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Maximo Essentials V7.1 - Implementer’s Guide
5.5 Process solution package installation
Process solutions are versioned software components. The process solution
installation programs support a variety of software life cycle operations that may
be applied against process solutions.
A process solution package is a self-contained ZIP file of installation artifacts and
deployment logic that can be deployed using the process solution installation
program. Installation artifacts are the files and content that are installed into your
Maximo environment to enable the services management functionality of the
Process Manager Product or Integration Module. The deployment logic are the
actions that are carried out in order to deploy the process solution into the
Maximo environment. Typically, these actions include building and deploying
J2EE applications, running database scripts that load the process solution
content into the Maximo database, and adding users and groups for security.
Additionally, optional sample data can be installed.
The Base Install operation installs and deploys a new process solution into your
Maximo environment. Once installed, a process solution may be updated in
several ways.
The process solution installation programs are able to process the following
package types:
Base Install Package - Required to install a new process solution using the
Base Install operation.
Incremental Update Package - Required when performing an Upgrade
operation.
Fix Package - Required when applying an interim fix to a process solution.
Full Update Package - Used to perform a Base Install operation if no instance
of the process solution is currently installed or it may be used to perform an
Upgrade operation on a currently installed process solution. The process
solution installation programs ensure that the appropriate package type is
processed for any given operation.
5.5.1 Pre-Process solution package installation checklist
When you perform a deployment operation using the process solution installation
program, you are running actions that modify the configuration and content of
your J2EE, database, and directory middleware servers. The following steps
should be reviewed before invoking the process solution installation program.
