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IBM(R) Maximo(R) Tivoli Process Automation Engine 7.5.0.8

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Table of Contents

I. Introduction

    Product : Tivoli Process Automation Engine
    Version : Release 7.5.0.8
    Dependencies : NONE

    Prerequisites : Tivoli Process Automation Engine Release 7.5.0.8 has been installed
    Co-Requisites : None

A Interim Fix is a group of critical issues that have been repaired since the product fix pack or patch was released.

The Interim Fix is cumulative and may contain other fixes in addition to the issues that affect your site.

The Interim Fix must be applied in full in order to be supportable. Customers should validate this Interim Fix by installing it in a test environment before rolling it out to a production environment.

Interim Fixes, by their very nature, go through a limited quality assurance cycle and may not be included in the latest available program patch.

II. Resource Information

Knowledge Center

URL: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLKT6_7.5.0.5/com.ibm.mam.doc/welcome.html

Description: Access the information center to view the product documentation. Topics include product overviews; installation and configuration tasks; instructions for using, administering, and troubleshooting the product; and security information.

Asset Management community on Service Management Connect

URL: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/servicemanagement/am/

Description: Use Service Management Connect to access the product's blogs, wikis, forums, and communities. In Service Management Connect you can review information such as best practices, performance and tuning, and product integrations. You can also collaborate with IBM experts and the broader user community and access continuous open betas.

IBM Maximo Asset Management support resources portal

http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/overview/software/tivoli/maximo_asset_management

Description: The IBM support resources portal provides access to tools and resources to keep your systems, software, and applications running smoothly. From the support resources portal you can find fixes, service requests, useful links and an enhanced search to help you find information quickly.

III. Installation Instructions

NOTE: For Microsoft Windows 2008 users, you must log in as an administrator before you upgrade to a Maximo Asset Management interim fix pack. If you attempt to upgrade when you are not logged in as an administrator, the installation fails. 

NOTE: The Interim Fix file should be copied to a location on the server where Maximo is installed.

NOTE: Uninstall Information - This interim fix is provided to you as a PSI zip file. When run with the PSI Installer program, it overwrites your existing Maximo directory structure and may contain database scripts that modify your database. If you want to reverse your changes, you must restore your backed-up versions of the Maximo directory and database.

 Follow these steps to apply this Interim Fix:

    1. Ensure that no database configuration changes are pending.

    2. Shut down the Maximo application server.

    3. Back up the database.

    4. Copy the Maximo directory.

    5. Download the TPAE_7508_IFIX.XXXXXXXX-XXXX.psi.zip file and copy to the Maximo server.

    6. To start the PSI Installer, open the desktop folder Maximo Asset Management and click on Process Solution Installer -SMP. The installer can also be launched by navigating with a command prompt to C:\ibm\SMP\bin     

         and running solutionInstallerGUI.bat

    7. In the Introduction panel, click Next.

    8. In the Choose PSI Package panel, click Choose, navigate to the
        TPAE_7508_IFIX.XXXXXXXX-XXXX.psi.zip, select the file, and click Open.

     9. Follow the onscreen instructions.

    10. Run the 'updatedb.bat' utility to run all the interim fix database scripts:
        a. At a command prompt, change directory to '<maximo root>\tools\maximo'.
           For example, c:\IBM\SMP\maximo\tools\maximo.

        b. Run 'updatedb.bat'.
    11. Apply any manual updates listed in this readme.txt file. To find the manual updates for
         each APAR, the information related to the APAR in the Manual Changes section.

   12. Delete the application server cache folders.

For Oracle WebLogic Server, delete the 'cache' and 'tmp' folders in
        <BEA_Root>\user_projects\domains\mydomain\servers\AdminServer\.

Example:

C:\bea923\user_projects\domains\max75domain\servers\AdminServer\cache
C:\bea923\user_projects\domains\max75domain\servers\AdminServer\tmp

For IBM WebSphere(R) Application Server, delete the cache folder in  

<WebSphere_Root>\AppServer\profiles\Custom01\temp\<machinename>Node01\MAXIMOSERVER\MXServer

    13. Delete the Web browser cache on every computer that uses Maximo base services.

    14. Rebuild and redeploy the EAR files, and then restart the application server.

IV. Issues Resolved, Behavior Changes, Database Changes, and Manual Changes

**Spreadsheet of the List of Resolved APARs, Behavior Changes, Database Changes, and Manual Changes**

Manual Changes are required for the following APARs. These changes were too large to describe in the ListOfAPARs.xlsx

IV78490
IV75236

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