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 System Path to a java.exe outside of Cognos folder on backend SQL server - is this a problem

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brenda grossnickle IBM Champion posted Fri August 22, 2025 10:18 AM

Back in the day, we were told not to have a System Path to a java.exe outside of Cognos folder .  we have 11.1.7 to 12.?.?. Is having a path to java.exe (not the java in Cognos folder) still an issue?

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brenda grossnickle IBM Champion posted Wed August 27, 2025 05:32 PM

Anyone have any knowledge about having java.exe installed on the cognos server and having a path to that java in the System Path? Will this interfere with Cognos?

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Pierre-Frank MOUZON posted Fri September 19, 2025 12:08 PM

I had the same problem and a workaround was to disable automatic start for IBM Cognos service, and replace it by a .bat that sets a JAVA_HOME variable (pointing to CA installation folder) and then start CA with cogstartup.bat. This .bat is launched at server startup by a scheduled task.

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