Product:
Cognos BI 10.1.1 64 bits
Windows 2008 R2 server

Symptom:
Get error when test the audit database in Cognos Configuration.
Access to the Content Store on the Microsoft SQL database server works.

Error message:
[Logging]
[ ERROR ] IPTTEST-006 Logging failed to connect to database:jdbc:JSQLConnect://servername:1433/databasename

Cause:
The database does not exit on the Microsoft SQL 2005 server

Solution:
Ask the SQL DBA to create the AUDIT database, before you try to connect to it.