In this session from psadmin.conf 2018, Frank Dolezal shares how he collects logs and system analytics to address a number of system issues. He explains how they can track average performance trends in the system, identify errors an anomalies, catch new issues before they are reported, and more.
We released the videos from psadmin.conf as a free course so you can find the sessions in one place. Head over to the psadmin.io courses page and sign up. If you already signed up for the course, you can log in and the new video will be available.
The first set of psadmin.conf videos are available! The first batch of videos are focuses on automation for PeopleSoft Administration. Charlie Sinks talks about using Rundeck with PeopleSoft and Peyton Colburn shares how he expanded Hiera beyond psft_customizations.yaml.
This week on the podcast, Kyle recaps the Phire User Group meeting, his PTF talk, and shares a nice tip on integrating Usage Monitor with PTF scripts. Then, Dan and Kyle discuss the latest changes with HR Image 23 and PeopleTools 8.56 and forcing users to adopt new technologies.
This week on the podcast Dan and Kyle discuss changes they would make if they started working on the DPK for the first again. They also discuss setting up Elasticsearch clusters, monitoring Tuxedo queues with Elasticsearch and an annoying Bash on Windows bug.
We are excited to announce a new course, Mastering PeopleSoft Administration: Deployment Packages. This course will teach you how to make Deployment Packages (DPK) work for you. We begin the course by exploring the different components that make up the DPK, how you can configure the DPK, and how to enhance it. Then, the course shows you how to extend the DPK beyond it’s current functionality and use it to build servers exactly the way you need them.
Out of the box, the DPK is great for building demo environments. But most organizations have requriements for their environments that go beyond what the DPK can do. Those requirements can include custom signon pages, deploying additional software, and more. Learning how to use the DPK to deploy those requirements as you build environments can significantly benefit you. With the DPK, environment and server builds are repeatable, consistent and fast.
To learn more about the course, check out the videos below.
A course introduction video
A segment from the podcast where Kyle and Dan discuss why we built the course and what you can learn from it
A video on why you should buy a course from psadmin.io
Dan’s 48-minute talk on Enhancing and Extending the DPK
Podcast Segment about the Deployment Packages Course
Why Buy a psadmin.io Course
Enhancing and Extending Deployment Packages Talk
Dan presented at the Upper Midwest Regional User Group about Enhancing and Extending the DPK (October 2016). This 48 minute talk goes over some DPK basics, introduces configuring the DPK and your possibilities for extending the DPK. If this talk is exciting and you want to know more, The Deployment Packages Course will go into the details of this talk and show you how to accomplish it all.
This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle launch a new course about Deployment Packages. Dan tests out a new text editor and discovers you can run OPatch on MOS. Kyle digs into Jolt Failover options with the IB and brainstorms some great configuration ideas.
