Use the installation wizard to select the server components that you want to install,
and the location on your computer where you want to install them.
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.
Procedure
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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.
- 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.
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Follow the directions in the installation wizard to copy the files to your computer.
You can use one of the following installation options:
- Use the Easy install option to install components to a single computer,
install an instance of Informix database for the content store, and configure the system.
Important: If you are upgrading (that is, installing over the top of an existing installation)
an Easy install, manually shut down all services first, including Informix
and ApacheDS services.
- Use the Custom option for a distributed installation to install
components on multiple servers.
Install IBM®
Cognos® Analytics
components in a directory that contains only ASCII characters in the path name. Some Windows web servers do not support non-ASCII characters in
directory names.