Updating Cognos that was installed using the installation wizard
About this task
For Windows
Procedure
- Go to the Fix
Central web site to download the fix and replace files detailed in the table.
Note: If you just want to change the user name and password for the Cognos administrator or database, skip this step.
Table 1. Files to replace when updating your Cognos deployment for WindowsFiles to replace and their destination directory Files to Replace Destination directory lc.metrics.cognos.api.jar %COGNOS_INSTALLER_PATH%/BI-Customization/JAR MetricsAuditCube.mdl %COGNOS_INSTALLER_PATH%/models MetricsPkg.zip %COGNOS_INSTALLER_PATH%/MetricsPkg MetricsTrxCube.mdl %COGNOS_INSTALLER_PATH%/models - Restore the value for the PASSWORD REMOVED property
in the cognos-setup.properties file to the original
password unless the passwords were not removed during installation.
Update the user name and password for the Cognos administrator and database if this information has been changed.
- Run the Cognos update using the following command:
>cognos-update-redeploy-ear.bat
- If you only need to update BI Server, use the following command:
>cognos-update-redeploy-ear.bat -doBIServerOnly=true
- If you only need to update Transformer, use the following command:
>cognos-update-redeploy-ear.bat -doTransformerOnly=true
- Wait for the script to run.
- If you only need to update BI Server, use the following command:
For Linux and AIX
Procedure
- Go to the Fix
Central web site to download the fix and replace files detailed in the table.
Note: If you just want to change the user name and password for the Cognos administrator or database, skip this step.
Table 2. Files to replace when updating your Cognos deployment for Linux and AIX Files to replace and their destination directory
Files to Replace Destination directory lc.metrics.cognos.api.jar %COGNOS_INSTALLER_PATH%/BI-Customization/JAR MetricsAuditCube.mdl %COGNOS_INSTALLER_PATH%/models MetricsPkg.zip %COGNOS_INSTALLER_PATH%/MetricsPkg MetricsTrxCube.mdl %COGNOS_INSTALLER_PATH%/models - Grant permission to cognos-update-redeploy-ear.sh using
the following command:
chmod 0755 -R *
- Restore the PASSWORD REMOVED in
the cognos-setup.properties file to the original
password, unless the passwords were not removed during installation.
Update the user name and password for the Cognos administrator and database if this information has been changed.
- Run the Cognos update using the following command:
#./cognos-update-redeploy-ear.sh
- If you only need to update BI Server, use the following command:
#./cognos-update-redeploy-ear.sh -doBIServerOnly true
- If you only need to update Transformer, use the following command:
#./cognos-update-redeploy-ear.sh -doTransformerOnly true
- If you only need to update BI Server, use the following command:
- Wait for the script to complete running.