Deploying Maximo Manage in Maximo Application Suite

By deploying and activating Maximo® Manage, you make it available for use in IBM® Maximo Application Suite.

A system administrator can do the following tasks:
  • Configure your database for Maximo Manage.
  • Select and deploy industry solutions and add-ons.
  • Complete other configurations as needed.
  • After the deployment is complete, grant users access permission to use Maximo Manage.
  • Complete other post-deployment and administration tasks.

Maximo Application Suite is a suite of asset management and data analytic offerings.

As a system administrator, you can deploy and activate Maximo Manage and related industry solutions and add-ons in Maximo Application Suite. After you install Maximo Manage, the architecture is as shown in the following figure.
Figure 1. Maximo Manage in Maximo Application Suite
A system diagram that shows the components of Maximo Manage in Maximo Application Suite

When you want to connect to a particular database or install an add-on, a custom resource is generated to specify exactly what you want to do. The Maximo Manage operator generates the admin image and the server bundle images. For example, if you want to install industry solutions, the server bundle images are the Liberty servers because the server must be deployed there. The operator completes these tasks. Then, those finalized images are placed in the local image registry or a customer-provided image registry. The operator issues commands to the Admin pod and the database to configure the database. When the configuration is done, the operator starts the Liberty servers and makes the routes available, so users can start to connect to it. The operator automates the whole deployment.

Before you deploy, verify that the following tasks are complete:

  • Verify that your environment meets the system requirements. For more information, see system requirements.

  • Verify that Maximo Application Suite is installed and configured according to your requirements.

  • Learn about preparing your database, provisioning persistent storage, configuring your customization archive, and other tasks for the deployment. For more information, see Plan and prepare Maximo Manage.

Then, you can deploy and activate Maximo Manage in Maximo Application Suite. For more information, see Deploying and activating Maximo Manage.