Today I'm moving back over from turning lights on with Maximo to another product that talks with Maximo.  That product is Maximo Anywhere and our latest version of Maximo Anywhere 7.6 has just been released. Along with Maximo Anywhere 7.6 comes some new functionality and new support, if you wish to learn more about what's new you can head over to our Infocenter and read up on the features and system architecture. However today I won't be talking about the functionality but the new support for Windows 10 devices and what we need... [More]

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Maximo has a lot of integration abilities and one of them is the REST API. One of the really great thing about the REST API is that it is a very simple protocol that can be used to communicate with Internet of Things devices. It is compact and light weight and does not need much resources. There are many IoT devices to pick from but my personal favorite is the BeagleBone Black (BBB). It is a low cost credit card size computer and the best part is that it does not need much setup to communicate with Maximo. To try the example you only need a... [More]

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  The instructions for enabling security created by my colleague included in the blog entry link below describe the steps necessary to enable application server security including modifications to web.xml files for the associated war modules, updates to system properties,  rebuild/redeployment of the maximo.ear, enabling global security within the WebSphere Administrative Console, and restarting the application servers.   ... [More]

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Many of you are familiar with the recommendation to deploy the RMI registry file, rmireg.war and have probably seen these two great tech notes below: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21262022 http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21598724 However, I understand a lot of you may be wondering how many, where and why for a clustered environment? This blog will look at elaborating on the fundamental concepts explored in the above tech notes and be geared more specifically to how we can achieve the deployment of the RMI in... [More]

Tags:  maximo cluster method rmi remote registry invocation remireg.war

Maximo manages database connection pool internally in its code and does not use the application server database connection pool.  At times, there are database connection leaks due to incorrect code or memory leaks that result in database connections increasing and stopping the database. The database connection leaks should be identified and fixed in the code. It can be accomplished by using the dbconnection watchdog logger. The log files can indicate where the connection leaks might be. Ideally, all database connection leaks should be... [More]

In Maximo, reorder quantity is calculated by this formula:   Order Quantity = [(ROP + 1) –Quantity on Order –Available Balance] Y = Order Quantity / Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) X = Next whole number integer of Y Reorder Quantity = X * EOQ     Let me give an example how it works: 1. Create an testing item and set the Reorder parameters 1.1. Create ITEM1000 in ITEM Master application 1.2. Add ITEM1000 to Storeroom CENTRAL 1.3. Set current balance as 10 1.4. Activate the item in Organization and tick Roll New Status to... [More]

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With Maximo 7.6 we can configure in-session logging for an individual user so that other users are not affected by performance issues, create custom log messages and review the content between these messages in the log.  Also, run MMI APIs in the Monitor Environment Information to gather diagnostic information.  I think these are really awesome features for capturing relevant diagnostic information in the logs.      Below are the two part YouTube Series on MMI You will no longer need to scroll through... [More]

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As L2 Support Manager for Maximo (and TRIRIGA and IBM MessageSight) I frequently get asked by clients and fellow IBMers "What can I do to help get my / my customers PMR (Problem Management Record) addressed and resolved as soon as possible"? Nobody wants to wait for a long time for an answer or solution and our teams are working diligently to resolve any issue as soon as possible. So - is there anything you can do to help? Absolutely! Here are a few suggestions on information to provide / things to do that can help to reduce time to... [More]

Now I'm going to upgrade my Maximo Upgrade database. This is a maxdemo database that I upgraded from 6.2.3 a few years ago. I updated it to 7.5.0.6 in March to ready it for the upgrade. I was going to do the upgrade then, but some things came up. I was successful once, but it was not 100% to my liking. I want to be able to show a smooth and simple upgrade. So, here we go. Here is my source configuration: After the date of the screen shot, I upgraded WebSphere 7.0.0.29 to 8.5.5.3 separately (using the Maximo installer packages), and moved... [More]

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Are you a business partner who implements Maximo and is looking for ways to differentiate your services?  Are you a customer thinking about implementing Maximo and you want to get to fast ROI?  Does 60 minutes seem ridiculous?  A couple of years ago you would have been right.  It was ridiculous to think you could have the most powerful asset management platform software running with industry best practices and your data in an hour.  Today, it’s possible.    OK, let’s be real.  Will Maximo be... [More]

As we begin this new year we look forward to new challenges that will impact how people like myself do our jobs.  I'm also looking forward to meeting and talking with clients once again at the Interconnect conference next month in Las Vegas.  Interconnect (formally referred to as Pulse) will be an opportunity for clients and users to look at and demo many of the new products that will be available to them in 2015.  One of the things I'm really looking forward to in 2015 is the Maximo 7.6 release.  For someone... [More]

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MxLoader is a great tool and allows to perform massive updates in Maximo in few seconds. Updating attributes can be a little tricky so here is a little tutorial on how to do it. First of all you have to download MxLoader and familiarize with it if you do not already know it. The User Guide has a nice introduction on how to use it. When MxLoader is corretly working and connected to your Maximo server you can click on the 'New MxSheet' button and select the 'Assets - Asset Classification and Attributes' template. Type an... [More]

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It's been a bit since my last entry in this series, so I thought I'd take some time this morning to finish off this tutorial on configuring a basic horizontal cluster.  If you haven't read my previous posts, you can jump over to Part 1: WebSphere Configuration and Part 2: JMS Configuration . In this final portion of the three part series, we will go over the following topics. Creating the Virtual Host Assigning Names to JVM's Building and Deploying ear files Isolating functionality I will note... [More]

Tags:  performance clustering maximo+7.5 maximo integration websphere+8.5.5 mxe.crontask.donotrun balancing web+services load crontask

Recently I encountered a Maximo user who requested for a report parameter lookup to be added to a BIRT Report request page. Not just any parameter, but an unbound Location(s) parameter lookup that was to only show and display records subject to the Location being specified on the request page. Upon initial setup of the Table Domain and simple lookups.xml modification, the goal was partially reached but the lookup was returning ALL locations and not those subject to the Table Domain. Within our Report Development Guide(s) ( http://ibm.biz/BdE2pA... [More]

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