Cognos Fix Pack

[sunosoft]

HI All,

Need your help on one doubt.

Recently got installed TM1 in our environment.

And along with this we were in the process of applying FP1 to our BI server. What i know is FP1 installation that we do on server components we need to the same on FM, transformer etc.

What about TM1 ? Will the same FP1 installation applicable for TM1 ?

On few IBM links I saw separate installation files for Cognos TM1 FP1. So do I need to download that separate file and install seaprately on TM1 components ?

[MFGF]

Hi,

TM1 fix packs are different from BI fix packs and can be applied completely independently. You should not try to apply a BI fix pack to a TM1 instance or a TM1 fix pack to a BI instance. It's perfectly ok to have BI with BI FP1 and TM1 without TM1 FP1. Currently the latest FP for BI is FP2, and for TM1 is TM1 FP1 - I'd probably keep to the latest versions I could find.

Cheers!

MF.

[sunosoft]

Hi MF,

Thanks a lot for this clarification.

Also one more question, I am feeling this question bit silly but still its better to clear doubt rather than reamining in dilema.

can Cognos 10.2.1 FP1 be installed on Cognos 10.2 environment ?

[MFGF]

Hi MF,

Thanks a lot for this clarification.

Also one more question, I am feeling this question bit silly but still its better to clear doubt rather than reamining in dilema.

can Cognos 10.2.1 FP1 be installed on Cognos 10.2 environment ?

Not silly at all!

No - 10.2 is a different install from 10.2.1. There are fix packs for 10.2 and there are different fix packs for 10.2.1. You should not try to apply a fix pack for 10.2 to a 10.2.1 install, nor a fix pack for 10.2.1 to a 10.2 install.

Cheers!

MF.

[sunosoft]

Hmmm..

Thanks as always you help me :)

[Marva55]

Hi,

TM1 fix packs are different from BI fix packs and can be applied completely independently. You should not try to apply a BI fix pack to a TM1 instance or a TM1 fix pack to a BI instance. It's perfectly ok to have BI with BI FP1 and TM1 without TM1 FP1. Currently the latest FP for BI is FP2, and for TM1 is TM1 FP1 - I'd probably keep to the latest versions I could find.

Cheers!

MF.

Should a TM1 10.2.2 fix pack also be installed into the Cognos BI report server installation folders since some files in the report server installation folder is related to TM1 integrations for example:
<cognos_report_server>\configuration\icd\contributions\contrib\tm1_contribution.atom
<cognos_report_server>\templates\ps\tm1\serverContent.xts

Regards,
Marva55

[MFGF]

Should a TM1 10.2.2 fix pack also be installed into the Cognos BI report server installation folders since some files in the report server installation folder is related to TM1 integrations for example:
<cognos_report_server>\configuration\icd\contributions\contrib\tm1_contribution.atom
<cognos_report_server>\templates\ps\tm1\serverContent.xts

Regards,
Marva55

No - under no circumstances should you attempt to install a TM1 fix pack into a BI instance.

MF.

[AM]

One decent thing that the installer does is make sure the fix pack you're applying is appropriate for the base install, well at least it tells me when I've got it way wrong