Managing clusters

You can start or stop servers in a single action if they are members of the same cluster. To first stop and then restart each member of a cluster automatically, you can use the ripplestart option, unless you are starting the cluster just after the IBM Cognos® Business Intelligence service was installed.

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To start a cluster the first time after the IBM® Cognos® Business Intelligence service is installed, start each server individually. Do not use the ripplestart option, because this option does not give IBM Cognos BI enough time to initialize.

The administrative console might report issues when you first start the IBM Cognos BI server. The initialization of each server instance in the IBM Cognos BI content store database and disk area during the first startup takes much longer than a normal IBM Cognos BI startup.