Maximo® Asset Management includes a configuration program that is accessed from the command line. This command line configuration program performs the same duties as the Maximo Asset Management configuration program user interface. Command line configuration is used to quickly update configuration values when you choose to not use the configuration tool user interface.
When you install a fix pack or upgrade Maximo Asset Management, the configuration program uses values that are recorded from the previous deployment. These values are stored on the administrative system in the install.properties and maximo.properties files that are located under the install_home\etc and install_home\maximo\applications\maximo\properties directories.
If you make any environmental changes to any of the systems that are used for the original deployment, they must be recorded in the install.properties and maximo.properties files. Typically, these types of changes would include changing a host name or updating a password, for example.
You can update these values manually, or you can use the configuration command line interface tool to update configuration values for your existing deployment when they change. Properties that are specified for the configuration command line interface tool, either as parameters, or in an input properties file, replace existing properties in the maximo.properties and install.properties files. Properties are encrypted when they are saved.