This week on the podcast, an All Star cast joins Dan and Kyle to recap OpenWorld 2017. Mike Ripley, Graham Smith, Sasank Vemana, Wayne Fuller, and Brad Carlson share their thoughts on announcements and sessions from OpenWorld. Show Notes Mike Ripley on Oracle 18c Announcements @ 2:00 The Future of… Read More »#103 – OOW 2017 All-Star Recap
This week on the podcast, Dan shares how to disable PSWATCHSRV and how the Fluid Navigator broke. Kyle finds a bug with Facter. Then Dan and Kyle discuss default build settings in App Designer and what is “safe by default” when building projects. Show Notes Psadmin.conf Thank You @ 3:30… Read More »#101 – Build Settings
This week on the podcast, Kyle shares why the Navigator button disappeared on him, using VisualStudio Code and Git-Bash, and Colton Fischer’s excellent POC projects. We finish the podcast with David Kurtz talking about the Oracle Resource Manager with multi-tenant databases. Show Notes Ansible AWX @ 2:00 Visual Studio… Read More »#99 – Oracle Resource Manager
This week on the podcast, Kyle recaps the Phire User Group meeting, his PTF talk, and shares a nice tip on integrating Usage Monitor with PTF scripts. Then, Dan and Kyle discuss the latest changes with HR Image 23 and PeopleTools 8.56 and forcing users to adopt new technologies. Show… Read More »#93 – Forced Adoption
This week on the podcast, Frank Dolezal joins us to talk about how he measure user testing and how it builds confidence when deploying updates. We also discuss self-service and fast database refreshes, and what skills to look for when hiring a PS Admin. Show Notes Introducing Frank @ 1:00… Read More »#91 – Testing Metrics w/ Frank Dolezal
This week Brad Carlson from the University of Minnesota joins us to talk about some recent projects he worked on. Brad explains why and how they consolidated their PeopleSoft database, an IB Monitoring tool that was recently open-sourced, and how the U of M can deploy CPU patches in 21… Read More »#88 – Fast and Furious w/ Brad Carlson
This week David Kurtz joins us to talk about Database Statistics, his PS_GFC_STATS package, the PSCBO package, identifying redundant indexes and more. David also gives insight into why he created PS_GFC_STATS and how it compares to the PSCBO package. Show Notes Database Stats @ 1:00 Maintaining Statistics @ 7:45 PS_GFC_STATS… Read More »#81 – Database Statistics w/ David Kurtz
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan talk about Log Correlation fields, resetting SES security filters, and getting started with the ACM. Then they dig into storing attachments and searching attachments with SES and Elasticsearch. Show Notes Log Correlation Fields @ 1:00 8.55.13 JSON Output Change @ 9:00 Trace… Read More »#70 – Attachments
A PeopleSoft refresh is one of the more common tasks for a PeopleSoft Administrator or DBA. There are many ways to accomplish this task, but it usually involves a database restore from backup, custom SQL refresh scripts and potentially ACM steps. Depending on the level of effort put into the… Read More »Refreshes with Data Guard and Pluggable Databases