#319 – 8.59 Infrastructure DPK

The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast hosted by Dan Iverson and Kyle Benson

This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle talk about the PeopleTools 8.59 Infrastructure DPK and how it works, and also discuss building PeopleSoft Images from the OCI Marketplace.

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#298 – Git Patching

The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast hosted by Dan Iverson and Kyle Benson

This week on the podcast, Kyle explains the new SPB and SPBAT tools for WebLogic patching, Dan discusses the new External Data Integration for Elasticsearch, and then they talk about using Git Patches with the DPK, SQRs, and COBOL.

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#296 – SSOTester

The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast hosted by Dan Iverson and Kyle Benson

This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle discuss some edge-cases with PeopleSoft Unified Navigation, how the SSOTester calls work, and some lessons learned when setting up Unified Navigation with Appsian. They also talk about 8.59 being available for on-prem customers and the July 2021 CPU release.

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#273 – SAML2 and Single Sign-On


This week on the podcast, Kyle shares some upcoming changes to psadmin_plus, testing strategies for PeopleTools Patches, and Dan discusses how SAML2 works for PeopleSoft Single Sign-On.

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  • January 2021 CPU Patches @ 1:00
  • Upcoming psadmin_plus Improvements @ 13:30
    • PUBSUB Support
    • Improve Multi-CFG_HOME Support
    • Ignore invalid domains
  • SSO with SAML and Appsian@ 22:00

#272 – Dynamic Role Rules


This week on the podcast, Dan talks about Dynamic Role Rules, Kyle shares an experience with the DPK and temp directories, and they also discuss if Coherence patches are necessary when apply security patches.

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#262 – Cloud Manager Backups


This week on the podcast, Kyle learns how the Cloud Manager repository download and tracks files, and Dan shares how he configured backups for Cloud Manager in OCI.

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#260 – PeopleTools Patch Rollback


5 years of The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast!

This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan celebrate 5 years of podcasting and then take a detour into PeopleTools Patching. They discuss what rolling back a PeopleTools Patch would look like and share some thoughts on how to make PeopleTools Patch testing easier.

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  • 5 Years @ 1:30
  • CPU Patching @ 4:30
  • PeopleTools Patch Rollback Planning @ 9:30
  • Testing PeopleTools Patches @ 27:00

#235 – Wireshark


This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle discuss “toil”: what it is and how it affects your team. Then Dan shares a debugging story about the Integration Broker and how he solved the issue with Wireshark.

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#230 – Extended 8.56 Support


This week on the podcast, Dan shares some of his favorite musicians live virtual shows, Kyle discusses the difference between Fluid Homepages and Dashboards, and they also discuss the extended 8.56 support window.

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#197 – Branding Role Madness


This week on the podcast, Kyle shares his experience working with the CompanyInfo Banner, his thoughts on Branding Roles, and his discovery of the Introspection Page for Integration Broker.

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