Maximo 7.5.0.2 and WebSphere 8

We are in the process of setting up Maximo 7.5.0.2 and recently my lead ran across this link from IBM that outlines how to do just that but with WebSphere 8 as the middleware. Currently we have Maximo 7.5 set up with WebSphere 7 but are evaluating upgrading WebSphere to 8. This tech journal from IBM outlines some interesting points on why this might be a good idea. The one that I found the most interesting was the modification to the addnode command providing an add existing option.

Node recovery

A new optional argument for the addNode command, asExisitingNode, makes it easier to move or recover nodes. When this command argument is used, the node is added using the configuration from the Deployment Manager for that node. As a result, a node can be easily moved to a new server and, if need be, there are provisions for changing the host name during this process. In the case of a hardware failure, the node can be easily recovered back to the last configuration reflected in the cell configuration maintained by the Deployment Manager. These two scenarios are depicted in Figure 5.