Delete a custom Maximo application

This tip on  how to delete a Maximo application from Bruno is a a lifesaver and perfect timing because I was wondering how to this exact thing the other day.

Understanding and creating KPI’s for your Start Center

This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Getting Started with Maximo Start Centers

The ultimate goal of using start centers is to utilize the power of KPI’s and result sets for quick access to some important information.  This information can be useful to your users for quick access to things but it can also affect performance (more on this later).  So what is a KPI?  It stands for [...]

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Change or modify the Go To menu application positions

We can already add custom modules to main Go To dropdown menu, but here are two tutorials from IBM on how to re-position the menu items with detailed instructions on updating the backend database to achieve what you want. Changing Application Listings within the Go To Changing the Sub Menu Positions With the Go To According to [...]

Maximo SQL Injection

This is an interesting property that applies to Maximo 7.1 This is when users manipulate data entry fields to execute malicious SQL statements. Maximo dynamically prepares SQL statements so in almost every attribute this is not an issue. There are a few exceptions so there is a property mxe.db.sqlinjection can be enabled to further limit [...]

Maximo Denial of Service Security Exposure with Java JRE/JDK – FIXED!

Recently IBM has announced a security vulnerability in their asset management applications such as Maximo, and IBM now has a fix for this.  Here is an overview of the issue: A critical Java class library security vulnerability was blogged on the Internet and is now in the public domain. This can be used as a [...]

Maximo PM error message: “BMXAA3206E” while generating work orders

Here are two resolutions for error message “BMXAA3206E” and when PM wogen fails with refetch errors.

Create MAXDEMO database for Maximo 7

Here are the steps to create a MAXDEMO database: The automated installation selected from the Launchpad defaults to creating an ‘empty’ maximo database. There are 2 ways to create a maxdemo database during the installation of Maximo 7. 1. Launch the installation executable passing parameters. a. From a command prompt and change to the location [...]

Best practices for Maximo performance

Here are some links to help with tuning your Maximo application. These range from database configuration to websphere.

Optimize SQL Server 2005 with Maximo 6.1 or above

To help improve performance on SQL Server 2005 with Maximo 6.1 or above use this settings in the maximo.properties file.

Improve Maximo performance with SQL Server and Page Locking

Turning off Page Locking in SQL Server will improve performance and prevent slow transactions or hanging.  This applies to Maximo 6 and 7.  Since Page Locking is already turned on unless it has been modified by the Configure utility.  Therefore it is suggested that you turn it off. Open SQL Server Query Analyzer and run [...]