before you upgrade........................................................... 34 Preserved files and folders when upgrading Cognos Analytics ......................................................... 35 Upgrade tasks.......................................................................................................................................38 Chapter 4. Install and configure server components............................................. 47 Installation sequence for server components.......................................................................................... 48 Recommendation - Install and Configure the Basic Installation for Distributed Installations............... 49 Installation modes.....................................................................................................................................50 Installing server components on UNIX or Linux operating systems........................................................50 Installing server components on Windows operating systems................................................................51 iii Installing and configuring Content Manager for the content repository.................................................. 52 Active and Standby Content Manager Components............................................................................53 Installing Content Manager on UNIX or Linux operating systems......................................................54 Installing Content Manager on Windows operating systems..............................................................55 Set up database connectivity for the content store database............................................................ 55 Critical configuration actions to take first!...........................................................................................61 Start IBM Cognos Configuration.......................................................................................................... 62 Set Database Connection Properties for the Content Store............................................................... 62 Configure Environment Properties for Content Manager Computers.................................................66 Specify a connection to an email server..............................................................................................67 Enable Security.....................................................................................................................................68 Start Content Manager........................................................................................................................