Migrating the reporting environment to a new machine

You can migrate the reporting environment for any supported InForm 4.6, 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, or 6.1 study to a new machine. You must install a new Cognos 10 BI Reporting environment, and create, export, and then import your export packages.

Note: Automated deployments from the Central Designer application are not supported for environments that have the InForm database and the InForm reporting database installed on separate instances.

Note: Depending on the InForm version you are migrating from, some steps may not be required.

Install and configure the Cognos 10.2.2 environment.
1. Install and customize the Cognos 10.2.2 software.
2. Identify or create the required users for any InForm study.
Create an export package and export the data from your Cognos environment.
Remove the streams between the InForm study schema and the Reporting schema, and uninstall the Reporting schema.
Create the streams between the InForm study schema and the Reporting schema, and install the Reporting schema.
Run the PFCognosConfig utility.
Import the export package.
- Run the Reporting Import Utility.
Modify the PFRSetupTrial.xml file.
Run PFRInit on the InForm application server.
Delete obsolete reports.
Note: This step is required only if you are upgrading from any InForm 4.6 studies.
Associate custom reports with the new operational packages.
Note: This step is required only if you are upgrading from any InForm 4.6 studies.
Restart the InForm Model Updater service.
Revalidate custom reports.
Update schedules and jobs.
Delete the study organizational units from the LDAP configuration.
Note: This step is not required if you are upgrading from any InForm 6.0 or 6.1 release.