Cognos Configuration

[Cognoster]

Hi everybody

I am facing problems while configuring Cognos , and not able to start the Cognos services could anyone help me out.

the problem is when i test the connection under data access\content manager\cognos content database\
the connection fails

suggest any ideas to resolve
1. should i reinstall the cognos 8 software again?

[MFGF]

Hi,

Did you install the Cognos Content Database (Apache Derby) when you installed C8, or are you using SQL Server/Oracle/DB2/Sybase as your content store?

What specific error do you get when you test the content manager connection?

MF.