IBM Maximo Health, Safety and Environment Manager

Version 7.6.1

Quick Start Guide

This guide introduces IBM® Maximo® Health, Safety and Environment Manager Version 7.6.1, provides a link to prerequisite software, gets you started with a typical installation, and provides a roadmap to other important information.

Globalization: To obtain the Quick Start Guide in other languages, access the language-specific files from Passport Advantage®.

Product overview

Maximo Health, Safety and Environment Manager provides enterprises with applications that support integrated processes for improving safety, reliability, environmental, and operational performance in compliance with regulations. Key objectives are to reduce operational risk and to increase return on assets.

Step 1: Access the software and documentation

Access the product software either from IBM Passport Advantage® or from the product DVD. To download your product from Passport Advantage®, follow the instructions in the Maximo Health, Safety and Environment Manager download document (http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24042525).

Before you install the product, refer to the IBM Maximo Health, Safety and Environment Manager 7.6.1 Installation Guide. Review any existing release notes for Maximo Health, Safety and Environment Manager at Release Notes (http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS5GME_7.6.1/com.ibm.hse.doc/common/hse761_relnotes.html). Release notes contain the latest information that is relevant to the installation of this product. If no additional information is available, this link returns no search results.

For complete documentation, including installation instructions, refer to IBM Knowledge Center for Maximo Health, Safety and Environment Manager (http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS5GME_7.6.1/com.ibm.hse.doc/welcome.html).

Step 2: Plan the installation

Installing Maximo Health, Safety and Environment Manager requires system administrator rights and privileges. You install the product on a Microsoft Windows administrative workstation. You must ensure that IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.6.0.6 is installed on the same administrative workstation where you plan to install Maximo Health, Safety and Environment Manager 7.6.1, and in the same language as Maximo Health, Safety and Environment Manager 7.6.1.

For information about installing Maximo Asset Management fix packs, search for the fix pack download documents at Product support for Maximo Asset Management (http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/Overview/Software/Tivoli/Maximo_Asset_Management).

For details about the software, system, and network requirements for Maximo Health, Safety and Environment Manager, refer to the System requirements for other Maximo products (https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/IBM%20Maximo%20Asset%20Management/page/Other%20Maximo%20products%20system%20requirements) page of the Maximo Asset Management wiki.

Restriction: In version 7.6.1, if Maximo for Oil and Gas 7.6.1 is installed, you have all the features of Maximo Health, Safety and Environment Manager. Therefore, do not install Maximo Health, Safety and Environment Manager in the same environment as Maximo for Oil and Gas because the versions are not compatible.

Step 3: Install the product

To install the product:
  1. Review the software requirements.
  2. Install Maximo Health, Safety and Environment Manager.
  3. Update the Maximo database. This is required if you chose the option Defer the Update of the Maximo Database during the installation.
  4. Build the enterprise application archive (EAR) files. This is required if you chose either Defer Maximo Application Redeployment or Defer the Update of the Maximo Database during the installation.
  5. For the IBM WebSphere® Application Server environments: The EAR files are installed during the Maximo Asset Management installation. If this task was deferred during the Maximo Asset Management installation (by choosing either Defer Maximo Application Redeployment or Defer the Update of the Maximo Database), deploy the EAR files.
  6. For Oracle WebLogic Server environments only: you must deploy the enterprise application archive (EAR) files.
  7. If a license for IBM Maximo Spatial Asset Management is installed and enabled, add spatial features to Maximo Health, Safety and Environment Manager records. You can also grant access to spatial options.

Detailed instructions for these steps are in the IBM Maximo Health, Safety and Environment Manager 7.6.1 Installation Guide in IBM Knowledge Center (http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS5GME_7.6.1/com.ibm.hse.doc/welcome.html).

More information

After you install Maximo Health, Safety and Environment Manager, use IBM Knowledge Center to learn more about the product.

For more information, refer to the following resources: