The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast

This week on the podcast, Dan learns about a new way to enable Hiera hashing in the DPK and laments about a DPK bug that still exists, and Kyle and Dan discuss the new Prompt Table Override feature in 8.58. Show Notes Conference Updates @ 1:00 Prompt Table Overrides @ 4:00 PeopleTools 8.58 HomePage > Implementation > Prompt Table Overrides Lookup Options for Hiera @ 13:30 DPK Scheduler Bug @...

This week on the podcast, Kyle shares some upcoming changes to psadmin_plus, testing strategies for PeopleTools Patches, and Dan discusses how SAML2 works for PeopleSoft Single Sign-On. Show Notes January 2021 CPU Patches @ 1:00 Upcoming psadmin_plus Improvements @ 13:30 PUBSUB Support Improve Multi-CFG_HOME Support Ignore invalid domains SSO with SAML and Appsian@ 22:00

This week on the podcast, Dan talks about Dynamic Role Rules, Kyle shares an experience with the DPK and temp directories, and they also discuss if Coherence patches are necessary when apply security patches. Show Notes CPU Patching - Coherence @ 3:30 Are Coherence patches required? DPK and /tmp @ 13:45 Dynamic Role Rules @ 23:00 Security Automation with Mark Danielson Setting a Recurrence for Dyn...

This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle share some updates to psadmin_plus and a DPK module, how report posting works and some thoughts on handling large reports, and Dan shares why you should be using the Domain Connect password in your domains. We apologize for the audio this week. Show Notes io_portalwar Index Redirect Changes @ 3:30 psadmin_plus updates @ 9:00 ACM Search Framework Improvement?...

This week on the podcast, Kyle shares his Rundeck plugin for OCI that will dynamically provides OCI nodes to Rundeck, and then Dan and Kyle discuss the difference between sync and async messaging and how that affects the Integration Broker. Show Notes PsMpWebAppDeployInstall Follow-up @ 1:30 SR Codes @ 4:30 Integration Broker Infrastructure: Sync vs Async @ 5:45 Rundeck OCI Plugin @ 20:00 OCI SDK...

This week on the podcast, Kyle talks about repackaging .jar files with the DPK, Dan discusses his mishap the VisualCOBOL runtime, and why he likes the Excel Add-in Tools for PeopleSoft. Show Notes psadmin.conf Registration Coming Soon @ 2:00 Excel Add-in Tools @ 4:00 You Suck at Excel Journal Upload Changes VisualCOBOL licensing @ 13:15 Andy Dorfman's pscobol DPK Module Re-packaging .jar files for...

This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle discuss password rotation and safety, a great tip to speed up the NavBar, and Kyle's app servers having connection issues. ShowNotes CentOS is dead, long live CentOS. @ 4:30 https://github.com/rocky-linux/rocky https://linux.oracle.com/switch/centos/ Password and rotation @ 11:00 Speed up the NavBar @ 17:30 App Server connection issues @ 23:30

This week on the podcast, Kyle shares more information about systemd User Services, Dan discusses some recent DPK improvements, and then they discuss the upcoming changes to Job Data's user interface. Show Notes Fireeye hack @ 2:30 systemd User Services @ 8:15 Recent DPK Improvements @ 17:30 Andy Dorfman's COBOL Puppet Module for Windows Job Data Modernization @ 33:30

This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan take a tangent deep into the world of dotfile repos and how they are used. Show Notes Perl Program that is a Magic Eye @ 2:00 Handy little shell history trick @ 4:30 MobaXterm Cmder dotfiles for PeopleSoft Servers @ 11:45 Dan's dotfiles Kyle's dotfiles JR Bing's dotfiles dotfiles with SSH and Servers @ 24:30 systemd User Unit Files @ 31:00 Timers vs Cron

This week on the podcast, Dan runs into more password issues and get frustrated with the PUM Dashboard color schemes. Then Kyle and Dan talk about using Rundeck with Windows Nodes and OpenSSH. Show Notes More Password Issues @ 3:00 PeopleSoft URLs are Function Calls @ 9:00 PUM Dashboard Color Scheme @14:30 E-PG: Lifecycle Dashboard Colors Red/Blue Incorrectly Displayed for Applied/Unapplied Rundec...

This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan look through the PeopleTools 8.59 Planned Features and highlight the changes they are excited to see. Show Notes PeopleTools Planned Features and Enhancements Life Cycle Management @ 5:00 Integration @ 16:15 User Interface @ 19:30 Configuration @ 24:00 Search @ 27:00 Security and Privacy @ 32:30 Monitoring @ 34:00

This week, Dan shares a story about HealthCare.gov and builds his first Fluid page, and then he and Kyle discuss ways to make WebLogic more secure. Show Notes Story of HealthCare.gov @ 2:00 Dan Builds a Fluid Page! @ 7:30 PeopleTools Sound Bytes PeopleSoft Fluid UX Standards Configurable Search for Job Data @ 15:00 Image Highlights, PeopleSoft HCM Update Image 36 Disable Console on your WL Install...

This week on the podcast, Kyle learns how the Cloud Manager repository download and tracks files, and Dan shares how he configured backups for Cloud Manager in OCI. Show Notes History of Markdown @ 1:00 Emergency WL CPU Patch @ 6:00 Repackaged Infra DPK Corrupted CM DPK Repo Subscriptions @ 14:30 E-CLOUD: How to Re-download the Corrupted/Failed PUM Image DPKs into Repository Using Cloud Manager? E...

This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan talk about improving yourself and your team with compounding marginal gains. We discuss ways you become a better admin or developer and simplify your work. Show Notes Marginal Gains @ 2:30 Automation @ 6:45 XKCD Automation Chart Working Notes @ 14:30 Building Mental Models @ 21:30 Working with MOS @ 26:00 Technical Debt @ 29:45 Be Preventative and Learn @ 33:...

5 years of The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast! This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan celebrate 5 years of podcasting and then take a detour into PeopleTools Patching. They discuss what rolling back a PeopleTools Patch would look like and share some thoughts on how to make PeopleTools Patch testing easier. Show Notes 5 Years @ 1:30 CPU Patching @ 4:30 PeopleTools Patch Rollback Planning @ 9:30 T...

This week on the podcast, Kyle finds that Cloud Manager removed a feature and Dan discusses some architectural designs for Integration Broker. Show Notes Boundary Project @ 1:30 Where in the CM is psft_customization.yaml? @ 8:00 Baking more than PI with OCI Adventures in MOS @ 15:45 Multiple IB Front Ends @ 18:30 Failover Testing IB Jolt Failover Episode

This week on the podcast, Charlie Sinks joins us to recap the Reconnect 2020 conference. We share our favorite sessions from the week, some of the things we learned this week, and what we liked about the virtual format. Show Notes Virtual Format Likes and Dislikes @ 1:30 Session Recaps @ 17:00 PeopleSoft Product Update PeopleTools Roadmap Elasticsearch Best Practices Remote Client Functionality Pl...

This week on the podcast, Dan shares a tool he uses to work with certificates and keystores, Kyle gives a tip when working the Linux services, and then they talk about the CFO tool and why you should use it. Show Notes Appsian PeopleSoft Innovation Summit Recordings @ 4:45 Keystore Explorer @ 5:15 Rundeck and MS Team Notifications @ 9:00 DPK Linux Services Failing @ 16:45 Cumulative Feature Overvi...

This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle talk about psadmin.io Cloud Operations. .io Cloud Ops is the methodology and tools we use to run PeopleSoft on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. We discuss what it is and talk about the new open source tools that help us run PeopleSoft on OCI. Show Notes PSUG - OCI Fireside Chat @ 1:00 PeopleSoft Innovator Summit - Advanced PeopleSoft Administration @ 3:00 psadmin...

This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan discuss Rundeck and how to manage scripts used by Rundeck, share their virtual meeting tips, get back on the conference speaking circuit. Show Notes Upcoming sessions at events @ 1:00 PSUG OCI Fireside Chat Appsian PeopleSoft Summit - Advanced PeopleSoft Administration Reconnect Running PeopleSoft on OCI (Dan) Taking PS swimming in an OCI Instance Pool (Kyle)...

This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan discuss Cloud Managers Start/Stop feature, Dan shares some Vagabond project updates, then they discuss the benefits of simple systems. Show Notes Graham Smith on App Engine Debugging @ 1:00 CM Start/Stop Functionality @ 3:30 Start and Stop Bug OpenXML and nVision @ 10:00 Vagabond Updates @ 13:00 Simple Systems @ 21:00

This week on the podcast, Dan shares a terrible idea that he wants to try and an Adventures in MOS. Then Kyle and Dan discuss the login process in PeopleSoft and why it's important to understand when troubleshooting. Show Notes Using Git for Word Docs @ 1:45 Adventures in MOS @ 6:00 The Login Process @ 10:45 E-SEC: 2-Tier Logon Error "Invalid ID and Password for Signon" A Moment of Appreciation fo...

This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan talk about Elasticsearch Direct Transfer architecture and a few edge cases with the setup. They also remind everyone about mosbot, and also talk about accessing metadata on OCI instances. Show Notes Jim Marion Developer Day @ 3:00 mosbot.app @ 7:30 Autonomous Database Support in Cloud Manager @ 13:15 Elasticsearch Direct Transfer Architecture @ 16:00 OCI Meta...

This week on the podcast, we talk with Thamizh Saminathan about his transition from a developer to project manager. Kyle and I have worked with Thamizh closely over the last 10 years and wanted to share his experience and the lessons he learned while moving from an developer to a project manager. Show Notes Introducing Thamizh @ 2:00 Starting as a Developer @ 4:45 Working with a Strong Project Man...

This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle discuss autonomous database and linux support with PeopleSoft, Kyle shares some follow-up on Instance Pools, and Dan explains why a Pre-Production environment is important. Show Notes Autonomous DB Support @ 3:00 OCI Autonomous Linux and CM @ 6:30 Instance Pools Follow-up @ 9:00 Why pre-prod environment matters @ 23:00