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Advanced PeopleSoft Administration – OpenWorld 2018

This week Kyle and I presented at OpenWorld 2018. Our session talked about how to take advantage of Deployment Packages, using ACM to simplify database refreshes, using psadmin-plus, and leveraging the new headless features of Change Assistant. You can view the slides here if you want to check out the presentation. [wonderplugin_pdf src=”https://psadmin.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Advanced-PeopleSoft-Administration-OOW18-optimized.pdf” width=”100%” height=”600px”... Continue reading→

psadmin.conf: Monitoring PeopleSoft Integrations

The first video from psadmin.conf 2018 is available! Brad Carlson discusses the need for monitoring Integration Broker messages. The PeopleSoft Integration Broker Monitor Service was developed by the University of Minnesota to provide robust monitoring of asynchronous messaging into and out of the PeopleSoft Enterprise. Through simple XML configuration, the monitor will check at defined... Continue reading→

Announcing psadmin.conf 2019!

We are excited to announce the dates and location for psadmin.conf 2019! The conference will be held May 6-8, 2019, in Minneapolis MN. Visit the psadmin.conf page to learn more and listen to a special podcast about the 2019 conference. Submit your presentation proposals now and registration opens 12/15/2018! Continue reading→

psadmin-plus 2.0

About 2 years ago, Kyle released psadmin-plus, a bash utility to help automate and simplify domain management. We happy to announce psadmin-plus is now at 2.0! psadmin-plus makes is easy to start, stop, reconfigure, purge cache, and more for your PeopleSoft domains: psa stop app HDEV psa start web HDEV psa bounce all HDEV Version... Continue reading→

Using the DPK Redeploy Option for CPU Patching

There are lots of ways to apply CPU patching and how to automate it. We’ve covered a few methods on the blog, but I wanted to show another way with the DPK. This method combines using patched archives (discussed here) and an option in the DPK that isn’t really talked about: redeploying software. Redeploy Option... Continue reading→

Elasticsearch: Anatomy of a Search

Search is becoming more important in PeopleSoft and is often required for applications to work properly. We’ve talked before on how to configure Elasticsearch with PeopleSoft, but what happens when we perform a search? There are a number of moving parts that handle the search query, applying security and displaying the results. Let’s take a... Continue reading→

Improve the Management of DPK Archives

In Episode 127 of the podcast, Kyle and I discuss some strategies for managing the DPK archive files. The discussion started because I am starting a PeopleTools 8.56. To upgrade each server we copy the new DPK archive files to every server and run the DPK. Having a copy of those archives on every server... Continue reading→

psadmin.conf 2018 Registration is Open

Registration for psadmin.conf 2018 is open! Register for psadmin.conf The Call for Presentations closes on February 15, 2018. We are still accepting proposals and would love to have you present! Head over to psadmin.io/conference to see the agenda and learn more. If you want to re-watch the excellent presentations from psadmin.conf 2017, click here to view them... Continue reading→

Change Assistant 8.56 Installation Changes

Starting in Change Assistant 8.56, a new file is used to track the installations of Change Assistant, C:\Windows\PeoplesoftCA.txt. While Change Assistant 8.55 let us install multiple versions at the same time, 8.56 now tracks which your Change Assistant installations. C:\Windows\PeoplesoftCA.txt 1 8.56.05 c:\psft\ca\hr025-8.56.05 2 8.56.05 c:\psft\ca\hrtst-8.56.05 The Change Assistant installer scripts set the path for... Continue reading→

Podcast

#342 – .ociclirc

This week on the podcast, Kyle talks about the oci-cli tool and how has customized its behavior using the .ociclirc file. Dan shares two of his DPK modules that work with OCI to support tags and building failover strings for the web server. The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast is hosted by Dan Iverson and Kyle Benson.... Continue reading→

#341 – PeopleTools Pathway

This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan about the future pathways to take to make sure you are taking advantage of the PeopleTools platform. The PeopleSoft Administrator Po dcast is hosted by Dan Iverson and Kyle Benson. Show Notes PeopleTools Pathway  References Links: