No suitable driver found while starting Maximo with sqlserver

If you are using Maximo with sql server or any other database like db2, you might face a problem where websphere is not able to connect to database.

I faced this in Websphere 9 and 8.5.5.

So i had to modify my maximo.properties file and drop sqljdbc.jar in lib directory.

uncomment the mxe.db.driver property with appropriate driver , if you have sql uncomment it.

Place a new line before mxe.db.url property and rebuild,redeploy and restart.

I could directly find my maximo.ear in /installedapps and edited there.

 

It worked for me.

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