The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast

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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

You can now register for psadmin.conf 2023! Click here to see more information and register. 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

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