Cognos ReportNetTM Installation and Configuration Guide

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Chapter 2: Installing ReportNet on UNIX Requirement Web browser Other SAP BW Specification For all Web browsers, the following enabled: • cookies • JavaScript For Microsoft Internet Explorer only, the following enabled: • Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins • Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting • Active scripting For a terminal emulator to install Cognos products, the emulation set to VT220 equivalent or better to ensure that the hot keys in the Installation wizard work If you want to email reports, the ability to use a mail server The following SAP Front-End components installed on each ReportNet server computer: • SAP GUI 6.20 • BW Add-on Database Connectivity for the Reporting Database The only service that accesses the query database (also known as reporting database) is the reporting engine that runs reports. Ensure that you install the database API software for your reporting sources on each ReportNet server computer. On Windows, the report server supports either native database connectivity or ODBC. On UNIX, the report server supports the native database connectivity. Also on UNIX, for Microsoft SQL Server only, the report server supports the Data Direct ODBC driver for Microsoft SQL Server. This driver is available from Data Direct. Database Connectivity for the Content Store Database The database client software for the database that is used as the content store must be installed and configured on the computer where you install Content Manager. For Oracle databases, Content Manager uses the JDBC thin client, classes12.jar. For DB2 databases, Content Manager uses the JDBC thick client. For Microsoft SQL Server, the data connectivity is included in ReportNet and no other connectivity is required. Supported Environments You can view an up-to-date list of environments supported by Cognos products, such as operating systems, patches, browsers, web servers, directory servers, and database servers on the Cognos support site (http://support.cognos.com). It is important to apply all required operating system patches and to use only the versions of third-party software that are supported for a Cognos product. Otherwise, your product may not work properly. 18 Cognos ReportNet TM
Chapter 2: Installing ReportNet on UNIX Default Settings for UNIX The following table lists the default ReportNet ports and URI settings. After installation, you can use the configuration tool to change the settings. You can also change them by editing the crnstartup.xml file in the crn_location/configuration directory. Setting Default Description Content Manager URI Gateway URI Dispatcher URI SDK URI http://localhost:9300/p2pd /servlet http://localhost:80/crn/cgibin/cognos.cgi http://localhost:9300/p2pd /servlet/dispatch http://localhost:9300/p2pd /servlet/dispatch The URI to Content Manager The URI to the ReportNet gateway The URI to the dispatcher The URI to the dispatcher Log server port 9362 The port used by the local log server The following table lists the default settings used by ReportNet for Tomcat. The non-SSL and SSL connectors are automatically updated in the server.xml file when you use Cognos Configuration to change the dispatcher port (p. 40) or to enable the SSL protocol (p. 47). You can directly update the shutdown port using Cognos Configuration. . Setting Port Description Non-SSL Coyote HTTP/1.1 Connector SSL Coyote HTTP/1.1 connector 9300 The port Tomcat uses to pass requests from the Web server to ReportNet 9334 The port Tomcat uses to listen for secure connections Shutdown port 9399 The port Tomcat uses to listen for a shutdown command Create the Database for the Content Store You must create the database that is used for the content store using either Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, or DB2 UDB. ReportNet uses this database to store, organize, and retrieve information. The database you create must use UTF-8 encoding. It is important to note that for each installation, ReportNet uses a single sort order that specifies the rules used by the database to interpret, collect, compare, and present character data. For example, a sort order defines whether the letter 'a' is less than, equal to, or greater than the letter 'b', whether the collation is case-sensitive; and whether the collation is accent-sensitive. Your database administrator must back up the ReportNet content store regularly because it contains all the ReportNet data. To ensure the security and integrity of the content store, it is also important to protect the database from unauthorized or inappropriate access. Steps for Microsoft SQL Server 1. If you performed a Typical installation of Microsoft SQL Server, after you install you must change the authentication mode to SQL Server and Windows. For more information, see the knowledge base article 269587 on the Microsoft Web site. Installation and Configuration Guide 19
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