Configuration of Cognos 8.4.1 on IIS 7.5 Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit

[anand_study]

After configuration of Cognos 8.4.1 on IIS 7.5 Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit,
not able to get IBM Cognos Connection website.  ( My IBM Cognos Configuration is OK )

Any help is appreciated.
Thank you.
Anand

I have refered following
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Cognos 8 BI 8.4.1 Software Environments
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=3442&uid=swg27017522#os

Installing 64-bit Versions of IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/c8bi/v8r4m0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.swg.im.cognos.rdm_cr.8.4.1.doc/rdm_cr_id347rdm_InstallingOn64_bitSystems.html

Configuring IIS 7.0 and Cognos 8
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21381516

How to configure the Cognos 8 gateway in IIS 7.0
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21343353

Enabling ISAPI on Windows 2008 server 64-bit with IIS 7.0
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21376323

[anand_study]

Finally resolved issue with many help from Winson and Scottyj.
(refer https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=14534548&; )

1. Content Store must be configured propely and test it's success (Cognos 64 bit & Fix Pack 2 installed, Windows 2008 R2 64bit, IIS 7.5, 32 bit Oracle client installed as Oracle database used as content store).

2. Followed/verified instructions in links below:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21439145
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21343353

3. Added allowPathInfo="true" in file C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\config\applicationHost.config
<add name="CGI-cognos" path=".cgi" verb="" modules="CgiModule" resourceType="Unspecified" requireAccess="Execute" allowPathInfo="true" />

4. Configured IIS to run 32-bit web applications with command
cscript.exe <yourpath>/adsutil.vbs set W3SVC/AppPools/Enable32BitAppOnWin64 TRUE ;

In my case, path for adsutil.vbs was  C:\inetpub\AdminScripts\adsutil.vbs as "IIS 6 Management Compatibility" selected/installed in IIS 7.5 Web Server role. Install it if it is not already installed. So adsutil.vbs script can be used to run IIS 7.5 in 32-bit mode.


5. As per page 196 of "Installation and Configuration Guide" (Cognos 8 64 bit), I had configured IBM Cognos 8 service to run as user Network Service. That could be the problem.

I switched back the service to run as 'Local system account' and restarted cognos services.
And Now I am getting Cognos connection Welcome Page.


Anand