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Maximo 7.1 AVP Constellation Energy Group

Richard Goyette – Advisory Software Engineer 19 August 2010. Maximo 7.1 AVP Constellation Energy Group. IBM Presentation Template Full Version. Agenda. Introduction Maximo and Linux considerations Maximo and VMware considerations Performance considerations Review / Q&A.

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Maximo 7.1 AVP Constellation Energy Group

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  1. Richard Goyette – Advisory Software Engineer 19 August 2010 Maximo 7.1 AVPConstellation Energy Group

  2. IBM Presentation Template Full Version Agenda • Introduction • Maximo and Linux considerations • Maximo and VMware considerations • Performance considerations • Review / Q&A

  3. IBM Presentation Template Full Version Supported Linux Distributions • For Maximo 7.1.x.x based products the following Linux distributions are supported: • Testing and certification is done using the current release level for each version

  4. IBM Presentation Template Full Version Red Hat Enterprise Linux • This was the first Linux distribution to be supported by Maximo • Back in the 6.2.x timeframe • Priority 1 platform for IBM Development and Support • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 based environments are tested with each build of Maximo 7.1 Fix Packs • Maximo supports 32 bit, 64 bit, and z based implementations • Intel processor based 32 and 64 bit are the most popular

  5. IBM Presentation Template Full Version SuSE Linux Enterprise Server • Became a supported distribution with Maximo 7.1 • Priority 1 platform for IBM Development and Support • SLES 10 and 11 based environments are tested with each build of Maximo 7.1 Fix Packs • Maximo supports 32 bit, 64 bit, and z based implementations • Intel processor based 32 and 64 bit are the most popular

  6. IBM Presentation Template Full Version Comparison between RHEL and SLES • No discernible performance difference between the two distributions on the same hardware • SLES comes with a unified administration tool (YAST) • No similar tool comes with Red Hat which can make some administrative tasks more difficult to accomplish • Red Hat ships with an earlier kernel version (2.6.18) as compared to SLES (2.6.27) • Not necessarily a good or bad thing either way • Broader support for Red Hat due to it’s time in the marketplace compared to SLES

  7. IBM Presentation Template Full Version Maximo on Linux: Installation Considerations • Personal experience is that Linux on System X is the quickest Maximo environment that we provide for Test/Development/Documentation • Both deployment and runtime operations are noticeably faster than an equivalent system running Windows 2003 • Only post-install consideration that is critically important is to check for resolution of LOCALHOST to make sure it resolves to the true IP and not the loopback adapter • This will allow full RMI functionality for items such as BIRT reports • Stay up to date on all OS patches • They will appear to come out daily but luckily no reboot is required for 99% of them

  8. IBM Presentation Template Full Version Maximo and VMware • Maximo supports both the VMware Server and ESX(i) hypervisors for Maximo 7.1 based products • Dramatic performance differences between these two hypervisors however so use them accordingly • VMware Server • Great for prototype & development environments but too slow for production • Dependent on OS availability and performance • VMware ESX(i) • Very easy to install, very fast, acts as the base OS layer on top of the hardware • Used as IBM production hypervisor worldwide

  9. IBM Presentation Template Full Version VMware Server Considerations • OS based hypervisor that requires Linux or Windows as a base layer • Hardware resources consumed by the base OS are not available to VMware Server therefore you lose performance / capacity • If the OS reboots for any reason (updates, configuration change, etc) then the VM’s go down as well • VM’s not properly shut down can be corrupted as part of the base OS reboot – not good! • Use this for early stage development & prototyping

  10. IBM Presentation Template Full Version VMware ESX(i) Considerations • Bare metal hypervisor that interfaces directly with the hardware • All hardware resources in the system are available to ESX(i) • No dependency on any other OS so it’s fast and reliable • Must install as the only base OS on a system so you can’t “share” a server with it • Use once you move beyond single user development/test/prototype

  11. Maximo and VMware Performance • All VM’s are basically large compressed files • Disk i/o performance is critical to VM performance • Maximo itself can be disk intensive at the AppServer level (classes, jsp files, html pages, etc) • If you want a fast Maximo VM, use a fast disk subsystem (SAN, JBOD, etc). • Avoid using a VM to host the database due to the disk performance considerations if possible

  12. General Maximo Performance Considerations • Stay up to date! • Maximo, AppServer fix levels, JDK level, Database, etc. • Many performance issues arise when customers are down level on dependent products • Analyze application performance before going live • Have a good performance test plan to stress test your application and environment • Build a good foundation early on and reap it’s benefits throughout the application’s life cycle • A lot easier to do it right early than change it later • Determine max concurrent users and design your environment appropriately

  13. Hardware Considerations • Maximo application performance is dependent on 3 primary considerations • Application Server performance • Maximo is a collection of many small files (Java classes, XML/HTML/JSP files, etc) • Disk I/O performance at the AppServer level is critical to Maximo performance • RAID / SAN recommended for the Application Server where the cache directory is located • Database Server performance • Faster that data can be served up for Maximo, the faster it is presented to the end user • Follow vendor published database performance recommendations • Separate log data from application data, etc. • Disk I/O performance is also critical at the database server level • RAID / SAN recommended again • Network performance • Keep the AppServer and the Database Server on the same subnet if at all possible • Gigabit networking is a must between AppServer and Database Server • Utilize a hardware load balancing solution to front end requests to your back end Maximo hosts

  14. JVM tuning considerations • Testing has shown that multiple VM’s perform better than a single huge JVM • Maximo documentation recommends min/max JVM memory settings of 512M/1024M • This should get you to the standard answer of 50 users per JVM • Maximo “PVT” Performance group uses a JVM memory setting of 2560M/2560M • Obviously a 64-bit system is required to get above the 2048M limit • Create multiple JVM’s in a Cluster to increase application performance and capabilities • Adds redundancy if one JVM goes down • Hardware load balancing introduces even more application performance • More JVMs = more performance • Lots of web resources on garbage collection, application tuning, etc. • Try, test, analyze before you implement any changes into a production environment!

  15. Scalability and Maximo: The Easy Way • Because Maximo is a compartmentalized application you can separate out components and distribute these components across multiple physical servers • Advisable to separate UI, MEA, and CRON components across multiple servers to balance load and increase application performance • Lots of documentation on performing this step: Maximo “SAG”, web links, etc • Utilize multiple JVM’s to increase the number of concurrent users in your application • Performance (load and stress) test your application throughout the prototype phase so it is ready to deploy when you are!

  16. Useful Web Resources • http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21329219 • Guide talking about number of users per JVM • http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=3214&context=SSLKT6&q1=7014419&uid=swg27014419&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=en • Platform compatibility matrix • http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21440192 • Maximo v7 “Best Practices” guide for Performance • http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v3r1/topic/com.ibm.tamit.doc_7.1/pdf/mam71_sys_admin_guide.pdf • Maximo 7 SAG (System Administrator’s Guide) • http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21327735 • Updates to the SAG • http://maximotimes.com/ • Third party (VAR) website dedicated to Maximo. Lots of active topics and daily blog posts. Very useful site!

  17. Questions?

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