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Technote (troubleshooting) Problem(Abstract) After applying the steps to utilize the Cognos Module in the Installation and Configuration Guide for a 64bit install, the Apache Web server fails to load the Cognos Module. Symptom Exact Error message when starting Apache services, after the httpd.conf file was modified: Starting httpd: httpd: Syntax error on line 205 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: Cannot load  ../c10_64/cgi-bin/mod2_2_cognos.so into server:  ../c10_64/cgi-bin/mod2_2_cognos.so: wrong ELF  class: ELFCLASS32 Cause The Apache Web Server is 64-bit but the current Cognos gateway libraries are 32-bit. Environment Unix Resolving the problem To Enable the 64-bit web gateway follow the steps below: 1. Go to the c10_location/cgi-bin. 2. Type the following command: On UNIX or Linux operating systems, type ./copyGateMod.sh 64bit On Windows operating systems, type copyGateMod.bat 64bit Once the above command is run successfully, the 64-bit gateway files are copied from the c10_location/...

Technote (troubleshooting) Problem(Abstract) During the installation of Cognos Business Intelligence, the following error message is generated when a required openmotif package is missing or is not at the required version level: "Error while loading shared libraries: libXm.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory" Resolving the problem Scenario 1: OpenMotif package is missing For Cognos 10.2, you must install both the 32-bit and 64-bit OpenMotif packages. For Cognos Business Intelligence 8.4.x and Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1.x, only the 32-bit OpenMotif package is required. Depending on the Linux distribution version, you must install one of the following packages: openmotif.x86_64 (RHEL) openmotif.i386 (RHEL5) openmotif.i686 (RHEL6) openmotif (SLES) openmotif-libs-32bit (SLES) Note: For SLES distributions, the OpenMotif libraries can be found at...

I've started compiling some instructions for installing IBM Cognos 10.2.1 Business Intelligence onto a minimal installation of CentOS 6.5. It's mostly been going well up until the point of configuring the Cognos Connection website on Apache.  At that point it seems to be struggling with loading the mod2_2_cognos.so file.  If anybody finds this page and has found a way around this please comment as it's doing my head right in at the moment! Likewise if you see something you think I'm doing wrong below I'd be very happy to hear from you. For now though here's what I did: I've completed the entire installation from a remote command line using the ssh -X command so that graphical output is redirected to my computer. Creating the service account Create "cognos" user. useradd cognos set his password passwd cognos  Installing a Desktop Environment Annoyingly you'll need the a Desktop Environment as the Cognos installer appears to require this. sudo  y...

#folder path $Dir= ' C:\Uploadftp\ftpfiles\ ' #ftp server settings $ftp = 'ftp:// ftpserver /' $user = ' administrator ' $pass = ' ********* ' $webclient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient  $webclient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($user,$pass)       #Searching for files     foreach($item in (dir $Dir "*.*"))     {         #Set default network status to 1         $onNetwork = "1"             try{                 $uri = New-Object System.Uri($ftp+$item.Name)                 $webclient.UploadFile($uri, $item.FullName)             } catch [Exception] {                 $onNetwork = "0"                 write-host $_.Exception.Message;             }              }    Change the bold value based on you requirement.

Download these three software packages from IBM site. 1)CZS50ML_10 BI Server.tar  2) CZQ6MEN_Cognos 10 FM.tar( Framework) 3)CZQ4UML.tar ( To add sample projects) Part 1:   BI server installation a) Extract CZS50ML_10 BI Server folder and and run issetup application file from  Cognos 10\CZS50ML_10 BI Server.tar\win32  folder. b) Select English as an installation language.  c) Click on I agree and click next.  d) Select installation location, if you want change location, Change here. e) It will ask Installation location does not exist and it will ask Yes or NO, Click Yes.. f)  And In component selection page click next      IN shortcut folder page also click next      And Installation summery page click next.. Then installation will progress.... Wait for some time, this process will take time depends on System performance.... g) Click OK for Non English Product Documentation..  Click Finish.... And After this step one more window will come...there you click on This software installed cor...