The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast

Dan and Kyle talk about tabs versus spaces, Kyle’s File Attachment migration, and three new segments we’re adding to the show. Then Dan discusses his recent DPK successes and DPK shortcomings from his PeopleTools 8.55 upgrade. Show Notes Date “T” trick @ 2:00 Tabbing Personalization @ 4:00 Vim casts.org @ 8:30 tabs v. spaces @ 13:45 Kyle's File Attachment migration @ 16:00 Three new segments @ 35:...

Dan and Kyle talk about the a recent update in the PeopleSoftsearch replacement, a new tool to give you a 360 view of yourapplication, and then we talk about changes in the PeopleToolsPerformance Guidelines document.   Show Notes PeopleSoft Search Blog Post EDB360 and PS360  EDB360 givesyou TONS of data about your Oracle DB David Kurtz created PS360 to give you data about your PSinstance...

This week we talk about HR Image 17, the new Security Automation tool, and share some comments from David Kurtz about PeopleSoft on 12c. Then, Kyle dives into WebLogic Servlet Filters and shares how filters can be used with PeopleSoft. Show Notes The psadmin.io Community Security Deployment Tool  -  PeopleBooks Link Disable the LLE warning in Interaction Hub Image 2: set LLE_DEPRECA...

This week Dan talks about using a PS_APP_PATCH_HOME environment variable, Kyle discusses PeopleSoft features that require Windows servers and then we give an introduction to Elasticsearch. Show Notes PS_APP_PATCH_HOME PeopleSoft Apps on Oracle Cloud nVision on Unix Firefox PUM Download trick Elasticsearch

Dan and Kyle discuss the new Ubuntu Bash shell for Windows 10, our plans to upgrade to Oracle 12c and introduce the new psadmin.io Community. We complete our interview with David Kurtz and talk about tuning the app server. Show Notes The psadmin.io Community -  get a free invite here . Regular Expressions w/ PS BillyMaySQL - SQL Capitalization tool Oracle DFS White Paper David Kurtz Blog Peop...

This week  David Kurtz  joins us again to talk about the application server. David get's into the details on how the application server works. Dan and Kyle also discuss a proposal for Control-J information on mobile devices and Fluid pages. Show Notes Symantec Encryption Everywhere program Control-J on Fluid/Mobile Devices Vote for the idea on the Oracle Community Site NPM Dependency Fai...

This week we talk about their system branding, share a great tip on customizing VERSION, and even discuss PeopleTools 8.56. Then, we dive into running PeopleSoft on the Cloud. Show Notes Sasank’s Series on Branding in 8.55 Control-J in Fluid/Mobile Devices nVision Tuning Guidelines from David Kurtz VERSION Mod for Web Content PeopleSoft on Oracle Cloud Chaos Monkey

We are excited to have David Kurtz join us! David wrote the book  PeopleSoft for the Oracle DBA and is a  popular blogger . We talked with David for almost 2 hours, so we are breaking his interview into 3 parts. In Part 1, we talk about Temp Tables, PSAESRV, and more. Dan and Kyle also talk about Microsoft and Linux, and Dan’s DPK patching experience with PeopleTools 8.55.03.   Show...

Kyle and Dan discover that PS_CUST_APP_HOME is not supported in 8.55, brainstorm how to use Regular Expressions in PeopleCode, and our impression of the new PUM Dashboard. Show Notes Classic Homepage with PeopleTools 8.55 Direct NFS for Oracle App Designer Improvements in 8.55 Windows Services and Environment Variables Jim Marion’s Tips and Techniques Book

Kyle and Dan talk discuss debugging techniques in SQR's and App Engines. We also finish our interview with Wayne Fuller this week. Wayne was a great guest and shared tons of great information. We hope you enjoy this rest of his interview. Show Notes ComponentLife Variable Scope

Wayne Fuller joins us this week to talk about running PeopleSoft in large environment. Wayne shared so much knowledge with us that we are breaking his interview into 2 parts. Dan and Kyle also talk about their experience with the Linux DPK and using the DPK for server maintenance. Show Notes Building PeopleSoft Images - Part 3

Kyle and Dan continue the discussion of DPK-based PeopleSoft Images. Dan shares a few frustrations with the new PI’s, we both learn a new way to generate trace files, and brainstorm how to manage the DPK’s YAML files.    CORS Support in 8.54: 2099484.1 First 8.56 Reference in MOS: 2086326.1 Tracing IB Handlers: 2079310.1 SetTracePC() and SetTraceSQL() Functions LeanITDesig...

This week, Kyle and Dan talk about the new DPK-based PeopleSoft Images and the two options for building a PeopleSoft Image. Dan shares how to get Drop Down Navigation in 8.55 and why that’s a good thing, and Kyle finds a unreleased feature in Change Assistant. Show Notes reCAPTCHA in PeopleSoft Health Center/MAP – Can’t add to Homepage/Quick Links/Favorites in 8.55 Drop Down Navigation in 8.55 Use...

This week we finish our interview with Tim Kroening-Smith, an Oracle DBA and PeopleSoft Admin. Tim explains PeopleTools support for Partitioning, . We had such a fun time with Tim that we had to break the interview into two parts. Enjoy Part 2 this week! If you want to get in contact with Tim, you can reach him at this email . Tim offers remote DBA and PeopleSoft Admin support.   Araxis Merge...

This week we interview Tim Kroening-Smith, an Oracle DBA and PeopleSoft Admin. Tim explains how he prefers to implement Oracle, how Oracle features benefit PeopleSoft users, and gives some great tips on tuning Oracle. We had such a fun time with Tim that we had to break the interview into two parts. Enjoy Part 1 this week!   If you want to get in contact with Tim, you can reach him at this em...

This week, Kyle shares his lessons learned from his PeopleTools patching project, we discuss the pro’s and con’s of Unified Navigation, new PeopleSoft Rundeck plug-ins, and changes to the 9.2 upgrade with PeopleTools 8.55. Show Notes PeopleSoft 2027 Support JR’s PeopleSoft Rundeck Plug-ins:  Process Scheduler ,  App Server VirtualBox “Venom” CVE VirtuaWin Web Profile issue patch 18 Chang...

This week on The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast we dig into migrations. Kyle shares everything he likes about Phire and the benefits of a version control tool. Dan discusses an alternative to Phire and Stat - Change Assistant. We also discuss the new Native Push Notifications update in PeopleTools 8.55.    Show Notes   [Phire]( http://phire-soft.com ) [STAT]( http://software.dell....

This week on The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast, we talk about Fluid Navigation. Dan shares his dislikes (and likes) of the default navigation style in PeopleTools 8.55. We also talk about new PeopleTools 8.55 features like Log Analyzer, CORS support and Log Correlation.   Show Notes Chrome Extensions PSChrome Extension PSUtilities Extension SES Patching (1632712.1) Health Center Overview V...

This week on The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast, Part 2 of the Documentation and Tools episode. In Part 2 we talk about our favorite text editors, password safes, frameworks, utilities, graphing scripts, browser extensions, plug-ins, and a whole lot more! There is a wealth of information in this podcast and you’ll find at least one software tool that is new to you! The show notes have links to a...

This week on The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast we talk about documentation, how we like to document, what has worked for us and some of our documentation pet peeves. We also share all of our favorite tools that make the PS Admin job easier. This topic was so much fun, we had to make it a 2 part episode. Enjoy Part 1 this week. We'll release Part 2 next week.

In Episode 8, we dive into PeopleTools 8.55 and get hands-on! We talk about our first experiences with the PeopleTools DPK’s, changes to Change Assistant in 8.55 and Dan’s experiment with the Let’s Encrypt project. We also ask a big question about a new Related Content feature, and then answer it after the break. This feature has the potential to substantially reduce your customizations!

In Episode 7, we talk all about Load Balancers and PeopleSoft. We also clarify PeopleTools updates with Selective Adoption, why you may not need PSAESRV, a funny Chrome extension and more!

In Episode 6 of The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast, Dan and Kyle talk about the TokenChpoken (or PS_TOKEN) vulnerability. We explain how the vulnerability works and how to mitigate it, Oracle CPU's and Java Patching. Kyle shares a handy tip to clear end-user cache from the web profile.

In Episode 5, Dan gives a recap of the Upper Midwest Regional User Group 2015 Fall meeting. We talk about Fluid adoption, PUM strategies from local companies, Selective Adoption and new PeopleTools 8.55 information. We also discuss Dan's biggest Change Assistant pet-peeve and Kyle's handy backdoor to the login page.

In episode 4, Dan and Kyle talk about Demo environments and why the traditional need for Demo’s may change, the PeopleSoft Update Manager, and how to manager PeopleSoft Images. We also discuss the recent WebLogic vulnerability, and ask for input on our upcoming Tools and Documentation podcast.