The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast

This week on the podcast, Kyle discusses a workflow message tester, and the thought process behind setting up IB failover. Dan explains what the ampersand at the end of URL means for PIA URLs. Show Notes PT Workflow Message Tester @ 2:15 IB Master-Slave Setup @ 6:15 David Heinemeier Hansson on Technology Terms Case-sensitivity matters - but only sometimes @ 17:00 Ampersands, URLs, and the Signon P...

This week on the podcast, Kyle gives some suggestions on how to make dynamic links to other PeopleSoft homepages and Dan dives into what happens when you perform a search with Elasticsearch. Show Notes COBOL License Install on Linux @ 2:30 Top Terminal Emulators Link to Homepage in a Content Provider @ 8:30 ?cmd=start usage Anatomy of an Elasticearch Search @ 19:30

This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle talk about what happens when you add a node to the node network, tracing unified navigation, and how to increase the number of Recent Places stored in the system. Show Notes Tracing Unified Navigation @ 2:30 Recent Places - Only 5? @ 11:30 Component Branding changes with 8.56 @ 15:30 Phire 13.2 Release - Support Email Approval @ 20:45 Node Network - What happ...

This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle talk about running PeopleSoft applications in a cluster and with federated approval and push notifications. We discuss some of the configurations needed for federations and our lessons learned. Show Notes Presence of IT Cloud White Paper @ 1:00 Fluid Home Button URL @ 5:30 Federated Push Notifications Bug @ 11:00 Clustered Application Concerns and Testing @ 1...

This week on the podcast Dan shares a fun tip to view hidden characters, Kyle talks about Vim Tabs and Sessions. Then Kyle and Dan talk about change package behavior, some bad migration advice on Oracle Support and what you should do instead. Show Notes Cat -vet to view hidden characters @ 1:15 Parrot.live Vim Tabs and Sessions @ 5:30 Applying CP Deletes "stuff"? @ 10:00 Bad Migration Recommendati...

This week on the podcast, Dan shares a VisualStudio Code plugin that edits files using SSHFS and some lessons learned from a recent PeopleTools 8.56 upgrade. Dan and Kyle also talk about using Terraform to build and create servers on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic. Show Notes Visual Studio Code - SSHFS editing! @ 1:30 OPC CLI and Terraform @ 7:30 Elasticsearch 05 DPK @ 5:30 The Rabbit Hole @...

This week on the podcast, Kyle has some follow-up on PIA installations and discovers some unpleasant Unified Navigation behavior. Dan shares some tips for Facter and testing out the redeploy option with the DPK. Show Notes PIA Installation FUP @ 1:30 Facter and FACTER_ override @ 4:30 Redeploy and WebLogic @ 8:00 CPU Patching @ 18:30 Unified Nav and SSO @ 23:00 IDDA Logging

This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan recap the Reconnect 2018 conference, what they learned about the PeopleTools Roadmap, and some highlights from their sessions. Show Notes PeopleTools Roadmap Session @ 6:00 Securing and Hardening PeopleSoft @ 15:30 Kyle's CPU Talk @ 20:30 Dan's Devops and DPK @ 27:00 Advanced PeopleSoft Adminstration @ 29:00 PeopleTools Product Panel @ 37:00

This week on the podcast, Kyle discusses the changes to PIA installations in 8.56 and how to leverage Python and WLST with it. Dan shares how he improved nVision report performance, and the value of starting to automate small tasks. Show Notes Jim Marion - Read Excel files with JavaScript @ 2:30 App Designer on Linux with WINE @ 6:45 PIA Installations in 8.56 @ 11:00 Cloning Sites in WebLogic Valu...

This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan discuss memory usage in PSAPPSRV with the JVM, how to work with network resources and Tuxedo, and Dan shares an "Adventures in MOS" about "huge" customizations. Show Notes David Kurtz Presentation on Managing Stats @ 6:30 Memory Usage for PSAPPSRV @ 8:00 OS Watcher Scripts 301137.1 Tuxedo and Network Drives @ 15:30 Adventures in MOS @ 22:00 Beyond Compare Pro...

This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan discuss how to hide public PeopleSoft pages from search results using the robots.txt file, good ideas gone bad when debugging, and how to contribute custom ACM plugins to the community (Thanks Cory!). Show Notes Push Notification Flag @ 2:00 Andy Dorfman on Setting up Push Notifications Robots.txt @ 10:30 IB Access Logging @ 18:45 ACM and Web Profiles @ 22:00...

This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle discuss the new PeopleSoft Support timeframe, controlling how much data the Search Framework indexes, and how to use Facter to redeploy software via the DPK. Show Notes 2030 Commitment @ 1:00 Auto Select Follow-up @ 7:15 http://www.peoplesoftwiki.com/lookup-exclusion http://blog.psftdba.com/2006/05/lookup-exclusion-table.html?m=1 PeopleSoft Test Framework and...

This week on the podcast, Dan discusses how PTSF_GENFEED uses connected queries to build search data and discusses some useful behavior with .cfg and .properties files, and Kyle spends some time with Verity on PeopleTools 8.55. Show Notes David Kurtz on PSAESRV @ 1:00 PTSF_GENFEED Build Process @ 9:00 Verity and PeopleTools 8.55 @ 12:30 Last, not First for .properties Files @ 16:00 Record WebLogic...

This week on the podcast, Kyle follows up on his psc and psp bug, Dan doesn't like the SSL setup in Linux and Kyle shares a great utility called chroot. Show Notes 7-zip Vulnerability @ 2:00 psc and psp Bug Follow-up @ 5:00 Portal Node Tab Idea DPK PRCS Bug - Still @ 10:00 Change Assistant Idea Delivered @ 13:30 SSL Locations in Linux @ 19:00 chroot @ 25:30 Setting up Kubernetes on Oracle Cloud @...

This week on the podcast, Sasank Vemana joins us to talk about the updated Planned Features and Enhancements document. We discuss some of the upcoming changes for PeopleTools 8.57. Show Notes Link to the Planned Features and Enhancements Application Designer @ 2:00 Installation @ 8:45 Integration Broker @ 10:00 Lifecycle Management @ 15:45 Fluid UI @ 21:30 Platforms @ 32:45 Portal Technology @ 35:...

This week, Sasank Vemana joins us to talk about the Fluid Back Button, adding Action Menu items, adding Click to Call on PeopleSoft pages, and how to handle pages within Fluid Navigation. Back Button @ 2:00 Back Button History Action Menu @ 11:00 Click to Call @ 21:00 Ajax Transfer @ 29:30 PeopleBooks on Two Panel Pages PT_SIDE_PAGETABS @ 40:30

This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan recap the psadmin.conf 2018 conference. Show Notes Vulnerability Testing During Happy Hour @ 1:30 DPK Lab and Open Lab @ 4:45 Kyle and Team Save the World @ 11:30 JR Bing on Kuebernetes and Elasticsearch @ 13:00 Greg Wendt on GH Insights @ 18:00 Frank Dolezal on Monitoring PeopleSoft @ 21:30 David Vandiver's Process Monitor 2.0 @ 29:00 Nate Werner on Protecti...

This week on the podcast we review caching options for the app server, Kyle shares a bug with Unified Navigation and synchronizing User Preferences with Unified Navigation. Show Notes How I Work Series @ 1:30 Jason Fletcher Wayne Fuller App Server Caching Options @ 4:00 8.56 Unified Nav Bug @ 17:30 Gateway System and Custom My Preferences @ 27:00

This week on the podcast, Dan shares a Vagrant plugin to help with Root Certificates and a change to WebLogic certifications with 8.56. Then Kyle and Dan discuss running VERSION and how to deal with bad cache. Show Notes Vagrant-certificates-CA Plugin @ 2:00 WebLogic Version Changes @ 9:00 Cache Clearing @ 14:30 VERSION @ 19:00 Web Profile Cache Folder @ 26:30 When Cache Goes Bad

This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan discuss challenges on moving to the cloud, how to limit search data in non-production environments, and using XPath to modify XML files. Show Notes Logesh on Cloud Challenges @ 1:30 HR Security View Performance @ 9:00 Limiting Search Data @ 12:00 DPK Archive Follow-up @ 17:30 XPath @ 24:00

This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle discuss the Apache Axis vulnerability from the April 2018 CPUs, an Adventures in MOS, and some of the challenges in moving to the cloud. Kyle also shares an update about his new job. Show Notes Search, DPK and Selective Adoption Training @ 4:00 Kyle's Thoughts on 8.57 going "Cloud First" @ 8:00 April CPU - Apache Axis @ 19:45 Adventures in MOS @ 24:30 PeopleC...

This week on the podcast, Brad Carlson, Adam Wlad and Jim Marion join Dan to recap the Alliance 2018 conference. We discuss some CPU Patching issues, the 2027 date for PeopleSoft, and PeopleTools 8.57 announcements. Show Notes Technical and Reporting Advisory Group @ 1:45 CPU Patching and Security @ 5:15 PeopleSoft 2027 @ 15:00 PeopleTools 8.57 - Cloud First @ 19:30 PeopleTools 8.57 UI Changes @ 2...

This week on the podcast, Colton Fischer joins Dan to talk about hidden ACM plugins, using the Web Profile to extend HTML pages, and his experience working with the Page and Field Configurator. Show Notes Web Properties and the Signon Page @ 2:00 reCAPTCHA in PeopleSoft Managing Large HTML Objects @ 9:45 Enhancing ACM Plugins @ 13:30 Hidden ACM Plugins @ 20:00 PeopleTools 8.57 News @ 29:00 Page an...

This week on the podcast Kyle and Dan discuss different strategies for managing DPK archive files. Dan also discovers a few small improvements in the 8.56 PS_HOME and where to find the mythical Application DPK files. Show Notes App Designer Bug in 8.56 @ 1:00 App Designer Code Folding Idea 8.56 PS_HOME @ 5:00 Client Tools Install @ 8:30 Application DPK @ 11:00 Mananging DPK Archives @ 14:30

This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle discuss options and considerations for backing up Elasticsearch. Kyle also shares a bug with the PIA startup scripts built by the DPK and Dan makes Vagrant work with a Web Filter. Show Notes Sasank - Back Button in Fluid @ 1:00 Terraform and Oracle Cloud Webinar @ 6:00 PIA and Autostart Scripts @ 10:00 Vagabond and Web Proxy @ 17:30 vagrant-ca-certifiates Ela...