Invisible Bits of Maximo
Set up an isolated Maximo test email server
Preserve a legacy hMailServer test setup while preventing development emails from escaping to real recipients.
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Invisible Bits of Maximo
WebSphere, databases and the middleware behind Maximo.
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Invisible Bits of Maximo
Connect Maximo to Microsoft 365 email
Understand the legacy Office 365 SMTP setup for Maximo and choose an OAuth-capable or relay design for current Microsoft 365 tenants.
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Fix DB2 instances not starting automatically on Linux
Check DB2 instance autostart and configure the fault monitor as a systemd service when it does not start at boot.
Invisible Bits of Maximo
Encrypt passwords in the Maximo properties file
Use the legacy Maximo encryptproperties utility safely, include custom password properties and handle its plaintext backup.
Invisible Bits of Maximo
Name Maximo JVMs in a WebSphere cluster
Give each Maximo cluster member a unique mxe.name so sessions, logs and server-specific properties identify the JVM clearly.
Invisible Bits of Maximo
Maintain a Maximo DB2 database with REORG and RUNSTATS
Generate reviewed DB2 REORG and RUNSTATS scripts for Maximo tables, run them in the right order and verify the results.
Invisible Bits of Maximo
Configure Office document MIME types in IBM HTTP Server
Map DOCX, XLSX and PPTX attachments to their registered media types so IBM HTTP Server sends useful Content-Type headers.
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Handle Maximo MBO set fetch limits safely
Resolve BMXAA7387E with filtering, batching or a narrowly scoped Maximo fetch limit without exposing the whole JVM to unbounded MBO sets.