Upgrading an existing InForm 6.1 reporting environment

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Upgrading an existing InForm 6.1 reporting environment

You can upgrade any InForm 6.1 reporting environment to the Cognos 10.2.2 release.

Before you begin the reporting upgrade, make sure that all the InForm studies in the Cognos environment have been upgraded to the InForm 6.1.1 release.

  1. Back up the content store database.
  2. Run a consistency check on the Content Store database.
  3. Clean the Cognos notifications database.
  4. Export the Content Store database.

    This step is required only if you are migrating from an Oracle 11g database to an Oracle 12c database.

  5. Back up customized files.
  6. Import Content Store and PFCAPAdmin user into the Oracle 12c instance.

    This step is required only if you are migrating from an Oracle 11g database to an Oracle 12c database.

  7. Uninstall the Cognos 10.2.1 software.
  8. Update Reporting servers required software.
  9. Install and customize the Cognos 10.2.2 software.
  10. Upgrade reports.
  11. Modify PFRSetupTrial.xml.
  12. Delete trusted user information from the trial_urls table.

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