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Chapter 4. Solution Environment
Maximo Asset Management Essentials requires multiple software servers that
can be installed on separate, dedicated server machines (for best performance),
or the same physical server. The different components of the Maximo Asset
Management Essentials environment are listed below:
Database: The Maximo database serves as the repository for all CI
information.
Application Server: Maximo Asset Management Essentials is built using
Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE™) technology, which requires a commercial
application server, such as IBM WebSphere® Application Server. The
Application Server consists of Maximo Asset Management Essentials
applications using JavaServer™ Pages (JSP™), XML, and Maximo Asset
Management Essentials-application-specific business components.
HTTP server: A separate, dedicated HTTP server can be configured to work
with the J2EE application server.
Directory server: A directory server can be configured to work with Maximo
Asset Management Essentials to maintain lists of users and groups for
security purposes.
Administrative system: The administrative system is used to deploy Maximo
Asset Management Essentials. After the initial deployment, the administrative
system is used to make updates or changes to the deployment. Changes to
the Maximo Asset Management Essentials deployment typically require that
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