Installing Cognos 8.4 in Windows XP mode of Windows

[sri_bi]

Hi Gurus,

I'm planning to install 8.4 on Windows xp mode of Windows virtual machine's windows xp mode .Will it support that ?

As 8.4 is not compatible with windows 7, I'm going with this option.

Can anyone please send the steps if you guys have recorded during installation?

I've allocated 2 Gb RAM for xp mode .

Please suggest and help me in installation

Thanks in Advance
Sri

[bvk.cognoise]

Hi Sri,

i will give you step by step installation process of cognos .please follow this you can easily install cognos8.4.

step1: Installing cognos BI sever
>open IBM cognos 8bisoftware folder or insert the cognos cd in to cd rom
>from that open cognos8 BI serverr folder>system32>click on iis setup
>now simply folow the steps
>choose the lockation where do you want install this file
>just click next>next>next>cognos starts installing cognos8 BI server wait for some time.
>after this again open cognos8 BI softawre folder

step2: Installing cognos MM sever

>open cognos8 MM serverr folder>system32>click on iis setup
>now simply folow the steps
>choose the lockation where do you want install this file
>just click next>next>next>cognos starts installing cognos8 BI server wait for some time.
>after this again open cognos8 BI softawre folder


step3: Installing cognos BI Modelling

> open cognos8 BI Modellingr folder>system32>click on iis setup
>now simply folow the steps
>choose the lockation where do you want install this file
>just click next>next>next>cognos starts installing cognos8 BI server wait for some time.
>after this again open cognos8 BI softawre folder


step4: Installing cognos MM Modelling

>open cognos8 MM Modellingr folder>system32>click on iis setup
>now simply folow the steps
>choose the lockation where do you want install this file
>just click next>next>next>cognos starts installing cognos8 BI server wait for some time.
>after this again open cognos8 BI softawre folder


step5: Installing cognos BI samples

>open cognos8 BI samplesr folder>system32>click on iis setup
>now simply folow the steps
>choose the lockation where do you want install this file
>just click next>next>next>cognos starts installing cognos8 BI server wait for some time.
>after this again open cognos8 BI softawre folder


step6: installing IIS

>now make sure in your machine IIS installed or nor
>if its not installed insert xp cd into ur CD rom
>then open contrlepanel>click on add or remove windows components
>new window will open
>there select IIS (internet information services)
>then click next automaatically it installs IIS


step7: installing IIS

>install sql server 2000 or 2005(u can use any database. here i am giving sql sever installation process)
>now create a new database with any name
for eg i created database with following name: cognos
>again create a database in sql with following name mst(because in cognos we have a sample database to restore that database we need to create a database with same name)

datbase name:gosales

>again create a database in sql with following name mst(because in cognos we have a sample database to restore that database we need to create a database with same name)

datbase name:gosalesdw


step8: installing IIS Restoring the database samples to sqlsever


>open C:\Program Files\cognos\c8\webcontent\samples\datasources\sqlserver
>there you will find two zipped files
>unzip that files.
>now open sql server
>now right click on database gosales(which u created before) and click on restore datbase
>now select form devive
>now give following path
C:\Program Files\cognos\c8\webcontent\samples\datasources\sqlserver\gosales(select this)
the click ok.


>>now right click on database gosales(which u created before) and click on restore datbase
>now select form devive
>now give following path
C:\Program Files\cognos\c8\webcontent\samples\datasources\sqlserver\gosalesdw(select this)
the click ok.



step8: installing IIS configuring cognos to database

>now go to start button in your computer >all programs>cognos>click on ibm cognos configuration
>cognos configuration window will opens
>under explorer pane > environment>content manger (under content manager default content store will be there)delete that default content store
>now right click on content manger
>select new new resourse
>give the database name it could be any thing(for eg:cognos)
>select database type to sql server(because here we are using sql server
>then under datbase gve datbase name which u created in sqlserver(we created 3 databases in sql they are gosales,gosalesdw,cognos) so give database name as cognos
>then click on user id and password then give user id and password of ur sql sever(for egid: SA pswd:sa)
then click on run button at the top side of that window.
> in between u will get one Test mail server connection error while running
>just click on continue No problem with that
>once everything this over click on close
>then save that configuration

step9: restoring cognos samples
>open following path
C:\Program Files\cognos\c8\webcontent\samples\content
from here copy file Cognos samples(it is a zip file no need to unzip)

>paste that file into following path
C:\Program Files\cognos\c8\deployment

>now open internet exploree
>type the follwing url
>localhost/cognos8
>cognos connection will open
>now click on Administer cognos content
>then clcik on configuration
>click on content administration
>then lefet side ther is small icon new import
>clcik on that give following path
C:\Program Files\cognos\c8\deployment select that cognos samples file
>just clcik next >next>just finish


step10: creating data source connection

>open report studio
>select gosales package
>create report now run the report
>you will get an error  like 'goasales..........' only copy that error which is single quotations
>then go to cognos connection
>click on administer IBM Cognos content
>then click on configuration.then click on datsource connection
>now click on new data source connection  symbole at  the right top side
>now new window will open
>there give new data source connection name click next
>select data source type for our example i choose Sql Server OLEDB click next
>then give server name as Localhost
>then give database name as gosales
>then give id and password of your database
>for eg:ID:sa PSWD:sa
>then click next next finish >no need to fill anything for your practice purpose
>now again run the report which you got error previously
>now it will runs with out any error


>open report studio
>select gosales package
>create report now run the report
>you will get an error  like 'goasalesdw..........' only copy that error which is single quotations
>then go to cognos connection
>click on administer IBM Cognos content
>then click on configuration.then click on datsource connection
>now click on new data source connection  symbole at  the right top side
>now new window will open
>there give new data source connection name click next
>select data source type for our example i choose Sql Server OLEDB click next
>then give server name as Localhost
>then give database name as gosalesdw
>then give id and password of your database
>for eg:ID:sa PSWD:sa
>then click next next finish >no need to fill anything for your practice purpose
>now again run the report which you got error previously
>now it will runs with out any error



now you can use cognos.hope it helps you .if you have any doubts please post here we will try to answer you. :)


thanks
bvk

[sri_bi]

Thanks a lot bvk For your detailed explantion :)

[MFGF]

I've allocated 2 Gb RAM for xp mode .

2Gb of memory for a CI BI server sounds dangerously small to me! You may just about get it running, but as soon as you start to try to do anything even slightly complex it will probably run out of memory and begin paging furiously. I would allocate more memory if you have it.

Regards,

MF.

[reena]

Hi Gurus,

Can i install cognos 8.4 in windows 7 home 64 bit?

if yes then could u plz let me know which apache i need to download?

Plz help with steps.

Thanks


Regards,
Reena

[blom0344]

2Gb of memory for a CI BI server sounds dangerously small to me! You may just about get it running, but as soon as you start to try to do anything even slightly complex it will probably run out of memory and begin paging furiously. I would allocate more memory if you have it.

Regards,

MF.

I rarely disagree with a muppet :), but  I run both SQL server AND Cognos 8.4.1 locally on my laptop with memory allocation between 1.2-1.6 Gig
A large percentage of our customers have outdated server parks often allocating just about 2Gigs.
We rarely have performance issues with them ,but we handle very small sets with few concurrent users. So, 2Gig may work out depending on your situation.

Sofar, Cognos 10 seems to be quite another matter   :(