Interested in HA and DR configuration with SCCD and Maximo?  A new RedBook draft is now available for download.   In today’s global environment, more and more organizations need to reduce their downtime to the minimum possible and look for continuous availability of their systems. Products based on the IBM® Tivoli® Process Automation Engine (TPAE), like IBM Maximo® Asset Management, Maximo Industry Solutions, and IBM SmartCloud™ Control Desk, often play a role in such environments and thus also have continuous availability... [More]

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Here in the Maximo development team we try to reinvent the wheel as little as possible. Part of the reason we run on application servers such as WebSphere is the robust feature set that they offer – and that we don’t have to build. Especially in the area of security, we leverage the capabilities of the application server for a great deal of functionality. Many of our certifications for things like IPv6 compliance and encryption standards come directly from the capabilities of the application server. We use application server capabilities for... [More]

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Introduction IBM released Maximo 7.5 in April 2011. This release is built on top of Tivoli process automation engine (Tpae) 7.5. Tpae 7.5 provides a number of improvements and enhancements in many different areas. One of the key Tpae components with significant new features is Migration Manager. These features were added based on customer input and experience using Migration Manager. The goal in adding these new features is to accelerate migration package design and the overall migration effort while reducing the implementation... [More]

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  If you are a developer working with Maximo's MXServer API you may find the following public methods useful. They are exposed via the MXServerRemote interface and can be accessed through a static reference ... MXServer.getMXServer().   These methods are available in TPAE 7.5 and higher and also in fix packs 7.1.1.6 and higher.   ___________________________________________________________________________________ public ArrayList getMboCounts() throws MXApplicationException   This method returns an ArrayList of MboSet and Mbo counts. The Array... [More]

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The current Migration Group, CLASSIFICATIONDATA, does not migrate the Attributes and Measure Units. This can result in missing descriptions on Attributes and Measure Units which can be confusing for the end user. The solution is to add two new Migration Objects for these two objects so that they can be migrated and then to create a new Migration Group containing the exisitng DMCLASSIFICATION Migration Object and the two new created Migration Objects for Attributes and Measure Units. Creating the two new Migration Objects ... [More]

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with Steve Haupman, Anamitra Bhattacharyya and Sampath Sriramadhesikan (IBM US)   Introduction The purpose of this article is to present a technical solution using Maximo Automated Scripting to the problem of plain text white space content via email appearing flattened in the SR ticket Rich Text Editor (RTE).    Before getting into the nitty-gritty details, it's important to mention that this is a single application of scripting to this type of problem. If the plain text is coming in... [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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Do you receive daily deal-of-the-day emails from websites that feature discounted gift certificates such as Dinner: Buy one, get one free , or 50% off the price of selected beauty treatments ? The Buy Now button can be tempting but if you're like me, you like to get more information before you decide to click. When you receive error and warning messages in Maximo, you also might like to get more information before you proceed. Starting in Maximo 7.5.0.3,you can find additional information on the error and warnings messages as topics... [More]

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Independence of security groups are one of the most misunderstood concepts in the Maximo/TPAE security construct. Why would you want a group to be independent? What are the implications of checking that check box? Basically, security group independence exists to allow you to configure site specific access to a set of applications, options or controls. If you are not configuring site specific rules you don’t need an Independent group. If you only have one site, you should never have Independent groups. By default, security groups combine with... [More]

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  Problem     In Maximo we provide the capability to send Role based emails. A role is defined in the Roles application and is typically attached to a communication template while sending an email. Behind the scenes Maximo resolves the email addresses of the members in a role and sets the "TO:" field with a list of email addresses. However there is always a chance that one or more of these addresses on the list could be invalid due to a variety of reasons. When there are one or more invalid email addresses on the "TO:" list... [More]

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A new article has been published on developerWorks that assists users with configuring IBM Maximo for Tivoli Directory Integrator. Here is an excerpt from the introduction:   IBM® Tivoli® Directory Integrator enables synchronization, transformation and migration of generic and identity data across heterogeneous systems, helping organizations maintain consistent and trusted data across multiple resources.   Tivoli Asset Management for IT (TAMIT) solutions deliver increased visibility, control and automation to support efficient,... [More]

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A recent article revealed the 25 worst passwords of 2011 according to SplashData's compliation of lists posted online by hackers. Some are the 'usual suspects' but many are much more unexpected. As a reminder, strong passwords: Are case-sensitive Be at least 8 characters long Require a number and/or special character Never be the same as the user ID Never be a word that is easy to guess such as ‘password’ or ‘maximo’ Must be changed regularly, such as every 90 days Here is the list of the worst passwords of the year password 123456 12345678... [More]

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Are you interested in solutions that handle high availability for unplanned outages considering all the components of your Tivoli's process automation engine (Tpae) based product? The white paper "Providing High Availability for Tivoli Process Automation Engine based applications" is now available on the ISM Library at http://ibm.co/oeuy1c This paper explores high availability solutions for products based on Tpae. High availability solution for these products rely on the high availability of underlying components such as IBM... [More]

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Hello All, The Maximo Support Resources pages have been redesigned to meet IBM Mobile standards and provide a better user experience.  These pages provide a Maximo centric view of the IBM online experience with quick access to all sorts of resources including Support, Developer Works, SMC, Documentation all in a single location.  In addition, these pages are built to deliver quick results on the topics most requested from our clients.  With a single click, all documents related to a particular Maximo topic are returned... [More]

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