
Install the application server, the report server Web application,
and the content store database.
Before you begin
- 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.
If you want to install the content store database on the report
server, make sure you have installed the database that will be used
to host the content store.
About this task
The report server is deployed on a Web application server.
The content store database can be installed on the same system as
the report server or on the system that hosts the data warehouse server.
- Start the launchpad.exe 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 WAS instance and profile of the data
services application with the 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 WAS 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 two server
components (Reporting Server and Data
Manager), and XML Data Configuration.
If you want to install the content store also, select Content
Store Database. Click Next.
- In the Select application server list,
select New installation of WebSphere Application Server
6.1.0.21, and click Next.
Note: - 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.
Note: The next 3 steps are needed only if
you are installing the content store.
- 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®,
click Verify user. If the connection fails,
make sure the DB2 server is
running, and the administrator user name and password you entered
are correct. If you are using Oracle or Microsoft® SQL Server, ignore this step.
- 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.
- 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 four 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.
- Stop the server.
- Use the Windows® service
to start the server. Click , right-click IBM WebSphere Application Server
V6.1 - IBM Rational Insight, and click Start.