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Upgrade from Maximo 7.6 to MAS 8

  • 1.  Upgrade from Maximo 7.6 to MAS 8

    Posted Tue April 30, 2024 08:51 AM

    Hello.

    Is there anyone out there who has made the journey and upgraded from Maximo 7.6 to MAS 8?

    We wish to get in touch with someone who has done that upgrade.

    Thanks in regards.



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    Daniel Björklund
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  • 2.  RE: Upgrade from Maximo 7.6 to MAS 8

    Posted Wed May 01, 2024 07:58 AM

    We did one in the IBM Lab, as part of the four months enablement. I have made arround 600 pages of notes. To get the sense of what it entails. I suggest excellent webinar available form IBM it is just an hour long:

    https://community.ibm.com/community/user/asset-facilities/viewdocument/webinar-everything-you-need-to-kno-1



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    Nikola Knezevic
    Director
    Pragmathema Ltd
    Loondon
    01173180563
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  • 3.  RE: Upgrade from Maximo 7.6 to MAS 8

    IBM Champion
    Posted Wed May 01, 2024 04:15 PM

    While I can't put you in touch with someone who has done the upgrade, can I direct you the the guide from IBM: IBM MAS Migration PDF ?



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    Mark Brown
    AWSSr. Partner Solution Architect
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  • 4.  RE: Upgrade from Maximo 7.6 to MAS 8

    IBM Champion
    Posted Mon May 06, 2024 02:42 AM

    I've done couple upgrades with Cohesive for 'real' customers and many more as a part of training. Feel free to reach out.



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    Witold Wierzchowski
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  • 5.  RE: Upgrade from Maximo 7.6 to MAS 8

    IBM Champion
    Posted Mon May 06, 2024 07:32 AM

    Hi Daniel, we have done 3 migrations so far for 3 different customers, in different industries and also including subsets of customizations. Before deploying the real deal on a production environment we always build or own development / PoC environment to test the migration (MAS8 setup is not a real big deal, however some MAS8 combinations of different industry solutions and /or add-ons can not being combined (e.g. Maximo IT is incompatible with MAS8 Manage HSE). Knowing this and if that is not the case, than a migration can be done without any major challenge.  Keep in mind that if you want to migrate a database from one to another (e.g. Oracle to DB2), than the advise is to do this already in your MX76xx environment before you are migrating to MAS8. Although it is seems possible with the right tools, it is not yet proven technology.

    Regards



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    Jan-Willem Steur
    Manager Business Development
    ZNAPZ b.v.
    Breda
    +31 6 25639950
    Jan-Willem
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  • 6.  RE: Upgrade from Maximo 7.6 to MAS 8

    Posted 21 days ago

    Hi Daniel,

    We have Implemented/Upgraded 3 of our customers so far to MAS 8 and are currently in the upgrade process for 3 more of our customers from different industries including Oil & Gas, Airport Operations and Facilities in the Middle East region. Feel free to reach out if any support is needed.

    Regards,



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    Ankit Jain
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  • 7.  RE: Upgrade from Maximo 7.6 to MAS 8

    Posted 21 days ago

    We are trying our hand to upgrade from Maximo 7.6 to MAS8 using Azure.

    Kindly let me know how to manage the authorization and authentication aspect.

    Also, if there are any documents for testing/test scripts after the upgrade is done, please share, it would be great help to us.

    Regards,

    Aparna

    aparsv12@in.ibm.com



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    Aparna S V
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  • 8.  RE: Upgrade from Maximo 7.6 to MAS 8

    Posted 21 days ago

    Hi Aparna,

    My team had setup SAML authentication using Azure Entra. As of documentation for setting up the above is available online. 
    Regarding Test Scripts, since we are an IBM Consultancy house we develop test scripts for each of our Clients as per their processes and setup. So there is no generic test scripts that we have made against the OOB Maximo. We also invest on building automation test script using tools like Selenium to ensure proper regression testing with every mock cutover since some of our Clients have extremely large and customized implementation with over 10,000 users on the system.


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    Ankit Jain
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  • 9.  RE: Upgrade from Maximo 7.6 to MAS 8

    Posted 20 days ago
    Thanks Ankit.
    Can I connect with you in slack? If its ok, please share your email id. I am from IBM, Bengaluru.

    Regards,
    SV Aparna
    IBM | Maximo Consultant
    Bangalore
    +91 - 9972016373

    IBM Holiday:
    01 May 2024
    Upcoming OOO :
    02 May 2024
    03,09 May 2024 (Tentative)


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  • 10.  RE: Upgrade from Maximo 7.6 to MAS 8

    Posted 20 days ago

    Hi Aparna,

    Sure. 

    Email: ankit.jain@praxis.ae



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    Ankit Jain
    Managing Partner
    Praxis Solutions
    Dubai
    +97144347632
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  • 11.  RE: Upgrade from Maximo 7.6 to MAS 8

    Posted 6 days ago

    Hi @Jan-Willem Steur, Witold, Ankit

    We are trying to upgrade on-prem EAM to MAS on Azure cloud, it would be good if you can share your experience/learning on below topics

    1) How did you handled doclinks, (currently EAM is storing at file server) how did this be moved with Azure storage?

    2) Integration files (currently Maximo publish the files on File server) how this should work with Azure storage?

    Do we need to setup NFS storage class to implement the same using Azure? 

    I am trying to find the most suitable approach for these EAM files on Azure. 

    kindly suggest.

    Thanks & Regards,

    Drashti



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    Drashti Das
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  • 12.  RE: Upgrade from Maximo 7.6 to MAS 8

    IBM Champion
    Posted 5 days ago

    Hi Drashti,

    if You are deploying on cloud then i would suggest using cloud provider services. Azure Blob storage unfortunately is not S3 compatible so You cannot use that. The second best option is to create a PVC using RWX Storage Class. For Azure that would be the Azure Files https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.14/storage/persistent_storage/persistent-storage-azure-file.html. The PVC for doclinks and integration files can be specified directly in Manage configuration - the operator will deploy those PVC for You.

    Regards,
    Witold



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    Witold Wierzchowski
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  • 13.  RE: Upgrade from Maximo 7.6 to MAS 8

    Posted 5 days ago

    Thanks @Witold Wierzchowski for your reply. 

    So, if we configure PVC, we can see those files inside Pod's terminal. How would we transfer our old attachments from windows File server to Pod's terminal? 

    And How would external system consume the files which Manage application publish? because we can see those files only inside Pod's terminal

    Please guide.



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    Drashti Das
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  • 14.  RE: Upgrade from Maximo 7.6 to MAS 8

    IBM Champion
    Posted 5 days ago

    Hi Drashti,

    to transfer old files just use 'oc cp' command. Using that command You can easily transfer files from current location to the PVC.

    If You need external system to consume files exported from Manage than You can mount the Azure File share from one side as PVC and as a file share from the other. I belive this article will be helpful as to how mount Azure File in Windows https://microsoft.github.io/AzureTipsAndTricks/blog/blog/tip354.html 

    Regards,



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    Witold Wierzchowski
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