Configuring ReportNet

[vin_j]

Hi Guys,

I never worked on Cognos ReportNet before, help me out in configuring the ReportNet into WebSphere AppServer.

[cognosfreelancer]

I have configured ReportNet with BEA Weblogic 8.1 SP4 and let me tell you this was one of the most difficult tasks I ever carried out support from Cognos consultants not withstanding.

Essentially you create a p2pd.war file which is the jar file of a web application and you then deploy it the Websphere server.

One hard earned lesson: Do not ever install ReportNet in a folder path that has names with spaces in it for e.g. 'Program Files'. BEA Weblogic did not recognize the existence of Cognos CRN  under such circumstances.

For specific info. on the steps for integration you will need to refer to www.cognos.com

Regards
NKT

[vin_j]

Hi,

Here is my situation: I've got to have ReportNet Server on one node and Content Manager on another node. First i configured the ReportNet server node, generated the war file and deployed the war file into WebSphere. Later on configured the Content Manager node, generated the war file and deployed into WebSphere. But i dont see any tables being created in the database. Can you please send me the exact procedure to do this. I appreciate your help.

Thanks,
vinod

[cognosfreelancer]

Hmm!

Your configuration is a bit different from mine.

Is it possible for you to host the content manager servlet on the same computer as the ReportNet server. The actual content store can be put on any box.

A few points to note.

1) you only need to generate one .war file called P2PD.war. You should not deploy two .war files to the J2EE server

2) Make sure you deploy the .war file to the managed server and not the admin server

3) Tables in the content store get created after you re start the managed server and not when you simply deploy.

4) The procedure I follow is applicable to BEA Weblogic and may not be suited to IBM Websphere. Let me know if you still need it.

Can I attach files to this post
Regards
NKT

[vin_j]

Thanks for your prompt reply.

1. No, i can't put the Content Manager in the same node as that of Report Server node as the design is so. So, i just need to deploy only one jar file, the one generated from ReportServer node.

2.Could you send me the docs, which u used for whole process.

I appreciate you help.

Thanks,
vinod

[cognosfreelancer]

Hi Vinod

Unfortunately my attachment exceeds the size limit of 128 KB

NKT

[vin_j]

Here is my mail ID: *email address removed* you can mail me to this ID.

Thanks,
vinod

*sorry guys - email addresses are not a good idea because of the spam factor. We've already had a few nasty bots go through our site (and it's only been Live for 2 weeks!). I'll bump up the attachment size limit however feel free to email me with the attachment and I will pass it on.

Cheers
Jon
COGNOiSe administrator
email@cognoise.com

[COGNOiSe administrator]

I've upped the attachment limit to 5Mb - let me know if you have any probs.

[cognosfreelancer]

We have a people friendly administratorÃ,  ;D

The new limit is more than enough.

Here comes the attachment.

Regards
NKT

[vin_j]

Hi,

I configued the Cognos ReportNet, build the war file and deployed it into webSphere. When I stop and start the AppServer,  I found follwoing errors under AppServer logs:

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/cognos/accman/jcam/crypto/misc/JNISystemProperties

[8/3/05 15:13:31:591 CDT] 70541535 ServletInstan E SRVE0100E: Did not realize  init() exception thrown by servlet dispatch: javax.servlet.ServletException: com/cognos/accman/jcam/crypto/misc/JNISystemProperties at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictServletInstance.doInit(StrictServletInstance.java:99)

And I don't find any tables created in the Content store. Could you figure out what exactly had gone wrong.

Thanks,
Vinod

[Darek]

Make sure you are using JCE 1.2.2 in your WebSphere JRE. I assume you did copy everything from CRN lib\ext to WebSphere lib\ext (don't overwrite though, except when copying JCE 1.2.2)?

[vin_j]

I did copy the JCE 1.2.2 jar file and also copied all the jar files from cognos\crn\bin\jre\1.3.1\lib\ext to WebSphere/AppServer/Java/Jre/1.3.1/lib/ext folder. Let me know how did u generate the CSK, encrypt and signkeypair keys. I deleted the initial keys as it was using Tomcat by default. And generated the new keys. Later generated the war file and deployed it. I guess there is some problem in cryptographic encryption.

ERROR CCL-CFG-0007 Failed to initialize the cryptographic encryption. The cryptographic configuration could be incorrect or missing some security components.

Please give me some idea yaar...

Thanks,
Vinod

[Darek]

JCE 1.2.2 should have been copied last. Is this how you've executed?

[vin_j]

I copied the JCE 1.2.2 file first and do you think that's going to affect the whole process.

[Darek]

Yes. First you need to copy lib\ext from CRN's jre1.3.1. Than JCE 1.2.2 which you can obtain from Cognos or Sun.

[vin_j]

I'm getting the same errors even after coping JCE 1.2.2 last. So the problem is something to do with keys being generated. Please let me know if you got any idea about the keys.

Thanks,
vinod

[CoginAustin]

Make sure you also removed/moved JCE 1.2.1 from your /lib path. If you do not remove it, do not just rename it, it will not work and you will get the same error.

[Darek]

Delete (safely, with a copy) csk, ncryptkeypair and signkeypair from configuration folder. One more question. When you enter Cognos Configuration is JAVA_HOME set to WebSphere's JRE?

[Sweden]

Look for the JCE update as the 1.3 exipre 27th July

[Correction from moderator: it is JCE 1.2.1 that expires, needs to be updated with JCE 1.2.2]

[lisaytan]

Hi cognosfreelancer,

I'm trying to configure the CRN 1.1MR2 with Weblogic 8.1 sp4, but got error for using the jdk comes with bea (I tried the jdk141 with WebSphere, had no problem, so I am puzzled) when starting the Cognos Configuration.Ã,  Could you please let me know the steps you took in configuration?Ã,  Thanks a lot!Ã,  Below is the copy of the execution and error message.

C:\Program Files\cognos\crn\bin>crconfig.bat -java:env
Found JAVA_HOME=C:\bea814\jdk142_05
Looking in: C:\bea814\jdk142_05\bin...
Using CLASSPATH: .;crconfig.jar;dom4j.jar;xercesImpl.jar;xml-apis.jar;cclcfgapi.
jar;jcam_crypto.jar;i18nj.jar;icu4j.jar;commons-httpclient.jar;CognosIPF.jar;log
4j-1.2.8.jar;jcam_jni.jar;xalan.jar
Using J_HOME:Ã,  Ã,  C:\bea814\jdk142_05
02/09/2005,13:31:22,Err,You cannot use Cognos Configuration because it requires
Java version 1.3.x
C:\Program Files\cognos\crn\bin>


Lisa

[cognosfreelancer]

sshhhh! ;)

Please read the moderator's request to not name names when posting.

You are using the same version of JDK as I viz. 1.4.2 but what is the JHOME variable.

I do not use that.

NKT

[lisaytan]

Glad to hear from you, the J_Home is set up in the crconfig.bat, it is assigned with the JAVA_HOME var.  Does this make difference?

[Darek]

Did you copy Cognos EXT libraries to BEA EXT directory?

[cognosfreelancer]

Lisa

Try adding the JRE folder to the JAVA_HOME variable

for e.g.

D:\Apps\jdk142_05\jre

NKT

[lisaytan]

yes,

I did add the \ext jars to weblogic; also tried the java_home=c:\bea\jdk142_05\jre...

when I applied the same procedure to IBM jre, the Configuration wizard ran.

so where did I miss the setting? ??? and what is it