Start cognos on startup linux server

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If you have cognos installed on an linux server it is nice to start cognos bi automatic when the server starts. To achieve this you have to add a script to the folder /etc/init.d

After that you have to perform some commands to add cognos to the startup proces of the linux server.

The following script is used to start cognos 8 on a Oracle Linux installation [Enterprise Linux release 4 (October Update 5)]:

#!/bin/bash
#
# Description: Cognos services auto start-stop script.
# Save script in: /etc/init.d as "cognos"
# Perform next steps to make it autostart on powerup:
# – chmod a+x cognos
# – chkconfig –add cognos
# – chkconfig cognos on
#
JAVA_HOME=/opt/IBMJava2-142/jre
COGNOS_OWNER=root
RETVAL=0
prog="Cognos Services"
start() {
echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
# Start the Cognos services
su – $COGNOS_OWNER -c "/opt/cognos/c8/bin/cogconfig.sh -s"
RETVAL=$?
echo
[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/cognos
return $RETVAL
}
stop() {
echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "
# Stop the Cognos services
su – $COGNOS_OWNER -c "/opt/cognos/c8/bin/cogconfig.sh -stop"
RETVAL=$?
echo
[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -r /var/lock/subsys/cognos
return $RETVAL
}
case "$1″ in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
restart)
stop
start
;;
*)
echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
exit 1
esac

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