IBM Cognos ICM(Varicent) Installation Guide

Server Configuration:
Windows Server 2013 R2 standard (64 bit operating system)
JDK 1.7.0_79
.NET Framework 4.0
Microsoft SQL 2014 database
Apache Tomcat 7.0.68
Below are the steps needs to be followed to install ICM. Here ICM Admin Client and
Web Client are installed on same server.
1. Download software Varicent latest version from IBM Partner World Portal,
open the website in Firefox browser not in Chrome.
Note: Download this product from Chrome browser may cause Java
issues.

2. Click on Software Access Catalog, it will open a new UI then click on

Software Access Catalog under section Get Started Now

3. Login with authenticated credentials, it will open a new UI

4. Click on I Agree in the last of the page and it will navigate to next UI.
Search the Product and Version which you want to download.

5. Check box Select All should be checked to download all product related
eAssembly files and further click on Download button in the last of the same

page. It will ask you the path where you want to Save the product dump. Give
the path of the server where you want to install product.

6. Open SQL server and create a user ICMDBUser with dbo permission

7. Login with ICMDBUser in Sqlserver and create a database, it can be of any

name, here we have created a DEV database.

8. Right Click on the SQL Server name at top level and then click on the
Properties, navigate to Database Settings.
Note down both paths (Data and Log)

9. Now click on ICM Services to install Services.

10.Once it is installed successfully, open the file IBM Cognos ICM Windows
Service.exe in Notepad and change the Data base Server settings in the file.
Below is the file Navigation path:
C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM Cognos ICM\Service
<databaseServer Name="Default" -Address="WIN-11JTBDQHRHP" -- SQL Server Name
Type="SQLServer2014" Sql Server Version
User="ICMDBUser" User Created in SQL Server
Password="ICMDBUser"
DiskPath="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL12.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\" Path from SQL Server
Dababase Settings as mentioned in Step 8.
LogPath="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL12.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\" Path from SQL Server
Dababase Settings as mentioned in Step 8.
TimeoutSeconds="90">
</databaseServer>
11.Set the SecurityMode in the same file.

12.Install the admin client.

13.Once it is installed successfully, open the file IBM Cognos ICM.exe in
Notepad and change the environment settings in the file. It should be same
as in Service file.

<environment name="Default" Keep it default

serviceAddress="localhost:13105"
securityMode="None"/> -- It is the same as in Service file
</environments>
14.Start the Windows Services once you are done with changes. It is
recommended that Windows Services should be re-started on post changes
in both files (Admin Client and Services).

15.Open the Admin Client IBM Cognos ICM from Windows Start, you should
be able to login

16.Install web client for IBM Cognos.

17.Download Apache Tomcat Apache 6 or 7 version.
18.Open the default port 8080 for Apache Tomcat.
19.Give username & password and provide JDK path while installation Tomcat
20.Finish the installation and start the services of Apache Tomcat
21.Run the Apache Tomcat services

22.open Apache Tomcat in the browser by typing Text localhost:8080

23.Extract the ICM-web and get the WAR file

24.Navigate to below path and place the WAR file

25.Click on Manager APP in Apache Tomcat

26.You would be able to see ICM path in Apache Tomcat.

27.Update the database detail in JDBC file, it is located at below path

28.Open JDBC file with notepad and update the following detail
Append database user name, password and database name.
Save the file and click on Reload for ICM as mentioned in step-26. Once
reload done successfully, re-start Apache Tomcat Windows services.

29.Click on ICM, it will open web client.

30.Below is the Webclient screen