IBM Education Assistant: Components of a Maximo 7 installation

This flash video presentation with audio shows the components of Maximo 7 installation from the base services, process solution installer, to the automation engine. You can also view the PDF version. [IBM Education Assistant]

IBM Education Assistant: Maximo deployment engine overview

IBM has a Maximo deployment engine overview as a flash video with audio and a PDF version as well. [IBM Education Assistant]

IBM Education Assistant: Build and deploy Maximo EAR files

IBM just release this flash video with audio on how to build and deploy Maximo EAR files. There is also a PDF version of this video available. [IBM Education Assistant]

Java security vulnerability update for Maximo Asset Management products

There is a Java security related issue in all versions of  Java (1.4.2, 5.0. and 6.0).  Read this IBM Support post for more…

Migration Manager Guide

Just found this doc about Migration Manager.  It’s a guide provided by IBM that is intended for deployment managers, admins, and developers.

Increasing the width of dialog boxes

A lot of times the application designer for Maximo can’t do everything you need in terms of modifying the user interface.  Here is one simple case where you have to export the LIBRARY.XML file in order to make a dialog box bigger.  [IBM Support - Increasing the width of dialog boxes]

IBM recommends Maximo 7x users to upgrade WebSphere 6.1 to fix pack 35

This is a recommended WebSphere 6.1 fix pack level for Maximo.  You basically have to patch WebSphere, upgrade your Java SDK and IBM HTTP server if you are using it.  Click here to read more.

How to redeploy Maximo EAR files

IBM has a released a nice little guide on how to redeploy Maximo EAR files for WebSphere, Weblogic 9 and WebLogic 8.  See the guide here.

EZMaxMobile Case Study: Babson College

Overview: Babson College is a private college located in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Babson offers all undergraduates a Bachelor of Science degree in business management while the F. W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College offers MBA degrees. In 2010, Bloomberg BusinessWeek ranked Babson’s undergraduate program #17 overall in the country, as well as giving [...]

Find “Open” workorder records thru Java MBO code snippet

Just a reminder to myself that I found this nice little code snippet that we can use to find “OPEN” records through Java MBO’s.  “OPEN” in this case, I would assume, is something along the lines of a workorder with at status that is in WAPPR, APPR, INPRG, WMATL, WSCH and WPCOND.  Here is the [...]