Pre-requisites for Monitoring IBM Cognos Business Intelligence

To enable the eG agent to use JMX to pull out metrics from IBM Cognos Business Intelligence, do the following;

  1. Login to the target IBM Cognos Business Intelligence server.

  2. Open the p2pd.deploy_defaults.properties file located at <IBM_COGNOS_BI_HOME>\webapps\p2pd\WEB-INF folder.

  3. Search for rmiregistryport line.

  4. If the rmiregistryport line is not available, then include the same in the following format:

    rmiregistryport=<port number>

    If the JMX listens on port 9999, then your entry should be:

    rmiregistryport=9999

  5. Finally, save the file and restart all the services pertaining to IBM Cognos Business Intelligence.

  6. Next, while configuring the tests for monitoring IBM Cognos Business Intelligence, do the following:

    • Set the port that you defined in step 4 above (in the p2pd.deploy_defaults.properties file) as the JMX Remote Port;

    • Set the JMX User, JMX Password and Confirm Password parameters to none.

    • Update the test configuration.