Installing the report server on Windows systems

Windows Install the application server and the report server Web application.

Before you begin

If you want to install the content store database on the report server, make sure you have installed the database management system that will be used to host the content store.

About this task

The report server is deployed on a Web application server.

Procedure

  1. Start the launchpad.exe file.
  2. Read the release information and ensure you have read the installation document.
  3. To begin the installation, click Install [your_product].
  4. Select Rational Common Reporting, and click Next.
  5. Read the license agreements and if you accept, click I accept the terms in the license agreement, and click Next.
  6. Specify the package group to which you want to install Rational Common Reporting:
    • If you have installed the Rational Common Reporting Data Service component and want to share the WAS instance and profile of the data services application with the Rational Common Reporting 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.
  7. Select Common Reporting Server. If you want to install the content store also, select Content Store Database. Click Next.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Start Cognos® Configuration.
  11. Go to the content store page.
  12. Specify the content store database information.
  13. 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.
  14. Stop the server.
    • If the command to stop the server is available in the Start menu, click Start > Programs > IBM WebSphere > Application Server V6.1 > Profiles > RationalInsight > Stop Server.
    • If the Start menu does not contain the command, at the command line, run the stopServer.bat script through the following command:
      [Rational_Common_Reporting_directory]\AppServer\bin\stopServer.bat RationalInsightServer -profileName RationalInsight
  15. Use the Windows® service to start the server. Click Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services, right-click IBM WebSphere Application Server V6.1 - IBM Rational Common Reporting, and click Start.

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