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The issue was with the misconfiguration of our thirdparty authentication provider that provides seamless signon.
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Browse All TopicsI just completed installing Cognos 8 Web/Application server (roles: dispatcher, content manager).
Opened Cognos Configuration and Selected Action menu and clicked Test.
Got the below error in the pop-window with a red X mark "Generating Crytographic Information"
When cliecked on Detail: Got the below error:
[Cryptography]
1. [ ERROR ] CAM-CRP-1093 Unable to read the contents of the keystore 'D:/Program Files/cognos/c8/configurat
I have port 1433 open from the Dispatcher to the content Store db server and port 25 open for the notificatiion.
Please let me know if there is anything to fix this issue. I have attached a jpg - Cognos-error.jpg
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When i try to start the services i get below error... (I have attached the jpg: Cognos-start error1.jpg, Cognos-start error2.jpg, Cognos-start error3.jpg)
[Start Service]
1. 15:36:29, 'LogService', 'StartService', 'Success'.
2. 15:36:31, 'ContentManager', 'getActiveContentManager',
DPR-CMI-4006 Unable to determine the active Content Manager. Will retry periodically.
3. 15:36:31, 'com.cognos.pogo.contentma
DPR-DPR-1035 Dispatcher detected an error.
4. 15:36:31, 'com.cognos.pogo.contentma
DPR-DPR-1035 Dispatcher detected an error.
5. 15:36:31, CM-CFG-5076 A Content Manager configuration error occurred during the initialization of Cognos Access Manager.
CAM-AAA-0145 There is no namespace that is properly configured for authentication.
6. 15:37:00, 'ContentManagerService', 'StopService', 'Success'.
7. 15:37:00, 'ContentManagerService', 'StopService', 'Success'.
8. 15:37:00, 'CPS Producer Registration Service', 'StopService', 'Success'.
9. 15:37:00, 'CPS Producer Registration Service', 'StopService', 'Success'.
10. 15:37:00, 'MonitorService', 'StopService', 'Success'.
11. 15:37:00, 'MonitorService', 'StopService', 'Success'.
12. 15:37:00, 'com.cognos.pogo.services.
DPR-DPR-1035 Dispatcher detected an error.
13. 15:37:00, 'com.cognos.pogo.services.
DPR-DPR-1035 Dispatcher detected an error.
14. 15:37:00, CM-CFG-5076 A Content Manager configuration error occurred during the initialization of Cognos Access Manager.
Call failed with error code: -24
15. 15:37:00, CM-CFG-5076 A Content Manager configuration error occurred during the initialization of Cognos Access Manager.
Call failed with error code: -24
16. 15:37:00, 'com.cognos.pogo.services.
DPR-DPR-1035 Dispatcher detected an error.
17. 15:37:00, 'com.cognos.pogo.services.
DPR-DPR-1035 Dispatcher detected an error.
18. 15:37:00, 'DeliveryService', 'StopService', 'Success'.
19. 15:37:00, 'DeliveryService', 'StopService', 'Success'.
20. 15:37:00, 'JobService', 'StopService', 'Success'.
21. 15:37:00, 'JobService', 'StopService', 'Success'.
22. 15:37:00, 'EventService', 'StopService', 'Success'.
23. 15:37:00, 'EventService', 'StopService', 'Success'.
24. 15:37:00, 'com.cognos.pogo.services.
DPR-DPR-1035 Dispatcher detected an error.
25. 15:37:00, 'com.cognos.pogo.services.
DPR-DPR-1035 Dispatcher detected an error.
26. 15:37:00, 'com.cognos.pogo.services.
DPR-DPR-1035 Dispatcher detected an error.
27. 15:37:00, 'com.cognos.pogo.services.
DPR-DPR-1035 Dispatcher detected an error.
28. 15:37:00, 'AgentService', 'StopService', 'Success'.
29. 15:37:00, 'AgentService', 'StopService', 'Success'.
30. 15:37:00, 'BatchReportService', 'StopService', 'Success'.
31. 15:37:00, 'BatchReportService', 'StopService', 'Success'.
32. 15:37:00, 'com.cognos.pogo.services.
DPR-DPR-1035 Dispatcher detected an error.
33. 15:37:00, 'com.cognos.pogo.services.
DPR-DPR-1035 Dispatcher detected an error.
34. 15:37:00, 'com.cognos.pogo.services.
DPR-DPR-1035 Dispatcher detected an error.
35. 15:37:00, 'com.cognos.pogo.services.
DPR-DPR-1035 Dispatcher detected an error.
36. 15:37:00, 'com.cognos.pogo.services.
DPR-DPR-1035 Dispatcher detected an error.
37. 15:37:00, 'com.cognos.pogo.services.
DPR-DPR-1035 Dispatcher detected an error.
38. 15:37:00, 'com.cognos.pogo.services.
DPR-DPR-1035 Dispatcher detected an error.
39. 15:37:00, 'com.cognos.pogo.services.
DPR-DPR-1035 Dispatcher detected an error.
40. 15:37:00, 'ReportService', 'StopService', 'Success'.
41. 15:37:00, 'ReportService', 'StopService', 'Success'.
42. 15:37:00, 'reportDataService', 'StopService', 'Success'.
43. 15:37:00, 'reportDataService', 'StopService', 'Success'.
44. 15:37:00, 'Cubics Service', 'StopService', 'Success'.
45. 15:37:00, 'Cubics Service', 'StopService', 'Success'.
46. 15:37:00, 'ContentManagerService', 'StopService', 'Success'.
47. 15:37:00, 'ContentManagerService', 'StopService', 'Success'.
48. 15:37:00, 'com.cognos.pogo.services.
DPR-DPR-1035 Dispatcher detected an error.
49. 15:37:00, 'com.cognos.pogo.services.
DPR-DPR-1035 Dispatcher detected an error.
50. 15:37:00, CM-CFG-5076 A Content Manager configuration error occurred during the initialization of Cognos Access Manager.
Call failed with error code: -24
51. 15:37:00, CM-CFG-5076 A Content Manager configuration error occurred during the initialization of Cognos Access Manager.
Call failed with error code: -24
52. 15:37:00, 'com.cognos.pogo.services.
DPR-DPR-1035 Dispatcher detected an error.
53. 15:37:00, 'com.cognos.pogo.services.
DPR-DPR-1035 Dispatcher detected an error.
54. 15:37:00, 'LogService', 'StopService', 'Success'.
55. 15:37:00, 'LogService', 'StopService', 'Success'.
56. [ ERROR ] CFG-ERR-0103 Unable to start Cognos 8 service.
Execution of the external process returns an error code value of '-1'.
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by: RWrigleyPosted on 2008-08-27 at 05:28:30ID: 22323888
It sounds like this installation doesn't think that it is a content manger, so it's trying to go out to another system for this. Is this the only server in your system? If so, post a picuture of the "Environment" section of Cognos Configuration.