While installing Cognos BI and performing the initial configurations, few things that must be kept in mind are mentioned as follows:
In distributed environments, Content Manager(s) must know the location of its content stores.
In distributed environments, the application tier components (dispatcher) must know the location of Content Manager(s).
Gateway computer(s) must know the location of at least one dispatcher.
Cryptographic properties (passwords) must be the same on all computers, otherwise communication failure will occur. For this purpose, the gateway server must be configured at the end.
After completing the configurations, the services on the Content Manager computer must start first.
Do not use the same content store for multiple Content Managers running in the active mode; for example, two totally separate BI Servers that are running with all the components installed on the same machine and configured with the same content store. In this case, chances are that the...