Cognos 10.2.2 Life Cycle Manager Installation Issue


Issue Symptoms:


  • After installing Life Cycle Manager, when clicking on start window, we get error that path not specified.
  • Also, clicking on URI and trying to create project gives HTTP Not found error 
Solution
  • Create  "projects" folder under C:\apps\ibm\cognos\LifecycleManager\data
  • Make sure have full access on C:\apps\ibm\cognos\LifecycleManager
  • Restart IBM Cognos Lifecycle Manager Startup and you should see below for successful start

Using CATALINA_BASE:   "..\tomcat"
Using CATALINA_HOME:   "..\tomcat"
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: "..\temp"
Using JRE_HOME:        "..\bin\jre\7.0"
Using CLASSPATH:       "..\tomcat\bin\bootstrap.jar"

How to start and stop LCM

  • Windows -> Start menu - navigate to the Lifecycle Manager entry and select " IBM Cognos Lifecycle Manager Startup" option. 

 Default:

  • Lifecycle Manager shutdown can be accomplished by shutting down the dos window


Error:


An error has occured in Lifecycle Manager.
Unable to communicate with the server

Please restart the server and try again.

Root Cause:


Check DOS window is still running

 Please note that It is not possible to use on premise LCM to access Cognos analytics on the cloud current environments.