Install WebSphere Application Server for Cognos Business Intelligence
Install IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment on the computer that will host IBM Cognos Business Intelligence, so the server can be managed by the Deployment Manager used with Connections.
The WebSphere node hosting the Cognos BI server will be federated to the same dedicated dmgr as the Connections deployment. Do not use a WebSphere node that has already been federated to a different dmgr.
- Install WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment as described in the WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5.5 knowledge center.
Use WebSphere Customization Toolbox to create an Application server type profile. It will be federated to the dmgr by the Cognos Installation wizard.
If we will use a server where the appropriate version of WAS Network Deployment is already deployed, you do not have to install it again; just create a new Application server profile for Cognos Business Intelligence with WebSphere Customization Toolbox, or run the WAS command :
IBM AIX , Linux
manageprofiles.sh -create -templatepath WAS_install_root/profileTemplates/default -adminUserName was_admin_name -adminPassword was_admin_password -profileName cognosProfile -nodeName CognosNode01
Windows
manageprofiles.bat -create -templatepath WAS_install_root\profileTemplates\default -adminUserName was_admin_name -adminPassword was_admin_password -profileName cognosProfile -nodeName CognosNode01
We can verify the installation was successful by reviewing the WAS log stored in: Cognos_WAS_node_profile/logs/Cognos_server_name/SystemOut.log; for example on Windows:
C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\cognosProfile\logs\cognos_server\SystemOut.log
- On the newly installed server, set the system clock to match the time (and time zone) on the dmgr’s computer.
Attention: The node’s clock must be synced to within 1 minute of the dmgr’s clock to ensure that federation does not fail in a later task.
Parent topic:
Set up IBM Cognos Metrics to work with Connections