About this task
Copy the DB2 client
libraries to the Cognos® Web
application and Cognos install
directory. Configure Cognos to
access the content store.
- Copy the following DB2 drivers
from the [DB2_installation_directory]/java/ directory
to the [rational_insight_installation_directory]/cognos/webapps/p2pd/WEB-INF/lib directory:
- db2java.jar or db2java.zip
- db2jcc*.jar
- db2policy.jar
If the db2java.jar file is missing and db2java.zip is
present, rename db2java.zip to db2java.jar.
- Configure Cognos to
access the content store:
- Go to the Cognos administration
console (In Windows, click ).
- Click , right-click Content
Store, and click .
- In the Database name field, enter
the name of the database created in step 1.
- 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.
- Select Local Configuration, and
click Save configuration.
Results
You can now start using
Rational Insight. To connect
to the server, open a Web browser and point to
http://host:9080/insight,
where
host is the server name or the IP address
of your server where
Rational Insight is installed.