On-Prem

A 9-part series for Maximo administrators navigating the transition from legacy 7.x to MAS. Covers the evolving admin role, new responsibilities, SaaS vs on-prem differences, multi-environment architecture, required skills, daily tools, troubleshooting, and the future of the MAS sysadmin.

Posam LakshminarayanaFeb 6, 2026Part 0 of 9

A comprehensive guide to designing multi-environment MAS deployments on OpenShift. Covers four topology patterns (single-cluster to hub-spoke GitOps), namespace isolation, resource sizing per tier, promotion workflows, RBAC, network policies, and testing gates across dev, test, UAT, and production.

Posam LakshminarayanaFeb 6, 2026Part 9 of 9

A comprehensive guide to the new MAS administrator responsibilities — from Kubernetes fundamentals, operator management, and the complete pod-container-node deployment hierarchy to API-first troubleshooting, Zero Trust security, and AppPoints licensing. Includes a deep dive into MAS cluster topology, namespace organization, entity managers, ServerBundle architecture, and resource sizing.

Posam LakshminarayanaFeb 6, 2026Part 2 of 9

The MAS on-prem sysadmin role retains more technical depth than SaaS, but the daily reality is dramatically different. From WebSphere and DB triggers to OpenShift operators, pod health, and certificate management -- here's what the new job actually looks like.

Posam LakshminarayanaFeb 6, 2026Part 4 of 9