
Install the application server, the report server Web application,
and the content store database.
Before you begin
Make sure that:
- The data warehouse component of IBM® Rational® Insight is installed
on a data warehouse system.
- You have completed the preinstallation tasks for the report server.
About this task
On the system that hosts the report server:
- Start the launchpad.sh file.
- Read the release information and ensure you have read the
installation document.
- To begin the installation, click Install IBM
Rational Insight.
- Select IBM Rational Insight and
click Next.
- Read the license agreements and if you accept, click I
accept the terms in the license agreement, and click Next.
- Specify the package group to which you want to install Rational Insight:
- If you have installed the Rational Insight Data Service
component and want to share the IBM WebSphere® Application
Server instance and
profile of the data services application with the Rational Insight application,
select Use the existing package group, select
the package, and click Next.
- If you want to install to a different directory and create
a new WebSphere Application Server instance,
select Create a new package group and click Next.
Installing on a new WebSphere Application Server instance
needs lesser memory and disk space.
- Select Insight Server, the three
server components (Reporting Server, Content
Store Database, and Data Manager),
and XML Data Configuration. Click Next.
- In the Select application server list,
select New installation of WebSphere Application Server
6.1.0.21, and click Next.
Note: This
panel is not displayed if you are sharing a package group with an
earlier data services installation.
- If you want to manually deploy the files on a Web application
server, select Manual Installation. If you
choose this option, several additional steps are needed to configure
the Web application server.
- If you want to use an existing instance of IBM WebSphere Application
Server, select Existing
instance of WebSphere Application Server 6.1.x, click Browse to
select the location of the application server, and click Next.
- In the Database type list, select
the database that hosts the data warehouse, and enter the database
information in all the fields.
- If you are using DB2®,
specify the details of the DB2 administrator
account. If you are using Oracle Server, specify the details of the
DBA user.
- Click Use a default directory to store the databases and
make sure you have enough disk space and access permission to store
the databases. If you don't want to install the databases to the default
directory, click Browse to select another location.
Click Next. If the Next button
remains inactive, verify the following items:
- If you are using DB2, the
administrator user name and password you entered are correct.
- If you are using Oracle Server, the DBA user exists.
- If the database is installed at a location that is not the default
location, the database application location points to the correct
location.
- The database name does not exist in the current database instance.
By default, the data warehouse name is RIDW and
the sample data warehouse name is SAMPLEDW.
- The database server is running.
- Specify how to install the Cognos® report
server and tools, and click Next.
Note: If
you select the manual mode, you must have an existing Cognos installation that you want to use or
you must obtain and install Cognos 8.4
from another source.
- Click Install. When the installation
is over, click Finish.
Note: The
next few steps are needed only if the content store is not located
on the same system as the report server.
- Start Cognos Configuration.
- Go to the content store page.
- Specify the content store database information.
- Test the connection (right-click the content store and
select the test option). If the test is successful, save the configuration
and close the application.