Cognos 8 Diagnostic

IBM Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools for Java - Memory Analyzer Version 1.1

2011-09-14T11:41:00.000-07:00

IBM Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools for Java - Memory Analyzer Version 1.1

The IBM Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools for Java - Memory Analyzer is a Java heap analysis tool based on the Eclipse Memory Analyzer.

Memory Analyzer Overview

The IBM Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools for Java - Memory Analyzer (Memory Analyzer) brings the diagnostic capabilities of the Eclipse Memory Analyzer Tool (MAT) to the IBM Virtual Machines for Java.
Memory Analyzer extends Eclipse MAT version 1.1 using the Diagnostic Tool Framework for Java (DTFJ) which enables Java heap analysis using operating system level dumps and IBM Portable Heap Dumps (PHD)
Using Memory Analyzer will enable you to:

Diagnose and resolve memory leaks involving the Java heap
Derive architectural understanding of your Java application through footprint analysis
Improve application performance by tuning memory footprint and optimizing Java collections and Java cache usage
Produce analysis plug-ins with capabilities specific to your application

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Features and benefits

Memory Analyzer is a powerful and flexible tool for analyzing Java heap memory using system dump or heap dump snapshots of a Java process. Memory Analyzer provides both high level understanding and analysis summaries using a number of standard reports. Memory Analyzer allows you to carry out in depth analysis through browsing and querying the Java objects present on the Java heap.
These features combine to make it possible to:

Diagnose memory leaks
- Leak Suspects Report: Memory Analyzer provides a standard report that uses its in-built capabilities to look for probable leak suspects: large objects or collections of objects that contribute significantly to the Java heap usage, and displays information about those suspects: memory utilization, number of instances, total memory usage, and owning class.
- Leak identification analysis: Memory Analyzer also provides a number of in-depth leak identification capabilities that look for collections with large numbers of entries, single large objects or groups of objects of the same class.
Analyse Application Footprint
- Heapdump Overview Report: In order to provide a general understanding of the Java application being analysed, Memory Analyzer provides an overview report that provides information on the Java heap usage, system property settings, threads present, and a class histogram of the memory usage.
- Top Consumers Report: Memory Analyzer also produces a top consumers report that gives a breakdown of the Java heap usage by largest objects and also which class loaders and classes are responsible for utilizing the most memory. This provides a high level insight into which J2EE application and/or code is contributing most to the overall memory footprint.
- Component Report: Memory Analyzer can create reports outlining the top memory consumers and providing information on potential memory inefficiencies in any selected component.
- Object tree browsing In addition to the report capabilities, Memory Analyzer provides the ability to browse the Java heap using a reference tree based view. This makes it possible to understand of the relationships between Java objects and to develop a greater understanding of the Java object interactions and the memory requirements of the application code.
Analyse Java Collection usage
- Array and Collection Fill Ratio: Memory Analyzer allows you to understand the efficiency of object arrays and collections by informing you of the fill ratio: the ratio of used elements to the array or collection size. This shows how efficiently the collections are being used.
- Map collision ratio: For map like collections that are keyed on object hash codes, Memory Analyzer provides an understanding of the collision ratio for those collections. Memory Analyzer will also show the key value pairs for these collections.
Automate custom analysis
- Object Query Language (OQL): Memory Analyzer contains a SQL like query for running Java object and field level analysis of the Java heap, using classes as tables, objects as rows and field or attributes as columns. This makes it possible to generate reusable queries to locate certain objects or object collections of interest.
- Create MAT plug-ins that use the MAT snapshot and the IBM DTFJ APIs: Memory Analyzer provides Eclipse extension points to produce custom reports against a Java API that provides representations of the Java heap, the data on the Java heap and the relationships between Java objects. In addition, Memory Analyzer also provides access to the IBM DTFJ API, giving access to all of the data available in the operating system dump.

Memory Analyzer is delivered in the IBM Support Assistant (ISA) Workbench. ISA is a free software offering which provides a single point of access for the IBM Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools for Java. When new versions of the tools become available ISA notifies you and helps you retrieve the latest version. Using ISA helps you troubleshoot and fix problems in your Java application.
You can expand the capabilities of Memory Analyzer using the IBM Extensions for Memory Analyzer from alphaWorks. The IBM extensions provide the ability to easily analyse the state of IBM software products, including the WebSphere Application Server
For example Figure 1 shows a Memory Analyzer session running in the IBM Support Assistant Workbench.
Figure 1. Memory Analyzer Overview view

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System requirements

Memory Analyzer is installed within the IBM Support Assistant (ISA) Workbench.
Memory Analyzer supports the following dump types:
- IBM Portable Heap Dump (PHD)
- IBM Portable Heap Dump (gzipped)
- IBM SDK for Java JExtracted System Dump
- HPROF binary heap dumps
From the following platforms:
- AIX® PowerPC® 32 bit
- AIX® PowerPC® 64 bit
- zOS® 31 bit
- zOS® 64 bit
- Windows® x86 64 bit
- Windows® x86 32 bit
- Linux® x86 64 bit
- Linux® x86 32 bit
- Linux® PowerPC® 32 bit
- Linux® PowerPC® 64 bit
- Linux® s390 31 bit
- Linux® s390 64 bit

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Installation

Memory Analyzer is installed within the IBM Support Assistant Workbench. To install Memory Analyzer follow the steps in the technote How to Install and Run Tools through the IBM Support Assistant. Whilst following the instructions in the technote please note that in the Tools Add-ons popup Memory Analyzer is listed under the 'JVM-based Tools' folder as 'IBM Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools for Java - Memory Analyzer'
Additionally it is recommended that you increase the memory available to the ISA Workbench when running Memory Analyzer. To increase the available memory complete the following steps:

Locate the rcpinstall.properties file in your ISA Workbench installation
The rcpinstall.properties file resides in the following workspace location:
For Windows: \IBM\ISAv41\.config\rcpinstall.properties
For Linux: /ibm/isa41/.config/rcpinstall.properties
Add or update the value for vmarg.Xmx property to 1280m
For example: vmarg.Xmx=-Xmx1280m
Restart the ISA Workbench for the change to take effect.

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Cognos Content Manager tools - An overview

2011-09-14T11:39:00.000-07:00

Cognos Content Manager tools - An overview
For many Cognos 8 administrators, it sometimes seems that the Content Store database is growing substantially for "no good reason". Obviously there is a reason; however, it may be difficult to pinpoint the cause without the proper tool to help you. Let's use the Content Store as an example. Most of the objects saved in the Content Store database are presented in Cognos Connection. These objects are displayed nicely for end users to navigate, but there is no interface available for administrators to see an overall view of all the existing objects that could contribute to the size of the Content Store database. The frustrations from customers have inspired us to come up with the IBM Cognos 8 Content Manager Size Tool, "CMSize," a stand-alone Eclipse project that queries the Content Store database to get a summary of the number and size of various objects. The results are then displayed in a simple format. This tool also provides the option for administrators to select any area of the Content Store to query (Public Folders, for example), a specific folder, users' My folders, and types of objects to query (for example, reports, queries, jobs, deployment, and so on).
If Cognos administrators run this tool regularly and save the results to a file each time, they have the ability to compare these files to find out what has changed. This can give an idea of why the Content Store database keeps growing and the administrator can take actions based on the comparison results.
A Cognos 8 SDK developer on the other hand may be more interested in finding out properties of various objects in the Content Store. A quick browse to get property settings can help developers quickly identify what is available and what can be changed programmatically using SDK toolkit. The IBM Cognos 8 Content Manager Browser Tool ("CM Browser") reports detailed information for all objects in the Content Store database.
These tools run with product version IBM Cognos 8.3.

Cognos 10 Training

2011-04-16T05:23:00.001-07:00

IBM Cognos BI 10.1 – Consumer Role

Use this training path to see the courses you need to take to achieve this skill or certification. Click on the course boxes to access a course description, view its schedule, and enroll.

PDF version (41KB)

Where can the SDK Developer Guide be found in Cognos 8?

2011-04-01T18:05:00.001-07:00

Where can the SDK Developer Guide be found in Cognos 8?

You can go to http://bicentresdkguide.blogspot.com.

New Cognos BI resource 050311-001

2011-03-05T07:37:00.001-08:00

http://cognosconsulting.blogspot.com/2011/03/new-cognos-bi-resource-050311-001.html

five axis jars in the IBM Cognos 8 SDK java lib

2011-02-27T12:02:00.001-08:00

http://cognos8help.blogspot.com/2011/02/five-axis-jars-in-ibm-cognos-8-sdk-java.html

IBM Cognos BI Health Check Diagnostic

2010-07-12T19:24:00.000-07:00

Checks the versions of installed products that are used by IBM Cognos BI and gives you an overview of the level of compliance with IBM Cognos Conformance document.

Download Description

Run this diagnostic to get a clear indication whether your installed software is compliant with the IBM Cognos BI version you are running. Certain Advantages

Checks your current versions of installed software with tested versions by IBM
Retrieve a good summary of products and versions used by IBM Cognos BI
Before installing IBM Cognos BI, run this diagnostic to get a report
The data gathered from your computer will give you a rating of “Compliant” or “NOT Compliant” for the selected products installed on your machine.
- When the rating is “Compliant”, then IBM has tested this product version against the IBM Cognos BI version you are running.
- When the rating is “NOT Compliant” then the version of the product was not tested with the version of IBM Cognos BI version that you are running.

Summary of Information Collected

Application Servers
IBM CognosSoftware Development Kit
IBM Cognos Portal Services
Composite Information Server
Content Store via JDBC
Database Support for Reporting
Directory Servers
Export Format Targets
Java Runtime Libraries
Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) Support
On Line Analytical Processing (OLAP) Support
Open Target Formats (IBM Cognos 8 BI version 8.3 only)
Operating System
Microsoft Office Connection
Web Browser Support by Components
Web Servers

Prerequisites

Sun Microsystems Java Runtime Environment (JRE)

JRE version 1.4.x or higher must be installed
Sun Microsystems Java must be in the system path

Installation Instructions

To Run Diagnostic do one of the following steps:

From a Microsoft Windows DOS command, run the batch file.
- This is the recommended way, as progress will appear in the command window.
Run the jar file
- This will run in the background, no progress will appear, only the result once the diagnostic has been completed.

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Download	RELEASE DATE	LANGUAGE	SIZE(Bytes)	Download Options
IBM Cognos 8 Health Check	23/10/2008	English	522694	FTP

Validate Report Specifications Diagnostic

2010-07-12T19:23:00.001-07:00

Runs a health check of the report specification in the Content Store and reports any errors returned by the Validate capability.

Download Description

The IBM Cognos Validation tool was developed using the IBM Cognos 8 BI and IBM Cognos ReportNet Java Software Development Kit (SDK) to validate reports in the Content Store. Two separate versions are available, one for IBM Cognos 8 and one for IBM Cognos ReportNet.

Use this tool to automate the process of manually validating reports through the Report Studio user interface.

Certain Advantages

To prepare for an upgrade
To validate reports
After an upgrade, to ensure that the upgraded reports are still valid
Schedule to run periodically and detect any potential problems with reports.

Prerequisites

Sun Microsystems Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
- JRE version 1.4.x or higher must be installed
- Sun Microsystems Java must be in the system path
IBM Cognos Software Development Kit (SDK) must be installed

Installation Instructions

To run this Diagnostic do one of the following steps:
For Microsoft Windows:

From a Microsoft Windows DOS command, run the batch file.
- This is the recommended way, as progress will appear in the command window.
Run the jar file
- This will run in the background, no progress will appear, only the result once the diagnostic has been completed.

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Download	RELEASE DATE	LANGUAGE	SIZE(Bytes)	Download Options
IBM Cognos 8 BI Validate Tool	12/11/2008	English	201359	FTP
IBM Cognos ReportNet Validate Tool	12/11/2008	English	200184	FTP

Copy Reports Between Servers Tool

2010-07-12T19:22:00.003-07:00

Copy Reports between IBM Cognos ReportNet to IBM Cognos 8 BI version 8.3 Servers or between two IBM Cognos 8 BI version 8.3 Servers

Download Description

This tool is useful when a user would like to copy reports from either IBM Cognos ReportNet to IBM Cognos 8 BI Version 8.3 or between two IBM Cognos 8 BI Version 8.3 servers without using the IBM Cognos Deployment Manager.

Certain Advantages

An easy and convenient way to copy particular reports servers
Copy reports from test to production environment
Copy tested reports from IBM CRN to IBM Cognos 8 BI environment

Prerequisites

Sun Microsystems Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
- JRE version 1.4.x or higher must be installed
- Sun Microsystems Java (Java) must be in the system path

This tool uses the IBM Cognos 8 Software Development Kit (SDK). Therefore, the IBM Cognos 8 SDK must be installed before using this tool.

Installation Instructions

Unzip either CopyFromCRNToC8.zip or CopyReportsBetweenC8Servers.zip
Edit run.bat file to reflect the current environment.
Edit the values of JAVA_HOME and CRN_HOME variables to reflect the current environment.

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Download	RELEASE DATE	LANGUAGE	SIZE(Bytes)	Download Options
Copy from IBM Cognos ReportNet to I	14/11/2008	English	147472	FTP
Copy Between two IBM Cognos 8 BI Se	14/11/2008	English	117806	FTP

IBM Cognos 8 BI Content Manager Browser Diagnostic

2010-07-12T19:22:00.001-07:00

Reports detailed information for all objects and properties in the Content Manager database.

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For each object within the Content Manager database, the user can review the properties and their respective value settings. In particular useful to Cognos 8 Software Development Kit Developers.

Certain Advantages

Analyze objects, parent child relationship between objects, inheritance level, properties and their values
A quick search tool for Objects
A tree view of your Content Manager objects and properties

Prerequisites

Sun Microsystems Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
JRE version 1.4.x or higher must be installed
Sun Microsystems Java (Java) must be in the system path

Installation Instructions

Download the tool from the ftp site
A folder IBMCognos8CMBrowser1_4 will be created when you extract the files
To run Content Manager Browser double click on the file IBMCognos8CMBrowser.exe
For more information please see the documentation in the pdf available with the tool

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Download	RELEASE DATE	LANGUAGE	SIZE(Bytes)	Download Options
IBM Cognos 8 CM Browser	12/11/2008	English	14612777	FTP

Dynamic Report Specification Updater Diagnostic

2010-07-12T19:21:00.002-07:00

A powerful global find and replace tool which allows a user to search for any XML elements of IBM Cognos 8 BI

Download Description

A search for any XML elements of IBM Cognos Report Studio, IBM Cognos Query Studio, IBM Cognos Analysis Studio and IBM Cognos Power Play 8 report specifications and update them with a new XML element.

The Dynamic ReportSpec Updater (DRU) does this by traversing the IBM Cognos 8 BI content path, retrieving the XML specifications one by one and applying the search and replace attributes identified within a user defined transformation file. The transformations are applied in a user defined order with the resultant output being written either directly to the Content database or to a locally designated drive

Certain Advantages

Update image references to update the reports with a new company logo.
Update embedded Sun Microsystems JavaScript elements that may have changed after an upgrade.
Update the report title text to reflect a new project owner

Prerequisites

Sun Microsystems Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
- JRE version 1.4.2 or higher must be installed
- Sun Microsystems Java (Java) must be in the system path

Precautions
This utility has the ability to corrupt all reports within an IBM Cognos 8 BI environment if used incorrectly. It is mandatory that all IBM Cognos 8 BI content is backed up, through a supported and proven method prior to the use of this utility.
Depending on the matching criteria identified in the transformation file, along with the number of report objects in the content path, performing transformations may be resource and Central Processing Unit (CPU) intensive.
For these reasons, DRU is not recommended for use on production systems.

Installation Instructions

Prior to beginning the steps in this section, it is mandatory that a valid backup of the existing IBM Cognos 8 BI content is taken via a supported and proven method. 1.1 Installing and Launching DRU
The section below will step a user through the install and configuration procedure required to use DRU.
1. Unzip the utility to a physical location on the disk. For this example the location will be D:\Utilities.
2. After a successful unzip, using Microsoft Windows Explorer, browse into the D:\Utilities\ ReportSpecUpdater location.
3. Make a backup copy and then open the runme.bat file in Microsoft Windows Notepad (Notepad).
Prefix the Java command with the path of the JRE bin. For this example, the path is going to be: "D:\Apps\Program Files\cognos\c83_116_12\bin\jre\1.5.0\bin\"
The completed runme.bat file should represent the following:
@echo off
"D:\Apps\Program Files\cognos\c83_116_12\bin\jre\1.5.0\bin\"java -jar ReportSpecUpdater.jar
4. Save the changes and close the Notepad application.
5. Launch DRU by double clicking the runme.bat file.

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If you are unable to download this product, please log a PMR or Email: diagtool@ca.ibm.com

Download	RELEASE DATE	LANGUAGE	SIZE(Bytes)	Download Options
Dynamic Report Updater (8.3)	03/12/2008	English	7843544	FTP
Dynamic Report Updater (8.4)	23/03/2009	English	4976705	FTP

Upgrading JavaScript Applications

2010-07-12T19:21:00.000-07:00

To upgrade JavaScript applications which run in the IBM Cognos Viewer from IBM Cognos ReportNet version 1.x or IBM Cognos 8 BI version 8.1 or 8.2 BI to IBM Cognos 8 BI version 8.

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This document provides advice and guidance on for upgrading JavaScript applications. Despite the undocumented and unsupported nature of these Sun Microsystems JavaScript (JavaScript) applications and APIs, we understand that there is business value our customers are deriving from these applications and we are committed to assisting

Certain Advantages

To advise on unsupported APIs and objects in the IBM Cognos Viewer such as prompt controls, buttons, and functions written in JavaScript
To help customers who reverse engineered the IBM Cognos Viewer source code and built JavaScript applications that are dependant on that source code

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Download	RELEASE DATE	LANGUAGE	SIZE(Bytes)	Download Options
Upgrading JavaScript Applications	20/01/2009	English	138971	FTP

Report Specification Analyzer Diagnostic

2010-07-12T19:20:00.001-07:00

Provides the means to analyze complex report objects and their dependencies

Download Description

This diagnostic will help you analyze and facilitate the navigation for report objects.

Certain Advantages

Creates a report from the report specification
Provides a faster navigation through report objects and html items
Provides syntax highlighting and formatting for IBM Cognos functions, operators and most used JavaScript keywords
Provides the means to analyze complex report objects and their dependencies

Prerequisites

Sun Microsystems Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
- JRE version 1.4.x or higher must be installed
- Sun Microsystems Java (Java) must be in the system paths

Installation Instructions

To Run Diagnostic do one of the following steps:
For Microsoft Windows:

From a Microsoft Windows DOS command, run the batch file.
- This is the recommended way, as progress will appear in the command window.
Run the jar file
- This will run in the background, no progress will appear, only the result once the diagnostic has been completed.

Download package

Download	RELEASE DATE	LANGUAGE	SIZE(Bytes)	Download Options
Report Spec Analyzer (Java 1.4)	28/10/2008	English	291670	FTP
Report Spec Analyzer (Java 1.5+)	28/10/2008	English	267858	FTP

Cognos BI Diagnostic

2010-07-12T19:07:00.003-07:00

To retrieve system and product information about IBM Cognos BI

Download Description

Run this diagnostic to help you troubleshoot issues with general IBM Cognos BI. For more information please read the documentation file attached to the diagnostic.

Certain Advantages

To troubleshoot printing reports
To check processes
To compare settings between development and production systems

Summary of Information Collected

Log Files
JAVA _HOME environmental variable
Contents of the file cogroot.link
Contents of the file cogconfig.prefs
Processes
Email Settings
Authentication Information
IBM Cognos Configuration

Prerequisites

Sun Microsystems Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
- JRE version 1.4.x or higher must be installed
- Sun Microsystems Java (Java) must be in the system path

Installation Instructions

To Run Diagnostic do one of the following steps: For Microsoft Windows:

From a Microsoft Windows DOS command, run the batch file.
- This is the recommended way, as progress will appear in the command window.
Run the jar file
- This will run in the background, no progress will appear, only the result once the diagnostic has been completed.

For UNIX:

X Windows System Display is required to provide Graphical User Interface (GUI) protocol
Download the tar file and uncompress all the files to the same directory using the command:

To run the diagnostic do one of the following steps:

IBMCognos8_ux

.sh

java -jar

IBMCognos8_ux

.jar

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Download	RELEASE DATE	LANGUAGE	SIZE(Bytes)	Download Options
IBM Cognos 8 BI	20/10/2008	English	178457	FTP
IBM Cognos 8 BI (UNIX)	26/11/2008	English	110080	FTP

System Overview Diagnostic

2010-07-12T19:07:00.001-07:00

This diagnostic gathers environment and system information.

Download Description

Run this diagnostic to retrieve information about your system environment and system settings, including the cmplst.txt file.

Certain Advantages:

To compare your system values from two different environments such as development and production
To quickly gather system information in matter of seconds
To check information about your local drives

Summary of Information Collected

Computer Name
Operating System Version
User and System Environment
Java Information
Microsoft Internet Explorer Properties and Security Settings
Microsoft Internet Explorer Trusted Sites
Processes
Microsoft Data Access (MDAC) Version
Network Status/Statistics
Microsoft .NET Framework
Add/Remove Programs
Microsoft Windows Hotfixes
ODBC Versions

Prerequisites

Sun Microsystems Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
JRE version 1.4.x or higher must be installed
Sun Microsystems Java must be in the system paths

Installation Instructions

To Run Diagnostic do one of the following steps:

For Microsoft Windows:

From a Microsoft Windows DOS command, run the batch file.
- This is the recommended way, as progress will appear in the command window.
Run the jar file
- This will run in the background, no progress will appear, only the result once the diagnostic has been completed.

For UNIX:

X Windows System Display is required to provide Graphical User Interface (GUI) protocol
Download the tar file and uncompress all the files to the same directory using the command:

To run the diagnostic do one of the following steps:

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Download	RELEASE DATE	LANGUAGE	SIZE(Bytes)	Download Options
SystemOverview	23/10/2008	English	183471	FTP
SilentMode_SystemOverview	23/10/2008	English	144233	FTP
SystemOverview (UNIX)	26/11/2008	English	95744	FTP
SilentMode_SystemOverview (UNIX)	26/11/2008	English	28160	FTP

IBM Cognos Architecture Diagram Tool

2010-07-12T19:06:00.001-07:00

Shows the architecture diagram of Cognos installation components and some settings.

Download Description

The IBM Cognos architecture diagram tool displays the Cognos installation components in a user friendly graphic.
Certain Advantages

Visualizes test results of Cognos BI installation components and displays additional detailed information on each
Provides the means to run diagnostics tools such as IBM Cognos Dispatcher utility tool, IBM Cognos Content Manager Browser tool and IBM Content Manager Size tool
Helps you troubleshoot installation issues

Prerequisites

This tool will run with Java version 1.5 and 1.6.

Installation Instructions

1. Download the zip file to any directory on your computer.
2.Extract the zip file.
3.A directory is created containing the files:
run.jar
cog.bat
lian_en.txt
IBM Cognos Architecture diagram Tool for IBM Cognos 8.pdf

4.Place the extracted directory under \bin\utilities.
5.Check that the Java path is included in the System PATH environment variable.

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Download	RELEASE DATE	LANGUAGE	SIZE(Bytes)	Download Options
IBM Cognos Architecture diagram Too	03/05/2010	English	402881	FTP

IBM Cognos 8 BI Content Manager Size Diagnostic

2010-07-12T19:01:00.001-07:00

To query objects from the Content Manager and return information on count and size specifications

Download Description

The IBM Cognos 8 Content Manager Size Tool (“CMSize”) reports size and count of all objects in the Content Store database. Within specified search scope and type of objects, it returns the count, approximate size (total size of LOB properties for the objects of interest) and search path of the object

Certain Advantages

A quick and easy way to get the size, count and search path of objects in Content Manager
Find out why your Content Store is growing and identify objects which can be deleted
Identify “Retention Rules” that are set to a certain value. Value “0” indicates the retention rule is set to unlimited, so there may be a large number of history or output objects in the content store database.

Prerequisites

Sun Microsystems Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
JRE version 1.4.x or higher must be installed
Sun Microsystems Java (Java) must be in the system path

Installation Instructions

Unzip the file IBMCognos8CMSize1_4.zip
Double click on CMSize.exe found in folder CMSize

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Download	RELEASE DATE	LANGUAGE	SIZE(Bytes)	Download Options
IBM Cognos Content Manager Size	11/11/2008	English	14533637	FTP

IBM Cognos 8 BI Dispatcher Diagnostic

2010-07-12T18:59:00.000-07:00

The application was developed to assist you to diagnose and troubleshoot your IBM Cognos 8 BI environment regarding all Dispatcher settings

Download Description

You can use this diagnostic to find out any inconsistencies within the Dispatcher settings or to save the settings on a regular basis to track any changes.

Certain Advantages

Resolve issues with Dispatcher settings
Check for inconsistencies
Track changes

Prerequisites

Sun Microsystems Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or IBM JRE

JRE version 1.5.x or higher must be installed

Installation Instructions

The following installation steps are valid for both Microsoft Windows and UNIX/Linux platforms.

1. On your IBM Cognos 8 BI server, copy the downloaded zip archive into the directory /bin/utilities.
2. Extract the archive file. Make sure that the directory structure from the archive file remains the same.
3. After extracting you should find the directory
/bin/utilities/disp/diagnostic.
This directory should contain these four files:

ddt.bat ddt.sh DispatcherDiagnosticTool.jar IBM Cognos 8 Dispatcher Diagnostic Tool.pdf
4. On On UNIX/Linux make sure you have set the environment variable JAVA_HOME to an existing Sun Microsystems Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.5.0_xx directory before starting the tool.

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Download	RELEASE DATE	LANGUAGE	SIZE(Bytes)	Download Options
View Recorded Demo	10/06/2009	English	12225257	FTP
Dispatcher Tool (IBM Cognos 8.4)	26/03/2009	English	653481	FTP
Dispatcher Tool (IBM Cognos 8.3)	12/01/2009	English	648648	FTP
Dispatcher Tool (IBM Cognos 8.2)	16/01/2009	English	619018	FTP

2010-07-08T17:57:00.001-07:00

Cognos 8 Diagnostic tools are coming soon...

Be sure to visit:

http://bicentre.blogspot.com/

http://bicentresdkguide.blogspot.com/

http://cognos8help.blogspot.com/