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      IBM/Maximo tools

      Short summary of Maximo's available tools and what they do.

      Tool 

      Location 

      Details 

      Integrity Checker 

      <maximoroot>\maximo\tools\maximo\integrityui.bat 

      Runs the maximo integrity checker - used when upgrading maximo 

      Validation Checker 

      <maximoroot>\maximo\tools\maximo\??? 

      ??? 

      Maxinst 

      <maximoroot>\maximo\tools\maximo\maxinst.bat 

      To create a database containing maxdemo data: 

      maxinst -sPRIMARY -tPRIMARY 

       

      To create a blank database: 

      maxinst -sPRIMARY -tPRIMARY -imaximo 

      Solution installer (repository version) 

      <maximoroot>\bin 

      solutioninstaller -action showinstalled –type all 

      Maximo version check 

      <maximoroot>\maximo\applications\maximo\version.bat 

      Displays the maximo version installed (same as the help menu does in the front end) 

      Update database 

      <maximoroot>\maximo\tools\maximo\udpatedb.bat 

      Runs the updatedb command - used after packages installed etc. Needs the server stopping before it can be ran 

      Task runner 

      <maximoroot>\etc\CCMDBTaskRunnerStore 

      Continue an existing installation run CCMDBTaskRunnerStore.: 

       

      In the event of an installation failure, you can run taskrunner again after resolving the errors if it was run with the STOPONERROR parameter. The taskrunner utility will resume the installation at the point where the last successfully completed task was recorded in the previous attempt. If you run taskrunner with the NOSTOPONERROR parameter, the taskrunner will continue despite errors 

      Listiu 

      <maximoroot>\CTG_DE\acsi\bin\listiu.bat 

      Gives a detailed view of installed applications (this is the only place you can view ifixes and fixpacks) 

      ikeyman.bat 

      <HTTPServer>\bin\ikeyman.bat 

      Keystore management 

      Temp server cache 

      C:\IBMX64\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\AppSrv01\temp\W8-WorkLiteNode01\ 

      Delete the files within this folder (after stopping the server) to clear the cache  

      Deployment Engine health checker 

       IBM\SMP\CTG_DE\asci\bin\DE_healthchecker 

      Tests your DE for any issues, and highlights what needs to be fixed (use -repair to fix issues automatically) 

      Email tester 

      <MAXIMO_ROOT>\tools\maximo\internal\TestEmail 

      Tests incoming emails (ie listener). Format as below: 

      TestEmail <host> <port> <username> <password> <protocol> <debug true/false> 

      Eg.  

      TestEmail localhost 110 support support pop3 true 

      Maximo updatedb log 

      <maximo root>\maximo\tools\maximo\log 

      Shows the log from running the updatedb bat file 

      HTTPD.conf 

      C:\ibm\HTTPServer\conf\httpd.conf 

      Check port configuration 

      Install validation 

      <maximo root>\scripts\installvalideation.bat 

      Validates the installation of maximo 

      CheckMXserver 

      • Open a command prompt at MAXIMO_ROOT\tools\maximo\internal  

       

      • Create a c:\temp directory 

       

      • Run the following: 

      Checkmxserver.bat -hSANDBOX:1099 -sMAXIMOSVR -uwilson -pwilson -fc:\temp\log.txt 

      Does all sorts of good tests including creation of a WO