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Before You Install

Consider the following before you install the Report Server:

• Installing the Report Server on a host system with any other SOA Security Manager component is not supported. Be sure to install the Report Server on a separate host system.
• You install the Report Server using the installation media on the Technical Support site.

  Note: For a list of installation media names based on operating system, see the installation and upgrade considerations in the Policy Server Release Notes.

• The Report Server is compiled as 32–bit native binary and is designed to use 32–bit data source middleware connectivity. If you are installing to a Windows 64–bit operating system, be sure to create the DSN using odbcad32.exe. This executable is located at the following location:

  install_home\Windows\SysWOW64.
  

  install_home

  Specifies the installation path of the Windows operating system.

• A UNIX console installation is not supported.
• The Report Server installation includes the following components that run as processes:
  • The Content Management Server
  • The Server Intelligence Agent

  These components require TCP/IP ports to communicate. The installer lets you modify the default settings to prevent port conflicts on the Report Server host system.

• Important! The installation zip contains multiple folders. The installer executable requires this folder structure. If you moved the Report Server installer after extracting the zip, copy the entire folder structure to the same location. Execute the installation media from this folder structure.
• Important! (UNIX) The user account installing the Report Server must have executable permissions on the directory that contains the installation media. If the user account does not have these permissions, run the following:

  chmod -R+x directory
  

  directory

  Specifies the directory that contains the installation media.

• (UNIX) If you execute the Report Server installer across different subnets, it can crash. Install the Report Server directly on the host system.

More information:

Locate the Installation Media