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Babson College - Utilizes EZDash

Babson College - Utilizes EZDash

Babson College, one of the leading business colleges in the world, has chosen InterPro Solutions’ EZDash module for a real-time and easy visualization of their maintenance productivity and energy consumption data.  This customizable dashboard runs 24 hours a day on a 46” wide screen monitor in the main office, so ...

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EZMaxMobile - Maximo Mobile Integration

EZMaxMobile - Maximo Mobile Integration

Real Time Maximo Mobile Connectivity InterPro Solutions’ has developed a mobile integration framework that provides real time connectivity to Maximo via WiFi or 3G connectivity. Devices such as BlackBerry, iPhone, Android, MC 50/70s, etc. are now capable of logging into and communicating with Maximo on a real time basis. No longer ...

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WebAssign - Workorder Assignment & Scheduling

WebAssign - Workorder Assignment & Scheduling

This web-based add-on to IBM Maximo application provides supervisors and managers with the ability to assign work orders to specific staff as well as track the status of those work orders. Work orders can be assigned on an individual basis or by groups - it as easy as a "point ...

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EZDash - Custom Maximo Dashboard

EZDash - Custom Maximo Dashboard

A web based dashboard that seamlessly interacts with your Maximo maintenance management system. EZDash provides real time interactive graphs and charts for use by staff to monitor and manage work processes, inventory, labor hours, PM schedules, etc. EZDash is easily configured to display a wide range of key performance metrics ...

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WebMaint - Customer Service Request Module

WebMaint - Customer Service Request Module

This web-based add-on to IBM’s Maximo application system provides customers with a simple way to enter service requests and view their previously entered service tickets.  Customers can enter requests without having to be a registered Maximo user, therefore eliminating the need for a user to register or be registered in ...

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Install multiple instances of Maximo 7 using WebSphere

The previous versions of Maximo all came with an installation guide that helped you install a Maximo application server for production purposes and also for testing or development purposes.  In most cases, this is how most of our applications are setup.  Unfortunately, Maximo 7 does not come with any demo data or even an installation guide for installing a MaxTest instance.  The Maximo install guide does show you how to install one instance on one server, but some of you may want to install a MaxTest application server as well as your MaxProd application server.  This guide will show you just how to add a MaxTest Maximo application using WebSphere.  It also assumes that you have successfully completed the installation for your Maximo 7 production application.

Step 1:

Create a backup copy of your Maximo production database.  I will assume most of you know how to do that, but if you don’t, you can find a guide for backing up a SQL Server database here or an Oracle database here.  After you have created a backup, restore the database and name it MaxTest.

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47 Responses to “Install multiple instances of Maximo 7 using WebSphere”

  1. pjung says:

    One question: In Step 7 you change maximo.properties. Isn’t it necessary to encrypt the file after doing these changes?

    • Chon says:

      No, you don’t have to encrypt for it to work. Encrypting it just ensures that no one snooping around on your server can see the passwords in plain text.

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