Product:
Planning Analytics 2.0.9
Microsoft Windows 2016 server

Problem:
After upgrade of Planning Analytics you get a error when you start Performance Modeler.
CCLMsg: system text=’Argument value is null’

Solution:
On your computer, uninstall Performance Modelere from Control Panel\Programs\Programs and Features.

Then install it again manual, from folder D:\Program Files\ibm\cognos\tm1_64\webapps\pmpsvc\rcp_installs\PerformanceModeler64.msi

To make the installation be for all users, run it with this cmd command as administrator
msiexec /i “d:\install\pm\PerformanceModeler64.msi” /L*V “d:\install\mypm.log” TARGETDIR=”d:\Program Files\pm” ALLUSERS=1

More Information:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/error-opening-elist-item-webclient-cclmsg-system-textargument-value-null

Product:
Planning Analytics 2.0.7
Cognos Analytics 11.0.x
Microsoft Windows 2012 server

Problem:
During change of CA11 server, you can not login to TM1 Architect or TM1WEB.
You get error: SystemServerClientNotFound
The new windows IIS for the Cognos BI gateway server is using HTTPS.

Solution:
Inside tm1s.cfg file ensure the values for IntegratedSecurityMode=5 point to correct part of Cognos Analytics.

ServerCAMURI=http://caservername.domain.com:9300/p2pd/servlet/dispatch
ClientCAMURI=https://caservername.domain.com:443/ibmcognos/bi/v1/disp

If the Cognos BI dispatcher also uses SSL, then set it up like this
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/how-configure-planning-analytics-connect-ssl-secured-cognos-dispatcher

More Information:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/configure-tm1-cam-authentication-using-cognos-analytics-110-sso

Product:
Planning Analytics 2.0.8
Microsoft Windows 2016 Server

Problem:
How install the ILMT BIG FIX client to Planning Analytics servers?
IBM demand that virtual PA installations have the ILMT client installed and that the customer provide an ILMT report of the CPU usage for virtual installations.

https://lodestarsolutions.com/why-have-i-never-heard-about-the-ibm-ilmt-tool-for-cognos-bi-or-tm1/
http://www.aramartech.co.uk/for-ibm-cognos/ilmt-(1)
https://exploringtm1.com/tm1-ilmt/

How install the BIG FIX client:
You should have installed the ILMT and BIG FIX server in your organization on a separate server.
During the installation of the Big Fix server a license is created for your organization.
Above is a must for you to be able to install the client.

Download client file from here https://support.bigfix.com/bes/release/

The simplest way is that you get a setup.exe and actionsite.afxm file from the server copied to your Planning Analytics (TM1) server – place all files in same folder (c:\install). If you do not have the afxm file you get a error like this:

Run the installation of the client program BigFix-BES-Client-9.5.14.73.exe


(The files to copy for the client, can be found on the BigFix server in folder C:\Program Files (x86)\BigFix Enterprise\BES Installers\Client)

Click OK to the language selection.

Click Next.

Click next to the selection of installation folder.


Click install.


Click finish.

The client should talk to the server and show up direct, inside the Big Fix server console.

Then the IT department need to activate the scans for IBM software.
https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/9.5/inventory/Inventory/planinconf/t_scheduling_soft_scans.html

There is the possibility that IT department need to download other scan software, as part of the Big Fix server configuration to allow the Big Fix client to perform the software scan. This is done with the Big Fix system.

Download software from here (old version):

Install the installation generator first from here;
http://software.bigfix.com/download/bes/95/BigFix-BES-9.5.2.56.exe

The server exe is found here;
http://software.bigfix.com/download/bes/95/BigFix-BES-Server-9.5.2.56.exe


After the installation generator is setup, you get instructions on how to install the clients.

More information:

https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=bigfix_support
https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_licensing_tasks.html
https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/9.5/platform/Platform/Installation/c_installing_the_client_manually.html
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS8JFY_9.2.0/com.ibm.lmt.doc/Inventory/planinconf/t_changing_freq_sch_scan.html
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS8JFY_9.2.0/com.ibm.lmt.doc/Inventory/overview/c_overview_main.html
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS8JFY_9.2.0/com.ibm.lmt.doc/Inventory/planinconf/c_default_scan_configuration.html
https://forum.bigfix.com/t/bigfix-server-install-fails-missing-masthead/17434/4


The big fix program use port 52311 to talk to the server.

On the Big Fix server, launch console, create a lot of default values.

You can download a old client direct from here https://support.bigfix.com/bes/release/9.2/patch8/

https://uit.stanford.edu/service/bigfix/pc
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS8JFY_9.2.0/com.ibm.lmt.doc/Inventory/planinconf/t_installing_bigfix_win.html#task_rnp_xzm_tx
https://forum.bigfix.com/t/endpoint-manager-need-to-create-new-masthead-file/13327/5
https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/9.2/platform/Platform/Config/c_editing_the_masthead.html

Please check the current license demands from IBM on the Cognos and TM1 products, as they may change.

Product:
Planning Analytics Workspace
Microsoft Windows 2016 server

Problem:
PAW take long time to start when anti-virus software is running.
https://success.docker.com/article/endpoint-security-for-windows-containers

Suggested solution:
Depending on your anti virus program, the settings are different.

Please try this:
exclude this folders and sub-folders from scanning
c:\programdata\docker
c:\Program Files\ibm\cognos\tm1_64
c:\Program Files\ibm\cognos\analytics\temp\
c:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\HNS
d:\ibm\paw
d:\docker
d:\tm1applications folder ( can be d:\tm1server\app1\data )

Folders name depend on the installation made of docker and PAW on your server.

For McAfee you can setup the exclude like this:
On-Access Default Processes Policies
**\Docker\*
**\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\HNS\*
**\Install\ipa_workspace_local_win*\*

Exclude also all “active scanning” and instead run a scan on the disk once a week, when you have stopped the PAW and Docker. Turn off Windows Defender Real-Time Protection.

Exclude scan of the processes used by docker and cognos, like java.exe.

 

Upgrade your anti virus software to latest version and see if that helps.

More information:
https://docs.docker.com/engine/security/antivirus/
https://ashleypoole.co.uk/2017/common-issue-pulling-windows-docker-images/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/ifs/anti-virus-optimization-for-windows-containers
Redundant scanning problem

There will likely be many containers depending on the same package layers. The same data stream of a given package file will provide the data for placeholders on multiple container system volumes. As a result, there is potential for redundant AV scans of the same data in every container. This has an unnecessary negative impact on the performance of containers. This is a signification cost given that containers are expected to start quickly and may be short-lived.

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-exclude-files-and-folders-windows-defender-antivirus-scans
https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/38582

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/ifs/anti-virus-optimization-for-windows-containers

https://success.docker.com/article/endpoint-security-for-windows-containers

https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.tech183201.html

https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.tech246815.html

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB90041

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/which-cognos-files-need-be-excluded-virus-scan

Product:
Planning Analytics 2.0.8
Microsoft Windows server 2016

Problem:
Open a tm1web view in the new PA version give error, it worked in the old TM1 server.

Error message:
Limits exceeded
The action has been terminated because it exceeds the configured maximum memory limit.

Solution:

Open tm1web_config.xml file in Notepad++. It is in folder C:\Program Files\IBM\cognos\tm1_64\webapps\tm1web\WEB-INF\configuration\

Having WorkbookMaxCellCount blank or setting it to less than 0 indicates that an unlimited cell count for workbooks is allowed.
Before IBM Planning Analytics version 2.0.7, the default value is -1, which indicates an unlimited number of cells are allowed in a workbook.
After IBM Planning Analytics version 2.0.7, the default value is 500000.
Setting this parameter to 0 indicates that workbooks cannot have any cells.
You must set it to above 0.

You must do a restart of the application server for the change to take affect.

If WorkbookMaxCellCount parameter is in tm1web_config.xml and it is not the default, when the user opens a workbook, the server validates its cell count against WorkbookMaxCellCount. If the cell count of the workbook exceeds WorkbookMaxCellCount, an error message is logged and the workbook is not opened.

Can also be other values that affect how tm1 show cells.

More information:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/tm1-error-maximum-memory-action-exceeded-view-may-be-too-large
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSD29G_2.0.0/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.tm1_inst.2.0.0.doc/c_tm1web_cfg_params_v10r2.html

Product:
Cognos TM1 10.2.2
Microsoft Windows 2008 server

Problem:
Can not connect to TM1 server from client TM1 Architect.
Error:  TM1 Perspectives cannot connect to TM1 Admin server

Solution:
Check that you have access to the TM1 admin server, by run telnet from the DOS prompt your client computer;

TELNET  servername  5498

if you get a black screen, and no error message, then you have a open connection.

Then check that you have the same version on you client as on the TM1 server.

You can check the file tm1api.dll in folder C:\Program Files\ibm\cognos\tm1_64\bin

Above the 10.2.2 TM1 client in RTM version.

Above the TM1 10.2.2 fix pack 7 version.  Version number 10.2.20700

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/how-determine-exact-version-tm1-installed

If you do not have correct version, uninstall the TM1 client from your computer.

Install the correct program and update, and try again.

Run tm1_64b_10.2.2_win_ml.tar.gz and then up_tm1client_win64_10.2.5270.109_ml.tar.gz to install the needed software.

More Information:

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSD29G_2.0.0/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.tm1_inst.2.0.0.doc/c_tm1_inst_defaultvaluesfortm1installation.html

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-cognos-tm1-ssl-expiration-manual-fix-approach-landing-page

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/553505

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/e4-cannot-connect-admin-server-host-and-port-caused-expired-ssl-certificates

Product:
Planning Analytics 2.0.8
Planning Analytics Workspace 46
Microsoft Windows 2016 Server

Problem:
When going to Planning Analytics Workspace Administration dialog some of the TM1 instance are grey, in the area for memory and cpu usage.

Error:

On PA Agent version 2.0.47.1220, you can find this kind of error in the file c:\Program Files\ibm\cognos\tm1_64\paa_agent\wlp\usr\servers\kate-agent\logs\messages.log
00000048 SystemErr R ERROR:status.py:Error while getting windows registry details: ERROR: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value
00000048 SystemErr R ERROR:status.py:error getting the registry details: local variable ‘return_object’ referenced before assignment
00000048 com.ibm.pa.kate.agent.scheduler.ScheduledTask E Error occurred while updating the server info json file
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “kateagent/scripts\status.py”, line 1053, in <module>
logger.exception(
NameError: name ‘data_directory’ is not defined
0000005d com.ibm.pa.kate.agent.service.PAKateAgentService E Exception
java.lang.NullPointerException

 

Solution:
A space have come into the TM1 application name in the TM1S.CFG file, and when registered with Microsoft Service, got a extra space in the name.
The PA Agent can not parse the space in the name, and therefor will not display all values.

Stop the TM1 instance.
Edit the tm1s.cfg file to correct value.
ServerName= proven techniques
should be changed to
ServerName=proven_techniques
Delete the TM1 instance in Cognos Configuration.
Check that the instance is gone – if not, you may need to delete it from a DOS command line.

Enter
sc delete ” proven_techniques”
in the elevated cmd prompt.
Now the windows service should be gone.
Go into Cognos Configuration again,
Add the new TM1 instance and enter a correct name “proven_techniques”
and point out the folder for the configuration file.
Start the service from inside Cognos Configuration.

Surf to PAW and check that the administration page is correct.

Product:
Planning Analytics 2.0.5
Microsoft Windows 2016 server

Problem:
How do i copy files from one server to another server and keep the NTFS security?

Solution:
Check you have a file share on source server.
Create a file share on destination server.
Give everyone full access to the share.
Ensure that the user running the script is local administrator on both servers
Open notepad
Enter below line (modify it for your server names)
robocopy \\serverSource\ShareA \\serverDestination\ShareA /MIR /COPYALL /DCOPY:T /R:1 /W:1 /NP /TEE /LOG:d:\temp\ShareA-RobocopyResults.log
Save file as d:\temp\robocopyfiles.cmd

Open a command prompt as administrator
move to the folder where the script is
run
robocopyfiles.cmd

Check the log files for errors when it is done.

(solution is from this site https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/3c42061c-d739-4c44-90ec-014b0e08c45c/how-to-copy-file-security-permissions-from-one-server-to-another-one-by-using-robocopy?forum=winserverfiles)
======================
TITLE “Copying ShareA from TestSource to TestDestination”
robocopy \\TestSource\ShareA \\TestDestination\ShareA /MIR /COPYALL /DCOPY:T /R:1 /W:1 /NP /TEE /LOG:C:\Logs\ShareA-RobocopyResults.log
PAUSE
======================

The switch functions are as follows:

/MIR – Creates a mirror copy.

/COPYALL – Copies ALL file attributes

/DCOPY – Copies (ie retains original) Directory Creation/Modified Timestamps. If you don’t include this, all directories will be recreated with NEW timestamps

/R:1 – Retry copy once on failure

/W:1 – Wait 1 second between retries

/NP – No Percentage Completion written to output

/TEE – Output progress to Command Window (I guess TEE = Terminal Emulation)

/LOG – Write out and save to a specified Log File

More information:
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/278298-move-shared-folders-and-retain-file-and-share-permissions-with-robocopy

Product:
Planning Analytics 2.0.8
Microsoft Windows 2016 server

Problem:
When you click on a TM1 application Web link in Cognos Connection (from Cognos Analytics 11) you get a error. You also noted that the SSO did not work to your Cognos Analytics 11 webpage.
You can also get into pmpsvc page, but with wrong colors.

Error:
error, see logs

Solution:
To make a link from CA work to Planning Analytics Web (PMPSVC) you must login correct to Cognos Analytics (CA11) first.
Ensure you surf to http://servername/ibmcognos and not to http://servername:9300/bi/v1/disp

Please also try to, in Internet Explorer change the Compatibility view settings to be blank.

“Display intranet sites in Compatibility View” should be checked off.

More information:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/how-setup-tm1-web-and-tm1-applications-cam-authentication

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/ie11-deploy-guide/missing-the-compatibility-view-button

Product:
Planning Analytics 2.0.9
Microsoft Windows 2016 server

Problem:
After upgrade to Planning Analytics 2.0.9, user of TM1 Application web (contributor) get a blank page or below error in web browser when they try to open a link.

Error:

Solution:
Clear the web browser cache before you surf to PMPSVC webpage.

You can also try a script to clean the browser cache, please test the script in your lab first.
Below script will clean Chrome browser cache:

REM echo %username% > C:\ProgramData\user.$$$

ECHO       Clearing Chrome cache
taskkill /F /IM “chrome.exe”

REM Set /p uname=< C:\ProgramData\user.$$$
REM set ChromeDataDir=C:\Users\%uname%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default

set ChromeDataDir=C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
set ChromeCache=%ChromeDataDir%\Cache
del /q /s /f “%ChromeCache%\*.*”
del /q /f “%ChromeDataDir%\*Cookies*.*”

set ChromeDataDir=C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
set ChromeCache=%ChromeDataDir%\Cache
del /q /s /f “%ChromeCache%\*.*
del /q /f “%ChromeDataDir%\*Cookies*.*”
ECHO      Clearing Chrome cache DONE

More Information:
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2018333-help-me-complete-batch-file-script-to-clear-google-chrome-cache-only
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25210330/script-for-clearing-chrome-or-firefox-cache-on-windows