Maximo Application Suite
Customer-managed

What's new in Maximo Application Suite 8.9

Learn more about what's new and changed in IBM® Maximo® Application Suite 8.9.

Installation

Support for Production or Non-production mode in installation

When you install IBM Maximo Application Suite, you can now enter a new parameter Operational Mode to configure the instance in Production or Non-production mode for IBM AppPoint optimization. You can use the non-production mode to install and deploy the IBM Maximo Application Suite for internal development and testing with no AppPoint costs incurred for installing applications, add-ons, solutions or other capabilities. However, you continue to be charged based on your access type. For more information, see Administering users and user access.

Note: The Operational Mode parameter is available only for installation. It is not supported for upgrading the IBM Maximo Application Suite.

For more information, see Installation mode considerations.

Suite administration

Manual certificate management

When you configure the suite, you can manually upload your public transport layer security (TLS) certificates that are used to establish secure connections with Maximo Application Suite. You can use certificate management to ensure that your certificates are valid and replace expired certificates.

By default, Maximo Application Suite uses IBM Certificate Manager service to control certificate management. To upload your own public TLS certificates, you must first enable manual certificate management.

For more information, see Manual certificate management.

Configuring user sessions

To increase application security and ensure that AppPoints are promptly returned when users close their browsers or tabs without first logging out, you can configure user authentication sessions. You configure user authentication sessions by changing the expiration time for the access and refresh token in the custom resource (CR) file for Maximo Application Suite.

For more information, see Configuring user sessions.

Configuring password settings

As a suite administrator, you can configure password settings to meet the requirements of your organization's security policy. On the User page in the Suite administration user interface, you can set password requirements for users, such as minimum password length, minimum number of uppercase or lowercase characters, and you can choose the placement of password characters. You can also choose whether you want users to change their password on first login.

These password rules are enforced when you create a password for new users or when users change their password by selecting Profile > Manage profile > Change password.

For more information, see Configuring password settings.

Multiple customization archives for Maximo Manage configuration

When you configure Maximo Manage for activation, you can specify the customization archive file location in the configuration. You can now include multiple customization archives during the activation process.

If you used a single customization archive in a previous configuration, that archive information is automatically transferred to the Multiple customization archive table when you update the next configuration of Maximo Manage.

For more information, see Adding customizations to Maximo Manage.

Field validation for Maximo Manage configuration: Error messages identify configuration issues before you start the activation process. Explanations and suggestions for corrective action are provided in messages that might be shown when you configure Maximo Manage for activation.

Applications

IBM Maximo Safety: From Maximo Application Suite 8.9, IBM Maximo Safety is no longer available. If Maximo Safety is installed and you are upgrading to Maximo Application Suite 8.9, you must deactivate and delete Maximo Safety before you can complete the upgrade.

What's new in Maximo Application Suite applications: Learn more about what’s new and changed for the following applications, industry solutions, and add-ons in Maximo Application Suite 8.9.