Cognos 10.2.1 with Series 7 security

[ghostraider]

Hello All,

Please let me know if there is any disadvantage of using Series 7 security along with Cognos 10.2.1 considering that SunOne directory server is not provided by default from IBM. We are on 8.1.2 and have the SunOne 5.2 software but I observed that support has reached end of life for this version. In this case if there are any issues with the directory server I feel we maybe in trouble. Is it a good idea to use this or switch over to the corporate Active Directory server for authentication? Please let me know.

Thank you very much for your time.

[SomeClown]

Switch.

The Sun One won't install on a 64-bit OS so there's no way to create a new server for your directory unless you go to Win2008 32-bit or earlier OS.  You can use virtualization tools to backup/launch new copies of the existing server, but a server name change requires additional hacking (undocumented and unsupported) in order to get it to work.