Anywhere 7.6.

4 installation on windows machine

Pre-requisite
Ensure that the build machine has internet access and can access the gradle files
https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.6-all.zip

Download Android studio for setting up a build machine for Android

https://developer.android.com/studio
• open the Android SDK Manager
From welcome screen, select “import project”

Click the drop down arrow besides “Configure” and select “SDK Manager” option
From the “SDK Platforms” tab, verify that Android Platform SDK 28 or higher is installed.
• On the SDK Tools tab, click Check Show Package Details and select Android SDK
build-tools version 28.0.1 or higher.

Click Apply, OK

Go to File > Project Structure

Specify the Project SDK e.g. Android API 28 Platform

Install Anywhere 764 enablement to Maximo on windows

Download the Anywhere 7.6.4 from Passport Advantage

Extract Max_Anywhere_V764.zip file to a temp directory

e.g. Max_Anywhere_V764_Extracted
Open Installation Manager
Go to File > Preference > Add Repository
Point to the
Max_Anywhere_V764_Extracted\Install\AnywhereEnablementInstallerRepository.zip file

NOTE:
When you install the enablement it injects the maxwanywhere build script in to the
buildmaximoear.xml, this deploys with the maximo.ear

Excerpt from buildmaximoear.xml from ibm\smp\maximo\deployment directory

<property name="maximo.maximoanywherewarfile" value="maxanywhere.war"/>

Run buildmaximoearwas8.cmd
maximo.ear file contains a maxanywhere.war for app updates

C:\IBM\SMP\maximo\applications\maximo\META-INF\deployment-application.xml

There is a context for Maximo Anywhere

<module id="WebModule_maxanywhere">
<web>
<web-uri>maxanywhere.war</web-uri>
<context-root>/maxanywhere</context-root>
</web>
</module>

When applying a Maximo Interim Fix, it would be necessary to run

includeanywheremodule.cmd from ibm\smp\maximo\deployment folder
Then run updated.bat , rebuild and redeploy maximo ear file
Install Anywhere on Windows Server
Click Install option from Launchpad
Select “Install or Update IBM Maximo Anywhere” option
Click Install to open installation manager
File > Preference shows it’s picked up AnywhereComp764.zip as the repository

Click Update option from IM

Select Anywhere
Next
Click Next
Click Next
Accept license agreement and click Next
Fill out the Maximo info and click Next

Ensure that Maximo Application Server is up and running

Select No to push notification for Android
Click Next
Click Update button if this is an upgrade
NOTE: If this is a fresh install, you would see an install button.

Wait for it to backup the existing MaximoAnywhere directory and build apps
Click Next

Click Finish

Open a DOS prompt

Navigate to C:\Anywhere\MaximoAnywhere
Run build all command
WorkExecution.zip is generated under MaximoAnywhere\bin
Maximo Anywhere application container must be installed on the same computer that
contains the Maximo Anywhere mobile apps.

Download node.js
https://nodejs.org/en/download/

Restart the machine for the nodejs install to take effect

Go to the directory that contains your extracted Max_Anywhere_V764.zip file.

Start the launchpad by right-clicking the launchpad file for your operating system
Select Run as administrator
Select “Install IBM Maximo Anywhere Application Container” option on the left pane
Click Install on the right
Click Next
Click Next
Click Next
Click Next
Click Next
Click Install
Click Finish

Open Container.properties under C:\Anywhere\MaximoAnywhereAppCntr

Check to make sure all the properties all correct

Anywhere.Application.BaseDirectory=C:\\Anywhere\\MaximoAnywhere

NODE_HOME=C:\\nodejs

JAVA_HOME=c:\\progra~1\\Java\\jdk1.8.0_111
NOTE: JAVA_HOME should be the same as the one specified in build.properties

envsToBuild=android
appsToBuild=WorkExecution

# Bypass the app download component. The main app will be built into the apk
# users will not be presented the connect page which allows them to change the url
include.webcontent=false

android.sdk.home=C:/android-sdk
Android_TARGET_DEVICE_NAME=android-28

Ensure that Maximo application server is up and running

Open a DOS prompt and go to the MaximoAnywhere application Container directory.

e.g. C:\Anywhere\MaximoAnywhereAppCntr
Ensure that the build file can be executed, and run the following command:
On Windows, run build.bat

Build is successful

Copy the generated .apk from C:\Anywhere\MaximoAnywhereAppCntr\bin\android to an

Android Phone

Open Work Execution app

Enter the Maximo URL e.g. https://host:port/maximo
Click Connect button to log in to Maximo Anywhere
Downloading system data
Download lookup data

Work List ‘My Work Order’

Build date is Jan 17th 2020

In Anywhere Admin application, select an app e.g. WorkExecution
Click Deployment tab

All the deployment should show up here

If you wish to go back to a previous deployment, click the wrench icon besides a previous
deployment to activate it

If no deployment shows up here, you can try to upload the workexecution.zip by clicking the
New Deployment tab
Enter a version and select WorkExecution.zip from C:\Anywhere\MaximoAnywhere\bin

Click OK

Troubleshooting

1) If the install progress bar got stuck, there would be a DOS prompt in the background
that says disk run out of space
Clean up disk space and re-run update

2) If build fails, go to C:\Anywhere\MaximoAnywhereAppCntr\logs directory and review

the container_build_summary.log

if Android SDK has not been installed, then it might complain about no
WorkExecution.checksum

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open

'C:\Anywhere\MaximoAnywhereAppCntr\output\WorkExecution\www\WorkExecution.ch
ecksum'
2020-2-4 17:24:9 [WorkExecution::android] **Could not build app: WorkExecution for
Android

In the container.properties set include.webcontent=false and run the build again

3) Internet access is required to install the anywhere container. If there is no

internet access

For windows, set environment variable CTG_BYPASS_PREREQ_CHECK=True

or

For Mac, export CTG_BYPASS_PREREQ_CHECK=true from a terminal

session. Then Launch Installation Manager from the same terminal

4) If you receive error: “Last version installed at device” after entering the Maximo URL
and clicking Connect button, try manually uploading the WorkExecution.zip from
Deployment tab in Anywhere Administration application