Supported Environments Ending with IBM Cognos 8 Planning
Cognos is committed to supporting the latest technologies being used by our customers. As we move forward in our support for these newer technologies, IBM Cognos 8.4 Planning will be the last release to support the following environments:
Relational Databases
Oracle 9i
Microsoft SQL Server 2000
Software Environments
All versions stated of an environment presume the initial release of a 3rd party product without any need for patches/service packs or equivalent terms unless stated. Equally, unless stated, IBM Cognos presumes that the 3rd party product has not been configured to disable new features (compatibility modes) and that all patches/service packs are upward compatible for our products from the versions stated.
IBM Cognos Planning 8.4 is a 32-bit product and will integrate with 3rd party 32-bit libraries only.
All references to Windows refer to Windows on x86 Architecture.
Software environments listed for IBM Cognos 8 Planning 8.4 are listed as active, compatible or not supported. Environments denoted as active are the environments tested by Cognos. Although environments denoted as compatible may also be tested, testing may be limited or support may be based on upward compatibility statements from Cognos partners and third-party vendors. Older releases of environments may transition over time from active to compatible as significant testing would have occurred in previous Cognos releases.
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter Editions)
Compatible
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 Standard Edition
Active
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 (Web, Enterprise and Datacenter Editions)
Compatible
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 Standard Edition
Active
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 (Web, Enterprise, and Datacenter Editions)
Compatible
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 (Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter Editions)
Compatible
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1 (Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter Editions)
Compatible
Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 (Web And Admin Clients only)
Active
Microsoft Windows Vista (Web and Admin Clients only)
Compatible
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3
Active
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2
Compatible
Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 (Advanced, Datacenter, Professional, and Server Edition)
Compatible (Clients - Classic only)
Planning Database Support
Database Support
Support
IBM DB2 UDB 9.5
Active
IBM DB2 UDB 9.1
Compatible
IBM DB2 UDB 8.2
Compatible
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 via Native Client
Active
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 via OLE-DB
Compatible
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP4 via OLE-DB
Compatible
Oracle 11g Release 1 via Oracle 11g Release 1 client with ODAC 11.1.0.6.21 (SP1 and above)
Active
Oracle 11g Release 1 via Oracle 10g Release 2 Client
Compatible
Oracle Real Application Clustering (Oracle 10g Release 2)
Compatible
Oracle 10g Release 2 via Oracle 10g Release 2 Client
Compatible
Oracle 10.1.0.3 (10g) via 10.1.0.3 client or via 9.2.0.6 Oracle client, 9.2.0.4 OLE DB Provider, and Oracle client patch set 3557062
Compatible
Oracle 9i Release 2 via 9.2.0.6 Oracle client, 9.2.0.4 OLE DB Provider, and Oracle client patch set 3557062
Compatible
External Data Sources
Data Source
Support
SAP NetWeaver 2004s BI (Unicode)
Compatible
SAP BW 3.5
Active
Cognos 8 Packages
Data Source
Support
Cognos 8 BI 8.4 Cognos Packages
Compatible
Web Browsers
Operating System
Support
Firefox 3
Windows
Active
Firefox 2
Windows
Compatible
Internet Explorer 7.0
Windows
Active
Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2
Windows
Compatible
Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1
Windows
Compatible
Excel
Hosts and Interoperability
Support
Excel 2007
Active
Excel 2003
Compatible
Excel 2002
Compatible
Third Party Components (embedded/bundled)
Support
MDAC 2.8
Active
MDAC 2.7
Compatible
Terminal Servers
Support
Note: Analyst, Contributor and Finance are supported products in a Citrix environment. These products, used in conjunction with other Cognos products on Citrix, are not supported.
Citrix Presentation Server 4.0
Active
Citrix Metaframe XP
Compatible
Windows 2008 Windows Terminal Services
Compatible
Windows 2003 Windows Terminal Services
Compatible
Windows 2000 Windows Terminal Services
Compatible
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