I was having a discussion with another admin recently, and he questioned why we were running our process schedulers with Application Engine Server(PSAESRV) enabled. He pointed out that there is very little gained by running PSAESRV, so why have it turned on? Now, you aren’t completely without loss in turning… Read More »Disabling the App Engine Server
In episode 4, Dan and Kyle talk about Demo environments and why the traditional need for Demo’s may change, the PeopleSoft Update Manager, and how to manager PeopleSoft Images. We also discuss the recent WebLogic vulnerability, and ask for input on our upcoming Tools and Documentation podcast. We want to… Read More »#4 – Demo’s, PUM and PI
The 2015 fall meeting of the Upper Midwest Regional User Group (UMRUG) was last week. There was lots of great information from Oracle and other users. Here are the highlights: Opening Keynote: Oracle Jim Ellis, from Oracle, gave the opening keynote. Much of the presentation was also in the OpenWorld… Read More »UMRUG 2015 Fall Meeting Recap
A standard requirement when doing PeopleSoft maintenance is to change the normal sign in page. When the system is offline, we often like to display a maintenance page that informs users that the system will be down and prevents them from logging in. This is done easily enough by changing the signin.html… Read More »Maintenance Page with Backdoor Login
At OpenWorld, Oracle announced that PeopleTools 8.55 will support Elasticsearch with the Search Framework. Elasticsearch will most likely be the long-term replacement for SES. The only timeframe announced is 2016 for Elasticsearch support, so it won’t be available when PeopleTools 8.55 is released. So, don’t shut down that SES server… Read More »Elasticsearch
In episode 3 of The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast, Dan and Kyle talk about HTTPS. We discuss what HTTPS is and how to implement HTTPS with WebLogic. Dan shares how to mitigate against the newer SSL attacks, and tips and tricks to help manage certificates and simplify configuring HTTPS. We also… Read More »#3 – HTTPS and WebLogic
A special Tuesday release! Episode 2 of the PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast is all about PeopleTools 8.55. Dan and Kyle discuss the announcements at OpenWorld and the Planned Features document about PeopleTools 8.55, and make some guesses about some new features. We want to make this podcast part of the community… Read More »#2 – PeopleTools 8.55
The SES, Secure Enterprise Search, is used by PeopleSoft 9.2 as it’s search engine. There are lots of great resources for setting up the SES, but I want to share one troubleshooting tip that has resolved many of our SES issues. Behind the scene, SES relies on the Feed Publishing… Read More »SES Troubleshooting
I’m really happy to announce a new project we are launching today: The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast Kyle Benson and I sit down and talk about all things PeopleSoft Admin. Kyle and I would meet for lunch every few weeks to talk about our latest issues at work and the latest… Read More »#1 – Decoupled Homes
Oracle released a WebLogic security alert (CVE-2015-4852) yesterday that affects the T3 and T3S protocol. The patch will be released soon, but there are some steps you can take to mitigate the vulnerability. If you aren’t familiar with the T3 protocol, it is used to communicate between the JVM and… Read More »WebLogic Security Alert