Cognos 8.2 download

However, you are only one Microsoft Windows patch, Internet Browser upgrade etc from your server or your users being unable to function properly.

I would strongly urge you to consider upgrading and plan it accordingly. Not leave it until it is too late. Below is a high level process that will upgrade a single server installation of Cognos 8 to the latest IBM Cognos The Content Store database and login details remain unchanged.

Tell them that the environment will be unavailable for at least one day possibly two. That way if you do it quicker you are a hero not the nerd from IT out of his depth!! If it is a physical server ensure that you have a good backup of the entire server and the Content Store database. This will be used to check the report output in Version This gives you two restoration options should anything go wrong.

It will ask you to specify a file. Save it somewhere safe not in Program Files!! This XML file is vital to reconfiguration of Cognos The uninstall process will tell you what you can install. Select it all and let it work through. If not then go to a command prompt and type iisreset to restart IIS and release any locks. It save you a large amount of time not having to constantly confirm you are an admin!!

All the software images are installed through a program issetup. When the install has run through do not configure the environment. The option can be found below and you need to allow cognosisapi. My example is below. Delete the file cogstartup. Remember to specify at the end if you are using CGI cognos. The details pane will open and give you details of the startup. Is the data output the same.

Some small cosmetic differences should be expected. Remember to ask users to clear their browser cache before they use the new version as some old JavaScript files could be resident. The upgrade is complete and a timestampped version in Version 8 format is retained. Also use the new deployment features with Transformer and the —g switch to automatically promote your cubes into production. If you are using a lot of JavaScript or your environment is business critical then it makes a lot of sense to engage with a Partner and the perform a test migration first.

Multi server environments are not really that complex but require a lot of testing and a Partner can help you to plan all this and manage the upgrade successfully. Good luck, if I can help at all please comment and hopefully this post will help you to achieve a successful upgrade with less fuss and cost!

At what point did you install it? Thanks again. If there are no problems with the configuration, the system completes the test phase and starts the IBM Cognos 8 service successfully.

If there are possible problems with the configuration, the system stops running the service and displays a warning message. When you click OK to acknowledge the warning message, the system opens another dialog box with more information.

For example:. Click Cancel to stop the process. If the warnings or errors are due to reasons other than mail server connection failure, cancel the process and check your configuration again. Click Continue to ignore the warnings and errors, and complete the process of starting the IBM Cognos 8 service. For example, you can ignore warnings that the mail server cannot be reached see the previous illustration. Click the Content Administration link.

The Content Administration window opens. Click Next to continue. The wizard prompts for the encryption password. Type the password and click OK. The wizard prompts for the name, description, and location of the Argus Insight deployment. Leave the default values and click Next to continue.

The wizard prompts you to select the public folders content. Select the Name check box to choose all the check boxes in this category, and click Next. Select the directory content and options to include in the import. The options that you select depends on whether you are performing a new install or an upgrade.

Set the Access permissions depending on whether you are performing a new install or an upgrade:. If you are performing an upgrade, do NOT select the Include access permissions check box. For External namespaces, verify that Do not include references to external namespaces is selected, but dimmed.

For Entry ownership, set the owner to The user performing the import and apply to New and existing entries. Review the summary information, and click Next. The wizard prompts you to select the type of New Import action. Select the Save and run once option, and click Finish. The wizard prompts you to selection the options for this import. Select Upgrade all report specifications to the latest version and click Run. The wizard summarizes your selection for this import.

Set up an administrator user in the Cognos environment. An administrator user is an Argus Insight user who is part of the system administrator role. Click the Value field, and type the password for the Cognos administrator. This role will have all rights required to run various parts of Argus Insight application.

All Insight users will become part of this role during their first login. Click the Connection tab. The system displays the following information:. Click the pencil icon to edit the connection string. The system displays the Edit the connection string - Oracle pane. Click the Test the connection link. Navigate to Security, Authentication, and then select Cognos.

The system displays the Cognos - Namespace - Resource properties pane. Set the Allow Anonymous access? Open the Actions menu and select Restart to restart the Cognos 8 service. The system displays status information about each task being performed during the restart.

During the Cognos service restart, the system may display the following message if there are any warnings:. For example, you may want to ignore a warning that the connection to the mail server failed. If the warnings are due to reasons other than a mail server connection failure, you should stop the process, check your configuration, and then restart the IBM Cognos 8 service.

Wait until the system performs all the configuration tasks and displays the status for each task. If you have not added any user as part of the System Administrator role in Cognos, then you have to add Everyone user group in System Administrator roles of Cognos again.

To add the Everyone user group in the System Administrator role of Cognos:. Be sure to follow all installation procedures in the specified order:. The system updates the right panel with the list of attributes that you can configure. Click Add. In the Password field, type the password for the configured Cognos administrator user. Select the Compliance. Open the View menu and select Project Viewer. In the project tree, select Packages, right-click Compliance, and then select Publish Packages.

The Publish wizard opens. Click Next to continue through each of the Publish wizard screens until you have the option to publish the package. The system displays a message that a package with that name already exists and prompts if you want to overwrite the package. Open the File menu and click Close. When the system prompts if you want to save the changes you made to the project, click No. Skip Headers.

Actually, you will want to install it on your PC unless you are going to run it only when logged into the server. That ought to be enough to blow your mind for now. Do NOT use this information and try to do the install without using the Cognos documentation. Cognos likes to depend on things being done step by step correctly, and often it is faster to restart from scratch than attempt to go back and tweak something you missed.

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