Please keep in mind, IBM does not officially support cloning in Maximo 7.6 . If you have any problems with this process, we recommend that you do a fresh install on a new administrative machine.   Restrictions: This has been tested on Windows Server only, not on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The following cloning process is only for the Maximo Asset Management installation, not WebSphere Application Server or DB2 database.   Requirements : The operating system on both machines must be identical . If one is 64 bit Windows Server 2012 R2, the second... [More]

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Hello,   My name is Edgar Mengelberg and I have been working with the Maximo and TPAE product suite in various Support roles for over 15 years. Scheduler (aka Graphical Scheduling or GS)  is a great tool that was embedded into core Maximo from version 7502 (prior to this , it was an add-on) Graphical Assignment (=GA) is also an option in core Maximo Asset Management (MAM) or TPAE that can be used for similar work management and scheduling. The relationship between GS (Graphical Scheduling) and GA (Graphical Assignment) is that GS is... [More]

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Part One - The Scope, Scale, and People of Support   I am a "Level 2" Support Engineer for IBM Maximo and this is the first part of a five-part series of articles.  These articles are based on a presentation that has been given by the Maximo L2 Support Manager, Thomas Aaron.  I work for Thomas, who manages a team of Level 2 Maximo application support engineers in North America (United States and Canada), South America (Brazil), and the Philippines.  Thomas is based in the United States and is a proud Texan! As this series of articles... [More]

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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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  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]

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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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