Cognos Metrics post-uninstall check

About this task

After completing the uninstall, check that the following Cognos-related services no loner appear to make sure the uninstall was successful:
  1. Everything pertaining to Cognos® in WebSphere® Application Server should be removed.
    Note: Check the first point in the WebSphere® Application Server administrative console of Deployment Manager and the local node.
    • For a federated, clustered node:
      • On Deployment Manager, the Cognos® application is removed
      • On Deployment Manager, there is no Cognos® server
      • On Deployment Manager, there is no Cognos® node
      • On Deployment Manager, there is no Cognos® cluster
      • On the node where Cognos® was installed, there is no Cognos® application
      • On the node where Cognos® was installed, there is no Cognos® server
    • For standalone:
      • Cognos® application in WebSphere® Application Server administrative console of the node
      • Cognos® server in WebSphere® Application Server administrative console of the node.
  2. Cognos® BI, Transformer installation folders are deleted.
  3. Power Cube® folder is deleted.
  4. Scheduled Tasks are removed.
    Note: To check that scheduled tasks for Metrics have been removed:
    • On Windows: Under Administrative Tools > Task Scheduler ensure that MetricsCubeDailyRefresh and MetricsCubeWeeklyRebuild do not appear in the Active Tasks list.
    • On AIX® or Linux:
      1. Run #crontab -l in the terminal.
      2. Ensure that neither %Cognos_Transformer_install_path%/metricsmodel/daily-refresh.sh nor %Cognos_Transformer_install_path%/metricsmodel/weekly-rebuild.sh appear. (%Cognos_Transformer_install_path% is the folder where you installed Transformer.)
Note: After the uninstall of a secondary Cognos® BI server, a folder with the name of the other nodes (usually the primary node) still will be in %was_profile_path%/installedApps (for example, %was_profile_path%/installedApps/%primary_node_name%). These files remain because of federation. You can delete them after the uninstallation, however there is no harm in letting them remain and they will not interfere with reinstallation of a secondary BI server.