IBM Maximo Application Suite - Monitor component 9.2.0

Major Features & Enhancements

• Simplified IoT platform architecture
  • Starting in Maximo Monitor 9.2, the IoT platform architecture has been simplified and optimized.
  • The redesign reduces platform complexity, lowers resource consumption, and improves operational efficiency compared to earlier multi-tenant implementations.
• Reduced Kubernetes operator footprint
  • As a system administrator, you can now manage deployments more efficiently with a reduced number of Kubernetes operators.
  • Only essential gateway and authentication operators remain, which simplifies deployment and ongoing cluster management.
• Independent Maximo Monitor installation
  • As a system administrator, you can now install and run Maximo Monitor independently without the mandatory dependency on IoT platform that was required in earlier releases.
  • This change provides greater deployment flexibility and reduces system complexity.
• Optional IoT Platform Operations Admin
  • As a system administrator, you can now choose whether to install IoT Platform Operations Admin as an optional component.
  • If you do not install it, IoT Platform Operations Admin services are not deployed and related menus and workspaces do not appear in the user interface.
  • This configuration enables a cleaner installation for customers who require Monitor capabilities only.
• Consolidated database architecture
  • As a system administrator, you can now manage all data within the Maximo Monitor database.
  • IoT Platform-specific database schemas and MongoDB support are removed, which simplifies database management and reduces infrastructure requirements.
• Automated upgrade data migration
  • As a system administrator, you can now upgrade from version 9.1 to 9.2 with automated data migration.
  • Provided migration scripts automatically move existing IoT Platform Operations Admin and MongoDB data, including device attributes and related configuration data, into the Monitor database.
• CSV-based data ingestion
  • As an operations manager or data analyst, you can now ingest data from CSV files directly into Maximo Monitor.
  • You can load and analyze operational data without requiring MQTT-connected devices.
• Edge Data Collector integration
  • As an operations manager, you can now access the Edge Data Collector directly from the Maximo Monitor workspace.
  • This integration improves alignment with Monitor data ingestion and processing workflows.
• Modernized authentication processing
  • As a system administrator, you benefit from modernized authentication processing that now uses the Monitor database schema.
  • Device and gateway authentication behaviour remains unchanged for users. This update is internal and transparent to customers.
• RBAC (Resource based access control)
  • Introduced an advanced resource-level security model that defines access permissions at the individual resource level rather than solely through user roles.
  • Enabled granular access control over specific data, objects, and system functionalities.
  • Enhanced administrative control by allowing permissions to be granted or restricted for individual resources based on business requirements
• Improved Alerting (Accuracy & Insights)
  • Enhanced and optimized alerting capabilities to improve alert accuracy, reduce false positives, and provide actionable insights for faster issue identification and resolution.
  • Added AlertByOccurrencesCount, enabling frequency-based monitoring by detecting when specific conditions occur repeatedly within a defined time period.
  • Added NoDataAlert, which monitors data availability and generates alerts when devices or sensors stop transmitting data for a configured period.
• Parent level Aggregation of Child Metrics (Hierarchical Analytics)
  • MAS Monitor supports parent-level charting of child resource metrics, enabling dashboards that visualize child device metrics within parent resources without creating new KPIs or duplicating data.
  • Hierarchy dashboards are available for Location, Asset, System, Site, and Organization resources, with support for applying aggregation and grain to child metrics for comprehensive visualization

List of APARs fixed in version 9.2 

Related Technotes

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7277290