The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast: Recent Episodes
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This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan have some company announcements and announce the dates for psadmin.conf 2025.
Show Notes * Save the Date for psadmin.conf 2025 @ 1:00 + May 19-21, 2025 in Minneapolis, MN * psadmin.io Changes @ 3:15
This week on the podcast, Ernst La Haye joins us to talk about PeopleSoft in Europe, building open-source PeopleSoft projects, what his favorite new feature in PeopleSoft is.
The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast is hosted by Dan Iverson and Kyle Benson.
Show Notes * Ernst Introduction @ 1:00 * Future of PeopleSoft and popularity in Europe @ 2:00 * Github Projects @ 10:00 * Cy2 Slack channel @ 26:45 * Application Service Framework @ 30:00
This week on the podcast, Jim Marion joins us to talk about using the suite of tools PeopleSoft provides us to fill in functionality gaps. Jim also covers some of his favorite changes in PeopleTools 8.60.
Show Notes * JMS Annual Training Plan @ 1:00 * Approaching the gaps in PeopleSoft functionality @ 7:15 * PeopleTools Upgrade changes @ 22:00 * PeopleTools 8.60 Changes @ 25:00
This week on the podcast, Kyle talks about the oci-cli tool and how has customized its behavior using the .ociclirc file. Dan shares two of his DPK modules that work with OCI to support tags and building failover strings for the web server.
The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast is hosted by Dan Iverson and Kyle Benson.
https://traffic.libsyn.com/psadminio/342_-_.ociclirc_mixdown.mp3 Show Notes * Cloud Shell and .ociclirc @ 2:00 * yq @ 16:30 * oci_facts @ 20:30 * oci_discovery @ 27:00
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan about the future pathways to take to make sure you are taking advantage of the PeopleTools platform.
The PeopleSoft Administrator Po dcast is hosted by Dan Iverson and Kyle Benson.
Show Notes PeopleTools Pathway
- General PeopleTools Changes @ 5:45
- Development Tools @ 12:30
- Search Capabilities @ 24:00
- Infrastructure Platforms @ 32:30
- Lifecycle Management @ 46:15
References Links:
- Oracle Extends Support for PeopleSoft to 2034
- PeopleSoft Info Portal – PeopleTools
- Delivered features (CFO tool)
- New feature overview (Doc ID 2991346.1)
- Product roadmap (Doc ID 1966243.2)
- Maintenance Schedule (Doc ID 876292.1)
- PeopleSoft – Ideas Lab
- Graham Smith’s Data for PeopleTools Releases
- Critical Patch Updates, Security Alerts and Bulletins
- PeopleSoft PeopleTools Maintenance Patches and Deployment Packages Released for 2024 - All (Doc ID 2997838.1)
- E-CERT: Finding a Certified Combination of PeopleTools, PeopleSoft Enterprise Applications, and Rdbms: an Example with Screenshots (Doc ID 1463015.1)
- PeopleSoft on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
- E-UPG: New PeopleTools 8.60 Upgrade Projects - PPLTLS859 and PPLTLS860 (Doc ID 2910205.1)
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan talk about the new features in PeopleTools 8.61 and discuss some of the hidden gems in this release.
Show Notes * psadmin.conf - May 20-22, 2024 @ 1:45 * PeopleTools 8.61 is GA @ 4:15 + UI Changes @ 5:00 + Development Tools @ 11:00 + Portal Technology @ 28:00 - psadmin.io Stylesheets for 8.60/8.61 + Reporting Tools @ 38:00 + Integration Tools @ 43:30 + Administration Tools @ 50:00 + Lifecycle Management Tools @ 60:00
This week on the podcast, Dan shares how he uses Heartbeat to track uptime in PeopleSoft and Kyle discusses the new Password Management features in Cloud Manager 16.
Show Notes * Uptime Monitoring with PeopleSoft @ 2:00 * My Preferences Phone Number @ 16:00 * Cloud Manager and Passwords @ 18:00 + Graham Smith - Cloud Manager 16 Features + psst - PeopleSoft Secrets Tool
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan discuss the PeopleTools 8.61 Planned Features and share what they are excited about in the new release. Dan also shared some updates to the patchBot project and how to use it.
Show Notes * 8.61 Planned Features @ 1:30 * patchBot @ 28:00
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan discuss securing your public user and leaking information, how to speed up change assistant upgrade projects, and new ACM plugins to work with Load Balanced gateways.
Show Notes * psadmin.conf @ 1:00 * Public Web Profile and Security @ 5:00 + #140 - robots.txt + io_portalwar DPK Module * Change Assistant Filters @ 15:00 * Slow Performance After Tools Upgrade @ 22:45 + IDDA Logging * IO ACM Plugins @ 32:00 + #313 - ACM Execution + #220 - ACM Runs + #111 - ACM Plugins
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan talk about the new psadmin.io Themes for 8.60, and then they discuss how they are currently using the DPK to build new environments and what has changed in the DPK since it was released.
Show Notes * psadmin.conf * psadmin.io Themes for 8.60 @ 3:00 + Working with CSS Variables * io_weblogic - JVM -XX options @ 14:00 + Connection Filtering in WLST * How we use the DPK today @ 24:00 + io_weblogic + io_portalwar + io_psigwwar + io_eprfirewall + io_homes
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan talk about the changes to the 8.60 database upgrade and the new PPTLS860 project. Dan also shares some updates to the IO_STYLE_859 project and discusses his new io_homes DPK module.
Show Notes * psadmin.conf 2023 - May 22-24 @ 1:00 * PeopleSoft Now Episode - A school districts journey to modern PeopleSoft in the Cloud @ 5:00 * New PeopleTools 8.60 Upgrade Projects - PPLTLS859 and PPLTLS860 @ 9:00 * mosbot.app @ 19:00 + gem install mosbot * Updated IO_STYLE_859 Code @ 21:30 * New DPK Module - io_homes @ 26:15 + PS_VENDOR_HOME + io_erpfirewall DPK Module
This week on the podcast, Dan discusses a new tool he built to simplify CPU patches by using the same tools as the Infrastructure DPK. byop, or Build Your Own Patches, will take a list of patches to download and store them in a format that matches the Infrastructure DPK.
Show Notes * psadmin.conf @ 1:30 * Infra-DPK Overview @ 4:45 + Create Patched DPK Archives + DPK Redeploy Option * byop Overview @ 10:00 * Patching Surgically @ 16:30 * Apply CPU Patches with Infrastructure DPK @ 27:00
Dan's method to apply CPU patches Custom Fact to trigger Infrastructure-DPK processing
- /puppet/production/modules/pt_role/lib/facter/cpu.rb
# Set the env var APPLY_INFRA_CPU=true and run the DPK to apply the Infra-DPK patches Facter.add(:apply_infra_cpu) do setcode do apply_infra_cpu = ENV["APPLY_INFRA_CPU"] || 'false' end end
Bash alias I use to apply CPU patches via Infrastructure-DPK
$ alias applycpu='sudo APPLY_INFRA_CPU=true && puppet apply -e "contain ::pt_profile::pt_tools_deployment" --confdir /puppet -d' $ applycpu
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psadmin.conf is a conference specifically for PeopleSoft Administrators. The conference features talks from expert admins on a variety of topics, as well as hands-on training from Oracle ACEs. The goal of the conference is to expand your knowledge of PeopleSoft Administration and network with admins from around the country.
Registration is limited to 50 attendees, so register early to ensure your spot!
This week on the podcast, PeopleTools Strategy Director Sasank Vemana joins us to talk about the upcoming switch to Opensearch, Configurable Search, Redwood UI, and some of his favorite features in PeopleTools 8.60.
Show Notes * Redwood UX for PeopleSoft @ 3:15 + Redwood UI Introduction * Opensearch Migration @ 14:30 + The future of search * Search Updates @ 28:00 + Video Feature Overview for PeopleTools 8.60 + New Features Overview * Cloud Manager Upgrades to 8.60 @ 39:30 * Usage Monitor Improvements @ 41:30
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan discuss PeopleTools 8.60 and the great features that were released. Dan also shares his thoughts on using Cloud Manager to upgrade environments to 8.60.
The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast is hosted by Dan Iverson and Kyle Benson.
Show Notes * PeopleTools 8.60 is out @ 2:15 + Video Feature Overview * UI @ 5:45 * Configurable Search @ 21:00 * Search Framework @ 29:00 * Notifications @ 32:15 * Lifecycle Management @ 32:30 * Security @ 42:00 + Passphrases + Certificate Management in PeopleSoft
Dan and Kyle are back and this week they discuss SSH tips, playing Minecraft, and Kyle's new PeopleSoft Secrets Tool (psst).
The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast is hosted by Dan Iverson and Kyle Benson.
Show Notes * Minecraft, scp, and spaces @ 2:30 * SSH Tips @ 8:00 * psst - PeopleSoft Secrets Tool @ 12:45 + psvault + Python Click
Dan and Kyle are back and this week they discuss SSH tips, playing Minecraft, and Kyle's new PeopleSoft Secrets Tool (psst).
The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast is hosted by Dan Iverson and Kyle Benson.
Show Notes * Minecraft, scp, and spaces @ 2:30 * SSH Tips @ 8:00 * psst - PeopleSoft Secrets Tool @ 12:45 + psvault + Python Click
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan talk about building a nightly refresh environment and the benefits of automating the process, and Dan talks about upgrading to PeopleSoft 9.2.
Show Notes * 9.2 Go-Live @ 1:45 * Oracle MERGE command @ 13:30 * Sandbox Refreshes @ 17:30 + PDB Cloning
This week on the podcast, we talk about the RTI Maintenance job, fixing the systemd scripts from the DPK, and using the OCI-AutoScale project.
Show Notes * RTI Maintenance Job @ 3:15 * systemd scripts for Linux @ 11:30 * OCI-AutoScale @ 18:30 * OCI Tagging @ 31:00 + OCI Rundeck Node Plugin * Uptime Meaningless? @ 37:30
This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle recap the psadmin.conf 2022 conference.
Show Notes * Getting the Most Out of PeopleTools @ 2:30 * Kibana Lab @ 10:15 * Monday Open Lab @ 13:00 * Automating Maintenance Windows @ 15:00 * Journey to the Cloud @ 16:30 * OCI Migration @ 18:45 * Environment Validation Lab @ 21:30 + psft-validation Repository * Tuesday Open Lab @ 25:00 * Securing PS with Apache Rules @ 27:00 * PeopleTools Platform Overview @ 29:45 * Lightning Talks @ 33:00 + patchBot Repository * Real-Time Indexing @ 41:30
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan talk about mapping remote client IPs to PeopleSoft logs and tables, and then discuss the benefits of load balancing with HAProxy and the OCI Load Balancer as a Service.
Show Notes * PeopleSoft Image Viewer - for those that won't be on 8.60 for a bit @ 4:45 * Remote Client Directives in Web Profile @ 6:45 + Load Balancers and Client IP Addresses HAProxy vs. OCI Load Balancer as a Service @ 15:30 + Recommended OCI LB settings for PeopleSoft OCI LB and Push Notifications
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan talk about what they learned about migrating Portal Registry objects.
Show Notes * psadmin.io Conference Agenda is Live @ 2:00 * Puppet Acquisition @ 5:45 * Syntax Highlighting for Notepad++ @ 11:00 * Testing Look and Feel HTML Changes @ 12:30 * This worked for me - Portal Registry Migration fix @ 15:00 + Kyle's Manual Fix * CY2 Directory Viewer - Symlinks @ 24:00
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan talk about the new psadmin.io Themes for 8.59 (and 8.58), using the OCI Auto Scale project to save money on OCI, and the benefits of blogging.
Show Notes * psadmin.conf + Registration ends April 30th, 2022 * PeopleTools Blog has moved @ 4:30 + Database-Heartbeat Blog * OCI Auto Scaling @ 15:00 * OCI Utils Image Cleanup @ 24:30 * psadmin.io Themes for 8.58/8.59 @ 28:00 + Release on Github
This week, Kyle and Dan talk about Themes and SSO, and how to manage certificates for PeopleSoft with the DPK.
Show Notes * psadmin.conf Registration @ 1:00 * MacroSets and SSO @ 2:45 + IO Fluid Themes (8.56+) https://github.com/psadmin-io/io-styles-fluid + IO Classic Themes - https://github.com/psadmin-io/styles-855 * Cloud Manager FSS Bug @ 20:15 * Certificate Management and pskey @ 26:30
This week on the podcast, Dan discusses his experience running a DR test in Oracle Cloud. Dan and Kyle also talk about patchBot, a tool to get notifications about new patches on Oracle Support, and some updates to their Rundeck OCI Node Classifier.
Show Notes * psadmin.conf @ 1:00 * FreeDOS @ 3:00 * DR Testing in OCI @ 8:30 * Rundeck OCI Node Classifier Update @ 14:45 * patchBot @ 25:00
This week on the podcast, Dan shares some follow-up on the 8.59 Infrastructure DPK and its advantages, and then Kyle and Dan talk about using Control Groups on Linux.
Show Notes * psadmin.conf Call for Presentations @ 3:00 * 8.59 Infrastructure DPK Follow-up @ 7:45 * Relocatable Puppet in 8.59 @ 17:00 * CGroups @ 23:00
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan talk about the new planned features for PeopleTools 8.60 and share their thoughts on upcoming features.
Show Notes Planned Features and Enhancement Document
- Lifecycle Management @ 3:00
- User Interface @ 8:00
- Development Tools @ 19:00
- Security @ 24:30
- Process Monitor @ 26:00
This week on the podcast, we interview Sasank Vemana and talk about updates in PeopleSoft searching and data visualization tools.
Show Notes * Introducing Sasank Vemana @ 1:00 * Search Capabilities in 8.59 @ 4:30 * Alphabetical Menus @ 9:30 * Quick Access Bar @ 11:45 * Search Suggestions @ 14:30 + Graham Smith RTI Presentation at EIS * Kibana and Data Visualizations @ 21:00 * External Data Integration @ 27:00 + Using Logstash to load external data into PeopleSoft * Tips and Tricks for Using Kibana @ 31:00 + Custom Search Definition is Building Only One Document Despite the Underlying Query Returns So Many Rows * Using Elasticsearch for integration with external systems @ 38:00 * Data Distribution Framework @ 41:30 + Using the Data Distribution Framework
This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle talk about the 8.59 Infrastructure DPK and how it works, and also discuss building PeopleSoft Images from the OCI Marketplace.
Show Notes * .conf 2022 Registration @ 1:00 * 8.57 support is done @ 4:15 * PUM Marketplace Image Builds @ 10:45 * Cloud Manager and OCI Vault @ 14:00 * OL 8 now available from Microsoft Store @ 20:15 * CPU Patching via Infrastructure DPK with 8.59 @ 24:45 + Using the DPK Redeploy Option for CPU Patching
This week on the podcast, Tim Slater joins us to talk about his open source PeopleSoft projects: TraceWizard, DMS-Viewer, ProjectViewer, and Pivet.
Show Notes * Introducing Tim Slater @ 1:25 * Tim's Open Source PeopleSoft Projects + DMSViewer @ 5:00 + TraceWizard @ 14:30 - TraceMagic + ProjectViewer @ 29:00 + Pivet @ 32:30 - Getting Started with Pivet
This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle talk about building a "Links" page for supporting environments and why they like or don't like them.
Show Notes * Sasank on Kibana Visualizations @ 1:30 + Part 1 + Part 2 + Part 3 * psprcs.cfg - TraceSql or TraceSQL? @ 6:30 + Building app server domains the "old" way * The "Links" Page @ 14:30 * Life without Rundeck @ 28:30
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan talk about Favorites in PeopleSoft and share some fun ways to improve how you manage Favorites.
Show Notes * Favorite Queries @ 1:00 * Queries in Navigation @ 4:30 * Favorite Queries @ 9:30 * Removing Personalization Options @ 20:15 + How To Restrict Users From Adding Homepages or Tiles in Fluid Homepages * Recent Places Tile @ 28:00
This week on the podcast, Dan revisits a tip for debugging Change Assistant issues and a replacement for the ls command, and Kyle talks about the new 8.59 Infra-DPK.
Show Notes * Exa - new utility to replace ls @ 1:45 * CA erroring while importing PUM data @ 8:00 * Tim Slater's DMSViewer @ 15:15 * PRP Auto Apply Patch @ 19:00 * Infra-DPK for 8.59 @ 22:45
Our second podcast this week is a quick follow-up on the log4shell vulnerability and updated steps you can take to remediate or patch your systems.
Show Notes * 2nd CVE for log4j + Logpresso + Weblogic Patch
On this early release episode, Kyle and Dan talk about the log4shell vulnerability and how to mitigate the risk for PeopleSoft.
Show Notes * log4shell - Vulnerability issue with log4j @ 0:30 + Affected Products - Oracle + Affected Products - non-Oracle + Overview of the Vulnerability + Vulnerability Tester * Remediation @ 18:45 + Add "-Dlog4j2.formatMsgNoLookups=true" to your JAVA_OPTS parameter + Scanner tool + Dan's sample script to identify vulnerable libraries * PeopleTools Patch for Log4Shell @ 29:00 + psadmin.io Community Notes on log4j patching * How does affect PS/Oracle products down the road? @ 40:00
This week on the podcast, Dan shares some recent bash tips he learned, and Kyle and Dan discuss different ways to execute ACM and their pros and cons.
Show Notes * psadmin.conf 2022 Registration is Live! @ 4:00 * Bash Tracing @ 6:45 * Idempotent Bash Script tips @ 11:30 * File Manager Utility @ 16:15 + GitHub Project * How to run ACM @ 19:00
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan talk about the new Rundeck Cloud product, working with the DDDAudit report, preventing App Designer from stalling at 30%, and updating the ACM with SQL.
Show Notes * Rundeck Cloud @ 4:15 + Rundeck and OCI MySQL Service * DDDAudit Table Output @ 15:00 * App Designer Stalling at 30% @ 18:45 * Working with ACM via SQL @ 25:30
This week on the podcast, Dan shares some new PeopleTools ideas for Change Assistant and Control-J, and Kyle and Dan talk about the new Cloud Manager 13 features.
Show Notes * New PeopleTools Ideas @ 5:00 + Change Assistant Source Only Mode Idea + Control-J Developer Mode Idea * Sasank's First Official PeopleSoft Post @ 16:30 * Cloud Manager 13 @ 20:15 + Cloud Manager Homepage and Feature Checklist
This week Dan and Kyle have no agenda and talk about what's on their minds and enjoy a new patio and fire. They discuss retrofitting strategies, what to look for when hiring a PS Admin, and more.
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan talk about certificates with PeopleSoft, the OCI certificate service, and a cool terminal recording program ASCIInema.
Show Notes * GitHub CoPilot and VIM @ 2:00 * Learning and Re-learning VIM @ 8:00 * ASCIInema.org @ 10:30 * Digital Certificates in PeopleSoft @ 13:00 + External Digital Certificates in 8.59 + Setup your own CA with OpenSSL + Vault from HashiCorp * OCI Certificate Service @ 38:00
This week on the podcast, Dan talks about some changes to the DDDAudit report to generate SQL, and some changes in refresh scripts for 8.58. Kyle discusses ways to test and validate Integration Broker messages after a refresh.
Show Notes * Facebook Outage @ 5:00 * DDDAudit Modification @ 12:00 * Refresh SQL Updates @ 17:00 * Testing Async IB Messages @ 26:30 + Put a bird on it
This week on the podcast, Dan shares some odd behavior with Remote Folders and some UI changes from Jim Marion, and Kyle talks about some improvements in the Page and Field Configurator.
Show Notes * "It's the Portal!" @ 1:45 * Current for 16 Hours @ 3:00 * Leveraging Page and Field Configurator @ 7:00 * ACM and IB and PRCS Limitations @ 9:00 * System Variables for Page and Field Configurator @ 13:45 * Encryption Framework Improvements @ 16:00 * Remote Folder Behavior in the Navigator @ 20:00 * Jim Marion Styling the Save Banner @ 29:00 * Mac Spotlight-like Search Bar @ 32:00
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan talk about egress costs with CloudFlare's new R2 storage, troubleshooting routings, and irrelevant command line parameters.
Show Notes * CloudFlare R2 @ 1:45 * HTTP 415 Errors @ 14:45 * Compare Reports for Routings @ 22:00 * App Designer Icon Change @ 28:15 * Debugging Remote Call COBOL @ 30:00
This week on the podcast, Dan discusses an improvement to the Navigator, and emailing BI Publisher report. Then Kyle and Dan discuss why you should have a management platform for your PeopleSoft servers.
Show Notes * Updated Look and Feel in HR Image 39 @ 3:00 * Pin folders in the Navigator @ 8:45 * BI Publisher Process Run To Output Type Of Email Is Not Distributed To Email @ 17:45 * Management Platforms for PeopleSoft Servers @ 25:30 + Rundeck - OCI Node Plugin + Puppet Enterprise + Puppet Bolt + Ansible Tower + AWX - Open Source Tower + Foreman + Jenkins + Windows Admin Center + Oracle Cloud Run Commands + Oracle Enterprise Manager + PeopleSoft OEM Plugin
This week on the podcast, Kyle has some Control-R follow-up, Dan shares a strange login issue he resolved, and remembering the importance of the SYSAUDIT Report.
Show Notes * Ctrl+R Follow-up @ 4:30 * VisualStudio Code and OCI @ 11:45 * Login Issues @ 16:45 + PeopleBooks Entry for SEC-7 Errors + Summary/TOC for SYSAudit + #158 - Federated User Preferences + Run Control page for SYSAUDIT * Application Services Framework @ 32:00
This week on the podcast, Kyle talks about challenges with migrating Portal Registry objects, getting free OCI training and certification, and some tips for making SQL Developer faster.
Show Notes * FREE OCI Training and Certs @ 3:15 * Portal Registry "touches" @ 9:45 + VERSION Options * ACM IGW Plugin Idea @ 24:30 * SQL Developer is really slow @ 29:00 * Jeff Smith - SQL Developer Product Manager
This week on the podcast, Kyle shares another bash tip and discusses daily logs, Dan talks about HTML Compare Reports and an idea to set change package defaults in the PUM.
Show Notes * Cntl-R @ 4:00 + zsh + Bash Tips - #299 * WikiLens @ 14:30 * Compare Report Viewer @ 25:00 * PUM - Change Package template defaults @ 29:00
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan talk about Red Hat 8, containers, some issues with the latest PUM images, and a crazy fun inverse square function.
Show Notes * Fast Inverse Square Root from Quake III @ 2:00 * JSLinux Guy @ 10:00 * 8.59 PUM Issues @ 13:30 + Samba problem with PUM deployment + For the PUM (or any other 8.59) deployment problem on RHEL * RHEL 8 Changes @ 21:00 Podman, Containers, and PeopleSoft @ 28:00
This week on the podcast, Dan talk about email authenticity and his experience with the auto-applying PRPs in FS Image 40, and Kyle shares ways to find hidden errors with Kibana.
Show Notes * Email Authenticity @ 2:45 + https://www.alexblackie.com/articles/email-authenticity-dkim-spf-dmarc/ + https://simonandrews.ca/articles/how-to-set-up-spf-dkim-dmarc * Kibana and researching errors @ 13:00 * Auto-Apply PRPs @ 21:15
This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle discuss the new HCM Encryption Framework, share some Bash tips, and then Kyle gives a good overview of Makefiles and how they can be used to simplify common tasks.
Show Notes * UMRUG Roundtable @ 2:15 * HCM Encryption Framework @ 7:30 + PeopleBooks Entry * Bash Tips @ 12:45 * Makefiles @ 23:00 + JR Bing's Makefile for his dotfiles repo + Make for Windows
This week on the podcast, Kyle explains the new SPB and SPBAT tools for WebLogic patching, Dan discusses the new External Data Integration for Elasticsearch, and then they talk about using Git Patches with the DPK, SQRs, and COBOL.
Show Notes * SPBAT Patch Process for WebLogic @ 2:00 + https://blogs.oracle.com/weblogicserver/update-on-the-weblogic-server-july-2021-patch-set-update-psu + https://blogs.oracle.com/blogbypuneeth/different-ways-to-apply-the-quarterly-released-weblogic-critical-patch-updates + Webinar * External Data Integration @ 10:15 + PeopleBooks Entry * Debugging the ACM with the DPK @ 14:30 * DPK Git Patches @ 21:00 + Andy Dorfman's DPK Patches + Dan Roque's DPK Patches * Git for COBOL and SQR @ 30:00
This week on the podcast, Dan talks about using Phire to compare with PeopleSoft Images, Dan and Kyle discuss some of the Lifecycle changes with PeopleTools, and then Kyle talks about using AJP with Rundeck.
Show Notes * Phire Fun with PUM @ 2:00 * PeopleTools Roadmap @ 7:15 * AJP and Rundeck @ 23:30 + Shibboleth + Rundeck and AJP Authentication + Apache JServe Protocol + Apache mod_proxy + Rundeck HA and DR Scripts
This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle discuss some edge-cases with Unified Navigation, how the SSOTester calls work, and some lessons learned when setting up Unified Navigation with Appsian. They also talk about 8.59 being available for on-prem customers and the July 2021 CPU release.
Show Notes * Jim Marion has another Developer Day - Aug 19 @ 3:30 * psadmin.conf 2022 is being planned for in-person! @ 5:00 * July 2021 CPUs are out @ 6:30 + CI to REST + Nimbus JWT Library + SQR Vulnerability 8 8.59 is Generally Available @ 20:30 * SSOTester iScript and Unified Navigation @ 30:00
This week on the podcast, Kyle shares some tips to manage long-running process schedulers jobs and Dan talks about some of the improvements in the new Update Manager tools.
Show Notes * Expired GPG Keys @ 2:00 + Backup GPG keys to QR Code * Finance Image 40 @ 8:15 * Managing Long-Running Jobs and Memory @ 19:30 * PIA Domains not Starting @ 33:00
This week on the podcast, Dan gives an update on his Hyper-V work with Vagabond and shares a funny log line he found, and Kyle shares some thoughts on making Hiera and eYAML more secure.
Show Notes * Vagabond and Hyper-V @ 5:30 * PIA Servlet Log @ 16:15 * Compare Report Failures @ 20:00 * eYAML Keys @ 23:00
This week on the podcast, Dan talks about his 8.59 testing experience, testing Hyper-V for PeopleSoft Images, and Kyle and Dan discuss compare reports from the Update Manager.
Show Notes * GitHub CoPilot @ 4:00 * PeopleTools 8.59 Bugs? @ 11:30 * Hyper-V and Vagabond @ 17:00 * Compare Reports and the PUM @ 24:30 + Core 7.50 Compare Release
This week on the podcast, Dan discusses how he configures OpenSSH with Windows 2019, and Kyle shares his refresh process using Rundeck.
ShowNotes * OpenSSH and Windows 2019 @ 2:00 * Rundeck and Refreshes @ 13:00 * JMeter and Rundeck @ 25:00
This week on the podcast, Dan shares his investigation into a mystery index that was crashing his Elasticsearch instances and Kyle and Dan discuss if COBOL is a problem for PeopleTools.
Show Notes * Elasticsearch Mystery Indexes @ 3:00 * COBOL Isn't the Problem @ 19:30 + Idea: Replace COBOL with App Engine
This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle talk about SameSite cookies and how the changes in browsers will affect PeopleSoft cookies, and they also discuss auditing PeopleSoft Security tables.
Show Notes * SSO Issues with latest PT updates and Browser Updates @ 2:00 + Overview of SameSite Cookies + SameSite cookie settings * IDDA Logging for IB? @ 12:00 * Auditing Security Tables @ 18:00 + GET_PS_OPRID Invalid Identifier Found When Using Database Level Auditing + When Auditing Security Tables, AUDIT_OPRID Not Populated Correctly For Failed Logins + [Can PeopleTools Tables Such As Security Tables Be Audited?(https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id=611582.1) + How to Enable PeopleSoft Database Level Auditing
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan recap the psadmin.conf 2021 conference. We share our thoughts on the sessions, great takeaways from the event, and our favorite moments.
Show Notes * psadmin.conf 2021 is a wrap! @ 1:00 * Graham Smith - PeopleSoft Performance Monitor @ 6:00 * Jim Marion - PeopleTools Tips and Tricks @ 11:00 + JSMPros GitHub Repository * David Kurtz - Managing CBO Stats for PeopleSoft @ 13:45 + GFCStats Package * Dan Iverson - Well, That Didn't Go As Planned @ 19:15 * Charlie Sinks - Monitoring WebApps with Rundeck @ 22:30 * Sasank Vemana - Life Hacks for PeopleSoft @ 25:30 * Kyle Benson - IB, I Hardly Knew Ye @ 27:45 * Lightning Talks @ 31:30 + Graham Smith - Real-Time Indexing in 8.59 + Dan Iverson - ps-availability + Cory Fazzini - Let's Encrypt Overview + Kyle Benson - A Tale of Two Admins + Nate Werner - Rundeck Failover
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan share follow-up Tuxedo and Windows, discuss the difference between service accounts on Linux and Windows, and the PeopleTools release schedule.
Show Notes * FSU Write-up for using DPKs @ 5:30 + Dan’s Innovator Write-up + Innovator Program * TM_CPAU @ 13:30 * Service Accounts on Windows and Linux @ 17:00 + PeopleSoft Midtier Deployment Best Practices * PeopleTools Release Schedule @ 37:00 * Long Term Stability Release? @ 51:00
This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle talk about some small and awesome UI updates in 8.59, issues with Dan's preferred port configuration, and their favorite "Dirt and Worms" recipes.
Show Notes * PeopleTools 8.59 Small but Awesome Updates @ 2:00 + Process Type Idea * Label Changes in PeopleTools @ 9:00 * Real-Time Menu Search @ 12:30 * Dan's Port Configuration has Issues @ 18:00 + FF not connecting to a new environment + Port 10080 blocked + NAT Slipstreaming * JMX Ports @ 23:45 * Relocatable Puppet and Streamlined Libraries @ 29:00
This week on the podcast, Kyle wrestles with Windows and Linux services, and Dan spends time with database triggers and asks if they can become managed PeopleTools objects.
Show Notes * psadmin.conf 2021 Registration is closing soon * What is tlisten for Tuxedo in Windows? @ 4:00 * Systemd unit files and non-root DPK @ 9:30 * nVision and Mixed Modes @ 19:00 * Database Triggers and App Designer @ 26:30 + E-AD: How to implement triggers in Custom Record Definitions through Application Designer + Trigger Explanation + Make Triggers a PeopleTools Object
This week on the podcast, Kyle discusses cleaning up PeopleSoft Images, Dan shares an experience with ACM and schedulers, and then Dan and Kyle talk through using process categories with the Process Scheduler.
Show Notes * TLS 1.0, 1.1 is Deprecated @ 2:30 * Oracle and Google Java Supreme Court Ruling @ 5:00 * PUM Manual Cleanup Doc Updated @ 9:15 * ACM and Schedulers @ 20:00 * Process Scheduler Categories @ 24:00 * Speeding up Cloud Manager @ 38:30
PeopleTools 8.59 is Generally Available! Dan and Kyle talk through their favorite features and changes in the latest release of PeopleTools.
PeopleTools Team Blog Post for 8.59
Show Notes * PeopleTools 8.59 is GA @ 1:00 * DPK Changes @ 3:30 * UI Updates @ 14:45 * Search Improvements @ 18:00 * Notifications @ 24:00 * Lifecycle Management @ 27:00 * Configuration Improvements @ 37:00 * Process Scheduler Improvements @ 44:00 * Cloud Integration @ 46:30
This week on the podcast, Kyle shares his thoughts on the different options with clustering PeopleSoft applications, and Dan and Kyle discuss the improvements in Cloud Manager 12.
Show Notes * Cloud Manager 12 @ 7:00 * PICASO - Chatbot Frontend for PeopleSoft @ 18:00 * Evaluating Clustered Navigation Options @ 20:00
This week on the podcast, Dan shares his good experience with the Infrastructure DPK and a few things that didn't work as expected, and Dan and Kyle discuss the 8.58 Login page and the Elasticsearch DPK Silent Install option.
Show Notes * Code CodeTour @ 3:30 Moving App Designer out of App Designer @ 8:00 + Export Options for App Designer * Login Page changes for 8.58 @ 12:00 * Elasticsearch Silent Install @ 19:00 * Infra-DPK Gotcha's @ 26:30 + psvault Locations + Using the DPK Redeploy Option for CPU Patching
This week on the podcast, Kyle digs into the different Integration Broker processes and how messages are processed and Dan discusses some changes to simplify SSL management in PeopleTools.
Show Notes * psadmin.conf Registration @ 2:15 * IB Question: How Does IB Message Metadata get into IB Tables? @ 4:30 * Configuring IB Gateways @ 21:00 * Clarification on pskey and Digital Certs @ 25:30 * Simplify SSL Key Storage @ 28:00
This week on the podcast, Kyle shares a fun way to learn Git and learn to be a better programmer, Dan shares some advantages of 3-Tier App Designer, and Kyle and Dan discuss personalized development environments.
Show Notes * Boost Your Programming Skills with the Git codebase @ 2:00 * Elastic 7 clustering changes @ 10:30 * 3-Tier Debugger @ 13:45 * Personal Development Environments @ 20:00 * Advantages of 3-Tier App Designer Connections @ 28:00
This week on the podcast, Kyle shares how to validate psvault's new keys, and Dan and Kyle discuss using Branding for different environments and roles, and PeopleTools 8.59 certifications.
Show Notes * psadmin.conf 2021 Registration * How Often Should I Rotate My SSH Keys @ 2:00 + ed25519-based Keys * Validate psvault on app server @ 11:00 * VisualCOBOL 6 @ 21:30 * Branding Schemes for Non-Production @ 26:00 * 8.59 Planned Support @ 31:00
This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle talk about sharing PeopleSoft code, a great new bolt-on tool from Cy2, and the joy of setting up Phire for the first time.
Show Notes * Windows Sandbox @ 4:00 * Appsian PeopleSoft Innovation Summit Replay @ 7:45 * Graham Smith on PeopleSoft Chat @ 10:00 * This is How I Work Series is running again @ 11:30 * PeopleSoft Server Directory Viewer @ 14:30 * Sharing PeopleSoft Code @ 19:00 + Dan's Idea to Share Code * Using Phire for the First Time @ 27:00
This week on the podcast, Dan discusses some issues with installing VisualCOBOL, Kyle and Dan talk about paying for software and a PeopleSoft Monitoring Tool that is based on Queries.
Show Notes * VisualCOBOL Installation @ 3:00 + 32-bit/64-bit Trick for Windows and Oracle Client * LastPass Free Changes @ 11:45 * Paying for Software @ 17:00 * Manually Creating a Database @ 20:30 * PeopleSoft Monitoring Tool Plugin @ 26:00
This week on the podcast, Dan discusses a great LDAP tool to help with troubleshooting, Kyle and Dan discuss some Idea Space changes and also share a great Excel-to-CI training video.
Show Notes * David Vandiver training on Excel-to-CI @ + Subscribe to PeopleSoft Weekly Email * Compiler changes for PS @ 8:45 * Idea Space Updates @ 19:00 + You are here + Download to Excel - 8.58 Enhancement - Download To Excel From Grid Generates Deprecated XLS file instead of XLSX + Kibana for PeopleSoft Data * LDAP Browser @ 27:30
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan announce psadmin.conf 2021, they discuss environment naming conventions, and Dan follows up on the Puppet lookup options from last week.
Show Notes * psadmin.conf 2021 Registration is Open @ 1:00 * Lookup Options Follow-up @ 5:00 * Login Bug in 8.56 @ 23:15 * Environment Naming Conventions @ 26:00
We are excited to announce that registration for psadmin.conf 2021 is open! This year, psadmin.conf will be a virtual conference held on May 10-12, 2021.
psadmin.conf is a conference specifically for PeopleSoft Administrators. The conference features talks from expert admins on topics like PeopleSoft automation, open source tools to simplify your job, and success stories on upgrades and patching. This year, the conference offers you the option to sign up for 1, 2, or 3 hands-on guided labs that you won't get anywhere else. The goal of the conference is to expand your knowledge of PeopleSoft Administration and network with PeopleSoft admins from around the world.
This year, you can choose to sign up for up to 3 Guided Labs that interest you. There are multiple labs to choose from this year:
- Rundeck and PeopleSoft
- Clustering PeopleSoft Applications
- Introductory DPK
- Intermediate DPK
We are also accepting session proposals until March 19th. Our favorite part of psadmin.conf is hearing from PeopleSoft Admins and how they solved a problem, built a fun tool to make life easier, or why they started working with a new technology. As PeopleSoft Admins, we are always looking to improve how we manage our environments and the best way to learn is from others.
Head over to psadmin.io/conference to view the Lab descriptions, register, view the agenda, and get more details on the event. We will publish a detailed agenda and session descriptions in early April after the Call for Proposals has closed.
We're excited to see you in May! dan and kyle
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 @ 26:30
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 Dynamic Role Rules
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? @ 15:00 * Domain Connect Password @ 20:45 + Web server connecting to wrong app server after refresh * Report Posting @ 28:00
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 for Python
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 DPK @ 20:30 + pschiper, psvault and Web Server Passwords + psvault Decoupled Home Support Idea
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 * Rundeck and Windows Nodes @ 22:30 + OpenSSH for Windows + Andy Dorfman's Github Repos * Rundeck and GitLab Overlap @ 32:00
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 Installations @ 20:15 * Disable PORTAL, PSIGW, PSOL, etc @ 23:00
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-CLOUD: Cloud Manager 11 Repository Subscribe Channel Gave Error "Duplicate process. Another process is already downloading artifacts for the same product, release, platform combination" OCI SR Creation @ 22:30 * Cloud Manager Backups @ 26:45 + Delivered backup options + Cloud Manager Backup Module + OCI Identity Module + Database Cloud Backup Module
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 @ 33:00 + Jim Marion Configuration Day * Be a Documenter First @ 37:15 * Pace Your Improvements @ 45:00
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 * Testing PeopleTools Patches @ 27:00
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 + Platform Overview + File Integration Framework + Baking more than PI with OCI + Taking PeopleSoft Swimming in an Instance Pool + Running PeopleSoft on OCI + Jim Marion Sessions + PeopleTools Product Panel
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 Overview Tool @ 21:00
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_plus * Upcoming Openings for Dan and Kyle @ 6:30 * Why DPK? Automation? @ 8:30 + io_portalwar DPK Module * psadmin.io Cloud Operations @ 12:00 + ioco + io-tf-ps-module * Resource Manager Drift Detection @ 25:00 + Cloud Manager Installation with Resource Manager
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) - Baking more than PI with OCI (Kyle) * .conf 2021 @ 9:00 * Virtual Meeting Tips @ 10:00 * Rundeck Script Management @ 23:30 * Where does Rundeck fit? @ 33:00
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 for PeopleCode Tracing @ 27:45 + App Engine Debug Mode
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 Metatdata Access @ 24:00
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 Manager @ 11:00 * First Technical Lead Experience @ 15:00 * Learning How to Be a Tech Lead @ 22:30 * Becoming a Project Manager @ 27:30 * Project Manager Skillsets @ 32:30
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
This week on the podcast, Dan shares a tip to generate App Designer crash logs, Kyle talks about adapting and learning to new technologies and some tips for using the OCI CLI.
Show Notes * Adapting to new things @ 1:30 * App Designer Dump Files @ 6:00 * PeopleTools 8.58 Overview Course @ 10:15 * Cloud Manager 11 Backup and Restore @ 12:45 * Cloud Manager Start/Stop Domains @ 18:00 * oci_cli_rc @ + https://docs.cloud.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/tools/oci-cli/2.9.7/oci_cli_docs/cmdref/setup/oci-cli-rc.html + https://docs.cloud.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/tools/oci-cli/2.12.6/oci_cli_docs/cmdref/setup.html + https://eclipsys.ca/install-oci-cli-in-5-minutes/
This week on the podcast, Dan talks about using ACM for basic configuration and his tips for using proxies to debug search and IB issues. Kyle shares how he used Terraform and Resource Manager to auto-deploy Cloud Manager.
Show Notes * Sasank on Drop Zone Lifecycle Management @ 2:00 + Jim Marion Event Mapping LCM Query * ACM and Basic Setup @ 4:15 * MITMProxy and Debugging Search @ 14:00 * ACM Improvements @ 23:00 * Terraform and Resource Manager @ 26:30 * OCI CLI Tips @ 35:00 + JMESPath * TF Provisioning @ 41:00 * OCI-SuperDelete
This week on the podcast, Dan talks about a contextual Nav Bar idea and then he and Kyle discuss the idea of using the Cloud Manager libraries for general automation.
Show Notes * Quick Start Reference for PeopleSoft Update Images on PeopleTools 8.58 @ 3:00 * 8.58 First Thoughts @ 5:00 + PeopleTools Idea for Contextual Nav Bar + Colton Fischer on Contextual Nav Bar * PeopleSoft and Elasticsearch Security Examined @ 13:15 + Presentation: PeopleSoft and ElasticSearch Security Examined * Cloud Manager Kit @ 16:45
This week on the podcast, Dan shares some writing tips for on remote teams, Kyle talks about using OCI instance pools with PeopleSoft, and they discuss the changes they are excited for in Cloud Manager 11.
Show Notes * Effective Writing for Remote Work @ 6:00 * Cloud Manager 11 @ 11:15 * PS and OCI Instance Pools @ 25:15
This week on the podcast, Jim Marion joins us to talk about PTF and the changes to Selenium, Kibana related content, and (re)introduces Pluggable Encryption Technology.
If you want to learn more about PeopleTools, Fluid, Integrations and so much more, Jim offers the best PeopleSoft training out there.
Show Notes * Sasank on building Related Content for Kibana @ 1:30 * PTF Changes in 8.57.x and 8.58 @ 13:45 * Pluggable Encryption Technology @ 22:00 + Jim Marion on using PET + Greg Kelly on using PET
This week on the podcast, Dan shares a tip for working with REN servers and load balancers, and then he and Kyle talk about what makes good knowledge management systems and how to improve your documentation.
Show Notes * Jim Marion Developer Day! 8/20 @ 2:30 * Linux for the Macintosh II @ 4:15 + Merge Request REN and LB @ 10:30 + javascript_kn_server parameter + #37 - The REN Server * Knowledge Management Systems @ 17:00
This week on the podcast, Dan shares a lesson learned when applying PRPs and using Puppet with OCI resources. The Kyle and Dan discuss upcoming Cloud Manager features and the Leaky Roof analogy.
Show Notes * PRP Patches and Patch Numbers @ 1:45 * Use Puppet to manage OCI resources @ 7:15 + YAMLEncode for Terraform * CM Planned Features Updated @ 22:00 * Leaky Roofs @ 35:00
This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle share their thoughts on how PeopleTools Development should change in the future.
Show Notes * SSH Hung Session @ 1:30
+ SSH Escape Commands: ~?
* Pivet on Windows @ 7:00
+ Pivet
+ Dan's Idea on Copy to File options
* Moving away from App Designer @ 12:00
+ ps-web-ide
* Making Prefixes a First Class Option with Managed Objects @ 18:00
* SQL Developer Web and PeopleSoft Images @ 23:00
This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle discuss options and strategies for managing Elasticsearch in a DR scenario.
Show Notes * We Love Lake Street * CY2 Spreadsheet Library for PeopleCode @ 3:30 * Sasank on DIY Kibana Dashboards @ 6:00 * Elasticsearch DR Options @ 14:30
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan talk all about Kibana and how it integrates with PeopleSoft.
There is also a video of this week's podcast that you can view here.
Show Notes * Kibana is super cool! @ 3:00 * Kibana Architecture @ 8:00 * Walkthrough of Kibana and PeopleSoft @ 15:00
This week on the podcast, Kyle shares an idea for a drop zone in Cloud Manager, and then he and Dan discuss the AutoMgrLock feature in the application server.
- GitHub and Dependabot @ 1:30
- GitHub Organization Secrets @ 10:30
- Sasank on Drop Zones for Classic @ 14:30
- AutoMgrLock Parameter @ 24:00
- Not triggered during signon
- Impacting 8.56 and 8.57 too
- Login SQL Statement Causes Blocking Under Heavy Load
This week on the podcast, Dan talks about how his formative years in computing still affect him, Kyle shares some follow-up on deploying the latest PIs, and then Dan talks about using Postfix as an SMTP relay to improve email delivery in PeopleSoft.
Show Notes * Formative years in computing @ 2:30 * Sasank on Setting up the new Kibana Analytics @ 9:45 * JCE Follow-Up @ 12:00 * PI Deployments Follow-Up @ 14:45 * Postfix for SMTP @ 19:45 * Estimating Email Volume @ 34:00
This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle talk about some older frameworks in PeopleSoft and why they didn't catch on. Then Kyle shares some approaches to manage your PIs and why each solution might be a fit for you.
Show Notes * Deconstructing WebLogic T3 vulnerability @ 3:00 * Deep Dive into PS Alert Framework @ 6:15 * Application Diagnostic Plugins @ 11:00 * Approach to Managing PIs @ 18:45 * Troubleshooting PI Build Issues @ 29:30 + Cleanup of DPK Deployments
This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle recap the sessions and labs from psadmin.conf 2020. We discuss some of our favorite moments from the sessions and lab, and share some of the great things we learned from the event.
Show Notes * Future of ELK with PeopleSoft @ 5:00 * Automated Migrations @ 16:30 * Using a Master Inventory @ 19:00 + PeopleSoft Script Framework * Making Life Complicated with PeopleSoft GitDevOps @ 23:00 * Propagating Cache to App Servers @ 27:30 * psoftbeat 2.0 @ 30:15 * Platform Overview @ 33:00 + Infrastructure DPK Bug * Lab reviews @ 37:30
This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle discuss "toil": what it is and how it affects your team. Then Dan shares a debugging story about the Integration Broker and how he solved the issue with Wireshark.
Show Notes * .conf Starts Next Week! @ 0:30 * Google SRE Books @ 2:30 * Infrastructure DPK is out @ 10:00 + Using the Redeploy Option for CPU Patching * IB HTTPS Debugging @ 15:30 + How Load Gateway Connectors Works
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan discuss some tips for better communication when working remotely, a strange App Engine bug, and some tips when using the pt_pia DPK profile.
Show Notes * GitLab's Guide to Remote Work @ 2:30 * psadmin.conf Registration Ends Soon @ 8:00 * OCI Updates @ 9:30 * App Engine log_output Bug @ 15:30 + POC for Bug * pt_pia Profile Failures @ 19:30
This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle are excited that PeopleTools 8.58 is available for on prem. We discuss the VisualCOBOL support timeline change, and Dan discusses his experience with the Cloud Manager Self Update feature.
Show Notes * psadmin.conf Agenda @ 1:30 * VisualCOBOL Migration Deadline Change @ 3:00 * Homepages v. Dashboards @ 7:30 * 8.58 is out for on-prem @ 9:30 + PeopleTools Patch Homepage + 8.58 Homepage * Cloud Manager Self Update @ 17:00 + Applying PRP Fails * Self Update PI's @ 29:00
This week on the podcast, Cory Fazzini joins us to talk about Prometheus, the ps-jmx_exporter, project, and why you might use Prometheus with the Elastic Stack.
Show Notes * Fox in Sox with Dr. Dre @ 3:00 * psadmin.conf @ 4:00 * Prometheus @ 6:00 + psoftbeat * Prometheus Architecture @ 16:00 * ps-jmx_exporter @ 20:00 + ps-prometheus * Grafana @ 36:30 * ELK and Prometheus Use Cases @ 39:00
This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle share some free resources to keep learning while you are at home. Kyle talks about the new Slack notifications with the OCI Notification Service, and Dan discusses his experience setting up FTPS with PeopleSoft and IIS.
Show Notes * OCI Training and Cert - FREE @ 3:45 * Ansible Books @ 6:30 + Ansible 101 Videos * OCI Notifications to SLACK! @8:00 + Complete Guide to OCI Notifications * Shout out to Simo Vilmunen @ 13:00 * FTPS @ 15:00 + FTPS Configuration + Safely Using File Attachments + URL Definitions Bug * PeopleTools POC form @ 29:00
This week on the podcast, Dan shares some of his favorite musicians live virtual shows, Kyle discusses the difference between Fluid Homepages and Dashboards, and they also discuss the extended 8.56 support window.
Show Notes * Virtual Concerts @ 2:30 + Dave Matthews + Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn + Chris Thile * Google Cloud Shell @ 5:00 + Thanks to Chris Malek * PeopleTools 8.56 CPU Patch Cycle Extended @ 9:10 * Fluid Dashboards @ 13:15 * InfrastructureDPK @ 25:30 + Dan's Redeploy DPK Logic * LoadCache Manifest for Windows @ 33:00 + LoadCache.pp + FixDPKBug.pp