Configuring the report server: Tasks for DB2

Linux The steps needed to configure the DB2® database for the report server depend on the options you chose for the Insight Server feature during the installation process. You might need to create the DB2 content store database, configure the IBM® WebSphere® Application Server instance to host the report server, and build, deploy, and install the enterprise archive files.
About this task
To configure the report server:
Note: Steps 2 to 13 are needed only if you chose the manual installation method.
  1. Configure the report server to connect to the content store by registering the database instances to be automatically started during system reboots.
    1. Run the following command:
      db2iauto -on <instance name> 
    2. Open the /etc/inittab file in an editor.
    3. Locate the following code string:
      fmc:2345:respawn:/opt/ibm/db2/V9.1/bin/db2fmcd #DB2 Fault Monitor Coordinator 
    4. Move the code string and place it just after the id:5:initdefault: command.
  2. Create a content store database.
    Note: Ensure that you, as the current user, have the necessary administrative privileges to create databases and table space containers. The current user is the one that can connect at run time to the Cognos® content store. If you want other users to connect at run time to the Cognos content store, see the IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence Installation and Configuration Guide for instructions.
    1. Start the DB2 command window using a valid DB2 database administrator account. By default, the user is db2inst1.
    2. If you have an existing content store from a previous installation, delete it.
    3. Go to the /opt/ibm/RationalInsight/reportal/contentstore directory.
    4. Switch to the root user by running the su command. If prompted, type the root password.
    5. Set the permissions for the files and folders by running the following command:
      chown db2inst1.db2iadm1 /opt/ibm/RationalInsight/reportal/contentstore -R
      where db2inst1 is the DB2 instance owner and db2iadm1 is the DB2 group.
    6. Return to the database administrator console and run the install.sh shell script through the following command:
      [db2inst1@VEGAVM contentstore]$ ./install.sh
    7. When prompted, specify the parameters for the content store. To see a list of parameters and their explanations, see the related links at the bottom of this page.
    8. Expand the All Databases folder and verify that the database you added is listed.
  3. Set up the Java™ Runtime Environment (JRE) so that Cognos and the report server run on the same JRE instance.
    1. Export JAVA_HOME=[WASDIR]/java/jre
    2. Export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:…
    3. Copy the [INSTALLDIR]/cognos/bin/jre/1.5.0/lib/ext/bcprov-jdk14-134.jar file to the [WASDIR]/java/jre/lib/ext folder.
    4. Ensure that the following DB2 drivers are installed in the [INSTALLDIR]/cognos/webapps/p2pd/WEB-INF/lib directory:
      • db2java.jar
      • db2jcc.jar
      • db2jcc_license_cu.jar
      • db2policy.jar

      If the db2java.jar file is missing and db2java.zip is present, rename the db2java.zip folder to db2java.jar. If you see that the db2jcc4.jar is present, remove it.

    5. Copy the libdb2.so file from the [DB2 INSTALLDIR]/lib32 or [DB2 INSTALLDIR]//lib64 directory to /usr/local/lib directory.
  4. Delete the Tomcat-based IBM Cognos 8 service.
    1. Start the Cognos administration console (run the cogconfig.sh command under /opt/ibm/RationalInsight/cognos/bin).
    2. Right-click the IBM Cognos 8 node, select Delete, and click Yes.
    3. Click Save and click Close.
  5. Create a new content store in Rational® Insight to reference the DB2 content store database.
    1. Start the Cognos administration console (run the cogconfig.sh command under /opt/ibm/RationalInsight/cognos/bin).
    2. Click Data Access > Content Manager, right-click Content Store, and click New Resource > Database.
    3. In the Database name field, enter the name of the database created in step 1.
    4. Select the User ID and password row, click the Edit icon, and enter a user name and password that can be used to access the database content store created at step 1.
    5. Select Local Configuration, and click Save configuration.
  6. Create a new WebSphere Application Server instance to host the report server. This step is not required if you had chosen to install WebSphere Application Server through the Rational Insight installer.
  7. Configure the WebSphere Application Server instance to host the report server.
    1. Restart WebSphere Application Server if you have changed the Cognos Configuration.
    2. Open the WebSphere Application Server administrative console (open a Web browser and point to http://localhost:9060/ibm/console/). If 9060 is not the port number recorded from the WebSphere Application Server Profile Management tool, replace 9060 with any other port number.
    3. Log on to the WebSphere Application Server administrative console (point the browser to http://localhost:portnumber/ibm/console/login.do, and enter your user name and password).
    4. Expand the Servers node on the left sidebar, and select Application servers.
    5. Click the RationalInsightServer link, and expand the Java and Process Management node.
    6. Click the Process Definition link and click the Java Virtual Machine link.
    7. Enter the initial and maximum JVM heap size as 256 and 768.
    8. Click Apply (at the bottom of the page), and click the Save link.
    9. Click the Environment Entries link.
    10. Click New, and add the following property:
      LD_LIBRARY_PATH=[INSTALLDIR]/cognos/bin
    11. Click OK, click New, and add the following property:
      PATH=[INSTALLDIR]/cognos/bin
    12. Click Apply, and click Save.
    13. Restart WebSphere Application Server.
  8. Build and deploy the report server enterprise archive file.
    1. Start the Cognos administration console (run the cogconfig.sh command under /opt/ibm/RationalInsight/cognos/bin).
    2. Select Environment, and change all the ports from 9300 to the port number of the WebSphere Application Server profile which, by default, is 9080.
    3. Select Portal Services, and change all the ports from 9300 to the port number of the WebSphere Application Server profile.
    4. Click Save and click Close.
    5. Select Actions > Build Application Files.
    6. Click Next, accept the default values, and click Next.
    7. Click Finish and click Close.
  9. Install the report server enterprise archive file.
    1. Log on to the WebSphere Application Server administrative console (point the browser to http://localhost:portnumber/ibm/console/login.do, and enter your user name and password).
    2. Expand the Applications node on the left sidebar, and select Install New Application.
    3. Click Browse, go to the [rational_insight_installation_directory]/cognos folder, and select the p2pd.ear file.
    4. Accept the default options and click Next. Do this step four times.
    5. Click the Save link, click Enterprise Applications in the left sidebar, and if Default Application is listed, uninstall it.
    6. Copy the static Cognos Web content files from [rational_insight_installation_directory]/cognos/webcontent/* to the expanded Web archive directory of the application. An example of a Web archive directory is: [WebSphere_installation_directory]/profiles/RationalInsight/installedApps/NODENAME/IBM Cognos 8.ear/p2pd.war.
    7. Select the IBM Cognos 8 application, and click Start. The application takes a few minutes to load fully and to start.
    8. Open a browser and point it to http://server:port/insight/servlet. If Cognos Content Manager is working correctly, you see something similar to the following text on the Web page:
      IBM Cognos 8
      
      Content Manager
      
      Build: 8.4.2519.0
      
      Start time: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 3:00:41 PM PST
      
      Current time: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 3:01:25 PM PST
      
      State: Running. 
    9. Point the Web browser to http://server:port/insight. You should see the home page of the Rational Insight portal.
  10. Deploy the Web archive (WAR) file for the help documents.
    1. Start the WebSphere Application Server administrative console (point your browser to http://localhost:9060/ibm/console/login.do.
    2. Select Applications > Install New Application.
    3. Click Browse and locate the WAR file INSIGHThelp.war. The default location is C:\Program Files\IBM\Rational Insight\UA. Specify the context root to be help and click Next.
    4. On the Select installation options page, click Next.
    5. On the Map modules to servers page, click Next.
    6. On the Map virtual hosts for Web modules page, click Next.
    7. On the Summary page, click Finish.
    8. Click Save.
  11. Install the Rational Insight skin.
    1. Start the WebSphere Application Server administrative console. The default URL is http://localhost:9060/ibm/console/login.do.
    2. Open the Cognos administration page (Launch > IBM Cognos Administration).
    3. Click the Configuration tab.
    4. On the navigation pane at the left of the screen, click Styles.
    5. Click New Style.
    6. In the Name field, enter Rational Insight and click Next.
    7. In the Style resource location field, enter vega.
    8. In the Preview resource field, enter preview.htm.
    9. Click Finish.
  12. Select the Rational Insight skin.
    1. Open the Cognos home page at http://host/cognos8/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi.
    2. Click My Area and click My Preferences.
    3. In the Style box, select Rational Insight and click OK.
  13. Set the Rational Insight skin as the default skin.
    1. Open the Cognos home page at http://host/cognos8/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi. Ensure that you have administrator rights.
    2. Click Security.
    3. Click Cognos.
    4. Click the Edit Default User Profile icon (to the left of the search button).
    5. Click Preferences.
    6. In the Style box, select Rational Insight and click OK.
  14. Import the Rational Insight sample reports.
    1. Copy the [rational_insight_installation_directory]/reportal/deployment/Rational_Example_Reports.zip file to the [rational_insight_installation_directory]/cognos/deployment/ directory.
    2. Open the Rational Insight Web application at server:port/insight.
    3. Open the Cognos administration page.
    4. Click Configuration.
    5. Click Content Administration, click the New Import icon.
    6. Ensure that Rational_Example_Reports is listed as a deployment archive, and click Next twice.
    7. To import all packages and folders, select the box in the table header, and click Next four times.
    8. Click Finish, click Run, and click OK.
    9. Click the Home icon and verify that all packages and folders are listed in Public Folders.
  15. Change the URLs of the XML data configuration files to match your environment.
    The sample data configuration files define the default mappings for all templates and sample data for each product. Take a backup of the sample XML data configuration files, and then edit the files to match your environment. Resource groups are defined at the following levels:
    • Rational ClearQuest®: At the user database level
    • Rational ClearCase®: At the view level
    • Rational TestManager: At the project level
    • Rational Team Concert™: At the project level
    • Rational Quality Manager: At the project level
    1. Start XML Data Configuration.
    2. Click File > Open Configuration, go to the directory where the data configuration files are located, and open the product data configuration file; for example clearcase.xdc. The default location is the /opt/ibm/RationalInsight/dataconfig/configs/ directory. When prompted to create an ETL project, click OK.
    3. In the XML Data Explorer, expand the tree structure until the resource groups are visible (XML Data Configuration > Resource Category). The resource groups are represented by the data source icons. Delete all resource group definitions that are not applicable.
    4. Select the applicable resource group, right-click, and click Edit.
    5. In the Data Service field, enter the URL of the resource group on the server where Rational Insight Data Services is installed. The syntax of the URL is http://host:port/Data Services/Name of adapter/name of resource, where host is the name of the Rational Insight Data Services server, port is the port used by Rational Insight Data Services, Data Services is the root directory where Rational Insight Data Services is installed, Name of adapter is the name of the product for the data source, and name of resource is the name of the product resource. For example: http://host:9080/DataServices/ClearQuest/ALM/SAMPL. To see how to find out the URL of the resource group, refer to section on configuring the product sources for Rational Insight Data Services.
    6. Click File > Save.
  16. Allow non-root users to modify XML data configuration files.

    If the installation is through the root user account, only the root user has the permissions for modifying the XML data configuration files. To allow other users to modify these files:

    1. At the root console, run the following command to activate X host access permission for non-root users.
      xhost [+]name
      where name is the host name or user name allowed to make connections to the X server. Repeat the command for all the names that you want to add to the list.
    2. From the root console, navigate to the directory containing the XML data configuration files, and use the following command to change the owner of these files and their parent folder or to add write permission to these files and folders.
      chown USER.GROUP FOLDERNAME -R
    3. Run the following command to add write permission to configuration folder.
      chown USER.GROUP /opt/ibm/RationalInsight/dataconfig/configurations -R
  17. Test the data source connections for the data warehouse and the product sources.
    1. Open the Rational Insight Web application at http://server:port/insight.
    2. Open the Cognos administration page (click Launch > IBM Cognos Administration or if you are at the Rational Insight Welcome page, click the Administration link in the banner).
    3. Click Configuration > Data Source Connections > RIDW.
    4. Click the Set properties action for the RIDW data source.
    5. Click Connection, select the Connection string field, and click the Edit icon (the pencil icon at the right of the field).
    6. In the DB2 Connection string field, ensure that SAMPLEDW is the database name, and jdbc:db2://localhost:50000/SAMPLEDW is the connect string. Click Test the connection.
    7. Click OK twice.
    8. Click Configuration > Data Source Connections > productsource, where productsource is the name of the product data source.
    9. Click the Set properties action for the product data source.
    10. Click Connection, select the Connection string field, and click the Edit icon (the pencil icon at the right of the field).
    11. In the Connection string field, specify the Signon properties, if needed.
    12. Click OK twice.
  18. Test-run the Rational Insight sample reports.
    1. Open the Rational Insight Web application at http://server:port/insight.
    2. Click the Sample Report Definitions folder.
    3. Run the reports.
What to do next
If you have upgraded to Rational Insight Multilingual, you need to deploy the WAR files for the Performance Measurement Practices application. For instructions to do so, see the Related tasks link at the bottom of this page.

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