With the release of Maximo Fix Pack 7.6.0.1 , among other things, it offers the new feature that you will be able to reduce downtime when running updatedb. The link below contains the steps in how to take advantage of this new feature: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21902458   But if you go through the steps of the scenario described there, the first problem that you could face is that the Step 2 won't work when you are coming from a 7.5.0.8 version. This is because when you perform the upgrade from Maximo 7.5.0.8 to... [More]

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Recently I've been doing quite a bit of work with IBM's messaging appliance MessageSight . If you haven't heard of it and want to learn more, please click on the link. In working with this new appliance, I wanted to configure WebSphere MQ to pass my messages to from Message Sight. After configuring this, I started thinking about configuring this same WebSphere MQ environment to work with Maximo instead of using WebSphere's traditional JMS queues. Once I started my configuration the first thing I noticed, is there isn't a lot... [More]

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A new youtube video has been released Maximo 7.5 Hide a Button group This video demonstartes how to hide a button group from some users You can view the video here -  https://youtu.be/VhwFFCuFOSQ

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  OverView Sometimes an admin needs to make some changes or maybe even to test some changes in their Maximo system and needs to prevent the 'normal' users from accessing the system, potentially corrupting the data during the config or testing and generally making a nuisance of themselves ( or working , as they like to call it ).  There is a function called Admin Mode available in Maximo and this can be set up to allow one or more Administrative users to access the system locally while preventing 'normal' users from... [More]

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I'm back again, changing things up a bit this week from the usual LDAP blog.  Today we are going to talk about clustering and go into a detail step by step guide to configuring WebSphere 8.5.5 in a horizontal cluster. Unlike a vertical cluster which is built up on the same server, a horizontal cluster spans multiple servers/nodes to allow for another layer of fail over. Clustering is appropriate for implementations with a large user load, as you add more users you may need to add additional JVM's to either the existing nodes or new... [More]

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You've downloaded and installed WebSphere 8.5.5, the IHS and the Plugin. You have everything up and running, Maximo deployed and want to use the web server to access Maximo or load balance to multiple JVM's, so why isn't it working? Why are you receiving "Page Not Found" errors? In most cases it's likely a key step was missed that is automated with the Middleware\Maximo install when using WebSphere 7, that step is the Plugin Configuration. During the install of WebSphere 8.5.5, you may of only installed the Application... [More]

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When using VMMSYNC to synchronize user and person records, out of the box you are limited to the attributes that exist as part of the PersonAccount Entity in WebSphere and what exists in the User and Group mappings on the Crontask. This doesn't always fulfill the requirements of the end user who needs to bring more information in from other attributes that exist on a user record in the Active Directory domain.  In this post I will outline the process of adding a field to Maximo and then synchronizing data from the directory server into... [More]

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Reorder process creates PR/PO to replenish storeroom stock levels   Calculation: consider Reorder Point (ROP)  /  Economic Quantity (EOQ)  /  Current Balance (curbal), material reservations, expired stock, on order quantities, vendor catalog pricing, vendor contract Configuration Organization application – Inventory options > Reorder   Reorder will consolidate all vendor/contract items onto PR/PO External Request – order placed against an outside vendor Internal Request – order placed against... [More]

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It is possible to run escalation to rollover annual YTD for Inventory items.   In the example below, all the items have the same quantity to make it easy to see the result. ISSUEYTD = 84 ISSUE1YRAGO = 66 ISSUE2YRAGO = 120 ISSUE3YRAGO = 100     Create an escalation to change the quantities   Create some actions, and these actions must be in the order created below: Seq 10: INVMOVE2YRTO3YR: MOVE THE 2-YEAR TOTAL TO THE 3-YEAR SPOT Seq 20: MOVE1YRTO2YR: MOVE THE 1-YEAR TOTAL TO THE 2-YEAR SPOT Seq 30: MOVEYTDTO1YTD: MOVE... [More]

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Providing logging up front is MustGather for troubleshooting in general and this entry provides the MustGather for troubleshooting email communications in particular. This includes whether the problem is server communication, outgoing, incoming, formatted, non-formatted, or template related.  Websphere is assumed otherwise consult your application server's documentation. 1) Be generous with application server log rotation:   In the Websphere administrative console this can be adjusted under Logging and Tracing  >  Server Name > JVM Logs  ... [More]

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A new installation guide is available for installing Maximo Asset Management version 7.5 on WebSphere Application Server, Microsoft SQL Server, and Microsoft Active Directory. For detailed information, see the technote: Installation Guide for Maximo Asset Management version 7.5 (WebSphere Application Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Active Directory) .   In July 2012, as part of the 7.5.0.3 fix pack release, customized installation guides were published to focus on some of the most common middleware configurations. These guides contain... [More]

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Abstract : This tutorial describes the new asynchronous data validation functionality in IBM Maximo Enterprise Asset Management 7.5. Besides, it shows how to enable/disable this functionality (that is enabled, by default) to all the applications, or how to select only specific applications to be enabled/disabled. Enterprises demand processes that help their teams become more efficient. Thinking about that, Maximo 7.5 has additional tools to guarantee that each task is completed with the minimum amount of time and effort. One of these... [More]

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I am often amazed how many times I receive questions regarding Maximo's rotating inventory functionality.  The surprise comes from the fact that this functionality has been in the product since at least the days of 3.x (maybe earlier...anyone have a copy of 2.1.1 and can tell me?) Many customers are looking to implement or expand their usage of rotating inventory so it seemed appropriate to provide a bit more information on what all this rotating stuff is about.   So what is a rotating item?  Functionally, it is an item record that has... [More]

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Maximo Asset Management v7.5 has been out for nearly eight months. In that time countless users (both existing customers and new prospects) have been discovering the breadth of new functionality that was delivered in this release. What surprises many in the user base is the full-featured additions to Maximo's supply chain and materials management functionality in this release. The fact is this is the largest increase in new features for this area since version 6.x and it highlights IBM Tivoli's continued investment in the Asset Management... [More]

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