Benson,
Thank you very very much for the help – I have been stuck for days and will try this first thing coming Monday.
I appreciate the help tremendously.
Will let you know next week how it turned out.
Thanks again,
Christoff
Original Message:
Sent: 5/13/2021 4:11:00 PM
From: Benson Lam
Subject: RE: Community Highlights - 11 May 2021
Hi Christoff,
This seems to be a known issue with the Maximo installer as described in thse docs:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/maximo-install-windows-2012
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ctgin9077e-deployment-engine-not-functioning-properly
As you've discovered, the Maximo installer on Windows 2012 fails to install WebSphere. Instead you'll have to install and configure WebSphere manually. (or use an older version of Windows)
To manually install WebSphere, find the WebSphere install folder (it should contain folders called WAS & JDK).
Inside the WAS folder, you should be able to run install.exe and follow the prompts to install WebSphere.
You can keep clicking Next until you get to the "WebSphere Application Server Environments" page. on this page, select 'None' for Environments (you'll manually create one when following the Maximo manual configuration steps)
After that install completes, you'll need to download the WebSphere Update Installer and Fixpacks from:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/70045-websphere-application-server-v70-fix-pack-45
and use the Update Installer to update WebSphere.
You can then follow the manual configuration steps in the Maximo installation Guide to configure Maximo to use your newly installed WebSphere.
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Benson Lam
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Original Message:
Sent: Wed May 12, 2021 11:50 PM
From: Christoff Mans
Subject: Community Highlights - 11 May 2021
Benson Lam and Eric Covener,
Thanks very very much for the responses gents – I really appreciate it.
The details of my installation are:
Windows Server Standard 2012 R2 (x64) (updated from internet)
20120307 - SQL Server 2012 Business Intelligence (also updated from internet)
Trying to install WebSphere Application Server 7.0.0.15 (x64) as supplied with the original Maximo 7.5..0.7 software.
I have to get this working to do the Maximo upgrade so any help will be highly appreciated.
Below are a few screenshots of the attempt with the errors.
As usual the instructions above are pretty useless – there is no DE folder in the MWI workspace.
Assuming that DE might refer to the 'DeploymentEngine' directory, I deleted that and then nothing works at all.
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Tivoli Process Automation Engine [version 07500000]:
Property Result Found Expected
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UnsupportedOS FAIL [Not Found] True
os.totalPhysicalMemory PASS 16.00GB 1.95GB
Disk#1 (C:\ibm\tivoli\mwi\workspace) PASS 118.32GB 300MB
Disk#2 (C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData... PASS 118.32GB 1000MB
Disk#3 (C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData... PASS 118.32GB 250MB
......
Disk#7 (C:\Program Files\IBM\WebS... PASS 118.32GB 477MB
Disk#8 (C:\Program Files\IBM\HTTP... PASS 118.32GB 1.02GB
ALL COMPONENTS :
Property Result Found Expected
======== ====== ===== ========
C: PASS 118.32GB 6.46GB
Prereq Scanner Overall Result: FAIL
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Thanks again,
Christoff
NOTE: I saw the update patch version 45 on the internet but assume you need to install WebSphere first successfully before any updates can be applied.
Original Message:
Sent: 5/12/2021 2:23:00 PM
From: Benson Lam
Subject: RE: Community Highlights - 11 May 2021
For what it's worth, I was able to install WebSphere7.0 on a Windows Server 2012 R2 VM without doing anything special. It did display the unsupported OS warning, but the install completed.
Christoff, if Eric's suggestion doesn't work, some more information might help diagnose what's going wrong.
Are you trying to install the 32 or 64 bit version of WebSphere 7?
Is it failing when trying to install :
A) WebSphere
B) the Update Installer
C) the 7.0.0.45 fix pack (via the Update Installer)?
Which version of Windows are you using?
Are any errors reported when the installer crashes?
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Benson Lam
Original Message:
Sent: Wed May 12, 2021 11:02 AM
From: Eric Covener
Subject: Community Highlights - 11 May 2021
edit: Removed incorrect info
You might try running the installer executable under the Windows "compatibility mode" targeting 2008.
Before V7 was withdrawn from support, the latest fixpack (7.0.0.45) did list 2012 as supported.
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Eric Covener
Original Message:
Sent: Wed May 12, 2021 02:25 AM
From: Christoff Mans
Subject: Community Highlights - 11 May 2021
Goodday,
I just cannot get WebSphere 7 installed on Windows Server 2012.
I just get an Unsupported OS warning and then the installer crash.
Apparently it needs Server 2008?
Do you know of some workaround or instructions for manual installation of WebSphere.
(This is to make my own VM for Maximo 7.5.0.7 which I need to do a Maximo 7.5.0.11 patch for an upgrade to Maximo 7.6)
Thanks
Christoff
Original Message:
Sent: 5/11/2021 12:43:00 PM
From: Diane Chalmers
Subject: Community Highlights - 11 May 2021
Check out the latest Community Highlights available from the Blogs section of the Community: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/wasdevops/blogs/diane-chalmers1/2021/05/11/community-highlights-11-may-2021
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Diane Chalmers
Project Manager for WebSphere User Groups
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