My name is Chon, feel free to ask me any question regarding Maximo. I will try to answer them as best as I can.
This article by IBM suggest that you use multiple JVM’s to support your users if you have 50 or more. IBM often recommends limiting the number of users in Maximo to 50 and separating functionality such as MEA and Cron tasks. Why is this recommended and what is the meaning of this recommendation? Read the [...]
I have just updated the screen shots for our EZMaxMobile software solution. Check it out…
Overview: This IBM Redbooks publication provides an overview of the IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT portfolio. The portfolio is made up of the three primary products, IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT, IBM Tivoli License Compliance Manager for z/OS, and IBM Tivoli License Compliance Manager. By using these products together, you can implement a [...]
I am happy to announce that we have started a MAXIMO support forum. This forum will be used for all support questions. Please refrain from posting support questions in the blog comments. For all of you that already registered here, you should be able to post new support topics in the forum. And for those [...]
This tutorial from IBM on how to hyperlink to a dialog box is an interesting one. Not only does it show you how to link to a popup dialog, you can also create a custom dialog to use with it. Read the full tutorial here…
Here is a white paper on Maximo 7 performance best practices…
On June 29, 2010, IBM Software released the Base Services 7.1.1.7 fix pack for Maximo Asset Management, Maximo Asset Management Essentials, and Tivoli Asset Management for IT. Download Description This product update corresponds to fixes for Base Services (MBS), which is not a product, but is the base platform component for the products listed in [...]
Along with the withdrawal of Actuate media support, IBM has announced that it will end support for Oracle’s WebLogic, formerly BEA WebLogic on April 25th, 2011. Read more…
Due to the fact that IBM will no longer support Actuate media, they will have a presentation on their change relationship with Actuate, and how it will affect customers. Save the date if you want to join the session. Audience: GRT, Level 1 Support, Level 2 Support, Support Planning, AVL, All Services, All Sales, Technical, [...]
Join Chris Forti, Director of Maximo solutions at Actuate on June 22 as she discusses how to reduce migration costs and risks, and add value to your current reporting infrastructure using BIRT. Attend to learn how to: *Eliminate expensive rewrites of existing Actuate reports in a new technology *Avoid the change management costs of implementing [...]
Here is an interesting shortcut. If you have a field on the screen that uses a calendar, such as the target start date, you may dread using the calendar popup or don’t want to type in the whole current date into the field itself. Well, Maximo has a built in shortcut functionality that is really [...]
All of you have probably read my post on installing multiple instances of Maximo 7 using WebSphere. It is the third most popular post on this site. Now IBM, with it’s latest installer package, has enabled this capability. To read what they have provided, follow this link to their support site for more information.
Some of you may have seen the dialog message, “Actual Dates May Not Be In The Future”, when you try to enter labor hours that are considered future dates. This is the default functionality of Maximo, but there is a way to disable it if you want to. To disable this, open a connection to [...]
I’ve always been curious as to how IBM monitors user licenses in Maximo 7…
IBM has announced that they will end support for Maximo 6.0 and 6.1. So start thinking about upgrading today. To read more, click here…
July 21, 2010
