Upgrade to IBM Cognos 8 in an Application Server Environment  

If you are upgrading from a supported release to IBM Cognos 8, perform the following steps.

Steps

1. Back up your existing IBM Cognos information .

2. Use the administrative tools for your application server to undeploy the existing IBM Cognos application.

   For information about undeploying applications, see your application server documentation.

   If the directory to which the existing IBM Cognos application was originally deployed is not removed during the undeploy process, delete the directory.

   Also, remove any IBM Cognos .jar files that are cached in your application server environment.

   In WebLogic 8.1, the cache location is %WL_HOME%\user_projects\domains\domain-name\managed-server-name\.wlnotdelete\extract\crn_p2pd_p2pd\ jarfiles

3. Uninstall the existing version. .

4. Install IBM Cognos 8 .

5. Follow the appropriate instructions in this chapter for changing to your application server.

   Most installations must perform the following:

   • Configure IBM Cognos 8 to run within the application server.

   • Configure application server properties and deploy IBM Cognos 8.

6. To activate new features after upgrading, save the configuration in IBM Cognos Configuration, and then restart the services.