Installing and configuring the Application services

You can install the Application services components on different computers or on the same computer.

Install the Application services components
Set up database connectivity for reporting databases
To support communication between IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson and the data sources, you must install additional software for your data sources on the same computer that hosts the report server. Depending on the data source and query mode, the required software might include database clients, or Java™ Database Connectivity (JDBC) driver files, or both.
Start IBM Cognos Configuration
Use IBM Cognos Configuration to configure IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson components and to start and stop IBM Cognos services.
Configure Environment Properties for Application services components computers
If you install the Application services components on a different computer than Content Manager, you must configure the Application services components computer so that it knows the location of Content Manager. The distributed components can then communicate with each other.
Enabling the 64-bit version of report server
You can choose to use a 32-bit or 64-bit version of the report server component. To use the 64-bit version, you must enable it using IBM Cognos Configuration. The default option is 32-bit.
Start the Application services components
After you have configured the environment properties, you can start the services on the Application services components computer.
Test the Application services components
You can test the installation using a Web browser.

Parent topic: Configuring server components