Cognos 8.3 SP2 Install Help

[sasdev]

The 8.3 SP2 update comes with a TAR file and GZ file formats. Does anyone have advice on how to get these properly executed and applied? I can't find any step by step documentation with the updates. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

[david.stachon]

yeah, you'll need to install a de-zipper...

my personal favourite is 7zip. (it's free, and doesn't pollute your machine)

download it here:

http://www.7-zip.org/download.html

after installing, just right click the archive files. (you'll need to run it twice)

[sasdev]

Hi David,

7-zip worked perfectly! I didn't realize that the TAR and GZ files were just compressed files. After unzipping and decompressing with 7-zip there was an executable to run the update. Thanks again!

Traci