Maximo Application Suite Customer-managed

Deploying IBM Maximo Optimizer

By using Maximo® Optimizer, you can automate efficient decisions for long-range plans, schedules, and the dispatch of resources for asset maintenance, helping to balance competing objectives and constraints.

Before you begin

Note: If Maximo Scheduler Optimization is installed and you are upgrading to Maximo Application Suite 8.8, you must uninstall Maximo Scheduler Optimization. Then, you can complete the upgrade and deploy Maximo Optimizer.

Before you deploy Maximo Optimizer, install and configure MongoDB.

About this task

The following steps are specific to Maximo Optimizer and are part of the overarching deployment process. Select your application update method. To later change from channel subscription versioning to manual versioning, you delete and then redeploy the application. After you activate the application, you must grant users access to it.

Procedure

  1. In Maximo Application Suite, from the side navigation menu, click Catalog and then on the Add-ons tab, click the Optimizer tile.
  2. On the Optimizer deployment page, select a pricing plan for deployment.
    • Optimizer
    • Optimizer Limited
  3. Click Continue.
  4. Select your application update method.
    1. Select an update method.
      To subscribe to automatic updates, set Automatic approval to On. When new application updates are available, they are added to the channel and automatically updated in your Maximo Application Suite instance.
      To subscribe to manual updates, set Automatic approval to Off. When new application updates are available, you receive a notification, and you can manually approve the updates.
    2. Subscribe to a channel by selecting a version from the list.
      For example, select channel 8.x.x or 8.x.
    3. Click Subscribe to channel <version>
  5. On the Deploy application page, confirm that MongoDB is configured.
  6. Click Deploy and then click Begin deployment. The estimated deployment time is an estimate of the time that it takes to configure and deploy the application. The time includes both processing and configuration.

What to do next

After deployment, Maximo Optimizer is not immediately available. Activate Maximo Optimizer and grant users access.