The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast

This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan talk about the new psadmin.io Themes for 8.60, and then they discuss how they are currently using the DPK to build new environments and what has changed in the DPK since it was released.

Show Notes

• psadmin.conf
• psadmin.io Themes for 8.60 @ 3:00
  • Working with CSS Variables
• io_weblogic - JVM -XX options @ 14:00
  • Connection Filtering in WLST
• How we use the DPK today @ 24:00
  • io_weblogic
  • io_portalwar
  • io_psigwwar
  • io_eprfirewall
  • io_homes

This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan talk about the changes to the 8.60 database upgrade and the new PPTLS860 project. Dan also shares some updates to the IO_STYLE_859 project and discusses his new io_homes DPK module.

Show Notes

• psadmin.conf 2023 - May 22-24 @ 1:00
• PeopleSoft Now Episode - A school districts journey to modern PeopleSoft in the Cloud @ 5:00
• New PeopleTools 8.60 Upgrade Projects - PPLTLS859 and PPLTLS860 @ 9:00
• mosbot.app @ 19:00
  • gem install mosbot
• Updated IO_STYLE_859 Code @ 21:30
• New DPK Module - io_homes @ 26:15
  • PS_VENDOR_HOME
  • io_erpfirewall DPK Module

This week on the podcast, Dan discusses a new tool he built to simplify CPU patches by using the same tools as the Infrastructure DPK. byop, or Build Your Own Patches, will take a list of patches to download and store them in a format that matches the Infrastructure DPK.

Show Notes

• psadmin.conf @ 1:30
• Infra-DPK Overview @ 4:45
  • Create Patched DPK Archives
  • DPK Redeploy Option
• byop Overview @ 10:00
• Patching Surgically @ 16:30
• Apply CPU Patches with Infrastructure DPK @ 27:00

Dan's method to apply CPU patches

Custom Fact to trigger Infrastructure-DPK processing

• /puppet/production/modules/pt_role/lib/facter/cpu.rb

  # Set the env var APPLY_INFRA_CPU=true and run the DPK to apply the Infra-DPK patches Facter.add(:apply_infra_cpu) do setcode do apply_infra_cpu = ENV["APPLY_INFRA_CPU"] || 'false' end end

Bash alias I use to apply CPU patches via Infrastructure-DPK

$ alias applycpu='sudo APPLY_INFRA_CPU=true && puppet apply -e "contain ::pt_profile::pt_tools_deployment" --confdir /puppet -d' $ applycpu

You can now register for psadmin.conf 2023! Click here to see more information and register.

psadmin.conf is a conference specifically for PeopleSoft Administrators. The conference features talks from expert admins on a variety of topics, as well as hands-on training from Oracle ACEs. The goal of the conference is to expand your knowledge of PeopleSoft Administration and network with admins from around the country.

Registration is limited to 50 attendees, so register early to ensure your spot!

This week on the podcast, PeopleTools Strategy Director Sasank Vemana joins us to talk about the upcoming switch to Opensearch, Configurable Search, Redwood UI, and some of his favorite features in PeopleTools 8.60.

Show Notes

• Redwood UX for PeopleSoft @ 3:15
  • Redwood UI Introduction
• Opensearch Migration @ 14:30
  • The future of search
• Search Updates @ 28:00
  • Video Feature Overview for PeopleTools 8.60
  • New Features Overview
• Cloud Manager Upgrades to 8.60 @ 39:30
• Usage Monitor Improvements @ 41:30

This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan discuss PeopleTools 8.60 and the great features that were released. Dan also shares his thoughts on using Cloud Manager to upgrade environments to 8.60.

The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast is hosted by Dan Iverson and Kyle Benson.

Show Notes

• PeopleTools 8.60 is out @ 2:15
  • Video Feature Overview
• UI @ 5:45
• Configurable Search @ 21:00
• Search Framework @ 29:00
• Notifications @ 32:15
• Lifecycle Management @ 32:30
• Security @ 42:00
  • Passphrases
  • Certificate Management in PeopleSoft

Dan and Kyle are back and this week they discuss SSH tips, playing Minecraft, and Kyle's new PeopleSoft Secrets Tool (psst).

The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast is hosted by Dan Iverson and Kyle Benson.

Show Notes

• Minecraft, scp, and spaces @ 2:30
• SSH Tips @ 8:00
• psst - PeopleSoft Secrets Tool @ 12:45
  • psvault
  • Python Click

This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan talk about building a nightly refresh environment and the benefits of automating the process, and Dan talks about upgrading to PeopleSoft 9.2.

Show Notes

• 9.2 Go-Live @ 1:45
• Oracle MERGE command @ 13:30
• Sandbox Refreshes @ 17:30
  • PDB Cloning

This week on the podcast, we talk about the RTI Maintenance job, fixing the systemd scripts from the DPK, and using the OCI-AutoScale project.

Show Notes

• RTI Maintenance Job @ 3:15
• systemd scripts for Linux @ 11:30
• OCI-AutoScale @ 18:30
• OCI Tagging @ 31:00
  • OCI Rundeck Node Plugin
• Uptime Meaningless? @ 37:30

This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle recap the psadmin.conf 2022 conference.

Show Notes

• Getting the Most Out of PeopleTools @ 2:30
• Kibana Lab @ 10:15
• Monday Open Lab @ 13:00
• Automating Maintenance Windows @ 15:00
• Journey to the Cloud @ 16:30
• OCI Migration @ 18:45
• Environment Validation Lab @ 21:30
  • psft-validation Repository
• Tuesday Open Lab @ 25:00
• Securing PS with Apache Rules @ 27:00
• PeopleTools Platform Overview @ 29:45
• Lightning Talks @ 33:00
  • patchBot Repository
• Real-Time Indexing @ 41:30