Updating

The Maximo® Real Estate and Facilities application consists of two main components, Maximo Real Estate and Facilities Platform and Maximo Real Estate and Facilities Applications. They can be updated independently and have different update mechanisms.

  • Maximo Real Estate and Facilities Platform is updated in the IBM® Maximo Application Suite Red Hat OpenShift operator channel. You update Maximo Real Estate and Facilities Platform in IBM Maximo Application Suite by deploying another version of the Red Hat OpenShift operator, see Updating Maximo Real Estate and Facilities.

  • Maximo Real Estate and Facilities Applications are updated in Maximo Real Estate and Facilities. You update Maximo Real Estate and Facilities Applications by applying Object Migration packages in Maximo Real Estate and Facilities.

    • Upgrade to new versions by downloading the software from IBM Passport Advantage and applying the OM package.

    • Apply fix packs by downloading the software from IBM Fix Central and applying the OM package.

Deploying the Maximo Real Estate and Facilities Red Hat OpenShift operator does not overwrite the current version of Maximo Real Estate and Facilities Applications.

  • A new deployment of the operator installs the version of Maximo Real Estate and Facilities Applications that is packaged with the operator. For example, installing Maximo Real Estate and Facilities Platform 9.1 installs Maximo Real Estate and Facilities Applications 9.1.
  • Subsequent deployments of the operator detect that Maximo Real Estate and Facilities Applications is installed and installs only the Maximo Real Estate and Facilities Platform. Use OM packages to update Maximo Real Estate and Facilities Applications.

For more information about upgrading IBM Maximo Application Suite, see Upgrading IBM Maximo Application Suite.

Data recovery and backups

Before you start an upgrade, create a data recovery plan for the database in case of a Maximo Real Estate and Facilities system failure. Maximo Real Estate and Facilities is a Java™ enterprise application that runs on a variety of database platforms. Each database platform provides different methods and recommendations for backups and recovery. For database backup and recovery operation standards and best practices, see the documentation from your database provider.

Back up the Maximo Real Estate and Facilities database before you start an upgrade. Stage all upgrades in a test environment and complete thorough reviews before you upgrade any production environment.