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Hi guys,
We are in a process of upgrading Maximo from 7.1 to 7.5.
Stock Maximo 7.5 comes with WebSphere 7.1. At the same time WS 8 and 8.5 have been released but it costs something to get those versions.
I don't know WebSphere much so cannot justify pursuing installing WS 8.X instead of the stock one.
Do you know differences of 8.X and 7.1 in terms of Maximo support maintenance?
What are the benefits of upgrading to 8.X except for longer support lifetime?
Regards,
Alexey
My opinion for the moment is to stay on 7.x and go to the latest maintenance pack. WebSphere 8 is supported but not required. Here is a link to the What's New in WebSphere 8 - http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v8r0/index.jsp
There are performance, security and deployment improvements but without knowing more about WebSphere and configuring it, it is not needed. I am WebSphere 6 and 7 certified and can tell you that Maximo only taps into about 15% of what WebSphere can do. I plan on getting certified in 8 in the near future and have played with it for the last year. I have zero clients running it as of yet for Maximo.
I hope this helps.
Thank you,
Lonnie Stone
lonnie_s_stone@yahoo.com
IBM Certified Solution Advisor:
Maximo Enterprise Asset Management Solutions V2
Tivoli Service Delivery & Process Automation Solutions V2
IBM Certified Solution Designer:
Maximo Asset ManagementV7.1
IBM Certified Deployment Professional:
Maximo Asset Management V6
Maximo Asset Management V7.1
Tivoli Asset Management for IT V7.2
IBM Certified System Administrator:
WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V6.0
WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V7.0
IBM Certified Application Developer:
TRIRIGA Application Platform V3.2
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From: al_potanin <spivot@gmail.com>
To: MAXIMO@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 7:22 PM
Subject: [MAXIMO List] WebSphere 7 vs. 8.X
Hi guys,
We are in a process of upgrading Maximo from 7.1 to 7.5.
Stock Maximo 7.5 comes with WebSphere 7.1. At the same time WS 8 and 8.5 have been released but it costs something to get those versions.
I don't know WebSphere much so cannot justify pursuing installing WS 8.X instead of the stock one.
Do you know differences of 8.X and 7.1 in terms of Maximo support maintenance?
What are the benefits of upgrading to 8.X except for longer support lifetime?
Regards,
Alexey
Thank you Lonnie for sharing!
--- In MAXIMO@yahoogroups.com, Lonnie Stone <lonnie_s_stone@...> wrote:
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> My opinion for the moment is to stay on 7.x and go to the latest maintenance pack. WebSphere 8 is supported but not required. Here is a link to the What's New in WebSphere 8 - http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v8r0/index.jsp
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> There are performance, security and deployment improvements but without knowing more about WebSphere and configuring it, it is not needed. I am WebSphere 6 and 7 certified and can tell you that Maximo only taps into about 15% of what WebSphere can do. I plan on getting certified in 8 in the near future and have played with it for the last year. I have zero clients running it as of yet for Maximo.
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> I hope this helps.
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> Thank you,
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> Lonnie Stone
> lonnie_s_stone@...
> IBM Certified Solution Advisor:
> Â Â Maximo Enterprise Asset Management Solutions V2
> Â Â Tivoli Service Delivery & Process Automation Solutions V2
> IBM Certified Solution Designer:
> Â Â Maximo Asset ManagementV7.1
> IBM Certified Deployment Professional:
> Â Â Maximo Asset Management V6
> Â Â Maximo Asset Management V7.1
> Â Â Tivoli Asset Management for IT V7.2
> IBM Certified System Administrator:
> Â Â WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V6.0
> Â Â WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V7.0
> IBM Certified Application Developer:
> Â Â TRIRIGA Application Platform V3.2
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>
>
> ________________________________
> From: al_potanin <spivot@...>
> To: MAXIMO@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 7:22 PM
> Subject: [MAXIMO List] WebSphere 7 vs. 8.X
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> Hi guys,
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> We are in a process of upgrading Maximo from 7.1 to 7.5.
> Stock Maximo 7.5 comes with WebSphere 7.1. At the same time WS 8 and 8.5 have been released but it costs something to get those versions.
>
> I don't know WebSphere much so cannot justify pursuing installing WS 8.X instead of the stock one.
>
> Do you know differences of 8.X and 7.1 in terms of Maximo support maintenance?
> What are the benefits of upgrading to 8.X except for longer support lifetime?
>
> Regards,
> Alexey
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