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Installing an interim fix in Maximo 7.6.x

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Step by steps instructions to install a Maximo 7.6.x interim fix

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Installing a Maximo Asset Management 7.6.x interim fix or Fix Pack
Using graphical user interface tools

Download the interim fix from Fix Central.
Shut down the Maximo application server, for example, MXServer.*

Run IBM Installation Manager.  
        Windows: Start > All Programs > IBM Installation Manager > IBM Installation Manager (or C:\Program Files\IBM\Installation Manager\eclipse\IBMIM.exe)

Select Installation Manager

        UNIX: Start a Terminal window in /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse directory, then ./IBMIM

Installation Manager directory

Installation Manager main window

From the Installation Manager main window, select File > Preferences...
Select Preferences


   Preferences pane
Click Add Repository.
Add Repository dialog
Click Browse. Navigate to the location of the interim fix compressed file, and click Open.
Browse to interim fix location

 

Check repository
In the Add Repositories dialog box, click Apply, and then click OK.

At the Installation Manager main window, click Update.
Update Icon
In Update Packages, select the package group to update: in this example, IBM Tivoli's process automation suite.
Update Packages

Click Next.

Update Packages listing
Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation. The following images show progress bars leading to the Update Packages screen.
   
  Progress Information

Update packages summary

A sample Progress bar:Sample progress bar
  The packages are updated.
When the installation is complete, exit IBM Installation Manager.

Installation Manager deployed all of the files for the interim fix. Following the readme file in the interim fix, use either Tivoli's process automation suite configuration tool (ConfigUI) tool to update the database and rebuild and redeploy the ear files, or do these tasks manually. The example here uses the ConfigUI tool.

Again, following the interim fix readme file, complete all required manual steps before updating the database and rebuilding and redeploying the application EAR files. The Readme.zip archive includes a spreadsheet called ListofAPARs.xslx. In that file, in the Manual Changes column, locate Required Manual Steps. After completing required changes, launch the ConfigUI tool. (Windows: ConfigUI.exe; Linux: ./ConfigUI)

Next, start the configuration program:
Windows: Use Start > Programs > Tivoli's process automation suite > Configuration Program (default location C:\IBM\SMP\ConfigTool\ConfigUI.exe)
UNIX: In the <installLocation>/ConfigTool directory run ConfigUI, for example, /opt/IBM/SMP/ConfigTool/ConfigUI

Config UI - Update Database and Build and Deploy Application EAR Files
In the Deployment Operations pane, click Update Database, Build and Deploy Application EAR Files. Click Finish.
Update summary

Click Next.

Apply Deployment Operations

Click Finish. The Config tool will execute all selected tasks. Take note of status and error messages scrolling at the bottom of the Configuration View Console pane.
Apply Deployment Operation Tasks completed
The Config tool has completed its tasks. It has updated the database, rebuilt and redeployed the ear files, and started the Maximo application server. Log in to Maximo and check System Information:
System Information

*If you do not shut it down, the Configuration Tool might display an error that the process automation engine (=Maximo application server) is running and that it must be shut down manually:
Configuration and Deployment Error
Click OK.
Error message CTGIN5080E
To resolve this error, log in to the Application Server console and stop the Maximo server.
Installing more than one interim fix
Interim fixes for the MIF are released less frequently than those for TPAE. In any case, the dates will always differ.
They can be installed together, or by installing the oldest first. How to find what is oldest?
Example:
MIF 7.6.1.2 interim fix 012 - filename: MIF_7612_IFIX.20220308-1357.im.zip; date string 20220308 = 08 March 2022
Maximo 7.6.1.2 interim fix 019 - filename: TPAE_7612_IFIX.20220330-1115.im.zip; date string 20220330 = 30 March 2022
Under some circumstances, they cannot be installed through Installation Manager, failing with error CRIMA1076E. When they cannot be installed through Installation Manager, follow Maximo Interim Fix installation error CRIMA1076E.
Installing Maximo Asset Management 7.6.x interim fix or Fix Pack using command line interface tools
1. Download the interim fix from Fix Central.
2. Create a new directory and extract the interim fix in the new directory.
3. Open the repository.xml file and get the fixID.
Example:
<fix id='com.ibm.tivoli.tpae.base.mam.main.20160113-1354' version='7.6.0.1' offeringId='EnhancedFix' offeringVersion='0.0.0.EnhancedFix'>
4. Copy the interim fix (zip file) to the server where you will install. Open a command prompt, and change to the /eclipse/tools directory under Installation Manager.
For Unix, Installation Manager is usually located in /opt/IBM/InstallationManager
For Windows, Installation Manager is usually located in C:\Program Files\IBM]Installation Manager
Important: When installing to Windows Server as a non-administrative user, start your command prompt by right-clicking and selecting Run as administrator.
5. Make the appropriate replacements and run the following command: 
./imcl install <fixID> -repositories <repositoryLocation> -installationDirectory <installationDirectory> -log <logLocation>
a. Replace fixID with the ID of the interim fix.
b. Replace repositoryLocation with the directory where you extracted the interim fix
c. Replace installationDirectory with the location where you installed IBM Maximo Asset Management (SMP directory)
d. Replace logLocation with the location and file name to log the installation information.
Examples:
Windows:
C:\Program Files\IBM\Installation Manager\eclipse\tools>imcl install com.ibm.tivoli.tpae.base.mam.main.20160113-1354 -repositories C:\interimFix\TPAE_7601_IFIX.20160113-1354.im.zip -installationDirectory C:\IBM\SMP -log logfix.txt
Linux:
/opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse/tools/imcl install com.ibm.tivoli.tpae.base.mam.main.20160113-1354 -repositories /tmp/interimFix/TPAE_7601_IFIX.20160113-1354.im.zip -installationDirectory /usr/IBM/SMP -log logfix.log
The installation log (specified by the -log parameter) contains no error messages if the interim fix installation is successful. The command line shows a message that the fix was installed. For example: 
Installed com.ibm.tivoli.tpae.base.mam.main.20160113-1354 to the C:\IBM\SMP directory.
Also, you can run the following command to check the new package installed: 
imcl listInstalledPackages -long
Note: These instructions do not apply to installation of interim fixes for Maximo Asset Management add-ons and Industry Solutions. For instructions on installing interim fixes to those products, go to Installing an Industry Solution or add-on interim fix in Maximo Asset Management 7.6.x.

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