IBM Cognos 8 BI 8.4.1 Fix Pack 5 (FP5) includes updates to IBM Cognos 8 BI Server.
This Fix Pack provides important product corrections for IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence. This Fix Pack has gone through a targeted regression test suite aimed at validating the roll up of escalated defect resolutions that have gone into the build kits.
Cognos 8 BI 8.4.1 FP5 includes Cognos 8 BI 8.4.1 FP1, FP2, FP3 and FP4 updates to IBM Cognos 8 BI Server.
See IBM Cognos 8 BI 8.4.1 FP1 for updates to IBM Cognos 8 Software Development Kit (SDK) 8.4.1. This SDK was not updated for FP2 or FP3 or FP4.
Issues corrected: Fix List
Cognos 8 BI 8.4.1 Readme
This Fix Pack can only be installed over an existing installation of Cognos 8 BI 8.4.1.
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This section provides additional information about installing this product. Review the information in this section before you begin your installation.
Applying Fix Packs
Keep your Cognos 8 BI environment running at the latest Fix Pack level to ensure problem-free operation. To install a Fix Pack successfully, perform all of the necessary tasks.
Note 1: To install a Fix Pack, you must first download and uncompress the Fix Pack. If you already have Cognos 8 BI products installed in the selected path, you must also stop any Cognos services.
Note 2: To determine component versions in the Fix Pack before install, you must first download, uncompress and either unpack the tar file to disk or read the table of contents of the tar file. Packaged components are in the "zipfiles" directory. This can be done using
Winzip on a Windows system or a combination of the
gunzip and
tar commands on UNIX as described below.
To install a Fix Pack
1. Check Fix Pack prerequisites.
2. Download the appropriate .tar.gz Fix Pack file using the links in the Download Package section.
You can either choose to access the FTP folder directly or you can use a Java™ applet called Download Director to download the files.
Note: Some browsers may change the downloaded file type from .tar.gz. to a file type not recognized by the operating system. To correct this, change the file type back to .tar.gz or use Download Director to avoid this issue.
3. Uncompress the Fix Pack:
Fix Pack installation images on the FTP site are in compressed format. Before you can install a Fix Pack, you must uncompress the Fix Pack installation image in a temporary directory
3.1 Uncompressing Fix Packs (Linux® and UNIX®)
Copy the Fix Pack to the appropriate UNIX operating system or Linux operating system.
To uncompress a Fix Pack installation image, perform the following steps:
3.1.1 Change to the directory where you have downloaded the Fix Pack installation image .
3.1.2 Use the GNU "gunzip" command to uncompress and the GNU "Tar" command to extract the file.
3.1.3 Enter the following command to uncompress the file:
gunzip
filename.tar.gz | tar xvf –
where
filename is the fix pack you are installing.
Note: GNU Zip can be obtained from
www.gzip.org and GNU tar can be obtained from
www.gnu.org/software/tar .
3.2 Uncompress Fix Packs (Windows®)
To uncompress a Fix Pack installation image, perform the following steps:
3.2.1 Change to the directory where you have downloaded the Fix Pack installation image.
3.2.2 Double click the self-extracting .tar.gz file.
The WinZip Self Extractor window opens.
3.2.3 Select the option "use folder names"
3.2.4 Click Unzip.
All files are unzipped to the specified folder.
4. Install the Fix Pack.
4.1 Launch the issetup application found under the <operating system> folder
For example under Microsoft® Windows® XP, the issetup application is issetup.exe and the <operating system> folder is win32.
4.2 Follow the install wizard steps.
The install will update components (as necessary) in the install location indicated.
For more information about Cognos 8 BI installation, consult Part 6 of the
IBM Cognos 8 Installation and Configuration Guide.
For more information about Cognos 8 Go! installation information, see the appropriate install instructions in the Information Center link below.
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It is recommended that you install the latest 8.4.1 Fix Pack available.
Please see the Fix List of the issues corrected.
On
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