Taking periodic backups of Rational® Common Reporting data is a good practice. Taking backups is essential if
you are upgrading your version of Rational Common Reporting. You can back up the custom settings, and the files, databases,
projects, and catalogs.
About this task
You can back up the custom settings for the IBM® Cognos® configuration, XML data configuration files, Rational Common Reporting skin, and, if you are using Rational Common Reporting the servlet parameters of the data service portal. You
can also back up your data warehouse and content store.
Taking
backups is essential if you are upgrading to a newer version of Rational Common Reporting because after you upgrade, you cannot roll back your installation
to the previous version.
To back up your data:
Procedure
- Back up the custom settings for Cognos configuration.
- Start the Cognos Configuration tool (click ).
- Write down any custom settings, including the information
in .
Copy all the settings to an XML file. To do so, click and save the settings as an XML file.
- Close the Cognos Configuration tool.
- If you have customized your XML data configuration files,
back up the files. Copy all the files in the rational_common_reporting_installation_directory\dataconfig\configs\ directory to a directory outside
the installation directory of Rational Common Reporting.
- Back up the custom settings to the Rational Common Reporting skin.
Copy the contents of the following
directories to a temporary location outside the installation directory
of
Rational Common Reporting.
- rational_common_reporting_installation_directory\cognos\templates\
- rational_common_reporting_installation_directory\cognos\webapps\p2pd\
- rational_common_reporting_installation_directory\cognos\webcontent\
- If you are using Rational Common Reporting, write down the servlet parameter settings.
- Open the WebSphere® Administrative Console (http://localhost:9060/ibm/console).
- In the navigator, expand the Applications node and click .
- When you reach the page where all the servlet parameters
are defined, write down the parameters.
- Back up your data warehouse. See the documentation for
the relational database management system that hosts your data warehouse.
- Back up your content store.
- Copy all the contents of the rational_common_reporting_installation_directory\reportal\contentstore directory to a directory other
than the installation directory of Rational Common Reporting.
- Export the entire report package to a directory outside
the installation directory of Rational Common Reporting. See the related links at the bottom of this page.
What to do next
If you are upgrading to a newer version of
Rational Common Reporting, after you have installed the upgrade, you must restore
the backed up files to their original locations and apply your custom
settings. For instructions on how to upgrade and how to restore the
backups, see the related links at the bottom of this page.