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By default, an IBM Cognos Content Store deployment (export) does not include global configuration settings, such as dispatcher settings or data source configurations. This is a deliberate design choice to prevent accidental overwrites of configuration in a target environment. To create a complete backup that includes these settings within the deployment archive, the administrator must explicitly modify the Content Manager service's advanced settings on the source environment. The parameter CM.DEPLOYMENTINCLUDECONFIGURATION must be added and set to true before the export operation is initiated. This ensures the resulting deployment archive contains all necessary components for a full restoration.

A. Configuration settings are explicitly excluded from deployments by default to protect the target environment's configuration. They are not included automatically.

B. While manual restoration of configuration (e.g., from a backed-up cogstartup.xml file) is a valid recovery method, it is possible to include settings in a deployment by changing a parameter, making this statement incomplete.

D. The decision to include configuration settings must be made at the time of export, not import. The parameter affects what is written into the archive file; if the settings are not in the file, they cannot be imported.

1. IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.2 Administration and Security Guide, Chapter 15: Server Administration, Section: "Advanced settings for Content Manager".

This section details the advanced parameters for the Content Manager service. It lists CM.DEPLOYMENTINCLUDECONFIGURATION and specifies its purpose: "Specifies whether to include global configuration settings in a deployment. To include these settings, set the value to true." This confirms the parameter must be set to include the configuration. The context implies this is done on the source environment prior to export.

2. IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0.x Administration and Security Guide, Part 6: Server administration, Chapter 28: Tune server performance, Section: "Content Manager advanced settings".

This document for a later version confirms the continued existence and function of the parameter: "CM.DEPLOYMENTINCLUDECONFIGURATION: Specifies whether to include global configuration settings in a deployment... To include these settings, set the value to true." This demonstrates the consistency of this administrative concept.