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Modifying the Maximo.properties File in Release 7

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Question

In Maximo Asset Management Release 7, the maximo.properties file is encrypted after the installation. When modifications need to be made to properties, maximo.properties must not be manually modified.

Answer

After the installation of Release 7, maximo.properties has an encrypted password for the database user. If you need to modify any of the parameters in maximo.properties, do not edit the encrypted file. Use the maximo.properties_orig file that has the plain text password instead.
Manually modifying maximo.properties
1. Delete or rename the existing maximo.properties file in \ibm\smp\maximo\applications\maximo\properties
(Linux/Unix - /opt/IBM/SMP/maximo/applications/maximo/properties)
2. Copy \ibm\smp\etc\maximo.properties_orig to \ibm\smp\maximo\applications\maximo\properties\
(Linux/Unix - Copy from /opt/IBM/SMP/etc to /opt/IBM/SMP/maximo/applications/maximo/properties)
3. Make your changes to maximo.properties. Save the changes.
4. From an Administrative command prompt, navigate to \ibm\smp\maximo\tools\maximo directory
5. Run encryptproperties.bat
(Linux/Unix - From a terminal window run /opt/IBM/SMP/maximo/tools/maximo/encryptproperties.sh)
This command encrypts the database user password in maximo.properties.

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Modified date:
09 January 2023

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