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Title: roles of administrator
Post by: PradeepKumarP on 21 Feb 2012 03:15:13 AM
Hi all,

i am new to cognos admin, i know the roles of a cognos administrator as he takes care of security, servers .....
but can any one tells me in details what a cognos admin should do and does.


thanks in advance
paddu:)
Title: Re: roles of administrator
Post by: Grim on 21 Feb 2012 08:41:31 AM
They make sure that the Cognos server is always running and available for users and devs.
Title: Re: roles of administrator
Post by: PradeepKumarP on 21 Feb 2012 01:38:00 PM


thanks for the reply Grim, can u please explain a bit deeper. means what else he takes care of other then servers and what are the things he should maintain for the servers?


thanks in advance:)
Title: Re: roles of administrator
Post by: Grim on 21 Feb 2012 02:29:43 PM
Security, data sources, troubleshooting...

Read the install and config guide and the Admin and security guide. That's what the admin does.

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27021353
Title: Re: roles of administrator
Post by: barrysaab on 21 Feb 2012 11:41:51 PM
This might help you:
http://www.cognoise.com/community/index.php/topic,16956.msg49396.html#msg49396
Title: Re: roles of administrator
Post by: PradeepKumarP on 21 Feb 2012 11:45:03 PM
thanks:)