This is a true story (film rights reserved) but some names, events and facts may have been changed (due mainly to my typing and proofreading skills)  A tale of a hero - IBM Support Assistant ( ISA ) Team Server 5      and his sidekick (that would be me) and of a villain - RC=13 It all started one wet and miserable morning in a small dark room in a place not so very far away.  Disaster had struck as my server had just run out of memory. What could I do. Where could I turn.  I had heard tales of a hero who had powers... [More]

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QUICK OVERVIEW    ......... If you know how it works and just want to look at logging, look below for 'Basic Debugging' VMMSYNC is a crontask provided within Maximo products.  As with all crontasks it can be set to run at regular intervals. The crontask makes contact with a component of WebSphere called VMM (Virtual Member Manager) via API calls. The calls will be actioned against a federated repository and will request information on users, groups and group assignments from within the federated repository. The... [More]

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Once in a while I'll get questions about performance problems.  Specific scenarios can be resolved by applying Interim Fixes or adding indexes.  Those critical and urgent problems often happen throughout the entire system.   Here is a collection of performance related recordings and technotes that might help: Install Performance Monitor... [More]

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Smarter Infrastructure & Social Media  In the world of Industrial Equipment   Social Media has become the key aspect of how we communicate, exchange and receives information. As events happen, messages are routed in real-time all over the planet, thanks to fast cellular networks, smart phones and vibrant people of this planet. As we have learnt to adapt and embrace technology to help us be more efficient, we can use similar concepts in the world of Smarter Infrastructure. Infrastructure is getting Smarter every day, as controllers... [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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Introduction The objective of this post is provide a definitive view of how configuring Maximo authentication using WebSphere and a LDAP Federated Repository. During the reading, it will be possible to understand some definitions and get tips to take the best of this capability. This example uses the Federate Repository functionality of WAS, which means, allow one-to-many authentication sources be used as a single view from the application perspective. It is worth considering this approach due its easy configuration and ability to expand to... [More]

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When you plan to use application server security to authenticate TPAE/Maximo users against an external directory you also have the option to synchronize users and/or groups and group memberships. There are a few decisions you need to make before you begin.   Who will be synchronized? You can use a standard LDAP filter to synchronize a subset of users into the system. These users can be in a pre-defined OU, role or group or can simply meet a standard query. Synchronizing a subset of users will improve the performance of the sync and also improve... [More]

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Maximo and other ISM applications can be licensed in different ways and measuring license compliance can get confusing. IBM does not 'lock out' users when licenses are exceeded but we do perform occasional audits. There are a few tools within the system that you can use to self-monitor your license compliance.   If you are licensed by registered users, User Types will be important. Out of the box we ship Type 1 through Type 10 as values in a standard domain. You can add more values and descriptions at they meet your business needs. For example,... [More]

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  At our PULSE conference we had a lot of interest in the Maximo Archiving with Optim product. One of the most common questions that we were asked was about how you could interact with archived data. Depending on your business requirements there are different ways that your user can interact with archived data. You can use one or more of these methodologies as they meet your business needs.   ‘Just in Case’ Access – In this case the data will remain in the archive files and stored on lower-tier storage or even off site. This would be... [More]

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As part of the IBM Solution Health Initiative, customers with licenses for any of the TPAE products like Maximo, CCMDB and TSRM are entitled to download a suite of tools from IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) to help monitor the health of the system.   If you are on version 7.1.1.6 or higher in the 7.x stream follow this link to view the instructions and download the software:   ITM Agent for Maximo 7.1.1   About IBM Tivoli Monitoring   Tivoli Monitoring is a product that is independent of Maximo Asset Management. However, by... [More]

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