Release 2
Installation Guide
IBM Maximo for Utilities
Second Edition (January 2007)
This edition applies to Release 2 of IBM Maximo for Utilities and to all subsequent releases and
modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions. This edition replaces any previous edition of this
document.
Third-Party Technology: Certain Maximo products contain technology provided under license from third
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Open Source: Maximo contains computer software obtained from the public domain, known as "Open Source"
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IBM Product Third-Party Information
All Products Portions © 1996-2003 Visual Mining, Inc. Visual Mining™
NetCharts Server provided by Visual Mining, Inc.
IBM Maximo Portions © 1995-2004 Actuate Corporation.
Portions © 2005 BEA Systems, Inc. BEA WebLogic Server®
provided by BEA Systems, Inc.
Portions © 1996-2005, i-net software GmbH. J-Integra for
COM® v2.4. © 2004 Intrinsyc Software International, Inc.
Maximo Discovery MSDE Copyright © Microsoft® Corporation.
© 1998-2005 Centennial Software Limited.
IBM Maximo Asset Navigator Portions © 1993-2002 Snowbound™ Software Corporation.
RasterMaster™ Raster imaging technology provided by
Snowbound Software Corporation.
IBM Maximo Mobile Portions © 2005 DataMirror, Inc.
Portions © 2000-2005 Zaval Creative Engineering Group.
IBM Maximo Mobile SE Portions © 1996-2005 Syclo, LLC.
Note
Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page Notices-1.
Contents
About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v
Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Chapter 1: Introducing Maximo Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Installation Qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Utilities Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Chapter 2: Installing Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Installation Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Installation Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Determine Current Software Version. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Stop the Maximo Application Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Create Backups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Install Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Installing Maximo Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Build EAR Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Restart the Application Server and Deploy EAR Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Chapter 3: Installing the Actuate Encyclopedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Actuate Installation Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Installation Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Install Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Back Up Report Encyclopedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Installing Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Take Actuate Reports Volume Offline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Import Utilities Encyclopedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Bring Actuate Reports Volume Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Check Added Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Modify Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Notices-1
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About This Guide
This section explains how this guide can help you to use IBM® Maximo® for
Utilities. It also provides information about other IBM Corporation resources
available to you, such as additional documentation and support.
Audience
If you are the system administrator, network administrator, or other
professional who installs Utilities, read this guide to install Utilities properly
into your Maximo 6 installation.
Related Documentation
For more information about Utilities and Maximo, refer to the following
documentation:
Document Description
IBM Maximo User’s Guide
Addendum for Utilities
The User’s Guide Addendum is a
separate document delivered in
Adobe® Acrobat® Portable
Document Format (PDF) with the
product software. Use this along
with the standard IBM Maximo
documentation set.
IBM Maximo Online Help for
Utilities
Provides step by step instructions
for Utilities applications.
IBM Maximo Finance Manager’s
Guide
Describes how IBM Maximo
completes financial transactions
and how to set up general ledger
accounts.
IBM Maximo Installation Guide Describes how to install and
configure the following software:
Application server
IBM Maximo
Actuate®
IBM Maximo Multisite
Administrator’s Guide
Describes how to configure IBM
Maximo for a Multisite
implementation.
IBM Maximo Online Help Provides step-by-step procedures for
Maximo applications.
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Support
Support
IBM Corporation users with a valid Annual Customer Support Plan (ACSP)
can obtain product support online at Support Online: support.mro.com.
Support Online includes information about product releases, software
patches, and documentation updates. To find the most current version of a
document, refer to the Knowledge Base on this site.
IBM Maximo Reconciliation Module
Implementation Guide
Describes how to use the IBM
Maximo Reconciliation module to
reconcile the two types of
information that IBM Maximo
maintains about information
technology (IT) assets: IT asset data
and deployed asset data.
IBM Maximo Report Administration
and Development Guide
Describes how to use Actuate to
design and administer IBM Maximo
reports.
IBM Maximo System
Administrator’s Guide
Describes database configuration,
security, and other administrative
level applications and tasks.
IBM Maximo User’s Guide Provides an overview of the Maximo
end-user applications. It also
describes how the IBM Maximo
applications interact with each
other.
IBM Maximo Workflow
Implementation Guide
Provides information about how to
use IBM Maximo to plan, design,
build, test, implement, and manage
Workflow processes.
IBM Maximo Enterprise Adapter
(MEA) System Administrator's
Guide
Describes how to configure and use
the IBM MEA.
Document Description
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http://support.mro.com
This guide takes you through the steps to install Utilities
