The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast

This week on the podcast, Dan shares how to disable PSWATCHSRV and how the Fluid Navigator broke. Kyle finds a bug with Facter. Then Dan and Kyle discuss default build settings in App Designer and what is "safe by default" when building projects.   Show Notes  Psadmin.conf Thank You @ 3:30 Java EE has a new home @ 6:30 SublimeText 3.0   @ 8:15 Elasticsearch and PeopleTools 8.55.19/8...

This week on the podcast, Brad Carlson and Nate Werner interview Dan and Kyle. We discuss the history of the podcast, where Dan and Kyle want to take the site, our favorite things about the PS Admin community, and answer some fun questions.

In this special episode, Dan and Kyle share predictions for PeopleSoft announcements at OpenWorld 2017.

This week on the podcast, Kyle shares why the Navigator button disappeared on him, using VisualStudio Code and Git-Bash, and Colton Fischer's excellent POC projects. We finish the podcast with David Kurtz talking about the Oracle Resource Manager with multi-tenant databases.   Show Notes Ansible AWX @ 2:00 Visual Studio Code and Git-Bash @ 5:00 Homepage Tile Folders @ 13:30 Colton Fischer and...

This week on the podcast, Dan has follow-up on using Hiera with Puppet environments, capturing WebLogic logs in Elasticsearch, and Kyle shares his thoughts on the Solaris "change". Then Kyle discusses the in depth failover testing and how Unified Navigation behaves when app servers fail. Show Notes Solaris is "not quite dead yet" @  2:00 How Oracle manages acquired technologies @ 11:00 Fluid...

This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle discuss strategies to organize and manage Event Mapping code, writing code that other people will use, trying to work with Push Notifications and custom ACM modules. Kyle ends the podcast with a funny story about searching for images.   Show Notes Push Notification Testing @ 1:30 Andy Dorman's Push Notification Configuration [IDEA: Fix the 30 Character l...

This week on the podcast, Kyle discusses how he kept the Supplier Portal in Classic while going Fluid Nav for the rest of the application, Dan shares some Related Content feedback and some App Designer filtering tips.   Show Notes Don't be afraid of Makefiles @ 7:00 MOS Documents in Google results? @ 13:30 Classic on my Supplier Portal @ 16:00 Related Content Follow-up @ 32:00 View classic Re...

This week on the podcast, we share Eric Bolinger's DPK module for WebLogic, Graham's 5 Things about PeopleSoft Images, more Fluid Ideas, and dive into ELM's Find Learning page behavior. We finish the episode discussing about Matt Tremblay's "Reverse Proxy Server with Docker" post. Show Notes Portal Navigation @ 4:00 psadminio-io_weblogic Puppet Module @ 12:00 Puppet Development Kit @ 19:30 SQLcl W...

This week, Dan and Kyle talk about linting and the tnsnames.ora file, managing a Portal reimplementation proejct and follow-up on the TimesTen database. Then Kyle gives us a great overview of why you shouldn't use LOCAL_NODE on Content References. Show Notes TimesTen Follow-up @ 1:00 PUM - Manual Upload @ 4:00 VirtualBox DPK and HCM Image 23 @ 6:30 Puppet-Lint @ 13:45 TNSNames.ora linter? @ 17:30...

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. Show Notes Phire User Group Meeting Recap @ 2:00 Kyle's PTF Session @ Reconnect @ 17:30 Usage Monitor and PTF @ 20:00 Fr...

This week on the podcast, Dan dives into some advanced Puppet configuration to use with the DPK. Dan and Kyle discuss Hiera hash merging, using Puppet environments, and using the ACM with the DPK. Kyle talks about a bug with the Interaction Hub and My Favorites and some odd finds in PeopleBooks. Show Notes psadmin.conf @ :30 PeopleBooks Screenshot @ 3:00 Self Service Scheduling @ 4:00 Odd Database...

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This week on the podcast, Frank Dolezal joins us to talk about how he measure user testing and how it builds confidence when deploying updates. We also discuss self-service and fast database refreshes, and what skills to look for when hiring a PS Admin. Show Notes Introducing Frank @ 1:00 Creating Metrics for User Testing @ 4:00 Getting Users to Test @ 11:00 Justifying testing through metrics @ 17...

This week, Kevin Antoff joins Dan and Kyle to recap the Reconnect 2017 conference. Kevin also discusses his experience with Elasticsearch and how Oracle is improving the tool in newer PeopleTools releases. Show Notes Beta Testing Elasticsearch @ 2:00 Elasticsearch Attachment Direct Transfer @ 3:30 Reconnect Keynote @ 8:45 Using Change Assistant for Refreshes @ 10:30 PeopleTools Roadmap @ 12:00 Set...

This week Kyle and Dan discuss UI improvements from Sasank and Dan's new Fluid Stylesheets, using Git and GitLab to manage DPK files, managing Favorites with Unified Navigation and some "Gotchas" Kyle found during his 8.55 upgrade project. Show Notes Windows 6 month release schedule @ 4:00 Puppet 5 @ 8:00 Adding Breadcrumbs to Fluid @ 9:30 Sasank's UI Fixes: Search Box Focus Auto-expand the Naviga...

This week Brad Carlson from the University of Minnesota joins us to talk about some recent projects he worked on. Brad explains why and how they consolidated their PeopleSoft database, an IB Monitoring tool that was recently open-sourced, and how the U of M can deploy CPU patches in 21 days. Show Notes Introducing Brad @ 1:00 Database Consolidation @ 5:30 Benefits of a Single Database @ 11:00 IB M...

PeopleTools 8.56 has been released. This week on the podcast we talk about new features in 8.56 that we are excited about and dive into some of the changes to Deployment Packages. Show Notes 8.56 is out! @ 2:00 Platform Changes @ 4:45 Fluid Changes @ 7:00 Event Mapping API? @ 11:00 Searching Improvements @ 11:45 PUM @ 14:00 Portal Changes @ 18:30 Unified Navigation @ 21:00 PTSYS Database @ 26:30 C...

This week on the podcast Kyle talks about Usability Testing with his PeopleTools upgrade and moving to Fluid Navigation. Dan and Kyle also talk about Unified Navigation and the Node Network, where the Portal fits in and beefing up the Integration Broker. Show Notes Excited about Fluid @ 1:00 Discovering Homepage Tabs @ 3:15 How to Approach Usability Testing @ 9:00 Usability Participants @ 13:45 Ac...

This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle talk about their strategies to introduce searching in PeopleSoft to end users. They also cover changes to the Elasticsearch DPK, ElasticHQ and Dan shares an "Oh No!" story. Show Notes Reconnect 2017 @ 1:30 Kyle: PTF for PS Administrators Dan and Kyle: Advanced PS Admin Dan: Elastic for Logs Dan: Enhance and Extend DPKs QUEST Webinar: Elastic for Logs on 6/29...

This week on the podcast Dan and Kyle talk with no agenda. We discuss our week and talk about Portal, PeopleTools Bugs, Fluid, Git, Deployment Packages, Puppet, OneNote, Kanban Boards and more. Show Notes Portal Projects @ 1:45 PeopleTools Bugs and Puppet @ 10:45 psadmin.io Community @ 21:00 Job changes @ 23:30 Spreading the Fluid Excitement @ 25:00 Selecting Fluid Nav Images @ 28:00 The Git "Troj...

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. Show Notes Bash on Windows VPN Bug @ 3:15 9.2 Upgrade Process @ 10:00 Monitoring Tuxedo Queueing in Elasticsearch @ 13:30 ps-logstash GitHub...

This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan revisit Fluid Navigation and why they are fans of the new navigation model. Kyle shares his experiences working with the DPK and his method for managing the YAML and Puppet files on servers. Dan shares a top-notch "Dad Joke". Show Notes Location-based Event Mapping @ 1:30 Menu Pruning Security Classic UI for Admin’s/Power Users @ 2:45 Linked-in Style Notifica...

This week David Kurtz joins us to talk about Database Statistics, his PS_GFC_STATS package, the PSCBO package, identifying redundant indexes and more. David also gives insight into why he created PS_GFC_STATS and how it compares to the PSCBO package. Show Notes Database Stats @ 1:00 Maintaining Statistics @ 7:45 PS_GFC_STATS Package @ 14:00 PSCBO Stats Package @ 18:15 Why Choose PS_GFC_STATS over...

This week, Kyle and Dan talk about using Vagrant snapshots with Vagabond, strategies for managing psft_customizations.yaml files and demonstrating Fluid to end users. Dan shares a story of how an unpatched WebLogic server can leave your PeopleSoft application vulnerable to hackers. Show Notes Securing the Oracle Listener @ 1:30 Vagabond and Vagrant Snapshots @ 2:00 Vault and Hiera @ 7:45 Cons...

This week Charlie Sinks joins Kyle and Dan to recap the 2017 Spring UMRUG meeting. We discussion transitioning to Fluid, selective adoption strategies, PTF improvements, Cloud Manager, Interaction Hub and Elasticsearch. The spring meeting was a great User Group meeting and generated excellent conversations. Show Notes Robin Velayedam (PeopleSoft HCM Strategy) Keynote @ 1:45 Workcenters or Nav Coll...