
Install the application server and the report
server Web application.
Before you begin
- The data warehouse component of Rational® Common Reporting 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 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
- Start the launchpad.exe file.
- Read the release information and ensure you have read the
installation document.
- To begin the installation, click Install [your_product].
- Select Rational Common Reporting, 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 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.
- Select Common Reporting Server.
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.
- 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 Common Reporting, and click Start.