#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.

Show Notes

#236 – psadmin.conf 2020 Recap


This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle recap the sessions and labs from psadmin.conf 2020. We discuss some of our favorite moments from the sessions and lab, and share some of the great things we learned from the event.

Show Notes

  • Future of ELK with PeopleSoft @ 5:00
  • Automated Migrations @ 16:30
  • Using a Master Inventory @ 19:00
  • Making Life Complicated with PeopleSoft GitDevOps @ 23:00
  • Propagating Cache to App Servers @ 27:30
  • psoftbeat 2.0 @ 30:15
  • Platform Overview @ 33:00
  • Lab reviews @ 37:30

#198 – PSPing



This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan talk about learning to use Git and GitHub, strategies to work as different users in non-production environments, and how to use PSPing to help diagnose performance issues.

Show Notes

#116 – ps-terraform


This week on the podcast, Dan shares a new project called ps-terraform to help you build PeopleSoft Images on AWS. Kyle tries to resolve a Friday Night Ghost issue and Dan follows up on his love for Continuous Integration and the DPK.

Show Notes

  • Elasticsearch DPK Install Methods @ 1:00
  • GitLab Continuous Integration Follow-up @ 5:30
  • Friday Night Ghost @ 19:00
  • Ps-terraform @ 31:00

#114 – Git Workflows


This week on the podcast, Kyle shares some changes and improvements to using Git with the Deployment Packages. Kyle and Dan also talk about Continuous Integration and how it can be used to test Deployment Package changes.

Show Notes

#108 – Our Favorite Tools 2.0

This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle revisit their favorite tools and what has changed in the last two years.

Show Notes

#105 – Agile PeopleSoft

This week on the podcast, Charlie Sinks joins us to talk about the Upper Midwest Regional User Group. We talk about using Agile with PeopleSoft, our experiences with Elasticearch, the Idea Space for PeopleTools, and using Git with PeopleSoft.

Show Notes

  • Chatbots Demo @ 3:30
  • Agile and PeopleSoft @ 11:00
    • SCRUM
    • Kanban
    • SAFE
  • Elasticsearch Experiences @ 33:45
  • PeopleTools 8.56 Updates @ 43:30
  • Testing Effort for Certifications @ 45:30
    • AIX/Solaris: pspuppet.sh is used to prepare the environment. Need to invoke if the bootstrap or puppet failed and you need to re-run
  • Idea Space @ 50:15
  • Advanced PS Admin Talk @ 56:30
  • Orchestration @ 61:00
  • Using Git @ 67:30

psadmin.conf: Development

The second set of psadmin.conf videos are available! These videos are two Blitz Talks on Development. Staci Ludwig shares 10 things you need to know about Nodes and Kyle Benson shares a project that helps integrate Git and App Designer.

We have released the videos as a free course so you can find the videos in one place. Head over to the psadmin.io courses page and sign up. If you have already signed up for the course, you can log in and the videos will be available.