Before you install IBM® Cognos® BI, use the
IBM® Cognos® BI Architecture and Deployment Guide to learn about the various components, the installation options, and the configuration approaches recommended by
IBM® Cognos®.
The IBM® Cognos® documentation uses two general categories to describe installations: installing in a distributed environment versus installing all the components on one computer. For best results, do not install all components on one computer unless it is for a proof of concept or is a demonstration environment.
Installing the subset of IBM® Cognos® BI applications that
IBM® reporting uses requires that you use two
IBM® Cognos® installers. One provides the
IBM® Cognos® BI server, the Content Manager,
Cognos® Configuration, and the Web-based user interfaces. You use a separate installer to install Framework Manager, the metadata modeling tool, because it must be installed on a
Windows™ machine.