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Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 Fix Pack 13

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Abstract

Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 Fix Pack 13 includes important product corrections.

Download Description

Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 Fix Pack 13 provides important product corrections to Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 and should be applied to all installations at your earliest convenience.

The files that implement this fix pack are 10.2.5013.81 on the platforms listed in the Download section.


This Fix Pack also provides important product corrections to address security vulnerabilities found in the product.

Please refer to the Security Bulletin Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.x interim fixes address a security vulnerability for more details.

If you are using IBM Cognos TM1, you should also apply IBM Cognos TM1 Security fixes. This will ensure TM1 and Business Intelligence continue to operate as expected.

Prerequisites

This fix pack requires that Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 is already installed. An existing installation may optionally include earlier fix packs or interim fixes for Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1. Our fix packs are cumulative by design. Hence Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 Fix Pack 13 includes all updates from earlier Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 fix packs and interim fixes.
Before you begin

Ensure that you do the following tasks before you install a Fix Pack.

  • If the IBM Cognos service is running, stop it.
  • Back up the directory structure.
  • Back up the content store database
  • Back up any files that you manually edited.

Installation Instructions

To Download a Fix Pack

  1. Review the prerequisites.
  2. Download the appropriate compressed tar file using the links in the Download Package section.

Some browsers might change the downloaded file type from .tar.gz to a file type not recognized by the operating system. To correct this, change the file type back to tar.gz. Use of Download Director will prevent inadvertent renaming of files at download. 

To Install a Fix Pack on Linux or UNIX
  1. Copy the fix pack to the appropriate operating system.
  2. Change to the directory where you have downloaded the fix pack installation image.
  3. Enter the following command: gunzip <filename> .tar.gz | tar xvf –
  4. If you want to see the version of a component before you install it, unpack the tar file to disk, or read the table of contents of the tar file.
  5. Follow the Installation instructions in the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Installation and Configuration Guide.
  6. Apply the fix pack to all installations.
Note: GNU Zip can be obtained from www.gzip.org and GNU tar can be obtained from www.gnu.org/software/tar . 

To Install a Fix Pack on Windows
  1. Change to the directory where you have downloaded the fix pack.
  2. Using your file compress and decompress utility, decompress the .tar.gz file. If you are using WinZip, select the option "use folder names".
  3. If you want to see the version of a component before you install it, unpack the tar file to disk, or read the table of contents of the tar file.
  4. Follow the Installation instructions in the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Installation and Configuration Guide.
  5. Apply the fix pack to all installations.

Applicable Tech Notes
Fix Pack and Interim Fix Rollback - http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21341204
Customization Considerations When Installing Interim Fixes - http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21632409

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Download Package

It is recommended that you download and apply this fix pack to all of your Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 installations at your earliest convenience.

Problems Solved

Fix List for IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 Fix Pack 13

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Document Information

Modified date:
15 June 2018

UID

swg24043746

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