Maximo Application Suite
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What's new in Maximo Application Suite fix packs

Learn more about updates that are provided in Maximo® Application Suite fix packs to support prerequisite software, such as Red Hat® OpenShift® cluster services and Cloud Pak for Data services.

About fix packs

Maximo Application Suite incrementally delivers regular product fix packs to provide bug fixes, security updates, and support for prerequisite software.

Fix pack information for Maximo Application Suite and each application is provided in the Maximo Application Suite release notes. For more information, see Maximo Application Suite release notes.

You can install fix packs by using a channel subscription. For more information, see Upgrading IBM Maximo Application Suite by using the channel subscription method.

Prerequisite software

Learn more about updates to Maximo Application Suite to support prerequisite software changes that are delivered in Maximo Application Suite fix packs.

November 2024

Support for MongoDB 7.0 in Maximo Application Suite 9.0.4, 8.11.16, and 8.10.19

If you are upgrading from an earlier version of MongoDB to MongoDB 7.0, consider the following requirements:

Before you upgrade MongoDB, create a backup.
If you are using a cloud-hosted instance of MongoDB, such as on IBM Cloud®, refer to the documentation for that cloud host for more information about how to support and upgrade MongoDB.
If MongoDB is hosted in another way, such as on premises, refer to the upgrade documentation for MongoDB for that host.
If you are using the MongoDB community operator with automation that is provided by Maximo Application Suite, refer to the Maximo Application Suite Ansible® documentation.

Multiple architecture support for Maximo Application Suite core and Maximo Manage base 9.0.5

Maximo Application Suite core and Maximo Manage base now support multiple architecture including IBM System/390x (s390x) to leverage existing Red Hat OpenShift capabilities through the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform for scalability and resilience.

You can choose to install or migrate your existing Maximo Application Suite core and Maximo Manage base on IBM Z processing platform.

Note: If Maximo Application Suite core and Maximo Manage base are configured on IBM System/390x architecture, consider the following for prerequisite software.

MongoDB is supported as an external service only. For more information, see MongoDB and Installing MongoDB on IBM Cloud.
Internal IBM Db2® database and Grafana operators are not supported. For more information, see Configuring IBM Db2 and Installing Grafana.

July 2024

Support for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15.x: Starting in 8.10.10, 8.11.13, and 9.0.1, you can install and run the Maximo Application Suite with Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform version 4.15.x.
For more information, see Software Product Compatibility Reports (SPCR).

February 2024

IBM Data Reporter Operator in Maximo Application Suite 8.11.7 and 8.10.10

As a Maximo Application Suite administrator, you configure IBM Data Reporter Operator (DRO) to collect and process metrics for licensing compliance.

The User Data Services is now deprecated. Data Reporter Operator replaces User Data Services.

Data Reporter Operator has a reduced operational footprint and cost than IBM User Data Services to help you reduce the Maximo Application Suite resource usage.

If you are an existing Maximo Application Suite user, migrate to Data Reporter Operator because it includes tools that assist with migration. If you do not migrate to Data Reporter Operator , you must manually report metrics to IBM.

For more information, see Data Reporter Operator.

January 2024

Internet Protocol version 6: Starting in Maximo Application Suite 8.11.6 and IBM Maximo Manage 8.7.4, Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is supported in Maximo Application Suite core and the Maximo Manage application.
For more information about supported versions, see Software Product Compatibility Reports (SPCR).

November 2023

Support for MongoDB 5.0 and 6.0 in Maximo Application Suite 8.11.3 and 8.10.7

If you are upgrading from an earlier version of MongoDB to MongoDB 5.0 or 6.0, consider the following requirements:

Before you upgrade MongoDB, create a backup.
If you are using a cloud-hosted instance of MongoDB, such as on IBM Cloud, refer to the documentation for that cloud host for more information about how to support and upgrade MongoDB.
If MongoDB is hosted in another way, such as on premises, refer to the upgrade documentation for MongoDB for that host.
If you are using the MongoDB community operator with automation that is provided by Maximo Application Suite, refer to the Maximo Application Suite Ansible documentation.

New features and updates

Learn more about updates to Maximo Application Suite to support new features and updates that are delivered in Maximo Application Suite fix packs.

September 2024

Creating custom email templates in 9.0.3, 8.11.15, and 8.10.18: You can customize the emails templates that are used in Maximo Application Suite by creating a ConfigMap in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform.
For more information, see Creating custom email templates.

Disabling Maximo Application Suite email notifications in 9.0.3, 8.11.15, and 8.10.18: You can configure the SmtpCFG custom resource to disable Maximo Application Suite emails from being sent to your users.
For more information, see Disabling email notifications.

Changing the language of email notifications in 9.0.3, 8.11.15, and 8.10.18: You can configure the SmtpCFG custom resource to use of a translated version of Maximo Application Suite emails.
For more information, see Changing the language of email notifications.

August 2024

Enabling special characters for user ID and username in Maximo Application Suite 9.0.2, 8.11.14 and 8.10.17: User IDs and usernames can contain only alphanumeric characters and some special characters. However, you can enable Maximo Application Suite to include the use of all special characters by updating the custom resource file in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform.
For more information, see Enabling special characters for user ID and username.

Configuring User Registry Synchronization to use custom mappings: Introducing a parameter forceMappedValue in the User Registry Synchronization configuration to ensure custom mappings are used instead of using fallback values from standard mappings.
For more information, see LDAP user registry synchronization

May 2024

Anonymize personal information in Maximo Application Suite 8.11.11: You can enable the option to anonymize personal information, such as username, emails, and display name, before you delete users. As an administrator, you can also anonymize the personal information as a global option by updating the custom resource in the Red Hat OpenShift web console. Then, when you delete users, this personal information is anonymized by default.
For more information, see Anonymizing user data.

Deployable architecture on IBM Cloud for Maximo Application Suite 8.11.10: You can now automate the deployment of a standard client managed Maximo Application Suite core with its dependencies from IBM Cloud public catalog. You can also automatically enable Maximo Manage, which is ready to use. The deployable architecture includes support for a Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes service cluster with VPC Gen2 infrastructure.
For more information, see Deployment guide Maximo Application Suite.