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Upgrade to IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.1

  1. Install IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.1 software on all the applicable servers:
    1. Download the ca_installer_win_2.0.exe and casrv-11.1.1-1909040729 files from My Oracle Support (MOS) in Patch 23294044.
    2. Right-click on ca_installer_win_2.0, and select Run as administrator.
    3. Select the language to use for the installation, and click Next.

      The Repository selection page appears.

    4. Click Choose, browse to the server repository where the casrv-11.1.1-1909040729-winx64h.zip file is located, click Open, and then click Next.

      The install getting started page appears.

    5. Select IBM Cognos Analytics, and click Next.
    6. Review and accept the license agreement, and click Next.
    7. In the Installation location field, browse to or type the drive and destination folder where the Cognos Analytics application has been installed (for example E:\cognos\c11), and click Next.

      A warning appears, informing you that you are installing in the same location as a previous location and that files will be overwritten.

      Click Yes to agree to choose this location.

    8. Review the pre-installation summary, and click Install.

      The installation program installs Cognos Analytics 11.1.1. This takes several minutes. When the installation is complete, the Complete page appears.

    9. Click Done.
    10. On the Complete page, click Done.
    11. Open the cmplst.txt file in the Cognos installation directory.
    12. Look for the line Manifest=casrv-manifest-11.1.1-1909040729-winx64h.json to confirm that Cognos Analytics 11.1.1 is installed successfully.
    13. Repeat Steps 1a through 1l for all instances in your distributed environment before starting the Cognos Analytics Services and starting the webserver.
  2. Disable XSRF.
    1. Navigate to CognosInstallDir/wlp/usr/servers/cognosserver.
    2. Open the bootstrap.properties file using Notepad.
    3. Add the following line at the end of the file:


      disableXSRFCheck=true

    4. Save the changes by clicking File and then Save.
    5. Close the file.
  3. Start the Cognos service.
    1. Open Cognos Configuration.

      You will be prompted that older versions of Configuration files were found and configuration files have been upgraded to the latest version.

    2. Click OK, and then and save your configuration.
    3. Start the following Windows services, if not started.
      • W3SVC
      • w3logsvc
      • IISADMIN
    4. Change the startup_type to automatic for the following Windows services.
      • IBM Cognos
      • W3SVC
      • w3logsvc
      • IISADMIN
    5. Start the Cognos service

Note: If cognos starts successfully, it implies that Content Store / Content DB is upgraded to the higher version.

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