"Admin Mode" function in Maximo 7.x

Answer

There is an "Admin Mode" function in Maximo 7.x. That function enables the system administrator to configure the database without having to shut the Maximo server down temporarily.
This function exists in the Database Configuration application.

When setting Admin Mode to ON, there are some limitations that the users and system administrator may run into.

1) It blocks users from the product applications. Only users with the privilege "'Can Log In During Admin Mode" can log in to Maximo.
The SQL statement below shows groups with the privilege "'Can Log In During Admin Mode" :
SELECT * FROM APPLICATIONAUTH WHERE OPTIONNAME ='ADMINMODELOGIN'

If no one can log in to Maximo, please check if "Admin Mode" is on and who has "Can Log In During Admin Mode" privileges.


2) It suspends crontasks.
Only the BBCron instance will run. You can check when each crontask instance runs last with this SQL query:
SELECT * FROM TASKSCHEDULER

If you meet the problem "crontasks are not running" without any reason, you can check "Admin Mode" and If "Admin Mode" is set to ON, change it to OFF.
The crontasks will then run again.

Below is the SQL command to check the "Admin Mode" setting":
SELECT * FROM MAXVARS WHERE VARNAME = 'ADMINRESTART'

cf ) Using a back-end SQL script , you can change "Admin Mode" setting:
UPDATE MAXVARS SET VARVALUE = 'OFF' WHERE VARNAME = 'ADMINRESTART' ; COMMIT;


3) It disables all event listeners.
When the Maximo application server starts (when services are loaded), all event listeners will be loaded . For example: PMListener, MatUseTransListener , AssetListener etc.
If "Admin Mode" is "ON", all event listeners are disabled even if they are initialized when the Maximo application server starts.
At that time, if you try to do some business processes such as Asset creation, PM creation or issue/return Inventory items, data integrity would be broken.
For example: inventory balances/cost are not updated or asset data is not inserted in ASSETANCESTOR, etc.
Also, due to broken data integrity , some unexpected errors or results will happen, for example: PM Wogen error.

* Check "Admin Mode" first when you get any unexpected result or errors.