Installing Content Manager on Windows operating systems

Use the following procedure to install Content Manager on a Microsoft Windows operating system.

For Windows computers, the default installation location uses the Program Files directory. If you install to this location, ensure that you run IBM Cognos Configuration as an administrator. Alternatively, you can install the product to a directory outside of Program Files, such as C:\IBM\cognos\analytics.

The installation requires at least 5 GB in the temporary directory. The temporary directory is set with the environment variable TMP.

Before you begin

Go to the IBM Software Product Compatibility Reports page (www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6440667) to verify that the required patches are installed on your computer.

Procedure

  1. Go to the location where the installation files were downloaded and extracted, and double-click ca_srv_<platform>_<build>.exe.
    Tip: Use new versions of file compression software to extract the files. Older versions of such software might not extract the files.
  2. Select the language to use for the installation.

    The language that you select determines the language of the user interface. All supported languages are installed. You can change the user interface to any of the installed languages after installation.

  3. Select the Custom installation option, and follow the directions in the installation wizard to copy the files to your computer.
    • When selecting the directory, consider the following:

      Install Content Manager in a directory that contains only ASCII characters in the path name. Some Microsoft Windows operating system Web servers do not support non-ASCII characters in directory names.

      If you are installing IBM® Cognos® Analytics with Watson on a computer that has an earlier version of IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson and you want to keep the earlier version, you must install IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson in a different directory.

    • When selecting components, clear all components except Content repository from the Custom install option.
  4. Click Finish.

What to do next

If you start IBM Cognos Configuration from the installation wizard, ensure that you follow the additional tasks in this section to ensure that your environment is properly set up before you start the services.

You can start IBM Cognos Configuration using the IBM Cognos Configuration shortcut from the Start menu.