The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast

This week Mark Hoernemann joins us to talk about platform certifications with PeopleTools. Mark explains how the PeopleTools team determines what platforms to support and how the support policies work. Then Mark gives us more details on the PeopleSoft Cloud Manager. Show Notes Bringing App Engine to an SQR Discussion @ :45 Overriding Facter Facts @ 5:00 COBOL DPK and Unicode @ 7:45 DPK Code Fix Ma...

This week on the podcast David Bain, Product Manager for PeopleTools, joins us to talk about Fluid, the Cloud and PeopleSoft, and his favorite PeopleTools features. Dan and Kyle also recap some great discussions they had at the Collaborate conference. Show Notes David Bain Interview Why the cloud is important to PeopleSoft @ 2:00 Why Fluid is a better user interface @ 13:00 Favorite new PeopleTool...

This week on the podcast Jim Marion joins us to talk about Fluid Development, embedding PeopleSoft into cloud applications, Event Mapping, where the cloud makes sense and Jim’s new role at GreyHeller. Show Notes Jim’s Background @ 2:15 New Role with Grey Heller @ 3:45 Thoughts on the future of PeopleTools @ 6:00 Fluid Development @ 9:00 Improving App Designer @ 11:30 Event Mapping and Branding Obj...

This week, Dan and Kyle talk about testing different web server configurations, using the ACM for Elasticsearch, and how mobile browsers work with websites. Then, they discuss different ways to promote yourself and your position to a boss or organization. Show Notes VisualStudio Cod  @ 1:00 Programmers File Editor PeopleSoft Awesome List  @ 9:30 Table Statistics Review  @ 10:45 PSCB...

This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan talk about planning PeopleTools and Catch-up projects, BI Publisher security, and how to turn off excessive BI Publisher logging. We also talk about slowly killing COBOL with PeopleSoft (it’s not dead yet) and using multiple Change Assistant installations. Show Notes Collaborate Sessions Advanced PS Admin - Dan and Kyle Take Control of PeopleSoft Logs with El...

This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan talk about Query Manager bugs, changing how they apply CPU Patches, and testing partial database refreshes. Then Dan gives an overview of Oracle Configuration Manager and laments it’s unsupported status. Show Notes Collaborate Sessions Advanced PS Admin - Dan and Kyle Take Control of PeopleSoft Logs with Elasticsearch - Dan PeopleTools Ideas Page  @ 3:30...

This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle review some of the highlights from the Alliance conference. Then, they talk about about the history of PTF, hidden gems in PeopleTools, upcoming 8.56 changes and more. Show Notes Collaborate Sessions Advanced PS Admin - Dan and Kyle Take Control of PeopleSoft Logs with Elasticsearch - Dan PeopleTools Roadmap Session @ 2:30 8.56 Supported Platform Changes DPK...

This week we podcast from the Alliance 2017 Conference in Las Vegas. Jason Gilfoil and Eric Bolinger join us to talk about DevOps and Ansible with PeopleSoft. We talk about application orchestration, mixing Ansible and Puppet, customizing the DPK and more.  Show Notes Introducing Jason Gilfoil @ 1:30 Introducing Eric Bollinger @ 2:45 What is Ansible? @ 3:30 What is Orchestration? @ 8:00 Diffe...

This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan talk about Log Correlation fields, resetting SES security filters, and getting started with the ACM. Then they dig into storing attachments and searching attachments with SES and Elasticsearch. Show Notes Log Correlation Fields @ 1:00 8.55.13 JSON Output Change @ 9:00 Trace File Bug @ 13:15 Adventure in MOS:  Helpful Bug Titles  @ 16:00 SES Security...

This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle discuss the new PeopleSoft Cloud Manager and our initial impressions. We also talk about testing database backups, getting app server error reports and an Adventure in MOS. Alliance 2017 Sessions Kyle:  PS Single Sign-on with WAP and ADFS Dan:  Take Control of Logs with Elasticsearch  and  Enhance and Extend the DPK Show Notes PeopleTools...

This week, Dan and Kyle talk about IDDA logging, managing queries and different SAML options for PeopleSoft.. Then they talk about different strategies for using Demo databases and the pscipher utility. Show Notes Alliance Presentations Kyle:  PS Single Sign-on with WAP and ADFS Dan:  Take Control of Logs with Elasticsearch  and  Enhance and Extend the DPK PeopleSoft and SAML O...

This week on the podcast Kyle and Dan start deploying Elasticsearch, monitoring failed logins, and working with YAML files. They also discuss watching log files and recap a PeopleTools 8.56 preview webinar. Show Notes Starting Elasticsearch Deployments @ :30 Color Syntax Follow-up @ 5:45 Security Deployment Reference Grid @ 7:45 PS_EOPM_REF* Views Running a PUM Compare Report @ 12:45 PrintPro...

This week on the podcast, Charlie Sinks joins us to talk about Image “Catch-up Projects”. We talk about different strategies to simplify customization retrofits, reviewing bugs and new features, and application testing strategies. We also talk about making architecture changes to work with the DPK, and Charlie shares an Oh No! story. Show Notes OS Change Update @ 1:30 First “catch-up” projects @ 6...

This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle talk about using web traffic data to analyze user activity, new information on Jolt Failover, and how we generate and distribute compare reports. Then, they discuss Critical Patch Updates and how they affect PeopleSoft Administrators. Show Notes Building a Billion User Load Balancer  @ 1:30 X-Forwarded-For and Kibana @ 6:00 Alliance 2017 Presentation Col...

This week on the podcast, Sasank Vemana returns to talk about his experience testing Oracle Cloud and using Google Analytics to analyze web traffic. We also discuss the differences in supporting students as end-users. Show Notes Testing Oracle Cloud @ 2:00 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Oracle Cloud Free Trial Google Analytics and Analyzing Web Data @ 22:45 Piwik Students as End Users @ 33:00 Scheduling Sel...

This week, Dan and Kyle talk about writing PTF tests for PeopleTools, running multiple IB domains and trying A CM again. Then, we revisit our strategies for managing PS_APP_HOME when applying selective maintenance. Show Notes DNC Hack Details  @ 2:00 Vendor CVE List for 2016  @ 6:30 Migrating Event Mapping  @ 9:45 PTF PeopleTools Testing @ 11:00 Jolt/IB Failover Follow-up...

This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle talk about load balancing all environments or some environments, Diagnostic Plugins and syntax coloring code. Then, they dive into the getting current and how to test PeopleTools Patches. Show Notes Look back on 2016, Look forward to 2017 @ :30 Mastering PeopleSoft Administration: DPK  @ 2:30 Automation isn’t just for scale  @ 3:30 Load balance some...

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. Show Notes Mastering PeopleSoft Administration: Deployment Packages  @ 1:30 Enhancing and Extending the DPK Talk Dynamic Config Puppet Mani...

This week on the podcast, Dan tries a different Remote Desktop tool, using RSS feeds to monitor PeopleSoft data and comparing SQL Explain Plans with SQL Developer. Then Kyle gives a great overview of the PeopleSoft Test Framework and what you need to know before using it. Show Notes mRemoteNG  @ 1:30 VirtualWin and Windows 10 @ 6:30 Troubleshooting Monitor Issues @ 8:30  Query Trees and...

This week on the podcast Dan and Kyle talk about the new CFO tool, applying CPU patches with the DPK, and how the DPK could improve with newer versions of Puppet. Then Dan digs into the new Security Deployment tool and how you can use it improve security migrations. Show Notes Java Deserialization Explained  @ 1:00 New Cumulative Feature Overview Tool  @ 4:00 Kyle’s PUM Backlog Report Ap...

This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle talk about a ransomware attack, load balancer health checks, applying POC patches and complain about minor annoyances in Change Assistant. Kyle shares a story about a misbehaving pagelet and how he investigated the issue. Show Notes Ransomware and WebLogic Vulnerability  @ :45 The CVE alert and patch CA Silent Install and Backup @ 5:15 CLIENT_HOME\setup\...

This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle talk about Elasticsearch, using Powershell with SSH libraries, why the DPK doesn’t merge Hiera data, and how they format SQL files. Then Dan explains a new REST-based web service he built with new features in PeopleTools 8.55. Show Notes Elasticsearch is Here! @ :30 ElasticHQ Powershell POSH-SSH Library  @ 7:45 Beyond Compare SQL Diffs @ 12:45 psautolog....

This week on the podcast, Kyle recaps his successful HR 9.2 go-live and shares a few lessons learned. Dan and Kyle talk about encrypting password in YAML files, conditional navigation and PeopleTools CPU patches. Dan finishes the podcast by sharing his story about a spontaneous stress test. Show Notes Kyle’s Go-live Success @ 1:00 Upgrade Sources @ 9:00 Rebuilding a Demo from a PeopleSoft Image @...

This week on the podcast, Colton Fischer joins us to talk about 2 Factor Authentication (2FA) and Event Mapping. Colton explains what 2FA is, how to implement it, and how he used Event Mapping to add it to PeopleSoft. We also talk about Servlet Filters and using REST-based API’s with PeopleTools. Show Notes PeopleSoftMods.com  @ 2:00 2 Factor Authentication & Event Mapping  @ 4:15 Ev...

This week on the podcast we welcome back Wayne Fuller to talk about Elasticsearch. Wayne gives an excellent introduction into using Elasticsearch with PeopleSoft, some lesson’s learned from his testing, and highlights the benefits of switching to the new search tool.  Show Notes Testing Elasticsearch @ 1:00 Elasticsearch and IB Changes @ 5:00 Shards and Replicas @ 8:00 Elasticsearch Infrastru...