Document Outline

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• Front cover
• Contents
• Notices
  • Trademarks
• Preface
  • The team that wrote this book
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• Chapter 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Enterprise asset management overview
  • 1.2 Maximo Asset Management Essentials
    • 1.2.1 General Functional Overview
    • 1.2.2 Modules
    • 1.2.3 Integrating with Existing Enterprise Applications
• Chapter 2. Maximo Asset Management Essentials 7.1
  • 2.1 Differences with Maximo Asset Management Enterprise
• Chapter 3. Project Planning
  • 3.1 Required Skills
  • 3.2 Solution Description and Assumptions
  • 3.3 Task Break Down
• Chapter 4. Solution Environment
  • 4.1 Hardware and Software Requirements
  • 4.2 Typical deployment environments
    • 4.2.1 Single-server
    • 4.2.2 Multi-server
  • 4.3 Sizing Considerations
  • 4.4 Maximo Asset Management Essentials Supported Platforms
• Chapter 5. Installation
  • 5.1 Pre-Installation checklist
    • 5.1.1 Hardware/Software considerations
    • 5.1.2 Verifying the DVD Content
    • 5.1.3 Backup/Snapshot Management
    • 5.1.4 JDK/JRE
    • 5.1.5 Internet Browser
    • 5.1.6 Disabling the firewall
    • 5.1.7 Deleting the TEMP and TMP user environment variables
    • 5.1.8 Verifying the required rpm-build package is installed
    • 5.1.9 Setting the ulimit
    • 5.1.10 Setting shared memory
    • 5.1.11 Enabling remote configuration
  • 5.2 Installation flowchart
  • 5.3 Middleware Installation
    • 5.3.1 Installing middleware overview
    • 5.3.2 Tivoli middleware installer logs
  • 5.4 Installing Maximo corfe components (TPAP)
    • 5.4.1 Maximo Asset Management Essentials Installation Overview
    • 5.4.2 Maximo Asset Management Essentials Installation
    • 5.4.3 Post Maximo Asset Management Essentials base services installation
  • 5.5 Process solution package installation
    • 5.5.1 Pre-Process solution package installation checklist
    • 5.5.2 Enable Maximo Asset Management Essentials License
  • 5.6 Post Installation Tasks
    • 5.6.1 Ensure all relevant Maximo services are running
    • 5.6.2 Ensure connectivity to the Maximo Asset Management Essentials application
    • 5.6.3 Ensure the Language pack installation is functional
    • 5.6.4 Ensure Client Connectivity
    • 5.6.5 Report Administration
    • 5.6.6 Attached Documents Configuration
    • 5.6.7 Ensure relevant cron tasks are working and enabled
    • 5.6.8 Create Backup/Image of the environment
    • 5.6.9 Automate the Backup Procedure
    • 5.6.10 Assess the server workload
    • 5.6.11 Client Local/Regional Settings Properties
    • 5.6.12 Internet and Firewall Security
    • 5.6.13 SMTP mail exchange server setup
    • 5.6.14 Users LDAP Authentication through Virtual Member Management
  • 5.7 Setting the System and Logging properties
    • 5.7.1 System Properties Application
    • 5.7.2 Logging Application
• Chapter 6. Configuration
  • 6.1 Getting started
    • 6.1.1 User Management
    • 6.1.2 Organization and Site setup
    • 6.1.3 Initial Configuration and Data import sequence
  • 6.2 Reporting
    • 6.2.1 Report Administration
    • 6.2.2 BIRT Configure Reports
    • 6.2.3 BIRT Run Reports
• Appendix A. Summary of Maximo Asset Management Essentials modules and applications
• Related publications
  • IBM Redbooks
  • Other publications
  • Online resources
  • How to get Redbooks
  • Help from IBM
• Index
• Back cover