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Cognos Command Center Remote agent not found

Troubleshooting


Problem

Cognos Command Center triggers are failing and requests to port 443 aren't working.
The error message is "Remote agent not found at <environmentName>.planning-analytics.ibmcloud.com port 443 (https://<environmentName>.planning-analytics.ibmcloud.com:443/ccagent/). Unable to connect to the remote server."

Symptom

Cognos Command Center Server log (log_server.txt) indicates "... ERROR [trigmoni] Star.SAS.Server.Controller.TriggerMonitor - Error getting triggers from <agentName>. Remote agent not found at <environmentName>.planning-analytics.ibmcloud.com port 443 (https://<environmentName>.planning-analytics.ibmcloud.com:443/ccagent/). Unable to connect to the remote server. Star.SAS.Server.Exception.AgentException: Remote agent not found at <environmentName>.planning-analytics.ibmcloud.com port 443 (https://<environmentName>.planning-analytics.ibmcloud.com:443/ccagent/). Unable to connect to the remote server. at Star.SAS.Server.AgentProxy.RemoteAgent.GetTriggers() ..."

Diagnosing The Problem

Trying to access the following URLs result in a bad response (The webpage cannot be found)
1. https://<environmentName>.planning-analytics.ibmcloud.com:443/ccagent/
2. https://<environmentName>.planning-analytics.ibmcloud.com:443/ccagentqueue/

Resolving The Problem

1. Stop the Cognos Command Center Services
2. Go to C:\Program Files\ibm\Cognos Command Center\Server
3. Create a copy of SccServerService.exe file with today’s timestamp
4. Uncomment the proxy section from SccServerService.exe file and add the proxy (remove the <-- and the -->)
5. Save the file
6. Go to C:\Program Files\ibm\Cognos Command Center\Common\apache-activemq-5.15.4\conf
7. Create a copy of activemq.xml with today’s timestamp
8. Remove <networkConnectors>--</networkConnectors> from activemq.xml
9. Save the file
10. Start the Cognos Command Center Services

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
19 July 2023

UID

ibm17012585