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Implementer’s Guide  
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Contents  
Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii  
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ix  
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5.4.3 Post Maximo Asset Management Essentials base services installation  
5.6.2 Ensure connectivity to the Maximo Asset Management Essentials  
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and applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121  
Related publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131  
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Preface  
This book is a guide to assist those interested in implementing Maximo Asset  
Management Essentials. It provides general information about the offering and  
overviews the planning, installation and initial configuration processes.  
An entry-level member of the IBM Maximo Asset Management product family,  
Essentials, is ideal for smaller organizations that require a subset of the  
extensive range of features in the IBM Maximo Asset Management Product  
With Essentials, smaller organizations can take advantage of proven Maximo  
Asset Management technology, while also enjoying cost savings.  
IBM Maximo Asset Management Essentials enables smaller organizations and  
departments to organize, track, and manage their asset and work management  
processes, and to implement a maintenance regimen based on industry-leading  
technology and best practices.  
IBM Maximo Asset Management Essentials is an integrated solution for all  
assets. It helps eliminate paper- and spreadsheet-based processes and custom  
applications by standardizing on the Maximo unified platform.  
Unlike competing solutions that are unable to grow with your organization, forcing  
you to throw away your initial expenditure, Essentials allows you to build on your  
Maximo investment by leveraging Maximo’s scalable architecture. Maximo Asset  
Management Essentials can grow with your company so you can continue to  
manage all asset classes and work tasks from a single, unified platform.  
The team that wrote this book  
This book was produced by a team of specialists from around the world working  
at the International Technical Support Organization, Austin Center.  
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Figure 1 (From l to r ) Abby Fidel, Venkat Ram, Rutger Mons, Melissa Christensen, Nihar  
Jain, Vikas Sharma, Bart Jacob  
Bart Jacob is a Senior Consulting IT Specialist at IBM® Corp - International  
Technical Support Organization, Austin Center. He has over 25 years of  
experience providing technical support across a variety of IBM products and  
technologies, including communications, object-oriented software development,  
and systems management. He joined the ITSO in 1989, where he has been  
writing IBM Redbooks® publications and creating and teaching workshops  
around the world on a variety of topics. He holds a Masters degree in Numerical  
Analysis from Syracuse University.  
Melissa Christensen is a Senior Project Manager for EMA, based in California.  
Melissa has over 11 years of experience in Project Management, specifically  
implementing Tivoli® Maximo®. Melissa holds degrees in both  
Anthropology/History and Liberal Studies. Her areas of expertise include Utilities  
and Facilities Maintenance Management in both the private and public sectors.  
Abesolom ’Abby’ Fidel is a SAP® Production Process certified with over 11  
years work in implementing enterprise solution on Unix/Linux® platforms. Abby is  
currently employed as Enterprise Solution Consultant for Avenue Business IT  
Solutions based out of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He holds a degree in Physics  
and Mathematics. In his spare time, Abby volunteers for Habitat for Humanity  
International - Vietnam office.  
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Nihar Jain is a Techno Functional Consultant with Birlasoft (India) Ltd. He has  
over 3 years of experience with Maximo in Asset and Service Management  
domain. He holds a degree in Computers and certifications in ITIL® and IBM  
Maximo Deployment.  
Rutger Mons is a IBM Certified Tivoli Deployment Consultant based at Stork  
Asset Management Solutions in the Benelux region.He has close to 9 years of  
functional and technical experience in the Maximo field.He holds a diploma in  
Financial Management and has various certifications in Project Management and  
Programming and is currently completing a degree in Informatics.  
Venkatesan Ramamoorthy is an IBM-certified solutions expert with years of  
customer implementation experience inside and outside IBM. He is currently a  
next generation IT Service Management solution leader in IBM Tivoli. He is ITIL  
certified and works closely with customer and globally distributed Maximo teams  
in architecting and developing service management solutions. He holds several  
patents in his area of expertise.  
Vikas Sharma is a Solutions Consultant for Birlasoft Inc, USA. He has around 5  
years of experience primarily in designing complex and innovative IT solutions  
primarily in the fields of Enterprise Asset Management®, IT Asset and Service  
Management. He holds a Masters degree in Computer Applications from IP  
University, India. His areas of expertise include Solution Designing, Project  
Management, Customer Relationship Management.  
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Dave Calvert, IBM  
Tom Davis, IBM  
Anthony Honaker, IBM  
Sharad Joshi, Birlasoft  
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Michael Kuijl, Stork - AMS  
Dean La Porte, IBM  
Carlos Marin, IBM  
Dan Matlis, Axendia Inc  
Colleen McCretton, IBM  
John Pasini, EMA Inc  
Kumar Rampura, Birlasoft  
John Reeve, TAIC  
Eyco Rogge, Avenue Business IT Solutions  
Tom Sarasin, IBM  
Mohamed Skandaji, Groupe Createch  
Sampath Sriramadhesikan, IBM  
Vikas Srivastava, Birlasoft  
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Introduction  
This chapter introduces the basic concepts of Asset Management and how  
Maximo Asset Management Essentials as a product can be used as an enabler  
for those processes. We also talk about the functional layout of Maximo Asset  
Management Essentials.  
1.1 Enterprise asset management overview  
Enterprise asset management is the process of managing an organization’s  
assets throughout their life cycle - right from requisition to retirement. The word  
“Enterprise” relates to multiple organizations, departments, functions, and in  
some cases can even mean business units. “Assets” in this context can be  
defined as any equipment or facility which plays a key role in the core business of  
the enterprise. The concept of “Management” is basically applied to improve  
utilization and performance of an asset and thereby improve return on investment  
(ROI).  
Asset life cycle typically contains the following phases  
a. Requisition - At this stage some one or some function in an organization  
raises a request for an asset. At this stage the asset can be either  
procured from a vendor or it can be an inter department transfer.  
b. Procurement - The complete purchasing process is the second stage in  
the asset life cycle. This process includes creation of purchase requisition,  
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creation of request for quotation, generation of purchase order, receiving  
an asset at a location and creation of an invoice.  
c. Commissioning - At this stage of the asset life cycle, it is assigned to a  
location, user or group of users. The cost of operating the asset is now  
attributed the owner of the asset. Also, asset availability is now the  
responsibility of the owner. This includes maintaining the asset regularly to  
ensure the asset is up and running whenever business needs it. The  
various activities that are typically undertaken at this point are Work  
orders, job plans, safety planning, preventive maintenance, emergency  
maintenance and / or seasonal maintenance  
d. Retirement - Some enterprises call this decommissioning too, this is the  
stage where an enterprise decides to replace or remove the asset.  
However, the importance of this stage from an enterprise asset  
management perspective is to be able to calculate the residual cost of the  
asset and also in certain cases being able to transfer parts of the asset to  
another asset. For instance, say few months ago someone just replaced a  
critical and expensive part of an asset because of a fault and that part can  
now be re-used since it not very old but is expensive.  
The concept of Enterprise Asset Management evolved from Computerized  
Maintenance Management System (CMMS). An enterprise’s assets are very  
critical and with the global competition it s becoming imperative for companies to  
maintain and plan various stages of the asset life cycle strategically. Thus, the  
reason for having Enterprise Asset Management as a dedicated function within  
an organization which encompasses purchasing, engineering, accounting and  
maintenance management.  
Broadly, the benefits of enterprise asset management can be summarized as:  
Cost Reduction  
Legal Requirements  
Better Planning  
Competitive Advantage  
Information Availability  
1.2 Maximo Asset Management Essentials  
IBM Maximo Asset Management Essentials is an asset management system that  
provides asset management, maintenance management, inventory  
management, purchasing capabilities that help corporations maximize  
productivity and increase the life of assets.  
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This solution is targeted towards small-to-medium businesses who do not have  
multiple sites and just need a subset of the core functionality of Maximo. Maximo  
Asset Management Enterprise has been a leader in enterprise asset  
management for many years. IBM Maximo is the only solution to have been  
placed in the EAM Leader’s Quadrant 11 times since 1998.  
However, smaller businesses can benefit from the core functionality of Maximo  
and do not need an enterprise level solution for asset management. Thus,  
Maximo Asset Management Essentials has been created, which is a lighter, less  
complex version of Maximo Asset Management Enterprise 7.1. The differences  
in functionality will be discussed in subsequent sections of this book.  
Maximo allows companies to manage assets by providing information and real  
time data thereby enabling creation of a strategy for maintenance management  
by information based decision making capabilities, help in predicting impacts of  
asset downtime on productivity for all categories of assets.  
1.2.1 General Functional Overview  
IBM Maximo Asset Management Essentials is an integrated productivity tool and  
database that helps you achieve maximum efficiency in asset management by  
managing all of your asset types on a single software platform. Built on a service  
oriented architecture (SOA), Maximo Asset Management Essentials delivers a  
comprehensive view of all asset types, locations, and the work processes which  
support them, to provide you with optimal planning, control, audit, and  
compliance capability.  
The Maximo database provides critical information about asset resources,  
including key attributes, their configuration, and their physical and logical  
relationships to other resources. You can also include attachments, such as  
maps, pictures, and URLs to each record or task to further enhance  
communication and productivity.  
IBM Maximo Asset Management Essentials allows you to effectively manage  
end-to-end asset operations and business processes to deliver efficient and  
effective services aligned with your business goals. It provides a comprehensive  
and modular approach to integrated asset control and visibility by providing an  
enterprise platform for storing standardized data on asset histories to help  
integrate people, processes, information, and technology. Maximo Asset  
Management Essentials offerings include tools, best practices, and service  
offerings for incremental value.  
Managing assets through Maximo Asset Management Essentials gives your  
business a competitive advantage.  
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1.2.2 Modules  
Maximo Asset Management Essentials is a subset of Maximo Asset  
Management for Enterprise. Both the products have the same look and feel,  
similar navigation and functionality.  
The product is composed of Modules, which in turn contain applications or  
sub-applications. Users access the lowest level, whether it is an application or  
sub-application for functionality.  
The Maximo Asset Management Essentials solution has multiple modules to  
assist the end user. Six of these key management modules are:  
Asset  
Work  
Service  
Contract  
Materials  
Procurement Management  
Together, these modules help you capture and analyze your asset and work data  
and help you optimize maintenance and service initiatives throughout your  
organization. These six management modules are packaged in an enhanced  
service oriented architecture that helps simplify the creation of Web services and  
supports additional Web service standards such as WS-Security.  
Built on a Java™ Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) component-based  
Internet architecture, Maximo Asset Management Essentials fits in any modern  
enterprise technology infrastructure and integrates easily with your business  
systems. With a significant focus on configuration tooling, such as Application  
Designer for modifying the user interface and Database Configuration for adding  
new tables, columns and rows. Maximo Asset Management Essentials makes it  
easier to tailor the software to your needs without programming. Furthermore,  
your configurations are upgraded with the Upgrade Utility, thus keeping you from  
being locked in from one application release to another.  
Each key module and the business goals for which you can use it are as  
described in the following sections.  
Asset Management  
Achieve the control you need to more efficiently track and manage asset and  
location data throughout the asset life cycle.  
Track asset detail—including location, work, cost and other attributes and  
their histories— over time, to help maximize productivity and extend asset life.  
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Establish location and asset hierarchies to roll up costs across systems,  
subsystems, departments and locations, enabling a better understanding of  
the true cost of assets (initial cost, financial value, cost to maintain, and so  
on).  
Monitor asset and location conditions to enable proactive—rather than  
reactive—maintenance that helps reduce unplanned downtime.  
Support both conventional and linear assets.  
Work Management  
Manage both planned and unplanned maintenance activities, from initial work  
request and work order generation through completion and recording of actuals.  
Work planners can match job tasks to available resources, estimate and obtain  
approval of costs, establish priorities, and initiate maintenance activities across  
the enterprise. Work management supports your business goals by providing the  
following benefits:  
Tracking tools enable more detailed analysis of resources, inventory and  
equipment use and costs, helping decrease labor and materials costs.  
Multiple assets, locations and configuration items are allowed per work order  
or ticket. Work management also supports work order tracking, task  
sequencing, attaching documents at the task level and generating work  
orders from asset information.  
A graphical assignment manager helps optimize maintenance schedules and  
labor use by assigning the right person with the right skills to the right job.  
Preventive maintenance (PM) functionality allows you to put PM schedules in  
place with the right job steps and resource requirements, facilitating the  
planning as well as the work, to help reduce unplanned downtime and  
reactive maintenance.  
Newly developed work management tools enable job plan hierarchies,  
automated workflow processes, enhanced status control, and support for  
linear assets.  
Contract correlation links SLAs to vendor contracts, helping you identify  
unreliable vendors as well as low-quality products. It also enables you to  
reference SLA performance metrics when renegotiating vendor terms.  
A terms and conditions library allows you to more consistently apply  
standardized policies across the organization.  
Automatic notifications and alerts help you meet vendor terms, avoid  
penalties and get the most value out of every contract.  
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Materials Management  
Know the details—what, when, where, how many, how valuable—about  
asset-related inventory and its usage. Materials management functionality  
records material movements and adjustments, allowing for real-time inventory  
tracking, reporting and auditing. This module also allows embedded images of  
an asset to be displayed in the catalog search. You can also use it to:  
Track inventory transactions to help streamline parts and materials  
management.  
Help decrease costs by eliminating excess or obsolete inventory.  
Help optimize and plan inventory to more accurately meet maintenance  
demand, making the right parts available at the right location when needed.  
As a result, you can help reduce stock-outs, inventory shrinkage and carrying  
costs, as well as help foster economies of scale through shared resources.  
Procurement Management  
Support the phases of enterprise-wide procurement, including direct purchasing  
and inventory replenishment. You can provide buyers with more extensive  
requisition, quotation, vendor, purchase order and contract capabilities, thereby  
allowing them to plan work more proactively. Maximo Asset Management  
Essentials easily integrates with enterprise business systems from vendors such  
as Oracle® and SAP, and also connects to online marketplaces, supplier  
systems and exchanges. This module provides:  
Vendor management and vendor performance analysis tools that can help  
reduce costly off-contract buying, and help verify the reliability of vendors and  
the quality of inventory and services.  
Automated interval-based, meter-based or event-driven purchasing  
capabilities to help you order the right parts and services at the right time,  
which can improve purchasing efficiency.  
Global purchasing support that can enable group purchasing savings and  
efficiencies, and can help lower sourcing costs.  
Analysis tools and key performance indicators (KPIs) which measure  
procurement performance such as order processing times, invoice accuracy  
and order delivery times.  
Service Management  
Allow end users to submit new service requests, as well as to track and update  
open service requests. Though service management is provided as part of the  
enterprise version of maximo Asset Management, the Maximo Asset  
Management Essentials product does not provide all of this capability.  
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Contract Management  
Have enhanced control over your vendor contracts with this integrated contract  
management system. Provide comprehensive contract management support for  
purchase, lease, rental, warranty, labor rate, software, master, blanket and user  
defined contracts.  
1.2.3 Integrating with Existing Enterprise Applications  
From a functional standpoint, most businesses already have huge IT  
investments. There is often the question - “Does installing Maximo mean I get rid  
of existing applications?” The answer is - No. Maximo offers a very robust  
integration platform to integrate with any existing applications and maintain a  
single version of truth’.  
Some of the integration with leading enterprise systems are already available in  
the form of adapters where as some have to be custom built, as the need may  
be. Maximo is a Java based solution with an open architecture and therefore  
custom building integrations is not a daunting task.  
Maximo Asset Management Essentials provides support for a set of standard  
integrations, but does not ship with the capability to customize those adapters or  
build new ones. The Integration Framework, previously known as the Maximo  
Enterprise Adapter (MEA) be procured as an add-on from IBM to facilitate these  
integrations.  
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Maximo Asset Management  
Essentials 7.1  
This chapter provides details of Maximo Asset Management Essentials 7.1 and  
an overview of each of the features available for Asset Management. Maximo  
Asset Management Essentials is a lighter version of Maximo Enterprise Asset  
Management.  
An entry-level member of the IBM Maximo Asset Management product family,  
Essentials, is ideal for smaller organizations that require a subset of the  
extensive range of features in the IBM Maximo Asset Management Product. With  
Essentials, smaller organizations can take advantage of proven Maximo Asset  
Management technology, while also enjoying cost savings. Small organizations,  
with smaller asset management needs are good candidates to choose Maximo  
Asset Management Essentials compared to the fully blown enterprise version of  
the product which is predominantly implemented for larger organizations with  
multiple companies, sites, and process complexity.  
The following are the main areas of focus for Maximo Asset Management  
Essentials  
Optimum for the small-to-medium business  
Has a licensing restriction of a maximum of 25 named users.  
Limited functions, and therefore reduced implementation planning and  
deployment effort.  
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Has enterprise wide capability for asset management with simplicity for a  
small medium business  
Has straight-forward licensing  
Leverages the enterprise architecture and allows for upgrade to enterprise  
solution wherever required.  
Allows maximum of two languages - Base language +1  
Allows maximum of two currencies - Base currency + 1  
Advanced applications not included nor available with Essentials:  
Workflow  
Condition Monitoring  
Desktop Requisitions  
Financial - Cost Management  
Routes  
Hazards  
Precautions  
Lock Out/Tag Out  
Safety Plans  
Components not available for purchase with Essentials:  
Industry Solutions  
Spatial  
Linear  
Calibration  
Change and Corrective Action Manager  
SLA Manager  
ERP Integration (SAP, Oracle)  
Customers needing the above functionality must purchase the Maximo Asset  
Management Enterprise product.  
2.1 Differences with Maximo Asset Management  
Enterprise  
The following table provides a summary of the various modules, applications and  
sub-applications, and identifies those that are included in both the Maximo Asset  
Management enterprise version and those in the Maximo Asset Management  
Essentials offering.  
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Table 2-1 Summary of modules by offering  
Maximo Asset Management  
Module  
Application  
Sets  
Sub-Application  
Enterprise  
Essentials  
Administration  
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Organizations  
Calendars  
Resources  
Labor  
Qualifications  
People  
Person Groups  
Crafts  
Bulletin Board  
Communication  
Templates  
Reporting  
KPI Manager  
Y
Y
Y
Y
Report  
Administration  
Conditional  
Expression®  
Manager  
Y
Y
Classifications  
CI Types  
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
Y
Y
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Work View  
Assets  
Assets  
Locations  
Features  
Meters  
Meter Groups  
Condition  
Monitoring  
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Failure Codes  
Y
Y
Y
Y
Change  
Activities and  
Tasks  
Contracts  
Purchase  
Contracts  
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Lease/Rental  
Contracts  
Labor Rate  
Contracts  
Master Contracts  
Y
Y
Y
Y
Warranty  
Contracts  
Financial  
Currency Codes  
Exchange Rates  
Chart of Accounts  
Cost Management  
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
N
IT  
Configuration  
Items  
Infrastructure  
Relationships  
Collections  
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
N
Y
Y
Y
Integration  
Object Structures  
Publish Channels  
Invocation  
Channels  
Enterprise  
Services  
Y
Y
Y
Y
Web Services  
Library  
End Points  
Y
Y
Y
Y
External Systems  
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Maximo Asset Management  
Logical  
Management  
Operations  
Y
Y
Y
Y
Integration  
Modules  
Launch in Context  
Message Tracking  
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Message  
Reprocessing  
Inventory  
Item Master  
Service Items  
Tools  
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Stocked Tools  
Inventory  
Issues and  
Transfers  
Condition Codes  
Storerooms  
Job Plans  
Routes  
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
N
N
N
Planning  
Safety  
Hazards  
Precautions  
Lock Out / Tag  
Out  
Safety Plans  
Y
Y
N
Y
Preventive  
Preventive  
Maintenance  
Maintenance  
Master PM  
Y
Y
Y
Y
Purchasing  
Purchase  
Requisitions  
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Purchase Orders  
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Receiving  
Invoices  
Request for  
Quotations  
Companies  
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Company Master  
Release  
Security  
Activities and  
Tasks  
Security Groups  
Users  
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
Self Service  
Desktop  
Create  
Requisitions  
Requisition  
View Requisition  
View Templates  
View Drafts  
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
N
N
Y
Service Requests  
Create Service  
Requests  
View Service  
Requests  
Y
Y
Y
Y
Service Desk  
Activities and  
Tasks  
Service Requests  
Ticket Templates  
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
System  
Platform  
System  
Configuration  
Configuration  
Properties  
Logging  
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Domains  
Database  
Configuration  
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Application  
Designer  
Y
Y
Y
Y
Communication  
Templates  
Actions  
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
Roles  
Escalations  
Workflow  
Designer  
Workflow  
Y
N
Administration  
Cron Task Set-up  
E-mail Listeners  
Object Structures  
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
N
Y
Web Services  
Library  
Launch in  
Context  
Y
Y
Y
Y
Migration  
Migration  
Manager  
Migration Groups  
Object Structures  
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Task  
Management  
Activities and  
Tasks  
Work Orders  
Work Order  
Tracking  
Y
Y
Labor Reporting  
Quick Reporting  
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Activities and  
Tasks  
Assignment  
Manager  
Y
Y
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Service Requests  
Y
Y
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Project Planning  
This chapter describes various parameters that should be considered in planning  
an implementation right from technical options in terms of database, application  
server and operating system to required skills. A Maximo Asset Management  
Essentials implementation is assumed to be simpler and less time consuming  
than an enterprise wide implementation. The underlying assumption in this  
chapter is a basic implementation with out of box components for middleware,  
database and so on. After reading this chapter, the implementation team should  
be able to create a high level project plan with ballpark effort and time estimates  
for a typical implementation.  
We have not created an implementation plan which fits for each implementation  
since all of them are different. Each customer is unique and the requirement set  
of each customer differs. However, for the purpose of this chapter and to  
maintain simplicity as Essentials is not supposed to be as complex as a Maximo  
enterprise implementation, the following parameters have been taken into  
consideration:  
Infrastructure Selected  
– Operating System - Windows®  
– Database - DB2®  
– Application Server - WebSphere  
No integration with other third party systems  
Existing data sets for data migration  
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Customer will follow processes as the tool guides them  
Although the tool also support other operating system, database platforms and  
leading application servers, these combinations can greatly impact the project  
schedule. These parameters shall be carefully examined during the requirements  
gathering.  
Keeping the project simple, typically there will be the following phases in an  
implementation:  
Phase 1: Requirement Gathering and Analysis  
Phase 2: Solution Design  
Phase 3: Deployment  
Phase 4: Testing and Go-Live  
Phase 5: Support  
The subsequent sections will talk about the people, process and technology that  
are required in each of the above phases.  
3.1 Required Skills  
The project delivery team is most fundamental to success of a project. The exact  
number of people required will vary with project, organization experience,  
reusable components and methodology. Nevertheless, the people comprising the  
team shall be playing the following roles:  
Project Manager  
The project manager shall perform the following activities:  
Own the implementation end-to-end.  
Be the single point of contact for the customer  
Facilitate customer interactions.  
Project status reporting.  
Monitor project progress on regular intervals.  
Escalate issues to the right people.  
Change control agent for scope creep.  
Make available resources, man and material, for the project.  
Business Analyst  
The business analyst is a functional person who understands the product and  
also the customer’s domain. This person can speak with the customer in his  
language and have the ability to translate customer’s requirements to the  
technical team. This is a very key role and is vital to success of the project. The  
following are the attributes of this role:  
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Domain Knowledge.  
Functional knowledge of Maximo.  
Working knowledge of UML.  
Knowledge of industry best practices to suggest to client.  
Solution Architect  
The solution architect is the person who designs the complete solution. This  
includes the integration with various third party systems. The various attributes  
and tasks this role undertakes are:  
Strong technical skills on Maximo  
The ability to map business processes to technology  
Understand functional integration points  
Understand technical integration points  
Build the overall solution design  
Walk the team on how the various aspects of implementation will be achieved  
Resolve technical issues  
Maximo Developer  
This group of people will actually install and configure the software to work in  
accordance with the customer’s needs. The major tasks to be performed by the  
developers are:  
Maximo installation  
Configuration of screens, information flow  
Work on integration  
Develop custom classes, if required  
System optimization  
Testers  
Critical to every project is testing - System Integration, Functional and  
Performance. Depending on the complexity of the project this role can be played  
by the developer or there can be a specialized group for this. The major tasks  
include:  
Functional Testing: Testing the flows, communication templates, data flow  
between screens and functions for accuracy.  
System Integration: Testing the integrations to ensure the data between  
systems is flowing accurately.  
Performance Testing: This test ensures response times are accurate and the  
system is responding in the most optimum way.  
Database Administrators  
Like any enterprise system, Maximo’s database will be accessed by multiple  
people and multiple times. The uptime of the database is very critical and the  
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transaction processing capabilities have to be at their best at all times. The DBA  
shall perform the following activities:  
Trouble shoot database creation  
Database installation if other than DB2  
Database optimization  
Facilitate Database level integrations with enterprise systems  
Application Server Specialist  
Depending on choice of application server, WebSphere or WebLogic, part time  
involvement of application server specialist or administrator may be required.  
This becomes more important if the implementation is complex with many  
integrations and in a clustered environment.  
Integration Specialist  
This is an optional group of people and the size and skill of the integration team  
may vary from customer to customer. Some special systems such as SAP,  
Oracle and other niche products may require technical experts. Depending on  
the project the main task will be to facilitate integration with external systems and  
ensure bidirectional movement of data  
The above list of various roles is not a permanent fixture for each project. There  
can be more roles that are required and more than one person in a role. As  
mentioned before each project is different and it is hard to generalize, however,  
we have tried to cover most scenarios that we have encountered in our  
implementation experiences.  
3.2 Solution Description and Assumptions  
This section will talk about a high level solution architecture and the standard  
assumptions that are taken while project planning.  
The following figure represents the Maximo Asset Management Essentials  
solution architecture.  
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Figure 3-1 Solution architecture  
Maximo being a browser based application can be accessed remotely.  
The three layers above can be complicated depending on a customer’s  
requirements and network set-up. All or some of the Modules of Maximo Asset  
Management Essentials may be implemented. The integration layer separates  
the enterprise applications from the core Maximo engine.  
Some standard assumptions while project planning are:  
The software is procured prior to project initiation  
There are three environments - Development, Testing and Production  
The application server, database server and reporting engine are all kept in  
separate physical servers  
Customer shall own any configurations required in the enterprise systems to  
facilitate integrations  
Customer’s involvement during the initial project stages is pretty high because  
a lot of the functional and business process knowledge specific to the  
customer needs to transferred to the implementation team  
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There is a management buy-in for this project.  
A dedicated single point of contact and project manager is appointed from the  
customer to manage interactions with end users  
Historic data migration can be done by implementation team but data  
cleansing and scrubbing needs to be owned by the customer.  
3.3 Task Break Down  
The standard phases of a Maximo Essentials implementation project are:  
Phase 1: Requirement Gathering and Analysis  
Phase 2: Solution Design  
Phase 3: Deployment  
Phase 4: Testing and Go-Live  
Phase 5: Support  
The key activities in each of the phases are explained in the following sections.  
Phase 1: Requirement Gathering and Analysis  
Roles Involved: Project Manager, Business Analyst, Solution Architect  
Key Activities:  
Understand current business processes for  
– Maintenance Management,  
– Procurement,  
– Inventory Management  
– Asset Management  
Document pain areas with existing business processes  
Demo the vanilla product  
Understand and document the end goal and vision of the customer  
Document ‘To-Be’ business processes for each of the functions mentioned  
above  
Analyze the points of integration  
Analyze the current data sources  
Creation of a SRS (Software Requirements Specification) document  
Phase 2: Solution Design  
Roles Involved: Project Manager, Business Analyst, Solution Architect  
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Key Activities:  
Identify module requirements  
Identify configuration requirements in terms of:  
– Roles  
– Security groups  
– Escalations  
– Communication Templates  
– Work Order Templates  
– Job plans  
– SLAs  
– Vendors and Contracts  
– Screen configurations  
– GL Codes  
Create a detailed implementation plan  
Identify methodology for integration  
Identify scripting or manual data migration approach from identified data  
sources  
Create a solution architecture diagram  
Phase 3: Deployment  
Roles Involved: Project Manager, Solution Architect, Maximo Developers  
Optional Roles: DBA, Application Server Specialist (depending on environment)  
Key Activities:  
This phase consists of the following activities:  
Software Installation  
– Install the various components if doing a Manual install  
– Run the launchapd for an automated install  
Test if the installation is successful  
The software installation will be different for various deployment topologies -  
single server, multi-server, clustered environment. It will also depend on what  
infrastructure is selected.  
Software Configuration  
– Basic operation configuration which includes, but is not limited to:  
Creation of organization  
Creation of locations  
Creation of GL Codes  
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Creation of users, roles and security groups  
Configure role based start centers  
Creation of Job plans, work orders  
– Configuration of the tool to map to business processes which includes, but  
is not limited to:  
Addition or deletion (as the case may be) of fields on screen and  
database  
Create communication templates  
Create escalation points and define SLAs in the system  
Create and test data migration scripts  
Migrate data from its existing source to Maximo  
Build integration interfaces - either using custom code or MEA (as the  
case may be)  
Creation and deployment of reports  
Phase 4: Testing and Go-Live  
Role Involved: Project Manager, Solution Architect, Testers, Maximo Developers  
Optional Roles: DBA, Application Server Specialist  
Key Activities:  
Testing  
The first key task is migration from development environment to test  
environment. Depending on the customer’s environment and the complexity of  
implementation, customer may decide to use automated tools for testing or a  
manual approach, nevertheless all or some of the following types of testing  
needs to be carried out:  
– Functional Testing  
Test validations in new fields  
Test emails being sent on escalations  
Test accuracy of data flowing between modules in the system  
Test data accuracy in reports  
– System Integration Testing  
Test accuracy of data coming from external systems  
Test accuracy of data going into external systems  
Scenario testing to ensure there is nothing that affects availability of  
any system  
– Performance Testing  
Page Load time  
Peak load  
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Concurrent users  
Transaction processing time with database and external data sources  
Go-Live  
– Plan cut-over strategy  
– Migration to production environment  
– Execute each of the above test cases introduction environment to ensure  
zero-performance glitch in the live environment  
Training needs to be provided to all or some of the users. Recommended  
approach is ‘Train-the-Trainer’. Training to 3 types of users:  
End Users: Functional training to the user community on how to use  
various functional aspects of the software. This can be done with  
focussed groups or general groups depending on how the client  
organization is structured  
Role Based Training: This training is specific to certain groups. Support  
Purchase Administrator, Supervisor and so on, on how they can  
approve or disapprove certain tasks, manage their queue and so on  
Administrative Training: Once the implementation team walks out, there  
has to be an internal designated person to manage the system. This  
person will be responsible for system availability, creation of new  
reports, enhancements, adding users, roles security groups and so on.  
Phase 5: Support  
Key Roles: Project Manager, Maximo Developers  
Optional Roles: Business Analyst, Solution Architect  
Key Activities:  
Some organizations do not have strong IT presence and opt for the  
implementation team to provide continued system support. The basic tasks the  
support team has to perform are, but are not limited to:  
– Manage system availability  
– Make enhancements to accommodate evolving business processes  
– Create and deploy new reports  
– Build new integrations  
– Capacity planning for additional users and or organizations  
The above five phase methodology is generic but includes most of the basic  
activities that need to be considered and planned for in an implementation.  
However, what the section does not include is how and what is the customer’s  
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involvement at each stage. For each of the above mentioned phases, the  
expectations from the customer are given in the below table  
Table 3-1 Expectations from the customer  
Phase  
Expectations from the Customer  
Requirement Gathering and Assign a single point of contact from within  
Analysis  
Explain the project vision, short term and  
long term objective  
Facilitate meetings with individual process  
owners  
Facilitate meetings with tool owners  
Procure hardware and software required for  
the project  
Review documentation  
Solution Design  
Deployment  
Review solution architecture  
Review documentation and project plan  
Provide hardware and software  
Provide administrative access to systems  
wherever required  
Monitor project progress  
Participate in reviews  
Testing and Go-Live  
Provide test and production environment  
Provide data for User Acceptance Testing  
Facilitate in UAT  
Attend training  
Provide man and material resources  
required for training  
Support  
Define support scope of work boundaries  
Review support plan and SLAs  
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Solution Environment  
Maximo Asset Management Essentials requires multiple software servers that  
can be installed on separate, dedicated server machines (for best performance),  
or the same physical server. The different components of the Maximo Asset  
Management Essentials environment are listed below:  
Database: The Maximo database serves as the repository for all CI  
information.  
Application Server: Maximo Asset Management Essentials is built using  
Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE™) technology, which requires a commercial  
application server, such as IBM WebSphere® Application Server. The  
Application Server consists of Maximo Asset Management Essentials  
applications using JavaServer™ Pages (JSP™), XML, and Maximo Asset  
Management Essentials-application-specific business components.  
HTTP server: A separate, dedicated HTTP server can be configured to work  
with the J2EE application server.  
Directory server: A directory server can be configured to work with Maximo  
Asset Management Essentials to maintain lists of users and groups for  
security purposes.  
Administrative system: The administrative system is used to deploy Maximo  
Asset Management Essentials. After the initial deployment, the administrative  
system is used to make updates or changes to the deployment. Changes to  
the Maximo Asset Management Essentials deployment typically require that  
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Maximo Asset Management Essentials Enterprise Archive (EAR) files be  
rebuilt, which can only be done from the administrative system.  
The administrative system can only be implemented as a Windows system.  
4.1 Hardware and Software Requirements  
Maximo Asset Management Essentials hardware and software requirements are  
listed below. Each product version listed reflects the minimum requirement for  
use with Maximo Asset Management Essentials. Maximo Asset Management  
Essentials components are designed to run within 32-bit environments only, with  
the exception of AIX® 5.3 which is a 64-bit environment.  
Maximo Asset Management Essentials supported software can be run on any  
hardware platform supported by the database software listed in the Software  
column, provided the system is hosting a supported operating system, listed in  
the Operating System column. If available, the Maximo Asset Management  
Essentials administrative workstation and systems hosting Maximo Asset  
Management Essentials middleware can support IPv6 network configuration.  
Browser  
Maximo Asset Management Essentials supports Microsoft® Internet  
Explorer® version 6 and above.  
Database  
Software  
Operating System  
DB2 UDB 9.1.3 or v8.2.8  
Refer to Vendor Specifications  
Oracle 9.2.0.8,Oracle 10.2.0.3 or  
Oracle 10.1.0.5, Standard or  
Enterprise version  
Microsoft SQL Server® 2005 SP2,  
Standard or Enterprise version.  
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Directory server  
Software  
Operating System  
The following products can serve as the  
Directory server component of a Maximo  
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deployment.  
Windows Server 2003 SP2 (Standard,  
Enterprise or DataCenter) (32-bit,  
64-bit)  
Windows Vista® (Business,  
Enterprise, Ultimate) (32-bit, 64-bit)  
Windows XP Professional SP2 (32-bit,  
64-bit)  
Red Hat Enterprise Linux v4  
(Enterprise or Advanced) (update 4+5  
or later) (Intel®) (32-bit)  
IBM Tivoli Directory Server v6.1 FP1  
Microsoft Windows Server® 2003  
SP2 Active Directory®  
Microsoft Active Directory Application  
Mode (ADAM) is not supported.  
IBM AIX 5L™ V5.3 ML level 5300-06  
SuSE Linux (SLES) 9.0 Enterprise  
Server System z™ SP4 or later  
(manual install only)  
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J2EE Application Server  
This is where you install WebSphere Application Server and where Maximo  
Asset Management Essentials runs  
Hardware  
Software  
2-4 dedicated Intel-based Pentium®  
Windows Server 2003 (Standard,  
processors  
Enterprise or DataCenter) (32-bit,  
64-bit)  
IBM AIX5.3 or 6.1  
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4 and 5 (x86  
and x64 processor-based systems)  
SuSE Linux (SLES) 9.0 Enterprise  
Server System z SP4 or later (manual  
install only)  
2 GB RAM per processor  
1.5 GB or greater of disk space for  
Maximo and Java/Web Server  
components  
Note: Although Maximo Asset  
Management Essentials supports the  
following operating systems, if you are  
using IBM DB2 Universal database with  
Maximo Asset Management Essentials  
7.1, you cannot use either of the following  
operating systems on your application  
server:  
HP-UX 11i v2 (PA-RISC  
processor-based systems  
Sun™ Solaris™ version 9 or 10  
(SPARC processor-based systemsv  
IBM WebSphere Network Deployment  
6.1.0.11 (provided by IBM  
Corporation)  
BEA Weblogic 9.2.2 (provided by  
Customer)  
Administrative system  
Hardware  
Software  
Intel-based Pentium processor  
1GB RAM  
SVGA 1024 x 768 resolution; if used  
for Application Designer 1280 x 1024  
resolution  
Windows Vista (Business, Enterprise,  
Ultimate) (32-bit, 64-bit)  
Windows XP Professional SP2 (32-bit,  
64-bit)  
Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0  
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Client system  
Hardware  
Software  
Intel-based Pentium processor  
1GB RAM  
SVGA 1024 x 768 resolution  
Windows Vista (Business, Enterprise,  
Ultimate) (32-bit, 64-bit)  
Windows XP Professional SP2 (32-bit,  
64-bit)  
Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 and above  
4.2 Typical deployment environments  
Maximo Asset Management Essential can be deployed primarily in two different  
topologies with in an enterprise.  
4.2.1 Single-server  
The single-server topology consists of loading all Maximo Asset Management  
Essentials components onto one machine. This would be done typically for  
proof-of-concept purposes, as a demonstration, or as a learning environment.  
For managing enterprise assets and processes, you would typically implement a  
multi-server topology.  
The following figure details the Application Server MXServer running Maximo  
Asset Management Essentials on a single physical machine.  
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Figure 4-1 Single Server Deployment  
4.2.2 Multi-server  
The multi-server topology consists of splitting Maximo Asset Management  
Essentials components across several different machines. This is beneficial as it  
optimizes resource use and decreases each system’s workload. This type of  
deployment would be typical for production use within an enterprise.  
Maximo Asset Management Essentials should be deployed on multiple machines  
in order to provide load balancing, availability, reuse, and redundancy. This is the  
recommended deployment topology for a production environment.  
When contemplating your deployment strategy, you must determine if it will  
include systems already established in your network. Implementing Maximo  
Asset Management Essentials by installing all new components using the  
Maximo Asset Management Essentials middleware and Maximo Asset  
Management Essentials installation programs will simplify the deployment. If you  
plan to reuse or migrate resources that already exist in your network, make  
adjustments to your rollout plan to allow time for things such as bringing the  
existing resources to version levels that are compatible with Maximo Asset  
Management Essentials.  
In a disparate environment, the collection of machines in this deployment could  
be a mixture of Windows and UNIX® machines. Only the Administrative system  
must be hosted on a Windows system.  
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Following figure displays the typical multi-server deployment environment.  
Figure 4-2 Multi-Server Deployment  
A typical deployment life cycle might begin with a single-server topology that  
would move through phases of demonstration, functional proof-of-concept, and  
testing integration within the existing environment, and then gradually move  
towards a pilot multi-server environment before finally implementing a production  
deployment within the enterprise.  
4.3 Sizing Considerations  
Sizing hardware for an application is a very critical task. One of the major  
objectives of sizing is to get right performance and the other is being able to  
support the enterprise's growth in terms of number of users for the application.  
Capacity Planning and Availability management are two important functions that  
need to be considered while sizing hardware for an application. Following are the  
few factors that one should consider for hardware sizing.  
Cron Task: Cron tasks are behind-the-scene jobs set to run automatically  
and on a fixed schedule. These jobs might process a number of records  
depending on the nature of the job. As the complexity and number of these  
jobs increases they consume a lot of resources and therefore become an  
important point for hardware sizing.  
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Integrations: There can be multiple integration points in an implementation  
like HRMS, Invoicing, and Finance. and these can be both inbound as well as  
outbound. Only the generic integration adapters are available with Maximo  
Asset Management Essentials.  
Modules: Not all the implementations comprise of usage of each and every  
module within Maximo Asset Management. This may depend on the business  
process of the organization and if there are any existing maintenance  
management software in place.  
Level of Customization: The customization of different applications may  
vary from minor field re-labeling to cloning an entire application. Before the  
implementation begins, the implementation team should calculate the  
deviation of standard Maximo application from the requirements in place to  
decide on the necessary hardware to support this.  
Reports: Reporting is an important component of any Maximo  
implementation. Management takes all the business decisions based on the  
data that is produced to them in the form of reports which is extracted using  
highly complex methods and scripts from the database. The number of such  
reports makes a huge impact on the performance of the system.  
Language: Depending on the different languages that need to be supported  
by the system the complexity increases. System needs to ensure that data is  
stored in supported languages and when it is being displayed on the user  
interface it is in the language of the logged in user. Maximo Asset  
Management Essentials supports only the Base Language +1.  
Add-ons: All the Add-ons that the implementation might require should be  
identified and listed to ensure that hardware sizing is done taking into account  
these as well.  
Link Documents: If the organization decides to configure link documents  
and use this feature as a practice, then it should be ensured that the servers  
have necessary storage space and also attaching the documents is not  
creating storage and retrieval performance issues.  
4.4 Maximo Asset Management Essentials Supported  
Platforms  
Refer to the table below to find the supported platforms by IBM Maximo Asset  
Management Essentials.  
Maximo 6.1  
Maximo 6.2.1  
Maximo 7.1  
Operating Systems  
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Maximo 6.1  
Maximo 6.2.1  
AIX 5.2 (32 bit)  
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
AIx 5.3 (32 bit)  
x
x
x
x
AIX 5.3 (64 bit)  
Solaris 9 (Sparc)  
Solaris 10 (Sparc)  
HP-UX 11i v1 (PA-RISC)  
HP-UX 11i v2 (PA-RISC)  
Windows Server 2000  
x
x
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition  
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition  
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (x86, 32 bit)  
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (x86, 32 bit)  
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (zLinux)  
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (x86, 32 bit)  
Application Server  
x
x
x
x
x
IBM WebSphere 6.0  
x
x
x
x
IBM WebSphere 6.1  
x
x
BEA WebLogic 8.1  
BEA WebLogic 9.2  
Databases  
IBM DB2 UDB 8.2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows  
IBM DB2 UDB 9.2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows  
Oracle 9i v2  
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Oracle 10 Rel1  
Oracle 10 Rel2  
Microsoft SQL Server 2000  
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (32bit)  
x
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Maximo 6.1  
Maximo 6.2.1  
Maximo 7.1  
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (64bit)  
Browsers & Client Operating Systems  
Internet Explorer 6.0.x  
Internet Explorer 7.0.x  
Windows Vista  
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Windows XP Pro(Client)  
Report Writers  
x
x
x
x
Actuate iServer 8  
Actuate iServer 9 (for existing users only)  
BIRT 2.1.2  
x
x
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Installation  
In this chapter we will discuss installation of the pre-requisite middleware, the  
Maximo base set of services (sometimes referred to as the Tivoli Process  
Automation Platform) and the Maximo Asset Management Essentials-specific  
process solution package.  
Our examples will based on the following software components:  
– Windows 2003 Server  
– WebSphere 6.1 Application Server  
– DB2 Database Platform  
– Maximo Asset Manager Essentials 7.1 application  
Though our examples will primarily demonstrate a single server environment, we  
realize most production environments will be (and should be) comprised of  
multiple servers. The process is much the same, and we will highlight those  
areas where a variation in the process might exist.  
For more information refer to the following installation guides:  
Installation Guide IBM WebSphere Application Server (MAM  
Essentials71_install_was.pdf)  
Installation Guide BEA WebLogic Server (MAM Essentials71_install_bea.pdf)  
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5.1 Pre-Installation checklist  
Before we start, we need to re-assess our pre-installation checklist carefully  
consider the following:  
5.1.1 Hardware/Software considerations  
Before proceeding with installation please ensure that the system configuration  
adheres to the required specifications as laid out by IBM and mentioned in the  
previous chapter  
5.1.2 Verifying the DVD Content  
The following DVDs contain files for the Maximo Asset Management Essentials  
product:  
Maximo Asset Management Essentials V7.1  
Contains:  
Launchpad  
Maximo Asset Management Essentials middleware installer  
Maximo Asset Management Essentials installer, IBM Agent Controller  
installer  
Maximo Asset Management Essentials language pack installation program  
for Windows 2003.  
Middleware for Windows 2003  
Contains prerequisite middleware software for Windows 2003.  
Middleware for Red Hat Linux V4 and V5  
Contains prerequisite middleware software for Red Hat Linux version 4.  
Middleware for AIX V5.3 and V6.1  
Contains prerequisite middleware software for AIX version 5.3.  
Maximo Asset Management Essentials V7.1 Quick Start  
Contains copies of the Quick Start guide in all languages and a copy of the  
information center.  
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5.1.3 Backup/Snapshot Management  
It is recommended to take a backup of your system before installing any Maximo  
Asset Manager 7.1 component on your system. Notably there is no automated  
uninstall feature supplied with IBM Tivoli Maximo Asset Manager 7.1. If the  
installation fails at any point, you need to restore your system from the backup or  
reinstall the respective OS on your machine.  
5.1.4 JDK/JRE  
It is recommended to have IBM Java 5.1 installed on your system.When  
implementing BEA WebLogic you will be required to have the update SUN JDK™  
1.5.0 version installed.  
5.1.5 Internet Browser  
Maximo Asset Manager Essentials 7.1 currently supports Firefox and Mozilla  
internet browsers on Linux and Internet Explorer on Windows.  
5.1.6 Disabling the firewall  
This procedure describes how to disable the firewall if one is present on the  
system. You must disable the firewall for the system to which you are installing  
Maximo Asset Management Essentials middleware. You must disable the firewall  
prior to using the Tivoli middleware installer.  
The firewall must be disabled on the following platforms.  
– Windows  
– Linux  
5.1.7 Deleting the TEMP and TMP user environment variables  
The existence of the TEMP and TMP user variables can cause errors with the  
installation of DB2 on a Windows system. Prior to using the Tivoli middleware  
installer to install DB2, you must remove these variables for the user ID that will  
perform the installation. These are user environment variables that must be  
deleted, not system variables. To remove the TEMP and TMP user variables on a  
Windows system, complete the following steps:  
1. Access the System Properties dialog by right-clicking the My Computer icon  
on your desktop and selecting Properties.  
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2. From the System Properties dialog, first select the Advanced tab, and then  
click Environment Variables.  
3. In the User variables section, select TEMP, and then click Delete. Repeat the  
process for the TMP variable.  
4. Click OK.  
5. Exit the System Properties dialog by clicking OK.  
5.1.8 Verifying the required rpm-build package is installed  
This procedure describes how to verify that the rpm-build package is installed on  
Linux. This package must be installed before you run the Tivoli middleware  
installer. This applies only if you are installing on Linux. To verify that the  
rpm-build package is installed, perform the following steps:  
1. 1. Run rpm -qa | grep build  
2. If the command returns a value like "rpm-build-4.3.3.-18_nonptl", the  
rpm-build package is installed. If nothing is returned, you must install the  
rpm-build package which is located on disk 3 (of 5) of the Red Hat Essentials  
Advanced Server version 4 installation CDs using the rpm tool with the -i  
option  
5.1.9 Setting the ulimit  
This section details how to set the ulimit in Linux, which is used to define user  
system and process resource limits. For Linux systems, you must set the ulimit  
for the system prior to using the Tivoli middleware installer. To set the ulimit,  
complete the following steps: 1. From a command line, type ulimit -f unlimited 2.  
From a command line, type ulimit -n 8192If you set the ulimit in the .profile for  
root, the ulimit setting will apply to all processes. Setting the swap size  
Maximo Asset Management Essentials can be a resource-intensive application.  
It is recommended that you configure and tune your system for maximum  
performance. This section details how to set the size of the swap space used in  
Linux systems. Typically, the swap size set for Linux systems should be  
equivalent to twice the amount of physical RAM in the machine. Additional swap  
space can be made available to the system by:  
increasing the size of the existing swap partition  
creating a new, additional swap partition  
creating a swap file  
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Refer to the product documentation for your Linux distribution for more  
information.  
5.1.10 Setting shared memory  
This section details how to set a minimum shared memory value in Linux. For  
Linux systems, you must set a minimum shared memory value for the system  
prior to using the Tivoli middleware installer. To set the minimum shared memory  
value, complete the following steps:  
From a command line, type sysctl -w kernel.shmmax and determine if the  
value is less than 268435456 bytes (256Mb).  
If you need to increase the value, from a command line, type sysctl -w  
kernel.shmmax=268435456.  
Update the value in /etc/sysctl.conf.  
5.1.11 Enabling remote configuration  
If you plan to take advantage of the Maximo Asset Management Essentials  
installation program feature that automates the configuration of Maximo Asset  
Management Essentials middleware, you must enable a Remote Execution and  
Access (RXA) service for each system on which you intend to install Maximo  
Asset Management Essentials middleware. RXA requires that the target system  
enable at least one of the protocols supported by RXA, which include rsh, rexec,  
SSH and Windows SMB. Before you start the Maximo Asset Management  
Essentials installation program, ensure that one of these protocols is running and  
will accept remote logins using a user name and password configured on the  
target machine  
If the remote system is a Windows machine, you must configure RXA to work  
over SMB. For Windows machines, you cannot use Cygwin ssh. If Cygwin is  
present on the Windows machine, the installation will fail. Default installations of  
AIX systems might not include a suitable protocol and will need to have RXA  
compatible protocols enabled. RXA does not support accessing network drives  
on the local or remote system.  
5.2 Installation flowchart  
The flowchart shown in Figure 5-1 on page 43 defines the installation flow  
required to successfully install IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT. There is a  
Launchpad utility that will lead you through the installation of various components  
of the product. In general, there are three phases of the installation:  
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1. Installing the required middleware  
Through the launchpad, you can install an appropriate configuration of  
WebSphere, DB2 and Tivoli Directory Server. Though you can change default  
parameters, if you take the default options, the installation of these  
middleware components through the launchpad is simple and straightforward.  
2. Installing the base services  
There are a set of common base services that provide the general functions  
for all Maximo-based applications. These base services comprise a set of  
modules that reside on an application server. The two supported application  
servers are:  
– BEA WebLogic  
– IBM WebSphere  
and utilize any the following database platforms:  
– DB2  
– Oracle  
– SQL Server 2005  
Note: If you used the Launchpad to install the middleware, then the launchpad  
will ‘remember’ the configuration that was installed and utilize that to simplify  
the installation of the base services.  
If you installed the middleware separately and/or used other products namely  
Oracle/SQL Server or BEA Weblogic, then you can still use the Launchpad,  
but will have to specify the appropriate parameters for the middleware  
environment you have installed.  
3. The third phase of the installation is to enable or add the Maximo Asset  
Management Essentials specific package solutions to the base services  
installed in step 2. Again, the launchpad will guide you through this process,  
helping ensure that all appropriate parameters are specified for your target  
environment.  
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Prepare the Topology  
Topology Plan  
Pre-Installation Checklist  
Middleware Installation  
Database Server  
J2EE Server  
Tivoli Process Automation  
Platform Installation  
• Maximo Application  
*Launchpad  
/GUI  
Manual  
Process Solution Package  
Installation  
•Maximo Essentials License  
enabler  
Maximo Essentials  
Language pack installation  
Post installation tasks  
Note: Based on defined topology, all components can be installed on  
same or different machines  
* Launchpad not available on AIX  
Legend  
Automatic  
Manual  
Figure 5-1 Installation Flowchart  
In the above diagram, the Maximo Asset Management Essentials installation  
relates to the installation of base services compoents of Maximo, now called  
Tivoli Process Automation Platform (TPAP), that are the common facilities used  
by this and other Maximo applications. The Process Solution Package, is the  
piece that enables the application specific (in this case Maximo Asset  
Management Essentials) functions on top of the base services.  
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5.3 Middleware Installation  
The first step in the installation is to ensure all the necessary middleware is  
installed and properly configured.The following sections describe how to do this.  
5.3.1 Installing middleware overview  
Before you can install IBM Maximo Asset Management Essentials, there are  
several middleware products that must be deployed.  
Specifically, you must install and deploy the following software:  
Database server  
Maximo Asset Management Essentials uses the Maximo database to store  
details about the attributes and history of each configuration item and the details  
about the relationships between configuration items.  
You can manually install a new instance of DB2 UDB 9.1, or use a preexisting  
instance of DB2 UDB 8.2 or DB2 UDB 9.1, or install and configure Oracle 10 or  
MS SQL Server 2005 for your Maximo Asset Management Essentials  
deployment.  
Directory server  
The directory server is used to secure the Maximo Asset Management  
Essentials J2EE application. You have the choice of configuring a preexisting MS  
Active Directory server. Note,this installation step is applicable only if you are  
enabling J2EE security.  
J2EE server  
The J2EE server is the application server used to serve and manage the Maximo  
Asset Management Essentials application.You must have an instance of BEA  
WebLogic Server or IBM WebSphere installed in your environment.  
The Maximo Asset Management Essentials product provides a Middleware  
Installer, that will provide a standard installation of the middleware listed above  
with minimal effort. It installs the following versions of middleware:  
1. DB2  
– DB2-ESE_9.1.0  
– DB2-ESE_9.1.0_FP4  
2. IBM Agent Controller  
– Rational®-AgentController_7.0.3.1  
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3. Tivoli Directory Server  
– TIV-DirectoryServer_6.1.0  
– TIV-DirectoryServer_6.1.0_FP0001  
4. WebSphere V 6.1  
– WS-ESS_6.1_GA  
– WS-WAS_IHS_6.1.0_FP13  
– WS-WAS_ND_6.1.0.13_Custom_ISCAE71  
– WS-WAS_ND_6.1.0_Supplemental  
– WS-WAS_Plugins_6.1.0_FP13WS-WAS_UpdateInstaller_6.1.0_FP13  
This middleware installer could be used on different systems to install the  
individual components, thus simplifying the install of a multi-server environment.  
The following section will describe the use of the middleware installer on a single  
system.  
You don’t have to use the middleware installer. You can install the middleware  
through normal methods. You will need to do this, if you plan on using other  
vendors products or different versions than listed above. We will not discuss  
considerations for manual installation of the middleware in this book. Please refer  
to the appendix to look at the manual configuration of Maximo Asset  
Management Essentials on the IBM WebSphere platform. For more details or  
other platforms please refer to the following install guides:  
Installation Guide IBM WebSphere Application Server  
(mam71_install_was.pdf)  
Installation Guide BEA WebLogic Server (mam71_install_bea.pdf)  
Note, you can also refer to the Maximo Asset Management Essentials installation  
guide for details of using the middleware installer. The following section  
summarizes the steps you will perform to install the middleware:  
Using the Middleware Installer  
To install the prerequisite middleware products for Maximo Asset Management  
Essentials, follow these steps:  
1. Login as a user with administrative authority.  
2. Launch the Tivoli middleware installer from the launchpad (included on the  
distribution media).  
On Windows navigate to the root directory of the product disc or the  
downloaded installation image, and run the following command:  
launchpad.exe. On Linux or other platforms, the program will be named  
similarly.  
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On Linux navigate to the root directory of the downloaded installation image  
and run following command:  
chmod -R +755 *  
./launchpad.sh  
Important: The launchpad can be run on either Windows or Linux. However,  
oonly the options to install the middleware will function on both platforms. The  
options to install the Maximo components will only work from the launchpad  
when running on Windows.  
Basically, the deployment of the Maximo components requires the dynamic  
building of .EAR and other support files. These processes currently only work  
on a Windows platform. If they are to be installed on a Linux target, then the  
launchpad (running on Windows) will communicate to the target system and  
direct the install of the .EAR and other files through the remote connection.  
You will be led through a series of screens including language selection,  
welcome, license agreement and so on.  
Be aware that the installation images for the middleware must be available  
and may be located on another DVD within your product media. During this  
installation process you will be prompted for the location of the middleware  
images.You will also be prompted for information such as the workspace to be  
used by the middleware installer.  
3. From the Deployment Choices panel as shown in Figure 5-2, select the  
features to deploy on this machine, and then click Next. Choices include:  
Database Server: The Maximo Asset Management Essentials database is  
used to store information about Assets.  
J2EE Server: The J2EE server is used to host and manage the Maximo  
Asset Management Essentials application. If you choose to only install the  
J2EE server portion of the middleware, you will be prompted to supply the  
directory server you will use to secure it. Your choices will be to secure with  
an existing instance of IBM Tivoli Directory Server, or an existing instance of  
Microsoft Active Directory.  
Directory Server: Data maintained by the directory server is used to secure  
Maximo Asset Management Essentials.  
Note, for a multiple server environment, you could launch this installer on  
separate systems and choose to install individual middleware components on  
the individual systems.  
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Figure 5-2 Middleware features selection  
4. If you are not using IBM Tivoli Directory Server not implementing directory  
services de-select the Directory Server check box.  
5. From the Deployment Plan Summary window, click Next to configure the  
parameters displayed. The deployment plan is generated and you will be  
provided details about the plan.  
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Figure 5-3 Deployment Plan with Directory services selected  
6. From the Credentials panel, enter the Username and Password you will use  
to deploy the plan with, and then click Next.  
You can choose to enable the option of using the same password as the  
default user password value in all panels of the Tivoli middleware installer.  
This provides a common password for all of your middleware components  
installed through this process.  
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Figure 5-4 Middleware Password Selection  
At this point, you will be presented with a series of pre-filled in panels with default  
values for each of the middleware components that you are installing. For simple  
environments, you can take the defaults and move through these panels quickly.  
If you have special requirements, such as non-standard port numbers, userids,  
and so on, then you can make the appropriate changes. The following table,  
includes a summary of the parameters that you will be presented.  
Parameter  
Default Value (if any)  
Install location Enter the location to install  
DB2.  
C:\Program Files\IBM\SQQLIB  
DB2 Administration Server username  
DB2 Administration Server password  
Fenced user (Linux only)  
db2admin  
Maximo Asset Management Essentials  
database instance name  
ctginst1  
50005  
Database port  
Database instance username  
Instance username password  
DB2 administrators group  
DB2ADMNS  
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Parameter  
Default Value (if any)  
DB2 users group (Windows only)  
DB2USERS  
Location to install IBM Tivoli Directory  
Server.  
C:\Program Files\IBM\LDAP\V6.1 Default  
is /opt/IBM/ldap/V6.1  
Administrator distinguished name:  
Administrator password  
Organizational unit:  
Organization and country suffix:  
Directory server port:  
Directory server secure port  
Administration port  
Default for all platforms is cn=root.  
Default for all platforms is ou=SWG.  
Default for all platforms is o=IBM,c=US.  
Default for all platforms is 389.  
Default for all platforms is 636.  
Default for all platforms is 3538.  
Default for all platforms is 3539.  
Default for all platforms is security.  
Default for all platforms is idsccmdb.  
Default for all platforms is 50006.  
Administration secure port  
TDS Database name  
Instance name  
Port  
Instance user password  
LDAP Host Name  
Directory server port  
LDAP base entity  
Default is 389.  
Default is ou=SWG,o=IBM,c=US  
User suffix  
Default is  
ou=users,ou=SWG,o=IBM,c=US  
Group suffix  
Organization  
Default is  
ou=groups,ou=SWG,o=IBM,c=US  
Default is ou=SWG,o=IBM,c=US  
Default is cn=root  
WebSphere Application Server Bind  
distinguished name  
Bind password  
Install location  
Windows: Default is C:\Program  
Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer Linux:  
Default is  
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer  
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Parameter  
Default Value (if any)  
WebSphere Administration username  
WebSphere Administration password  
Deployment Manager profile name  
Application server profile name  
Cell name  
Default for all platforms is wasadmin.  
Default for all platforms is ctgDmgr01.  
Default for all platforms is ctgAppSrv01.  
Default for all platforms is ctgCell01.  
Deployment Manager node name  
Default for all platforms is  
ctgCellManager01.  
Application server node name  
Update Installer install location  
Default for all platforms is ctgNode01.  
. Windows: Default is C:\Program  
Files\IBM\WebSphere\UpdateInstaller  
Linux: Default is  
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/UpdateInstaller  
HTTP Server  
Windows: Default is C:\Program  
Files\IBM\HTTPServer Linux: Default is  
/opt/IBM/HTTPServer  
HTTP port  
Default for all platforms is 80.  
Default for all platforms is 8008.  
Admin Server port  
HTP server Profile name  
Default for all platforms is ctgAppSvr01.  
this value cannot be changed  
IBM Agent Controller Install location  
Windows: Default is C:\Program  
Files\IBM\AgentControllerLinux: Default  
is /opt/IBM/AgentController  
7. Specify the location of the Maximo Asset Management Essentials middleware  
images, and then click Next.  
– Copy the middleware install images from the source media to a specified  
directory. Select this option to copy the Maximo Asset Management  
Essentials middleware images from the product media to a directory that  
you will specify.  
– Specify a directory containing all the required middleware install images.  
Select this option if you intend to specify a filesystem directory that already  
contains all of the Maximo Asset Management Essentials middleware  
installation images.  
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Figure 5-5 Middleware Installer Image  
8. For Linux Only, the Middleware installer will create number of temporary files  
and will extract the middleware images to a temporary directory. Specify a  
directory or accept the default /tmp.  
Tip: Make sure /tmp or specified location has enough disk space.  
9. From the Deployment Plan Operation panel, select Deploy the plan, and  
then click Next. You can also elect to make changes to the deployment plan  
or parameters you have previously configured from this panel.  
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Figure 5-6 Manage Middleware Deployment Plan  
10.From the Deployment Plan and Parameter Configuration summary panel,  
review the contents of the summary, and then click Deploy to initiate the  
installation and configuration of the middleware you selected.  
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Figure 5-7 Middleware Deployment Plan  
11.Once the deployment completes successfully, click Finish to exit.  
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Figure 5-8 Middleware Installation completed  
5.3.2 Tivoli middleware installer logs  
Tivoli middleware installer log files are located in the workspace directory that  
was defined in the Tivoli middleware installer. The different types of log files are  
described below.  
User interface logs  
The logs generated by the Tivoli middleware installer user interface are located in  
the workspace directory. The mwi.log file is the high-level log file that was  
generated by the most recent invocation of the Tivoli middleware installer. If an  
error occurs, examine this log file first. An entry in this log file may direct you to a  
lower-level log file. Log files named mwi.logX, where X is a number, are copies of  
the mwi.log file from earlier invocations of the Tivoli middleware installer So, for  
example, mwi.log0 is produced after the first invocation of Tivoli middleware  
installer, mwi.log1 is produced after the second invocation of Tivoli middleware  
installer, and so on.  
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Logs for steps run by the user interface  
In addition to collecting input from the user, the user interface of the Tivoli  
middleware installer also performs several system checks. Examples of system  
checks run by the user interface runs include: v dependency checking to ensure  
the operating system meets the deployment requirements v inventorying the  
software on the system to locate existing instances of middleware products  
deployed by the Tivoli middleware installer v checking the available disk space to  
ensure there is enough for the deployment  
Each of these checks is produced in the form of a step so that it can also be run  
as part of the deployment plan. When the user interface runs a step, it copies the  
step into a subdirectory of the workspace directory. The log files generated by a  
step are located in the same subdirectory and follow the same pattern as a step  
that is run as part of the deployment plan.  
Deployment plan logs  
The deployment plan is located in the directory <Workspace  
Directory>/hostname/deploymentPlan, where hostname is the hostname of the  
current system. Each time the deployment plan is used to install or uninstall  
middleware products, a process ID is assigned and log files are generated.  
The log files for the deployment plan are located in the subdirectory  
logs/processID. The primary log file for the deployment plan is  
DeploymentPlan.log, a high-level log file that lists the steps invoked as part of the  
deployment plan.  
Machine plan logs  
The machine plan is located in the directory <Workspace  
Directory>/hostname/deploymentPlan/MachinePlan_hostname. The log files for  
the machine plan are located in the logs subdirectory. The primary log files for  
the machine plan are named MachinePlan_hostname_processID. These log files  
contain the output generated by ANT when running the machine plan ANT script.  
Deployment plan logs  
Each step in the deployment plan is located in a directory named <Workspace  
Directory>/hostname/deploymentPlan/MachinePlan_hostname/stepNum_stepID  
where stepNum is the sequence number of this step in install processing order of  
the deployment plan and stepID identifies the step. The log files for the step are  
located in the logs subdirectory.  
Some steps may provide a message log file named stepID_processID.message,  
which contains a few entries that summarize the result of invoking the step. All  
steps will provide a trace log file named stepID_processID.log, which contains  
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many entries, usually including information about the input parameters and the  
substeps invoked.  
Logs for substeps  
Each step contains one or more substeps. The substeps perform the actual  
install, uninstall and checking work for the Tivoli middleware installer.  
Each substep is located in the directory <Workspace  
Directory>/hostname/deploymentPlan/MachinePlan_hostname/stepNum_stepID  
/operation/substepNum_substepID, where operation is the ANT target in the step  
ANT script that invokes this substep. substepNum is the sequence number of this  
substep in the processing order of the step, and substepID identifies the substep.  
Typical values for operation are install, uninstall, and check.  
The log files for the substep are usually located in a subdirectory named  
processID/logs. Log files generated by the native middleware installation  
programs will also be kept here.  
5.4 Installing Maximo corfe components (TPAP)  
This section describes the process to install the core maximo function, formerly  
known as Maximo Base Serverces and now called Tivoli Process Automation  
Platform through the launchpad.  
5.4.1 Maximo Asset Management Essentials Installation Overview  
This procedure explains how to use the Maximo Asset Management Essentials  
installation program to install Maximo. In addition to configuring new instances of  
Maximo middleware products installed by the Tivoli middleware installer, the  
Maximo Asset Management Essentials installation program can configure  
existing instances of prerequisite products, including those from other vendors,  
that you wish to use with Maximo.  
The instructions provided are for either a single or multiple machine installation  
using default values and assume that you choose to have the Maximo Asset  
Management Essentials installation program automatically configure middleware  
across multiple machines to work with Maximo.  
If you do not allow the Maximo Asset Management Essentials installation  
program to automatically configure middleware, it will still perform programmatic  
checks to verify that the documented manual steps were performed properly.  
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If any errors are encountered, a dialog box detailing the error will appear. You will  
not be permitted to continue in the Maximo Asset Management Essentials  
installation task until the errors are resolved. The Maximo Asset Management  
Essentials installation program can only be run from a Windows-based system.  
5.4.2 Maximo Asset Management Essentials Installation  
Avoid using localhost for host name values in the install program. Specify the  
actual fully qualified host name of the system for all host name values. To install  
Maximo Asset Management Essentials base services, follow these steps:  
1. Login as a user with administrative authority. Launch the Tivoli middleware  
installer from the launchpad. In the launchpad navigation pane, click Install  
the Product Maximo Asset Management Essentials.  
2. You will now be presented with a series of screens prompting you for  
parameters related to your middleware environment. If you used the  
middleware installer, then most of these parameters will be pre-filled. If you  
installed your middleware manually, you will need to provide the appropriate  
values for each of the middleware components.  
3. A special installation application (called Install Anywhere) will be installed and  
initiated for installing the rest of the components. Install Anywhere is based on  
IBM’s Autonomic installation technology, which helps drive complex,  
multi-step installations.  
4. You will be prompted information related to your middleware environment. If  
you had used the Middleware installer, you will be prompted to use the  
configuration information that was saved by the middleware installer to  
automatically prefill many of these parameters.  
From the Import Middleware Configuration Information panel, specify that  
you want to use the field values you input into the Tivoli Middleware installer  
as default values for those same fields in the Maximo Asset Management  
Essentials installation program.  
– The middleware default information will not be used if you select the  
Simple deployment path.  
Host name: Enter the host name of the system where the Tivoli  
middleware installer was run.  
User ID: Enter the User ID that was used to run the Tivoli middleware  
installer.  
Password: Enter the password of the User ID that was used to run the  
Tivoli middleware installer.  
Workspace Location: Enter the location of the topology file that contains  
the values entered for the Tivoli middleware installer. This file is found in  
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the workspace that was defined during the Maximo middleware installation  
task. For example, C:\ibm\tivoli\mwi\workspace. Click Next  
5. From the Choose Deployment panel, select the Custom deployment  
topology, and then click Next.  
Select Simple if you want to deploy all Maximo Asset Management Essentials  
components on a single system. This deployment option is typically only used  
for demonstration, proof-of-concept, or training purposes.  
Select Custom if you wish to deploy Maximo Asset Management Essentials  
components across several systems. This deployment option is typically used  
in a production environment. In our example, we chose Custom to allow us to  
specify a different host name for the database server, as if we were installing  
in a multi server environment  
.
Choose Install Folder  
By default, this value is  
C:\IBM\SMP.  
Description  
Maximo Database Type  
DB2  
Select the database vendor/product. Each  
database will have its own unique set of  
configurable parameters and values.  
DB2 Host name  
Enter the host name of the machine hosting  
DB2.The host name must be fully qualified.  
Port  
The default is 50005.  
Database Name  
The default database  
name is maxdb71.  
The database will be created if it does not  
already exist.  
Instance  
Enter the name of the database instance to  
be used with Maximo. After you have entered  
configuration information for the database  
that was selected, the Maximo Asset  
Management Essentials installation program  
will connect to the database server to validate  
the information you have entered.  
Database User ID  
Database Password  
From the Automate Database Configuration panel, select Automate database  
configuration if you would like to have the database automatically created, and  
then click Next. If you choose not to automate the database creation then this  
step assumes you have already created a database instance, a database,  
tablespaces, a user, and schema for use with Maximo Asset Management  
Essentials. If you have not manually configured the database prior to selecting  
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Do not automate database configuration from within the Maximo Asset  
Management Essentials installation program, the installation will check to see if  
you have not completed these pre-install tasks and you will be reminded to  
complete them prior to restarting the Maximo Asset Management Essentials  
installation program.  
Figure 5-9 Automate Database Configuration  
6. DB2 Database Information: Enter the Windows services user ID and  
passwords only if the DB2 Server is installed on a Windows machine, click  
Next.  
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Figure 5-10 DB2 Administration  
7. From the Database Configuration panel specify the table space  
configuration properties if the DB2 database will be automatically created  
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Figure 5-11 DB2 Tablespace  
8. From the Maximo Application Server Type panel select the relevant  
application server you wish to deploy your Maximo application on, choose  
IBM WebSphere Application Server, click Next  
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Figure 5-12 Maximo Application Server Type  
9. From the WebSphere Connectivity panel, enter host information about the  
WebSphere server, and then click Next.  
Host name: Enter the fully-qualified host name of the system hosting  
WebSphere. Alternatively, you can provide the IP address for the system.  
SOAP port: Enter the SOAP port of the WebSphere system. The default  
value for this field is 8879  
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Figure 5-13 WebSphere Connectivity  
10.From the Remote Access Authorization panel, enter authorization  
information for WebSphere configuration, and then click Next.  
Operating system user ID: Enter a valid user ID that will allow the Maximo  
Asset Management Essentials installation program to access the system that  
is hosting WebSphere. This user ID should have administrative rights on the  
machine you are accessing.  
Operating system password: Enter the password for the system user ID.  
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Figure 5-14 WebSphere Remote Access Authorization panel  
11.From the Automate WebSphere configuration panel, select Automate  
WebSphere configuration, and then click Next. If you choose not to have the  
Maximo Asset Management Essentials installation program automatically  
configure the middleware, you will have had to configure WebSphere  
manually prior to the installation of Maximo. Configuration tasks include  
creating a profile, running WebSphere as a Windows service, copying the  
WebSphere keystore file from the machine where WebSphere is installed to  
the administrative workstation, setting up JMS queues, and so on.  
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Figure 5-15 Automate WebSphere configuration  
12.From the WebSphere Deployment Manager configuration panel, enter values  
for the following fields, and then click Next.  
WebSphere installation directory: Enter the directory where WebSphere  
is installed on the host system. Windows On Windows, this value might be  
C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer Linux On Linux, this value  
might be /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer.AIX On AIX, this value might be  
/usr/AppServer HP-UX On HP-UX, this value might be /AppServer Sun  
Solaris On Sun Solaris, this value mightAppServer.  
User: Enter the administrative user ID used to Default for all platforms is  
wasadmin.  
Password: Enter the password for the administrative WebSphere server.  
Profile name: Enter the name of the WebSphere profile. Default for all  
platforms is ctgDmgr01.  
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Figure 5-16 WebSphere Deployment Manager configuration  
13.From the WebSphere Application Server Configuration panel, enter the  
following information, and then click Next.  
Web server port: Enter the Web server port used by WebSphere. Default  
for all platforms is 80  
Web server name: Enter the name of the Web server. Default for all  
platforms is webserver1  
Node name: Enter the name of the WebSphere node containing the  
application server. Default for all platforms is ctgNode01.:  
Cluster name: Enter the name of the WebSphere cluster containing the  
application server. Default for all platforms is MAXIMOCLUSTER. The  
cluster name is optional. The cluster and application server will be created  
if they do not exist.  
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Figure 5-17 WebSphere Application Server Configuration  
14.From the Security panel, indicate whether application server security should  
be enabled automatically, and then click Next.  
Note: This step is only applicable if you are implementing the Tivoli Directory  
Server or Microsoft Active Directory server for security.  
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Figure 5-18 Security  
15.From the Integration Adapter JMS Configuration panel, enter the following  
information, and then click Next.  
JMS DataSource name: A JMS server requires a DB2 data repository to  
be configured to maintain messages. Enter the name of the database to  
be used by JMS. Default is intjmsds. Select whether the JMS datastore  
should be persisted.  
Persist JMS messages: Select this option of you want the Maximo Asset  
Management Essentials installation program to set the JMS  
implementation to persist messages.  
Do not persist JMS messages: Select this option if you do not want the  
Maximo Asset Management Essentials installation program to set the JMS  
implementation to persist messages automatically. A database will not be  
used to persist messages. If you later decide that you would like to persist  
JMS messages, you will have to configure the JMS implementation  
manually.  
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Figure 5-19 Integration Adapter JMS Configuration  
16.From the Input Summary panel, review the information you have provided to  
the Maximo Asset Management Essentials installation program, and then  
click Next.  
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Figure 5-20 Input Summary  
17.From the Pre-Installation Summary panel, review the installation information  
presented, and then click Install. The installation task will begin. Progress  
can be monitored by viewing messages displayed above the progress bar.  
Click Next.  
The installation will now take place, and may take quite some time. (The  
duration of the install is mostly dependant on the physical capacity of the  
server you are installing the base services on.) in our test environment, it took  
1-2 hours.  
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Figure 5-21 Pre-Installation Summary  
18.You will be prompted to install additional language packs over and above the  
base language. Click No.  
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Figure 5-22 Language Support  
19.From the Install Complete panel, click Done.Once the Maximo Asset  
Management Essentials installation program has completed installation and  
configuration tasks, it will exit. Logs can be found at <MAM_Home>/logs.  
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Figure 5-23 Install Complete  
5.4.3 Post Maximo Asset Management Essentials base services  
installation  
1. Before logging into the newly installed Maximo Asset Management Essentials  
application, go to your windows services and ensure that the relevant  
services are started. These services are:  
– DB2 COPY Services  
– DB2 Governor  
– DB2 License Server  
– DB2 Management Service  
– DB2 Remote Command Server  
– DB2 Security Server  
– DB2DAS  
– IBM HTTP Server 6.1  
– IBM HTTP Administration 6.1  
– IBM WebSphere Application Server V6.1  
– IBM WebSphere Application Server V6.1 Node Agent  
– IBM Rational Agent Controller  
– IBM Tivoli Directory Admin Daemon V6.1  
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2. Although not required, you can optionally start the node agent as a Windows  
service.  
To create a node agent as a Windows service, perform the following on the  
WebSpheree application server:  
– Open a command prompt  
– Change directory to <WAS_HOME>\bin  
– Run the following command (as a single line):  
WASService add NodeAgent serverName nodeagent profilePath  
C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\ctgAppSrv01  
wasHome <C:>\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer logRoot  
<C:>\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\logs\nodeagent logFile  
<C:>\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\logs\nodeagent\ startServer.log  
restart true  
– Close the Command Prompt.  
Tip: When having implemented the Tivoli Directory Server take note that if you  
haven’t resumed your Tivoli services you might not be able to access the  
WebSphere console as the administrator username and password has not  
been validated. Make sure your service is running.  
3. Once all the relevant services are started up login to the URL  
http://servername:9080/maximo and see if you connect to the Maximo  
Asset Manager  
Figure 5-24 Maximo Asset Manager Login page  
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5.5 Process solution package installation  
Process solutions are versioned software components. The process solution  
installation programs support a variety of software life cycle operations that may  
be applied against process solutions.  
A process solution package is a self-contained ZIP file of installation artifacts and  
deployment logic that can be deployed using the process solution installation  
program. Installation artifacts are the files and content that are installed into your  
Maximo environment to enable the services management functionality of the  
Process Manager Product or Integration Module. The deployment logic are the  
actions that are carried out in order to deploy the process solution into the  
Maximo environment. Typically, these actions include building and deploying  
J2EE applications, running database scripts that load the process solution  
content into the Maximo database, and adding users and groups for security.  
Additionally, optional sample data can be installed.  
The Base Install operation installs and deploys a new process solution into your  
Maximo environment. Once installed, a process solution may be updated in  
several ways.  
The process solution installation programs are able to process the following  
package types:  
Base Install Package - Required to install a new process solution using the  
Base Install operation.  
Incremental Update Package - Required when performing an Upgrade  
operation.  
Fix Package - Required when applying an interim fix to a process solution.  
Full Update Package - Used to perform a Base Install operation if no instance  
of the process solution is currently installed or it may be used to perform an  
Upgrade operation on a currently installed process solution. The process  
solution installation programs ensure that the appropriate package type is  
processed for any given operation.  
5.5.1 Pre-Process solution package installation checklist  
When you perform a deployment operation using the process solution installation  
program, you are running actions that modify the configuration and content of  
your J2EE, database, and directory middleware servers. The following steps  
should be reviewed before invoking the process solution installation program.  
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Have Middleware Login Information Available  
The process solution installation program requires access to middleware servers  
in order to automate the deployment of the process solution package. You will  
need to know the administrative user IDs and passwords for the impacted  
middleware servers. The actual middleware servers whose login information is  
required will depend on the process solution package being installed. The  
process solution installation program ensures that any required login information  
is specified before continuing with the deployment operation.  
Backup Middleware Servers and Administrative Workstation  
You should create backups for impacted J2EE, database, and directory servers  
before you deploy a process solution package using the process solution  
installation program.  
Ensure Middleware Servers Are Started  
Start any impacted middleware servers before running the process solution  
installer.  
5.5.2 Enable Maximo Asset Management Essentials License  
Author Comment: All of the screen images in this section need to be replaced with  
those for Maximo Asset Management Essentials. Functionally, they are identical to thos  
shown here, but will have a different title referring to the Esssentials product.  
Only after installing the Process solution package will you be entitled to use  
Maximo according to the license you have purchased. Complete the following  
steps to install a process solution package into Maximo using the process  
solution installation wizard:  
1. From the Launchpad, launch the process solution installation program by  
clicking the link under 3. Enable Maximo Asset Management Essentials  
License for usage. The Process Solution Installation Install Anywhere  
Installer executes on the Maximo administrative workstation. The launch  
script is deployed and configured by the Maximo Asset Management  
Essentials installation program.  
In our case, the PSI package selected is a base install of the Maximo Asset  
Management Essentials 7.1 package. The process solution installation  
program performs a series of validation checks to verify that the package you  
selected is valid. The system is checked to ensure that the package has not  
already been deployed.  
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2. Allow the package to be validated, click Next.  
Figure 5-25 Package Validation  
3. From the Middleware Login Information panel, enter the credentials for which  
you are being prompted, and then click Next. Once you have entered the  
requested user IDs and passwords, the process solution installation wizard  
will validate the credentials by connecting to the middleware servers using the  
supplied credentials.  
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Figure 5-26 Middleware Login information-WebSphere Admin  
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Figure 5-27 Middleware Login information-WebSphere Remote  
4. After the credentials have been verified, a Package Options panel is  
displayed that details the deployment options that the package supports.  
Leave both the Supported Package Options boxes unchecked to have the  
EAR files deployed and Maximo database updated by the process solution  
installation program and click Next.  
Supported Package Options Definitions:  
– Defer Maximo Application Redeployment  
If you intend to apply more than one package solution select this checkbox  
by doing so you will only redeploy the ear files once after all the package  
solutions have been installed  
– Defer the update of the Maximo Database  
If you intend to apply more than one package solution select this checkbox  
by doing so you will only update the database once after all the package  
solutions have been installed  
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Figure 5-28 Package Options  
5. From the Pre-Install Summary panel, review and verify the information  
displayed, and then click Next.  
6. At this point, the process solution installation program begins the package  
installation process. The Deployment progress panel will inform you of the  
deployment progress of the installation.  
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Figure 5-29 Deployment Progress  
7. When the installation has completed successfully, from the Package  
Successfully Deployed panel, click Done to exit the process solution  
installation wizard. If there is a package failure, a message will be displayed  
for the step that failed.You might see an installation progress bar displayed  
briefly after you click Done. The Process Solution Installation Wizard is  
actually terminating and no installation activities are being performed. The  
deployment of the Process Solution Package you were installing has already  
completed and the progress bar can be safely ignored.  
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Figure 5-30 Package Successfully Deployed  
5.6 Post Installation Tasks  
Prior to assuming the configuration stage of your Maximo Asset Management  
Essentials deployment, take the time to ensure that the basic installation is  
functional, to confirm this read through the following section and verify and adjust  
where necessary:  
Tip: It is recommended you document all you findings carefully and  
meticulously. Once all your tasks have been completed, store all your  
installation instructions and properties for future reference.  
5.6.1 Ensure all relevant Maximo services are running  
Before you can attempt to access Maximo, ensure that all the relevant services  
are running:  
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Tip: From Windows Services, set the following services to automatic startup:  
DB2 COPY Services  
DB2 Governor  
DB2 License Server  
DB2 Management Service  
DB2 Remote Command Server  
DB2 Security Server  
DB2DAS  
IBM HTTP Server 6.1  
IBM HTTP Administration 6.1  
IBM WebSphere Application Server V6.1  
IBM WebSphere Application Server V6.1 Node Agent  
IBM Rational Agent Controller  
IBM Tivoli Directory Admin Daemon V6.1  
IBM Tivoli Directory Server Instance V6.1  
If you’re running a demo Maximo Asset Manager installation on limited  
resources, for example, a labtop or a virtual machine, it is recommended that  
you do not run the above specified services as automatic but rather keep  
these services configured to start manually.  
5.6.2 Ensure connectivity to the Maximo Asset Management  
Essentials application  
Once you have successfully resumed the requested services, ensure  
connectivity by accessing the login panel and logging into the Maximo Asset  
Manager.  
The default Maximo system administrator user ID and passwords are as follows  
User ID :maxadmin  
Password:maxadmin  
Tip: It is highly suggested for the system administrator to change their  
password on a regular interval. Also, if the maxadmin user is administering on  
a multi-language implementation, take careful to note in which locales he is  
applying the changes. Aim wherever possible to remain and administer in the  
base language.  
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5.6.3 Ensure the Language pack installation is functional  
To determine if the language pack installation is successful ensure you can login  
into the various languages listed on your Maximo login page. Carefully assess if  
all the language packs are installed as planned. If some of your languages are  
not installed carefully re-assess and implement those languages.  
5.6.4 Ensure Client Connectivity  
As the Maximo Asset Manager has a client-server infrastructure, it is imperative  
to verify accessibility from the clients who will be accessing Maximo. Ensure the  
users can access the login page of Maximo. There are a list of client  
hardware/software considerations that have also to be assumed to confirm this  
task.  
Tip: Refer to Chapter 4 for information regarding Hardware and Software  
requirements.  
5.6.5 Report Administration  
Prior to the configuration phase of the deployment, carry out the following report  
administration checks.  
Generate Request pages  
Request pages are the parameter inputs required for each report. Before the  
reports can be accessed from with Maximo the request pages have to be  
generated.  
1. Login into Maximo as the System Administrator  
2. From the Start Center navigate to the Go To function and select  
Administration Reporting Administration.  
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Figure 5-31 Reporting Administration  
3. In the center of the page you will see a button called Generate Request  
Pages, click Generate Request Pages.  
Figure 5-32 Generate Request pages success  
At this stage the request pages have been successfully generated.  
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Note: Generating the request pages is a step you will only need to execute  
when having created a new installation or having uploaded a new report, it is  
advisable that this step is done when other users have logged out of the  
system.  
Generating report output  
As a best practice, assess to see whether the reports generated successfully.  
During the Maximo Asset Management Essentials installation process the default  
report tool Birt is automatically configured to run reports from within Maximo. In  
the next few steps we will test and run a standard report.  
1. Login into Maximo  
2. From the Start Center navigate to the Go To function and select  
Administration Resources Labor  
Figure 5-33 Labor  
From the Labor application,click Select Actions Run Reports.  
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Figure 5-34 Run Reports  
3. From the Reports dialog select the Labor List report.  
Figure 5-35 Labor List  
4. From the Request Page specify your parameter properties, in our example  
we will specify the value ‘ACTIVE’ as the status parameter value.  
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Figure 5-36 Request Page  
5. Click Submit  
Figure 5-37 Report output  
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6. Upon receiving a report output as specified above you can determine that the  
report has generated successfully  
For more information regarding report administration refer to the following  
guide:  
Report Developer Guide (mam71_report_dev_guide.pdf)  
5.6.6 Attached Documents Configuration  
You use the Attached Documents application in Maximo to attach various  
documents to individual Maximo records.The following formats are supported  
PDF  
XLS  
CSV  
TXT  
DOC  
GIF  
DOC  
JPG  
PPT  
By default Attached documents are not configured during the Maximo Asset  
Manage installation process, you manually have to configure some properties  
within the Maximo System properties application and specific HTTP server  
properties to enable attachments to be uploaded and viewed from Maximo.  
Here are a few steps you will need to consider to ensure Attached Documents  
are accessible in Maximo when using a Windows WebSphere middleware  
installation.  
Create a shared doclinks directory on the machine storing the document files  
with your predefined sub directories if you wish to group your attachment types:  
C:\DOCLINKS  
On your HTTP server search for your httpd.conf file in the following path for  
example:  
Tip: Make a backup of this file before you begin  
Windows :C:\IBM HTTP Server\conf\httpd.conf  
Edit the directory line as follows:  
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Edit this Directory line to specify the doclinks directory you created:  
<Directory "C:\DOCLINKS">  
Tip: Search on the words “this should”  
and the DocumentRoot line as follows  
DocumentRoot "C:\DOCLINKS"  
Tip: Search on the word “DocumentRoot”  
Once you have made these changes, save your file and restart the HTTP server,  
the values you have entered are case sensitive  
You will now need to login into Maximo and configure two more DOCLINK  
properties to point to the folder you have created on your drive and also to point  
out the path the HTTP server will have to make to access these files.  
Go To System Configuration Platform Configuration System  
Properties and specify the required properties as set out below:  
Property Name  
Description  
Example value  
mxe.doclink.doctypes.defpath  
Default path  
for doclinks  
C:\DOCLINKS  
C<PATH>\DOCLINKS =  
http://yourservername  
Path 01 for  
doclinks  
C<PATH>\DOCLINKS =  
http://yourservernameC<P  
ATH>\DOCLINKS =  
http://yourservername  
A common problem with attached document setup is that the folders for your  
attachments are not assigned with a drive letter in their defaults paths upon the  
Maximo Installation process. To resolve this ommittance go to any of your  
Maximo Applications and from Select Actions, go to Attachment/Library  
Folders Manage Folders and amend the default path as follows:  
Old Path  
New Path  
\DOCLINKS\ATTACHMENTS  
C:\DOCLINKS\ATTACHMENTS  
Below are illustrations of single and multiserver machine attached documents  
configurations. Note, the implementation of attached documents is only briefly  
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discussed in this guide. For instructions on how to install and deploy attached  
documents please reference the following materials:  
System Administrator Guide Server (mam71_sys_admin_guide.pdf)  
Chapter 22-Attached Documents Administration and Configuration  
Application Server Machine  
Maximo  
Application Server  
Submit Attached Document  
File  
Write  
Local Drive  
Client Machine  
docklinks directory in  
<Maximo root>  
File  
Read  
HTTP Server  
View Attached Document  
Figure 5-38 Example Single Machine Configuration  
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Application Server  
Document FileServer  
Machine  
Machine  
MAXIMO  
File  
Write  
Submit Attached  
Document  
Application Server  
HTTP Server  
Local Drive  
d:\doclinks\  
File  
Read  
Client Machine  
ViewAttached  
Document  
Figure 5-39 Example Multiple Machine Configuration  
5.6.7 Ensure relevant cron tasks are working and enabled  
Depending on your business requirements, you might be required to implement  
cron tasks to perform certain actions or updates on your Maximo Application.  
Ensure system properties are defined and setup as enabled in your Cron Task  
Setup module, this can be found under in the System Configuration →  
Platform Configuration.  
If you are running JMS queue configurations for your integration framework it is  
essential for the relevant cron task instances to be enabled otherwise the queues  
will not function. In the event that cron tasks might not run, it is recommended  
you reload the cron tasks.  
Tip: The schedule /frequency interval of cron tasks needs to be assessed  
carefully as cron tasks are ‘batch’ tasks and a large task is executued to  
frequently it could have an adverse affect on system performance.  
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For more detail about implementing cron tasks Please refer to the Maximo Asset  
Management Essentials System Administration guide:  
System Administrator Guide Server (mam71_sys_admin_guide.pdf)  
5.6.8 Create Backup/Image of the environment  
After the installation is complete, it is advisable to create an image of your  
environment, backup procedures depend on the size of your database and the  
type of operation you are running. For instance, you coudl back up to:  
Hard Disk Drive: Lets you restore your system quickly  
Tape Drive; Slower, but you can keep multiple tapes of backups  
CDs, DVDs, diskettes : Limited capacity, but is useful for smaller databases,  
archive files, or specific executables.  
5.6.9 Automate the Backup Procedure  
Schedule and regularly perform system and database backups. It is advisable  
you perform system restores from the production environment to your  
development/acceptance environment on regular intervals to test this procedure.  
5.6.10 Assess the server workload  
In having taken the sizing considerations of the previous chapter into account it is  
advisable to monitor the performance of Maximo on a continuous basis. This step  
will also form part of the user acceptance testing. However there are many  
methods you can implement to improve and maintain the application’s  
performance on a continuous basis.  
If your implementation increases in size, an increase in workload or system  
enlargement over time consider load balancing the server environments, server  
clustering is a recommended solution by which you can distribute user loads over  
various application servers to maintain consistent server performance.  
5.6.11 Client Local/Regional Settings Properties  
If the users are based in one location, ensure that the regional settings of their  
workstations are matching to that of their region, a common issue could be date  
and time format conflicts.  
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5.6.12 Internet and Firewall Security  
For security purposes Maximo can also be configured to take advantage of the  
more secure protocol, Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS). If Maximo  
clients exist outside the corporate network, you can add a firewall or other  
security measure.  
Firewalls are configured to allow communication over HTTP (typically Port 80) or  
HTTPS (typically Port 443). The following information is generic and does not  
reflect any particular firewall brand.  
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Overview  
Secure socket layer provides secure connections over a network connection by  
doing the following:  
– allowing two applications to authenticate each other’s identity  
– encrypting the data exchanged between the two applications  
Authentication allows a server and optionally a client to verify the identity of the  
application on the other end of a network connection. Encryption makes data  
transmitted over the network intelligible only to the intended recipient. IBM  
WebSphere and BEA WebLogic support SSL, and IBM Corporation has certified  
the SSL implementation with the Maximo-WebSphere and Maximo-BEA  
WebLogic integration.  
Configuring Secure Socket Layer To implement SSL  
A Web server must have an associated certificate for each external interface (IP  
address) that accepts secure connections. After you install the certificate on the  
Web server, replacing the .http with .https encrypts a session between the  
browser and server.  
For example:  
http://MaximoAppServer will be entered as https://MaximoApp Server  
The standard port for HTTPS is 443.  
If a Proxy server or Firewall controls network traffic, this port and protocol must  
be opened. SSL comes with some additional overhead for encryption and  
decryption of data. Encryption and decryption can affect performance.  
Internet Explorer Settings  
It is advisable that you enable your browser to automatically check for newer  
versions of stored pages when you login to Maximo, to ensure this perform the  
following steps:  
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From your Internet Browser move to Tools Internet Options General →  
Settings  
Select the radio button Automatically to check for newer versions of stored  
pages.  
Tip: Ensure the above feature is applied to all clients. When failing to do so users could  
experience previous screen representations other than the latest. Alternatively one could  
also remove and destroy all Cookies and Temporary files from their Internet Browser  
5.6.13 SMTP mail exchange server setup  
Some applications and cron tasks within Maximo require a mail exchange to  
perform. In order to enable, this assign a valid SMTP server name to the global  
value of the following property in the System Properties application:  
mail.smtp.host  
5.6.14 Users LDAP Authentication through Virtual Member  
Management  
You can authenticate users against LDAP using Windows Server Active  
Directory. If your organization has Virtual Member Management in place,  
consider using it to perform your authentication. When you configure the  
application server to authenticate against an ActiveDirectory, you create and  
manage users in the LDAP directory server.  
The VMMcron task updates the Maximo database when users, groups, and  
group membership are changed in the directory server. When users and groups  
are deleted from the Active Directory, they are not deleted from the Maximo  
database because these records might be needed for auditing purposes. You  
can also configure the system to populate person, user, and group information  
from the external directory. The system currently supports synchronization of  
information from Microsoft Active Directory. Synchronization with other  
directories is possible, but is not supported as a standard feature and might  
require programming to configure. Both BEA WebLogic Server and IBM  
WebSphere Application Server support authentication against Windows Server  
Active Directory.  
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5.7 Setting the System and Logging properties  
Once the installation is complete you would be configuring the different system  
properties and enabling logging for the application. With Maximo Asset  
Management Essentials 7.1 this task has become far easier, as it comes with  
dedicated applications to perform these activities.  
5.7.1 System Properties Application  
System Properties is a new application that is a part of Maximo Asset  
Management Essentials 7.1 and can be used to configure System-wide  
properties that are at a Global level or Instance level. These Properties consist of  
keys and values that determine the configuration of the product and the behavior  
of many of its components.  
Global Properties: A global property exists only at a system-wide level. This  
means that the property is applicable to all the product server instances (for  
example: application server) working with a common database. For example, the  
system property mxe.logging.rootfolder is a global property whose value is a  
directory on the hard disk of the server machine where the product's log files  
reside.  
Instance Properties: An instance property is defined and associated with a  
specific product server instance. For example, you can configure the system  
property mxe.crontask.donotrun to be an instance-specific property. You do this  
by associating the mxe.crontask.donotrun system property with a specific server  
(for example: MXServer1) and a value applicable only to that server (for example,  
a value of BBCron). As a result of this configuration, the Bulletin Board cron task  
(BBCron) is not executed on MXServer1, yet it can execute in another product  
instance, such as MXServer2.  
Each property defined in the System Properties application has a number of  
characteristics that you can manage. The following table describes these  
characteristics:  
Property Characteristic  
Description  
File Override  
Specifies if the property and its value are loaded from a file rather  
than from the database.  
Global Only  
Specifies whether this property must exist only at a system-wide  
level. It implies the property cannot be overridden at the instance  
level.  
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Property Characteristic  
Description  
Instance Only  
Specifies whether this property must be defined at the instance level.  
If so, you provide an instance-specific value and the property is not  
a global value.  
Online Changes Allowed  
Specifies whether the System Properties application is used to  
change the property's value. For example, the global property  
mxe.db.driver does not allow online changes  
Live Refresh  
Encrypted  
Specifies whether the property value can take effect immediately  
after saving the value.  
Specifies whether the property is stored in an encrypted manner in  
the underlying product database. The value is encrypted using the  
product's standard encryption functionality. For example, the global  
property mxe.int.uddipassword is encrypted.  
Security Level  
User Defined  
Nulls Allowed  
Data Type  
Specifies the level of access to this property by various product  
components. Access level may be PUBLIC, SECURE or PRIVATE.  
Specifies whether the property is created by a user or is provided  
with the product.  
Specifies whether the property can have null values. You can change  
this characteristic only for user-defined properties.  
Specifies the type of value that can be provided for the property. The  
value could be an integer, alphanumeric, or a Yes or No value  
(YORN). For example, the global property mxe.allowLocalObjects is  
associated with a data type of YORN; by entering a value other than  
1 or 0 you will see an error message indicating invalid value.  
Domain  
Specifies a domain that provides a list of values that the property can  
be set to. For example, the global property  
mxe.db.transaction_isolation is associated with the 'TRANSISO'  
domain. Thus the property's values must match to a corresponding  
domain value  
5.7.2 Logging Application  
Logging application is a part of system configuration module of the product and is  
a dedicated application to manage log settings and configure log files. An  
administrator can configure various logging components, set log levels, associate  
logging with log files and specify a folder where log files are to be written.  
Logging has three main components:  
1. Loggers: Loggers are components in the product that prepare log statements  
to be written to console or log file. Loggers are named entities or keys, for  
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example: log4j.logger.maximo.sql. Loggers form a hierarchy. A logger is  
defined as an ancestor of another logger if its name followed by a dot is a  
prefix of the descendant logger name. A logger becomes the parent of a child  
logger if there are no ancestors between itself and the descendant logger. For  
example, log4j.logger.maximo.sql is the parent of  
log4j.logger.maximo.sql.WORKORDER. You can assign the following levels to  
loggers:  
– DEBUG  
– INFO  
– WARN  
– ERROR  
– FATAL  
2. A level indicates a type of event that the system logs.  
3. Appenders: You can send logging requests to multiple destinations. An output  
destination is called an appender. Appenders can exist for consoles or files.  
You can associate one or more loggers with a given appender. Alternatively,  
you can associate a single logger with multiple appenders.  
4. Layouts: A layout determines the output format of a log statement. A layout is  
always associated with an appender. For example, a conversion pattern such  
as %d{dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss:SSS} [%-2p] %m%n results in the following  
log statement: 2007-05-07 14:07:41,508 [main] INFO MyApp - Entering  
application.  
The Logging application supports two types of loggers: Root and Child. One or  
more child loggers always inherit from one root logger. In the Logging  
application, a root logger is termed "root logger," while a child logger is termed  
"logger."  
This application can be used to:  
Create loggers that are components in the product that prepare log  
statements to be written to console or log file.  
Associate the appropriate log level with each logger.  
De-activate loggers except root loggers.  
Configure appenders that represent a console or log files to which log  
statements are written.  
– Specify an appropriate file name for an appender.  
– Specify a log file size for an appender.  
– Associate a logger with multiple appenders.  
– Associate an appender with multiple loggers.  
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Configuration  
Once the installation is complete there are several tasks that will need to be  
completed before we can enable the users to start using the system.  
Such tasks usually have to be carried out by the system administrator and will be  
discussed in this chapter.  
Note: The following steps assume you have created a empty database and  
have not created the demo database, this chapter is not applicable to a demo  
install.  
6.1 Getting started  
The following are the main topics covered in this section:  
– User Management  
– Organization and Site setup  
– Initial Configuration and Data import sequence  
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6.1.1 User Management  
Signing in using a default user ID  
If security was specified during the installation, User management will be  
managed through the directory server you have configured to use with Maximo  
Asset Management Essentials. When first installed, Maximo Asset Management  
Essentials contains the following default user IDs:  
maxadmin  
maxreg  
mxintadm  
The default password for each user ID is the same as the User Name (for  
example, maxadmin is both the user name and default password). Note: User  
names and passwords are case sensitive. The default user names and  
passwords are lowercase. To sign in, complete the following steps:  
1. Open a browser window.  
2. Navigate to the Maximo Asset Management Essentials login URL. For  
example: http://hostname:<port>/maximo.  
The default port is 9080.  
3. Enter the username maxadmin (lower case).  
4. Enter the password maxadmin (lower case) and click Enter. The software  
displays an empty start center.  
Changing the user password  
As a best practice, change the passwords for the default user IDs. To change the  
default passwords, complete the following steps:  
1. Open the Users application.  
2. From the List tab, select the user whose password you want to change.  
3. From the Select Action menu, select Change Passwords. The Change  
Passwords dialog box appears.  
4. Enter the new password in the New Password field.  
5. Re-enter the password in the Confirm New Password field.  
6. Click OK.  
When you change the password of either the maxadmin or maxreg user, you also  
change the password associated with that user in the maximo.properties file.  
1. Navigate to MAXIMO\applications\maximo\properties.  
2. Open the maximo.properties file using a text editor.  
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– mxe.db.user for the database log in name  
– mxe.system.reguser for self-registering new users  
4. Save changes.  
Note: Any time you modify the maximo.properties file, rebuild and deploy a  
new maximo.ear file. By going to the application server, selecting the ear file  
and clicking on the deploy option (the method may vary if different application  
server is used, the above reflect WebSphere)  
You can change the default user names for the default user IDs by editing the  
maximo.properties file.  
To modify the user ID in the maximo.properties file, complete the following steps:  
1. Navigate to MAXIMO\applications\maximo\properties.  
2. Open the maximo.properties file using a text editor.  
3. Search for the appropriate property and modify it as needed:  
– mxe.db.password for the database login password  
– mxe.system.regpassword for the self-registering new users  
4. Save changes.  
Note: Any time you modify the maximo.properties file, rebuild and deploy a  
new maximo.ear file. By going to the application server, selecting the ear file  
and clicking on the deploy option (the method may vary if different application  
server is used, the above reflect WebSphere)  
6.1.2 Organization and Site setup  
Before you can assume work on Maximo it is imperative to specify the name of  
your organization and the site the organization belongs to.To ensure this,  
reference the following steps in strict sequential order to create the organization  
and sites and its appropriate dependencies.  
Important: You must create currency codes, sets, glcomponent configuration  
and create a clearing account prior to creating the Organization and Site.If any  
of these steps are incomplete you will have to complete the tasks before  
continuing.  
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Create currency codes  
Currency codes is your measure of exchange in monetary terms, currencies are  
required for your system to determine in which currency you will be measuring  
your financial transactions against. Assess your base currency that your  
organization utilizes before assuming the next step.  
You must define a currency code for an organization. To define a currency code  
for an organization, complete the following steps:  
1. Open the Currency Code application for Users by selecting Goto Financial  
Currency Code  
2. Click New Row.  
3. Enter a currency code, for example, USD (United States Dollar)  
4. Click Save.  
Disable validation options  
It is advisable to disable or uncheck the validation options in order to begin  
populating or importing data. Having the validation options enabled during initial  
configuration, each entry made will be validated against a financial period which  
at this stage of the deployment is not required. You can always revalidate these  
options again at a later stage  
1. Open the Financial application by selecting Goto Financial Chart of  
Accounts.  
2. Go to Select Actions.  
3. Choose Validation Options.  
4. Uncheck both Validate GL Component Combinations as well as Validate  
Financial Periods.  
5. Click OK.  
Create item and company sets  
Sets allow you to share Item and Companies records across Organizations,  
although you can only create 1 Organization and site in Maximo Enterprise  
Essentials you must still perform this step.  
To define sets, complete the following steps:  
1. Open the Sets application for Users by selecting Goto Administration .  
Sets  
2. Click New Row.  
3. Enter a company set name, for example, COMPSET.  
4. Enter COMPSET in the Type field.  
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5. Click New Row.  
6. Enter an item set name, for example, ITEM1.  
7. Enter ITEM1 in the Type field.  
8. Click Save.  
Tip: Keep your set id’s generic and simple as they cannot be altered in the  
future.  
Create a general ledger account component  
Although Maximo Enterprise Essentials is restricted to only one organization and  
one site you must still define a clearing account for your organization.A clearing  
account is an account that determines the cost centre for multi organization  
transactions.Before you assign your clearing account for your organization you  
must create and define the general ledger account component.A general ledger  
account component is a structure that must be determined by your accounting  
staff  
Each general ledger account code consists of a number of distinct components  
(also called segments). In Database Configuration, you define the account code  
format using the GL Account Configuration dialog box. In Chart of Accounts, you  
specify which components are valid for use in the system.  
For easy identification, you can use delimiters to separate components when  
they are displayed on the screen. For example, you might use hyphens to  
separate components: 6100-400-SAF.  
The system writes account strings to the database in a concatenated format, with  
delimiters.  
For any account code, you can: Define up to 20 components.Include a total of up  
to 254 characters/digits, not including delimiters (unless you choose to include  
the delimiters as part of the account code).Component Sequence Account  
components are displayed in a sequential format, with the left most component in  
the string representing the highest level. For example, four component levels are  
defined; the fourth is optional:  
Component 1 = Cost Center  
Component 2 = Activity  
Component 3 = Resource  
(Optional) Component 4 = Element  
Account components are concatenated, with the highest level component at the  
left.  
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To create a general ledger account component, complete the following steps:  
1. Open the Database Configuration application by selecting Goto System  
Configuration Platform Configuration Database Configuration  
2. Select GL Account Configuration from the Select Action drop-down menu.  
3. Click New Row.  
4. Enter a component name in the Component field. For example, Cost Center  
5. Enter a numerical length for the component. For example, 5.  
6. Enter a data type for the component (This is the type of data each component  
will represent). For example, ALN.  
7. Click Save and log out of Maximo.  
8. Once you have completed setting up the GL Account Component, you MUST  
configure the database for your changes to take affect.Foolwo the next steps  
to create a component.  
– Ensure you have created a backup of your database.  
– Make sure all users a logged off the system.  
– Ensure to document all changes.  
– Open the WebSphere Admin Console and stop the MXServer application  
server.  
– Run the configdb.bat program from the following path example:  
C:\ibm\SMP\maximo\tools\maximo\configdb.bat  
– Wait for your changes to have taken affect, make sure this step has  
completed successfully and restart the MXServer and log back into  
Maximo again, you can now create general ledger accounts.  
Note: In our example we configured the database when shutting down the Maximo  
application server.To perform a database configuration without shutting down your  
application server refer to the System Administrators guide.  
(mam71_sys_admin_guide.pdf)  
Create an organization  
You can define only one organization for Maximo Asset Management Essentials.  
To define the organization, complete the following steps:  
1. Open the Organizations application by selecting Goto /Administration  
/Organizations  
2. Click on the New Organization icon in the toolbar.  
3. Enter an organization name in the Organization field. For example, MAIN.  
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4. Enter the base currency you defined in the Base Currency 1 field. For  
example, USD.  
5. Enter the item set you defined in the Item Set field. For example, ITEM1.  
6. Enter the company set you defined in the Company Set field. For example,  
COMPSET.  
Tip: Keep your organization and site id’s generic and simple as they cannot be  
altered in the future.It is also advisable not to use spaces in between the  
organization and site id’s  
7. Enter the default item status of PENDING in the Default Item Status field.  
8. Save your work  
Create a general ledger account  
1. Before assigning the clearing account for your organization you will have to  
create general ledger account that is to be used as the clearing account. To  
create a general ledger account, complete the following steps:  
2. Open the Chart of Accounts application by selecting Goto/ Financials/ Chart  
of Accounts  
3. Click on the name of your organization to select it. For example, click MAIN.  
4. Select GL Component Maintenance from the Select Action drop-down menu.  
5. Click New Row.  
6. Add a GL Component value for example, 1234 and then click OK  
7. Click New Row on the GL Accounts for tab.  
8. Select your General Ledger Account.  
9. Click Save.  
10.Open the Organizations application by selecting Goto /Administration  
/Organizations  
11.Click the organization name you created. For example, MAIN.  
12.From the Clearing Account field, select the General Ledger Account you just  
created.  
13.Select Active.  
14.Click Save.  
15.Assign your recently created general ledger account to be the clearing  
account  
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Creating a site  
You can create only 1 site in Maximo Asset Management Essentials. To create  
your site, complete the following steps:  
1. From the Start Center, go to Administration/Organizations  
2. From the list screen select the Organization you want to assign your site to  
3. Click on the Sites tab, to add a new Site click New Row  
4. Specify the relevant site details, when complete, save your work  
Create default insert site  
After you have created the organization and site in Maximo Asset Management  
Essentials, you will be required to assign a default insert site to enter new  
records.To create a default insert site complete the following steps:  
1. Open the Users application by selecting Goto Security Users  
2. Search for maxadmin and then select it to open the record for maxadmin.  
3. Enter a the site you created earlier in the Default Insert Site field. For  
example, B901.  
4. Enter a the site you created earlier in the Storeroom Site for Self-Service  
Requisitions field. For example, B901.  
5. Click Save.  
6. Open the WebSphere Admin Console and restart the MXServer application  
server.Note that if you encounter an error message that indicates that the  
record is being updated by another user, log out as maxadmin and then log  
back in.  
Signing out and signing in  
When you make changes to a security group that your user ID is a member of,  
you must sign out and sign in again in order to see the changes. For example,  
even though you have granted the MAXADMIN group permission to create start  
center templates, the actions are not visible until you sign in again.  
1. Sign out as maxadmin.  
2. Sign in as maxadmin.  
6.1.3 Initial Configuration and Data import sequence  
At this stage you will have prepared the organization and site, from this point  
onwards you can start populating the database.Although this guide is not written  
to explain how to populate data into Maximo we will in the following table briefly  
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perform your initial data configuration.  
MAM 7.1  
Module  
Sub Application  
Nature of work performed in this  
sub application  
Suggested  
Entry_Mode  
System  
Configuration  
Database Configuration  
Create new object  
attributes/relationships  
Manual  
Manual  
System  
Configuration  
GL Component  
Configuration  
Configure GL Component  
Financial  
The GL Components  
Chart of Accounts  
Currency Codes  
Item and Company Sets  
Organizations  
Sites  
Create GL Components  
Create GL Codes  
Manual  
Manual  
Manual  
Manual  
Manual  
Manual  
Manual  
Manual  
Manual  
Manual  
Manual  
Financial  
Financial  
Create Currency Codes  
Create Item and Company Sets  
Create Organization  
Create Sites  
Administration  
Administration  
Administration  
Administration  
Failurecodes  
Organizations  
Inventory  
Calendars  
Create Calendars  
Failurecodes  
Create Failurecodes  
Assign Tax types  
Tax Options  
Measurement units  
Define measurement units  
Define conversion factors  
Inventory  
Conversion factors for  
measure units.  
Domains  
Valuelists  
Define ALN/NUM/ SYNOMYM  
valuelists  
Manual  
Organizations  
Assets  
Address Codes  
Locations  
Define addresses  
Manual  
Import  
Import  
Import  
Import  
Create Systems and Locations  
Create Companies Master records  
Companies records  
Purchasing  
Purchasing  
Administration  
Company master  
Companies  
Classifications  
Define Classifications for  
Assets/Locations/Items etc.  
Inventory  
Inventory  
Inventory  
Item Master setup  
Storerooms  
Create Item Master records  
Create Storeroom Locations  
Assign Items to Inventory  
Import  
Import  
Import  
Inventory  
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MAM 7.1  
Module  
Sub Application  
Nature of work performed in this  
sub application  
Suggested  
Entry_Mode  
Inventory  
Inventory  
Assets  
Tools  
Create Tools  
Import  
Import  
Manual  
Import  
Import  
Manual  
Manual  
Manual  
Stocked Tools  
Meters/Meter Groups  
Assets  
Assign Tools to Inventory  
Create Meters and Meter groups  
Create Assets  
Assets  
Assets  
Condition Monitoring  
Person groups  
People  
Define condition monitoring points  
Define Person groups  
Define Persons  
Administration  
Administration  
SCConfig  
Start Centers  
Create New Start Center  
Templates(Non Module)  
Security  
Security  
Security Groups  
Users  
Create Roles  
Manual  
Manual  
Create and assign users to security  
groups  
Administration  
Administration  
Crafts  
Create Crafts  
Manual  
Manual  
Qualifications  
Create Qualifcations for labor and  
crafts  
Administration  
Planning  
Labor  
Create Labor records  
Manual  
Import  
Safety Plans  
Precautions  
Lock out/Tag out  
Create Safety plans  
Planning  
Create safety plan precautions  
Manual  
Manual  
Planning  
Create Safety plan lock out and tag out  
procedures  
Planning  
Planning  
Safety hazards  
Jobplans  
Create safety plan hazards  
Create Jobplans  
Manual  
Import  
Import  
Preventive  
Maintenance  
Preventive Maintenance  
Create Preventive Maintenance  
Schedules  
Important: The table is a generic example that was designed to guide  
implementations pertaining to the sequence of loading and populating the  
Maximo objects. You might not utilize all these modules. It is essential to follow  
the illustrated chronological sequence during your initial configuration.  
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For more information on how to populate the Maximo database, refer to the  
product documentation.  
6.2 Reporting  
Maximo Asset Management Essentials 7.1 is integrated with the Eclipse  
Foundation's Business Intelligence Reporting Tool (BIRT). BIRT is an open  
source reporting system that will integrates with Java/J2EE applications, such as  
Maximo Asset Management Essentials 7.1, to produce custom reports. BIRT  
utilizes XML report definitions to generate reports in PDF or HTML Output. BIRT  
uses the data from Maximo Asset Management Essentials 7.1 and manages and  
displays it to end users in a way that they can immediately take action if  
necessary. That action may involve drilling down into reports for a specific  
problem issue, or an analysis of the data for cost for regulatory purposes.  
The following are the main topics covered in this section:  
BIRT Administration  
BIRT Configure Reports  
BIRT Run Reports  
6.2.1 Report Administration  
As the Report Administrator, you can specify the following for end users:  
The availability of reports and how they open, run, and print  
The appearance of report titles and headings  
Report security settings  
The following figures provide a short introduction into the Report Administration  
application. The look and feel is like all other applications launched from the Start  
Center. There are two ways to open the Report Administration application. The  
first way is for the initial administration, the second can be used, when reports  
are already defined:  
Start the Report Administration application from the Start Center by selecting  
Go To Administration Reporting Report Administration as shown  
below in Figure 6-2.  
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Figure 6-1 Accessing report administration  
6.2.2 BIRT Configure Reports  
In the Report tab there are several options to configure a report. Those with an  
(*) asterisk are required parameters.  
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Figure 6-2 Report Configuration  
Report Type: BIRT, Crystal, Custom. By determining the report type and  
settings you register that report in the Maximo database.  
Limit Records: The action limits the number of records against which an end  
user can run a report. It prevents end users from executing large queries, which  
can cause negative performance impacts. Use the Report Administration  
application to set record restrictions on reports. This feature applies to only  
reports without parameters. This parameter goes along with the “Max Record  
Limit”.  
Use Where Clause?: Enables Current/Selected plus User defined parameters.  
No RequestPage: Disables Request Page for Database Updates.  
Priority: Numeric field used in report queuing process.  
Browser View and Browser View Location: The Browser View feature lets you  
create a shortcut. With the shortcut, the end user can click an icon once in the  
application toolbar to open a report directly in the browser. When Browser View  
is checked then enter a value other than None in the Browser View Location field.  
This field determines the application tabs that have an active Browser View icon.  
The following options are available:  
– All – The Browser View icon is available on all tabs for the selected  
application.  
– List – The Browser View icon is only available on the List tab for the  
selected application.  
– Main – The Browser View icon is available on all tabs, except the list tab.  
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– None – The Browser View icon does not appear in the selected  
application. None is the default.  
– Click Save Report to apply the changes.  
Direct Print and Direct Print Location: The Direct Print feature lets you create  
a shortcut so an end user can click an icon once in the application toolbar to print  
the report. The configuration is the same as for Browser View Location.  
Direct Print with Attachments and Direct Print with Attachments Location:  
The Direct Print with Attached Documents feature lets you create a shortcut so  
an end user click an application icon once (and select Yes in a Message dialog  
box) to print the report and any associated attached documents. The  
configuration is the same as for Browser View Location.  
Generate Request Page: Click Generate Request Page if you have not  
previously configured the report for Browser View. This option is available for all  
reports or at individual report level.  
Preview: You can check for the following items: The correct parameters, if any,  
appear to the end user on the request page.  
– The generated report opens with the correct data and format.  
– The Request Page dialog box opens. The parameters that appear depend  
on the report that you select.  
– Enter values in any required fields. Required fields have an orange  
asterisk (*) next to them.  
Parameters: From the parameters tab you can define ad hoc user  
parameters.Note these parameters must also be specified in the actual report  
design itself  
Figure 6-3 Report Parameters  
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6.2.3 BIRT Run Reports  
Follow these instructions to run a report. After you run a report you have the  
options to print, export data, and toggle the table of contents.  
Open the Reports dialog box through one of the following methods:  
– From the Reports Menu in the application toolbar, select an application, for  
example, Labor.  
Figure 6-4 Report Menu  
– From the Select Action menu, select Run Reports. The Reports tab opens.  
The Reports to Run table window lists the available reports for the  
application. Click the report that you want to run.  
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Figure 6-5 Selecting a Report to Run  
Select the report you want to see, for example, “Labor List”. Enter the required  
parameters in the Request Page dialog box.  
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Figure 6-6 Run Request  
Click Submit to run the report. The report opens in your browser shown in  
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Figure 6-7 Incident Report  
On the Reporting toolbar as shown in Figure 6-8, “Report Scheduler” perform  
any of the following actions:  
– Click the Print Report as PDF icon to print the report.  
– Click the Export Data icon to export the data in.CSV format.  
– Click the Toggle table of contents icon to see the table of contents for your  
report. The report you select determines the table of contents.  
To improve performance and to reduce load on the database server during  
working hours it is possible to schedule report runs. Scheduled reports are  
then e-mailed when completed. The email can be sent to a single user or a  
group including subject and comments. The report is emailed in PDF format.  
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Summary of Maximo Asset  
Management Essentials  
modules and applications  
The table below summarizes the modules and applications that make up Maximo  
Asset Management Essentials.  
Important: This book was written before Maximo Asset Management  
Essentials V7.1 had been finalized. Therefore, the official product  
documentation should be used to validate the list of modules and applications.  
MODULE/SUB-MODULE  
APPLICATION  
DESCRIPTION  
ADMINISTRATION  
Organizations  
Used to setup the organizations and sites to be  
used within Maximo  
Classifications  
Used to create classifications and establish and  
overall classification hierarchies for Items, Assets,  
Locations, Work Orders, etc.  
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APPLICATION  
DESCRIPTION  
Bulletin Board  
Used to create, post and view messages as well as  
to broadcast information to users of the Maximo  
system  
Communication  
Templates  
Used to create and manage generic  
communication templates that Maximo users can  
leverage to standardize frequently used e-mail  
communications (also known as notifications)  
Calendars  
Sets  
Used to indicate working time for equipment, craft  
and labor records for an organization and its  
associated sites  
Used to create a framework for sharing item and  
company (vendor) data across multiple  
organizations  
Work View  
Used to make queries available for display in the  
Result Set portlet of a Maximo user's Start Center  
Conditional  
Expression Manager  
Use the Conditional Expression Manager  
application to create and maintain a library of  
conditions. In other applications, such as  
Application Designer and Security Groups, you  
select from predefined conditions to set up  
conditional behavior  
REPORTING  
RESOURCES  
KPI Manager  
Used to create Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)  
to track critical performance variables over time  
Report  
Administration  
Used to create reports, generate and preview  
request pages, add parameters, display reports as  
toolbar icons, email reports, or specify a schedule  
for running a reports  
People  
Used to maintain records of people  
Person Group  
Used to maintain person groups. A person group  
consists of people, who may or may not be  
workers  
Crafts  
Used to define and maintain craft records  
Used to define and maintain labor records  
Labor  
Qualifications  
Used to create qualifications and certification  
requirements for qualifications  
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MODULE/SUB-MODULE  
APPLICATION  
DESCRIPTION  
ASSETS  
Assets  
Used to store asset numbers and corresponding  
information such as parent, location, vendor,  
up/down status, and maintenance costs for each  
asset  
Locations  
Meters  
Used to enter and track locations for assets and  
organize these locations into logical hierarchical  
systems or network systems  
Used to add or modify meter definitions. Meter  
definitions include names for the meters as well as  
sets of attributes that describe the meters  
Meter Groups  
Used to define a logical grouping of meters that will  
exist in a meter group. Meter groups represent a  
collection of meters that will be used together  
multiple times  
Failure Codes  
Used to build and display failure hierarchies, which  
help you construct accurate histories of the failures  
that affect your assets and operating locations  
CHANGE  
Activities and Tasks  
Use the Activities and Tasks application to plan,  
review, and manage activities and tasks. When  
you create an activity, you initiate the work process  
and create a historical record of work being  
performed  
CONTRACTS  
Purchase Contracts  
Used to create, modify, and view contracts with  
outside vendors  
Lease Rental  
Contracts  
Used to define the overall terms and conditions of  
the lease or rental agreement between a vendor  
and a customer regarding one or more assets  
Labor Rate Contracts Used to define multiple labor rates for specific  
crafts and skills, and optionally labor records.  
Within the Labor Rate Contract application you  
can manage outside labor and the corresponding  
rates.  
Warranty Contracts  
Used to maintain one or more assets for an  
outside service provider for a fixed fee, or regularly  
scheduled payment over a time period; or to track  
warranty information for multiple assets or  
locations by time or meter  
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MODULE/SUB-MODULE  
APPLICATION  
DESCRIPTION  
Master Contracts  
Used to associate many contract types for a  
particular vendor. A Master Contract defines the  
relationship with a vendor and contains terms and  
conditions that apply to the contracts created and  
listed under it  
Terms and Conditions Used to maintain a library of terms and conditions  
that can be added to a purchasing document or  
contract. These terms can contain information  
such as liability concerns, shipping and handling  
details, or delivery time expectations.  
FINANCIAL  
Currency Codes  
Exchange Rates  
Chart of Accounts  
Used to define currency codes and to specify  
which codes can be used in Maximo  
Used to set up exchange rates used for converting  
currencies in Maximo  
Used to establish general ledger (GL) account  
fields in Maximo with definitions equivalent to  
those used with the rest of your financial data  
processing system.  
INVENTORY  
Item Master  
Used to define items that will be stocked in your  
storerooms. You group these items in an item set,  
which can then be shared by the organizations  
using that item set  
Service Items  
Tools  
Used to define and manage purchased services  
Used to manage information about the tools used  
to perform work. Tools are typically  
non-consumable items for which you charge an  
hourly rate for their use  
Stocked Tools  
Inventory  
Used to manage existing tools in storerooms.  
Used to enter, display and update information on  
each inventory item  
Issues and Transfers  
Condition Codes  
Storerooms  
Used to issue or transfer items from storerooms, or  
to return items to storerooms  
Used to create and maintain a master list of  
condition codes for a particular item set.  
Used to add and maintain information about  
storeroom locations, as well as view the items  
stocked within a storeroom.  
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MODULE/SUB-MODULE  
APPLICATION  
DESCRIPTION  
PLANNING  
Job Plans  
Used to create a detailed description of how a job  
is to be performed  
PREVENTIVE  
MAINTENANCE  
Preventive  
Maintenance  
Used to create, modify and view preventive  
maintenance plans for work assets. PM records  
are templates for work orders or for other PMs  
Master PM  
Used to create and modify master PMs, which are  
templates for other PM records  
PURCHASING  
Purchase  
Requisitions  
Used to ask the purchasing department to order  
materials or services  
Purchase Orders  
Receiving  
Used to purchase materials or services from an  
internal supplier or an external vendor  
Used to receive materials into inventory and  
record the receipt of services  
Invoices  
Used to record invoices and match against  
purchase orders and receipts for approval  
Request for  
Quotations  
Used to request and manage vendor quotations  
Companies  
Used to manage data on manufacturers, vendors,  
and other companies that do business with you  
Company Master  
Used to create company master records that  
belong to a particular company set  
Terms and Conditions Used to maintain a library of terms and conditions  
that can be added to a purchasing document or  
contract. These terms can contain information  
such as liability concerns, shipping and handling  
details, or delivery time expectations.  
Search Catalogs  
Allows for 'punch-out' capability from Work Orders,  
Desktop Requisitions.  
RELEASE  
SECURITY  
Activities and Tasks  
Use the Activities and Tasks application to plan,  
review, and manage activities and tasks. When  
you create an activity, you initiate the work process  
and create a historical record of work being  
performed.  
Security Groups  
Used to grant access to sites, applications and  
menu options. A user is assigned to one or more  
groups to gain access to the system.  
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MODULE/SUB-MODULE  
APPLICATION  
DESCRIPTION  
Users  
Used to add and manage Maximo users  
SELF SERVICE  
Service Requests  
Create Service  
Request  
Used by self-service users to create new service  
requests  
View Service  
Request  
Used by self-service users to view existing service  
requests.  
SERVICE DESK  
Activities and Tasks  
Use the Activities and Tasks application to plan,  
review, and manage activities and tasks. When  
you create an activity, you initiate the work process  
and create a historical record of work being  
performed.  
Service Requests  
Ticket Templates  
Used to create, view, and resolve service requests  
from customers  
Used to create and manage generic ticket  
templates that Service Desk environments can  
leverage to standardize common or high-volume  
service requests, incidents, or problems.  
SYSTEM  
CONFIGURATION  
Platform Configuration  
Actions  
Roles  
Used to manage the administrative functions of  
creating actions and action groups within  
Escalations.  
Used to mange roles within Maximo  
Communication  
Templates  
Used to create and manage generic  
communication templates that Maximo users can  
leverage to standardize frequently used e-mail  
communications (also known as notifications).  
Database  
Configuration  
Used to create or modify the objects and attributes  
used by Maximo applications  
Application Designer  
Used to create new applications (clones and  
custom applications) or to tailor the pages of an  
existing Maximo application  
Escalations  
Used to automatically monitor critical processes  
across your enterprise. The primary goal of  
Escalation Management is to ensure that critical  
tasks are completed on time, such as those  
defined in SLAs  
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MODULE/SUB-MODULE  
APPLICATION  
DESCRIPTION  
Cron Task Setup  
Used to manage cron tasks. Cron tasks are  
behind-the-scene jobs set to run automatically and  
on a fixed schedule  
Domains  
Logging  
Used to maintain lists of defined values that  
appear in drop-down lists (sometimes referred to  
as value lists)  
Use the Logging application to manage log  
settings and configure log files. The application is  
part of the System Configuration module of the  
product.  
System Properties  
Web Services  
Use the System Properties application to manage  
system properties and their values used by  
various product components.  
Use the Web Services Library application to  
create, modify, and delete web services. You also  
can generate schema and Web Service  
Description Language (WSDL) files for any web  
service that you deploy.External applications can  
use web services to query or to send transactions  
to the integration framework.  
Object Structures  
Use the Object Structures application to create,  
view, modify, and manage the processing logic of  
an object structure. An object structure is the  
common data layer that the integration framework  
uses for all outbound and inbound application data  
processing. An object structure consists of one or  
more sub-records that develops their XML content  
from a particular object.  
Migration  
Migration Manager  
Migration Groups  
Use the Migration Manager application to define,  
create, distribute, and deploy packages. Packages  
are used to transfer and deploy the many  
configuration changes possible with Maximo's  
configuration tool set from one environment to  
another (i.e. Dev, to Test, to Production...).  
Use the Migration Groups application to create  
groups of configuration objects and link related  
(dependent) groups to the objects that you create.  
You group configuration objects ensure that all  
related configuration data is collected from source  
environments and distributed to target  
environments  
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MODULE/SUB-MODULE  
APPLICATION  
DESCRIPTION  
Object Structures  
Use the Object Structures application to create,  
view, modify, and manage the processing logic of  
an object structure. An object structure is the  
common data layer that the integration framework  
uses for all outbound and inbound application data  
processing. An object structure consists of one or  
more sub-records that develops their XML content  
from a particular object.  
TASK MANAGEMENT  
WORK ORDERS  
Activities and Tasks  
Use the Activities and Tasks application to plan,  
review, and manage activities and tasks. When  
you create an activity, you initiate the work process  
and create a historical record of work being  
performed.  
Work Order Tracking  
Labor Reporting  
Used to plan, review, and approve work orders for  
assets and locations  
Used to report the type and total number of hours  
of work that was performed by external contractors  
or internal employees  
Quick Reporting  
Used to report work on open work orders or small  
jobs  
Activities and Tasks  
Used to plan, review, and manage activities that  
can initiate the maintenance process and create a  
historical record of work being performed  
Assignment Manager Used to dispatch urgent work and schedule Labor  
to planned work requirements  
Service Requests  
Used to create, view, and resolve service requests  
from customers  
START CENTER  
Layout and  
Configuration  
Used by an administrator to modify and configure  
the layout of the portlets displayed on the Start  
Center  
All Custom  
Applications  
Allows access to all User created custom  
applications  
Favorite Application  
Setup  
Used by an administrator to define/edit the list of  
applications displayed in a Favorite Application  
portlet  
Forgotten Password  
Action from Login page used to e-mail a User what  
their current password is.  
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MODULE/SUB-MODULE  
APPLICATION  
DESCRIPTION  
Inbox / Assignments  
Setup  
Used by an administrator to define/edit which  
columns will be displayed in the Workflow  
assignments inbox displayed on the Start Center  
KPI Graph Setup  
KPI List Setup  
Used by an administrator to define/edit a KPI  
Graph style portlet to be displayed on the Start  
Center  
Used by an administrator to define/edit a KPI List  
style portlet to be displayed on the Start Center  
Change Password  
Quick Insert Setup  
Used to change the user's Maximo password  
Used by an administrator to define/edit the list of  
applications displayed in a Quick Insert portlet  
Result Set Setup  
Start Center  
Used by an administrator to define/edit the query  
used and columns displayed in a Result Set portlet  
displayed on the Start Center  
Initial page displayed once logged in to Maximo.  
Dashboard like starting point that can display  
various portlets including KPIs, Result Sets, Quick  
Insert, Favorite Applications, &  
Inbox/Assignments.  
User Self  
Registration  
Used by new users to Register themselves as  
Maximo users with a temporary password.  
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You can search for, view, or download Redbooks, Redpapers, Technotes, draft  
publications and Additional materials, as well as order hardcopy Redbooks, at  
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Index  
E
A
Enterprise asset management 1  
Add-ons 34  
Administrative system 30  
Application Server Specialist 20  
Asset Management 4  
Attached Documents Configuration 90  
Availability management 33  
G
Generating a report output 87  
H
Hardware and Software Requirements 28  
B
Backup/Image of the environment 94  
Browser 28  
Business Analyst 18  
I
IBM Agent Controller 44  
Installing Middleware overview 44  
Integration Specialist 20  
Integrations 34  
C
Capacity Planning 33  
Client Local/Regional Settings 94  
Client system 31  
Internet and Firewall Security 95  
Internet Explorer Settings 95  
Computerized Maintenance Management System  
(CMMS) 2  
Contract Management 7  
Credentials panel 48  
Cron Task 33  
J
J2EE Application Server 30  
J2EE Server 46  
J2EE server 44  
Customization 34  
L
Language 34  
Link Documents 34  
Logs for steps run by the user interface 56  
Logs for substeps 57  
D
Database 28  
Database Administrators 19  
Database Server 46  
Database server 44  
DB2 44  
M
Machine plan logs 56  
Deployment Choices 46  
deployment environments 31  
Deployment Plan and Parameter Configuration  
summary panel 53  
Deployment plan logs 56  
Deployment Plan Operation panel 52  
Deployment Plan Summary 47  
Differences with Maximo Asset Management Enter-  
prise 10  
Materials Management 6  
Maximo Asset Management Essentials 2  
Maximo Asset Management Essentials Supported  
Platforms 34  
Maximo Asset Management Installation 58  
Maximo Asset Management License 77  
Maximo Developer 19  
Maximo Enterprise Adapter (MEA) 7  
Middleware Installation 44  
Middleware Installer 45  
Directory Server 46  
Directory server 29, 44  
Modules 34  
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Multi-server 32  
P
Post Installation Tasks 83  
Post MAM (base services) Installation 74  
Pre-Installation Summary 71  
Procurement Management 6  
Project Manager 18  
Project Planning 17  
R
Redbooks Web site 132  
Contact us xii  
Remote Access Authorization 64  
Report Administration 85  
Reports 34  
S
Secure Socket Layer 95  
Service Management 6  
Single-server 31  
Sizing Considerations 33  
SMTP mail exchange server 96  
Solution Architect 19  
Solution Environment 27  
System and Logging properties 97  
T
Task Break Down 22  
Testers 19  
Tivoli Directory Server 45  
Tivoli middleware installer logs 55  
U
User interface logs 55  
Users LDAP Authentication 96  
V
Virtual Member Management 96  
W
WebSphere Application Server Configuration panel  
WebSphere Deployment Manager 66  
Websphere V 6.1 45  
Work Management 5  
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IBM Maximo Asset Management Essentials enables smaller  
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manage their asset and work management processes, and to  
implement a maintenance regimen based on  
industry-leading technology and best practices.  
information based on realistic  
scenarios. Specific  
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