Application server: Creating the reporting services application server profile

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Use IBM® Installation Manager to install and configure the WebSphere® application server profile for Reporting Services.

Before you begin

  1. Ensure that your environment is prepared, including hardware and software requirements, and any software packages downloaded. See Preparing your environment for a custom installation.
  2. Ensure that your environment is prepared before you install Reporting Services. See Reporting Services.
  3. Ensure that you installed the WebSphere Application Server. See Application server: Installing WebSphere Application Server.
  4. Ensure that you installed the Jazz for Service Management extension for IBM WebSphere. See Application server: Installing the security extension for WebSphere.
Important: If you are installing as a non-root user, note that the non-root installations are placed in the user's home directory. See Installing as a root user or non-root user.

About this task

If you want to install Tivoli® Common Reporting on a separate application server or install Reporting Services separately in a non Dashboard Application Services Hub environment, you must first create an application server profile that is used for Jazz for Service Management by installing Reporting Services. You can then deploy Reporting Services into this profile.

Procedure

  1. Depending on whether you have a browser on the target server, start either the launchpad or Installation Manager.
  2. Select each check box that is associated with the software package to install, and click Next. If IBM WebSphere Application Server is not already installed, select IBM WebSphere Application Server and its extension.
    • IBM Installation Manager Version 1.8.4.1
    • IBM WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5.5.9
    • IBM WebSphere SDK Java™ Technology Edition (Optional) Version 7.0.9.30
    • Jazz for Service Management extension for IBM WebSphere 8.5.5.9
    • Dashboard Application Services Hub Version 3.1.3.0
    • Reporting Services Version 3.1.3.0
    The Installation Manager > Licenses panel opens.
  3. Review the license agreement for the following software packages as required, and accept the terms; click Next.
    • IBM Installation Manager Version 1.8.4.1
    • IBM WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5.5.9
    • Jazz for Service Management extension for IBM WebSphere 8.5.
    • Dashboard Application Services Hub Version 3.1.3.0
    • Reporting Services Version 3.1.3.0
    The Installation Manager > Location panel opens.
  4. Accept the specified default installation locations for the software packages as outlined in Table 1 and click Next.
    Restriction: If you specify a non-default installation directory, ensure that the path and directory name do not contain non-ASCII, special, or double-byte characters. Use only these characters: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ _\:0123456789()~-./
    Table 1. Installation locations for the software packages
    Software package Platform Location
    Package group: WebSphere Application Server

    WebSphere Application Server

    (WAS_HOME)

    Windows

    		 C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer

    AIX®

    Linux®

    Linux on System z®

    		 /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
    Package group: Core services in Jazz for Service Management

    Jazz for Service Management

    (JazzSM_HOME)

    		 Windows C:\Program Files\IBM\JazzSM

    AIX

    Linux

    Linux on System z

    		 /opt/IBM/JazzSM

    Jazz for Service Management WebSphere application server profile

    (JazzSM_WAS_Profile)

    All platforms

    		 JazzSM_WAS_Profile
    Note: This location is specified during configuration.

    Dashboard Application Services Hub

    Windows

    		 C:\Program Files\IBM\JazzSM
    Note: Dashboard Application Services Hub is installed to C:\Program Files\IBM\JazzSM\ui referred to as DASH_HOME.

    AIX

    Linux

    Linux on System z

    		 /opt/IBM/JazzSM
    Note: Dashboard Application Services Hub is installed to /opt/IBM/JazzSM/ui, referred to as DASH_HOME.

    AIX

    Linux

    Linux on System z

    		 /opt/IBM/JazzSM

    AIX

    Linux

    Linux on System z

    		 /opt/IBM/JazzSM

    AIX

    Linux

    Linux on System z

    		 /opt/IBM/JazzSM
    Note: Security Services is installed to /opt/IBM/JazzSM/security, referred to as SECURITY_HOME.

    AIX

    Linux

    Linux on System z

    		 /opt/IBM/JazzSM
    Note: Administration Services UI is installed to /opt/IBM/JazzSM/admin_ui, referred to as ADMINUI_HOME.

    Reporting Services

    Windows

    		 C:\Program Files\IBM\JazzSM\reporting
    Note: Reporting Services UI is installed to C:\Program Files\IBM\JazzSM\reporting, referred to as REPORTING_HOME

    AIX

    Linux

    Linux on System z

    		 /opt/IBM/JazzSM/reporting

    Reporting Services

    All platforms

    		 JazzSM_WAS_Profile
    Note: This location is specified during configuration, as specified in the Common Configuration > WebSphere Profile Configuration panel.
    The Installation Manager > Features – languages panel opens.
  5. Accept the default translated languages that are selected in the Translations Supported by All Packages panel; click Next.
    The Installation Manager > Features panel opens.
  6. Select the following features to install and click Next.
    Option Description
    IBM Installation Manager Version 1.8.4.1 IBM Installation Manager Version 1.8.4.1
    IBM WebSphere SDK Java Technology Edition (Optional) Version 7.0.9.30 IBM WebSphere SDK Java Technology Edition (Optional) Version 7.0.9.30
    WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5.0.1

    WebSphere Application Server Full Profile

    • EJBDeploy tool for pre-EJB 3.0 modules
    • Stand-alone thin clients, resource adapters and embeddable containers > Stand-alone thin clients and resource adapters
    • Stand-alone thin clients, resource adapters and embeddable containers > Embeddable EJB container
    • Sample applications

    IBM WebSphere SDK for Java Technology Edition 6

    • IBM 32-bit WebSphere SDK for Java
    • IBM 64-bit WebSphere SDK for Java
    Note: Ensure that you select IBM 64-bit WebSphere SDK for Java, otherwise the installation fails.
    WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5.0.1 ships IBM WebSphere SDK for Java Technology Edition 6. However, custom installation provides an option to install IBM WebSphere SDK for Java Technology Edition 7.
    Jazz for Service Management extension for IBM WebSphere 8.5.0
    • Jazz for Service Management extension for IBM WebSphere > Install WebSphere extension
    Dashboard Application Services Hub
    • Installation
    • Configuration
    Administration Services UI
    • Installation
    • Configuration
    Reporting Services
    • Schema
      • Installation
      • Configuration
    • Application
      • Installation
      • Configuration
    The Installation Manager > Features configuration panel opens for the selected software package.
  7. Either create or use the JazzSMProfile, which is the WebSphere application server profile for Jazz for Service Management on the target application server.
    1. In the Common Configurations > WebSphere Configuration panel, click Browse to select the full path to the WebSphere Application Server installation directory.
    2. From the Profile deployment type drop-down list, select one of the following options:
      • Create WebSphere profile, if you want to create the WebSphere application server profile.

        Select this option, if this integration service is the first one to be installed on the target application server and you want to create the profile.

      • Use existing WebSphere profile, if you want to use the existing JazzSMProfile.

        Select this option, if you already installed another integration service and created the JazzSMProfile during that installation.

    3. If you accept the default settings for the WebSphere application server profile, specify the User name and Password; otherwise specify different values.
      Fields Description
      WebSphere installation location The full path to the WebSphere Application Server profile directory.
      Profile name The default WebSphere Application Server profile name, that is, JazzSMProfile.
      Attention: If you want to install all integration services on a single server, or you are installing Dashboard Application Services Hub on a separate application server, you must specify JazzSMProfile as the profile name.
      Node name The default server node for the WebSphere application server profile, that is, JazzSMNode01.
      Server name The default name of the application server, that is, server1.
      User name The administrator user ID for the application server profile.
      Password The password that is associated with the administrator user ID.
      Password confirmation The confirmed password that is associated with the administrator user ID.
      Note: This field is displayed only when you select Create WebSphere profile from the Profile deployment type list.
    4. Click Validate. After Installation Manager validates the details, it enables the Next button. Click Next.
    5. In the Common Configurations > Ports Configuration panel, accept the default values for the ports. Alternatively, change the value in the HTTP transport port field, and Installation Manager automatically changes the values in the remaining fields that are based on this value.
    Note: A Windows service is not created when the application server profile is created.
  8. Specify the complete path where the extracted Cognos® install image is located (upto TCRCognos directory) and click Validate. For example:C:\ExtractedDir\TCRCognos
  9. Review the software packages to be installed and their installation directories; click Install.

    Installation Manager calls the scripts to install the software packages and configure WebSphere Application Server and Jazz for Service Management.

What to do next

Install Reporting Services.