While troubleshooting IBM®
Cognos® Business Intelligence components, you might need to
review the logs generated by each server. You can locate the logs for each component below the
component’s installation directory.
Location of log files
Table 1 provides the log location for each server component deployed with Cognos Business Intelligence.
Table 1. Location of log files generated by applications on the Cognos Business Intelligence serverLog |
Location |
Cognos BI Server
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Installation logs folder: Cognos_BI_install_path/instlog- IBM
AIX® or Linux:
/opt/IBM/CognosBI/instlog
- Microsoft
Windows: C:\Program
Files\IBM\Cognos\instlog
The installation wizard creates two log files: the transfer log file and the transfer
summary-error log file. The log file names include the product name, version, build number, and
timestamp.
Setup log: /CognosSetup/cognos-setup.log- IBM
AIX or Linux:
/opt/CognosSetup/cognos-setup.log
- Microsoft
Windows:
C:\CognosSetup\cognos-setup.log
Configuration log: /CognosSetup/cognos-configure.log- AIX or Linux:
/opt/CognosSetup/cognos-configure.log
- Windows:
C:\CognosSetup\cognos-configure.log
System log: Cognos_BI_install_path/logs/cogserver.log- AIX or Linux:
/opt/IBM/CognosBI/logs/cogserver.log
- Windows: C:\Program
Files\IBM\Cognos\logs\cogserver.log
|
Cognos Transformer
|
Installation logs folder:
Cognos_Transformer_install_path/instlog- IBM
AIX or Linux:
opt/IBM/CognosTF/instlog
- Microsoft
Windows: C:\Program Files
(x86)\IBM\Cognos\instlog
The installation wizard creates two log files: the transfer log file and the transfer
summary-error log file. The log file names include the product name, version, build number, and
timestamp.
Setup log: /CognosSetup/cognos-setup.log- AIX or Linux:
/opt/CognosSetup/cognos-setup.log
- Windows:
C:\CognosSetup\cognos-setup.log
Configuration log: /CognosSetup/cognos-configure.log- AIX or Linux:
/opt/CognosSetup/cognos-configure.log
- Windows:
C:\CognosSetup\cognos-configure.log
System log:
Cognos_Transformer_install_path/logs/cogserver.log- AIX or Linux:
opt/IBM/CognosTF/logs/cogserver.log
- Windows: C:\Program Files
(x86)\IBM\Cognos\logs\cogserver.log
|
Cognos PowerCube build log
|
Build log:
Cognos_Transformer_install_path/metricsmodel/trxschelog.log- AIX or Linux:
opt/IBM/CognosTF/metricsmodel/trxschelog.log
- Windows: C:\Program Files
(x86)\IBM\Cognos\metricsmodel\trxschelog.log
Also on Windows:
My_Documents\Transformer\Logs\*.log
For example: C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Transformer\Logs\*.log
|
IBM
WebSphere® Application Server
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System log:
WAS_install_root/profiles/AppSrv01/logs/Cognos_server_name/SystemOut.log- AIX or Linux:
opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/CognosNode01/logs/cognos_server/SystemOut.log
- Windows: C:\Program
Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\CognosNode01\logs\cognos_server\SystemOut.log
addNode log:
WAS_install_root/profiles/AppSrv01/logs/addNode.log- AIX or Linux:
opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/CognosNode01/logs/addNode.log
- Windows: C:\Program
Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\CognosNode01\logs\addNode.log
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