Setting up the environment

This section guides you through setting up your environment so that you can install IBM® Cognos Controller.

Review supported environments
To ensure your product works properly, apply all required operating system patches and use only the versions of other software that are supported for IBM Cognos Controller.
Cognos Analytics or Cognos Business Intelligence
You must have a working instance of IBM Cognos Analytics or IBM Cognos Business Intelligence deployed in your environment.
Create a database
Use the following checklist to help you create a database in Microsoft SQL Server.
Verify that Microsoft .NET Framework is installed
To use IBM Cognos Controller, Microsoft .NET Framework must be installed.
Verify that Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable is installed
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable must be installed on the computer where you install the Controller server components.
Enable Access to the COM+ Server
When you install IBM Cognos® Controller, a Controller COM+ application is created. After you install IBM Cognos Controller, you must confirm that network access to the COM+ Server is enabled.
Monitoring license usage
IBM Cognos Controller generates IBM Software License Metric Tag (SLMT) files. Versions of IBM License Metric Tool that support SLMT files can generate License Consumption Reports that provide information about license usage for Cognos Controller. This information applies only to local installations of Cognos Controller.