Cognos 10 & TM1 on Unix platform

[aumdy]

I have some general questions about Cognos 10 and TM1 install on Unix. I have not yet received specific requirements yet, so I will update the post as I get them.

Current scenario: Client has a Unix OS that needs to have Cognos 10 & TM1 installed on it.
Hardware (CPU,RAM etc): Unknown
Database server: Unknown


1) Does anyone have a GENERAL idea of what components are required to install Cognos 10 BI and TM1 on a Unix platform?

2) How would the security be implemented in Unix?

3) What questions should I be asking in order to recommend a proper install?

[tjohnson3050]

First, make sure to check both the TM1 and Cognos 10 supported environments (O/S section) pages to make sure the version of Unix your client has is supported:

https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27020888
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27021368

For security, Cognos can use any LDAP source.  The main difference is that on a Windows server the security can be a native connection to Active Directory and if you install on Unix, you can still use Active Directory, but you need to setup an LDAP connection to it.

To perform the installation on Unix, you either need access to an x windows terminal, or learn how to perform unattended installations and configurations, which are more complex.

For more information, see the IBM Cognos 10.1.1 information center:

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27021368

[aumdy]

Update on this topic/scenario:

Current scenario: Client has a AIX 6.x OS that needs to have Cognos 10 & TM1 installed on it.
Database server: Oracle
Environments: 2 (DEV & PROD)
Names Users: 700 (but only 30 concurrent users)

Hardware (CPU,RAM etc): 2 boxes ->One for DEV and one for PROD.
Each AIX box is 'Power 770'.
15 Cores Active / 16 Cores Total
160 GB RAM Active/ 256 GB RAM Total

Requirements on each box:

• TM1 Server: 8 Cores/ 64GB RAM
  BI Application: 4 Cores/ 16GB RAM
  ODS: 2 Cores/ 32GB RAM
  VIOS: 1 Core/ 48GB RAM

TM1 Web server and C10 BI server would be on a Windows machine.
Security: Active Directory

Windows Box:
9 Cores
36GB RAM

Questions I have so far:

1) What install components would be required to install C10 and TM1 on AIX 6.x? And more importantly, in WHICH order? I need to make sure that I am selecting the correct features.

2) How should the security be implemented?

3) For TM1 to talk to Cognos10 BI, do we need to install TM1 portlets on the windows server?

4) How would you configure the environment to make TM1 communicate with Cognos10?

5) What is the typical file path in AIX 6.x where you would install Cognos?

Thanks.

[aumdy]

One more question:

How would you make C10 BI application server and TM1 application talk to each other on the AIX machine?

[tjohnson3050]

You list both AIX and Windows, which components are you looking installing on each one?

[MFGF]

One more question:

How would you make C10 BI application server and TM1 application talk to each other on the AIX machine?

What do you mean by "Talk to each other"? Do you mean you want Cognos 10 to use TM1 as a data source for reporting? Do you mean that you want to be able to use TM1 cube views as widgets in Business Insight? Both?

To get C10 to use TM1 as a data source you will need to add a data source connection in the C10 Admin console, pointing to your TM1 server on whichever box it is installed on.

To get C10 to display cube views in Business Insight, you will need to modify the C10 atom files as instructed in the Installation and Configuration guide. You will also probably have to configure TM1 to use the C10 security namespace (CAM security).

Regards,

MF.

[aumdy]

You list both AIX and Windows, which components are you looking installing on each one?

The AIX 6.x machine will have the following servers: Cognos10 Application server, TM1 server, and Oracle db server (content store).

The Windows machine will have a Cognos10 Web server, and a TM Web installed in it, along with TM1 portlets for BI.

[aumdy]

What do you mean by "Talk to each other"? Do you mean you want Cognos 10 to use TM1 as a data source for reporting? Do you mean that you want to be able to use TM1 cube views as widgets in Business Insight? Both?

To get C10 to use TM1 as a data source you will need to add a data source connection in the C10 Admin console, pointing to your TM1 server on whichever box it is installed on.

To get C10 to display cube views in Business Insight, you will need to modify the C10 atom files as instructed in the Installation and Configuration guide. You will also probably have to configure TM1 to use the C10 security namespace (CAM security).

Regards,

MF.

Thanks MF.

Here's what we are doing? We have (will have) Cognos BI installed on AIX. One of its main data sources is TM1. The TM1 client components only live on Windows. TM1 Sever components are available for AIX. If I need a TM1 client to access TM1 from the BI Server, am I stuck?

Do we require a TM1 client to be installed on the BI Server in order to access TM1?
Follow up question: Is the TM1 API a client or server component?

[aumdy]

One more question: Do we need to install TM1 Portlets for Cognos10 BI in the Windows box?

I found the install document for TM1 Portlets on C8, but not C10.
The C8 install guide requires TM1 portlets to be installed in the same directory as Cognos8 BI (.../Program Files/Cognos/C8)

Currently, I have installed Cognos10 gateway in: "Program Files/ibm/cognos/C10_64"
TM1 web is installed in: "Program Files/Cognos/TM1"

So according to the documentation, TM1 portlets should be in the same directory: "Program Files/ibm/cognos/C10_64.

But when I try to install the TM1 portlets, I get a message saying it cannot install TM1 portlets in the same directory where another Cognos instance exists.

And for some reason the default filepath for TM1 portlets points to: "Program Files(x86)/ibm/cognos/C10_64", which to me looks like the 32 bit file path.

What am I doing wrong here? Is there a need for TM1 portlets in C10? Would TM1 portlets work if they were NOT installed in the same directory as Cognos BI?

Thanks!