8/23/2016

Install Oracle Java JDK 8 On CentOS 7/6.5/6.4

This tutorial describes how to install and configure latest Oracle Java JDK on CentOS 7, 6.5, and 6.4 servers. Although, the steps should work on other RPM based distributions such as RHEL 7, 6.x, Scientific Linux 6.x, and Fedora too.
First of all, update your server.
yum update

6/08/2016

Adding Hover Dialogs to additional fields in Maximo 7.6

Question

How can I add Hover Dialogs to additional fields in Maximo 7.6?

Answer

Hover Dialogs are a new feature in Maximo 7.6 that display additional information
related to a field when you hover your mouse over the field. For example in the image
below, if you hover over the Reported By field in Work Order Tracking, it will display
additional details on the value in the field. The hover option is only available if there is
an existing value in the field.



These hover dialogs are set up by default on a number of fields in various applications
and based on the following attributes:
- Asset
- Item
- Person
- Work Order

In order to add an additional hover dialog go to System Configuration / Platform Configuration / Application Designer and pull up the application your field is in (in this example that is the
Supervisor field in the Labor application). Next right click on the field, select "Properties", and then click on the Advanced tab. Add PERSON_RECORDHOVER in the Hover Window ID textbox to
add more person details and then save your changes.



Now when you Go To the Labor application and if your Supervisor field has a value in it, then
hovering over the field will show additional details about the supervisor.



Please note that the hover dialogue only works when there is a field validation class, or a table domain connected to the attribute. If you add hover functionality to an attribute which doesn't have a field validation class, such as the ASSET.CHANGEBY, or SR.ENTEREDBY, then the hover dialog will display but it is blank, it does not show any data.

6/07/2016

Installation of Maximo Content Pack from Local Directory

Even if you cannot access the internet, you can still install Smartcloud Control Desk content packs using using Content Installer.  However, you must first download the content pack remotely and then copy it to your SCCD server.
To install content packs from behind a firewall, complete the following steps.
  1. Create an XML file called ContentSource.xml in the C:\temp directory on your Smartcloud Control Desk server system that contains the following text:
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <catalog infourl="" lastModified="" owner=""
      xmlns:tns="http://www.ibm.com/tivoli/tpae/ContentCatalog"
      xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="ContentCatalog.xsd">
      <catalogItem>
        <version>Enter the version number of the Content Installer pack, for example 7.5.1</version>
        <type>mriu</type>
        <name>Enter the name of package</name>
        <description>Enter a description of the package here</description>
        <homepage/>
        <licenseurl/>
        <category>Describe the category of the content</category>
        <url>file:////C:\temp\TestPackage.zip</url>
      </catalogItem>  
    </catalog>
  2. Edit the name and description and the category according to the content that you are installing. Change the file name in the URL to the name of the content pack zip file.
  3. Save the file.
  4. Copy the content pack zip file to the C:\temp directory on the server.
  5. Go to the ISM Content Installer application: System Configuration>IBM Content Installer.
  6. Click the New icon.
  7. Enter the location of the ContentSource.xml that you created in step 1 and a description. The file name in our example is:  file:////c:\temp\ContentSource.xml
  8. Click Save.
  9. Click the newly created content source.
  10. Click the download link to install the content.

5/20/2016

Maximo Asset Management and SmartCloud Control Desk Migration Series

Abstract

This series is intended to assist our customers in planning their upgrade to the latest versions of Maximo Asset Management and SmartCloud Control Desk. The bulk of this series will be devoted to the Maximo product suite, add-on's and industry solutions.

In each session, a member of the business architecture team will deliver a presentation chronicling the incremental enhancements made in the product as well as point out functional changes to existing features. Ample time will be allowed for customer questions. Attendees will come away with a better understanding of what to expect, functionally, after the upgrade. This information should prove valuable for customers in determining customizations and configurations that could be modified or removed upon implementation of the latest version. Who should attend these sessions? Any current Maximo customer who is on version 6.x or 7.1.x and is planning to upgrade to version 7.5 or any customer who plans to upgrade to or implement the latest version of SmartCloud Control Desk. Review the session schedule to determine who from your organization is the best fit for each topic.

This session is also open to any IBM business partner or IBM employee who would gain useful information in helping your clients upgrade to the latest versions of Maximo or SmartCloud Control Desk. Please note that these sessions are primarily intended for customers. If time allows, business partners and IBM employees can pose questions after all customer questions have been addressed.

Content

Session topics, with the recording playback Amazon Cloud Download links are listed below.

3/27/2016

Batch file for starting Maximo services

sc start "IBMHTTPServerV8.5"
timeout 5
sc start "IBMWAS85Service - ctgCellManager01"
timeout 5
sc start "IBMWAS85Service - ctgNode01"
pause