This week, Dan and Kyle talk about IDDA logging, managing queries and different SAML options for PeopleSoft.. Then they talk about different strategies for using Demo databases and the pscipher utility. Show Notes Alliance Presentations Kyle: PS Single Sign-on with WAP and ADFS Dan: Take Control of Logs with Elasticsearch… Read More »#68 – pscipher
This week on the podcast Kyle and Dan start deploying Elasticsearch, monitoring failed logins, and working with YAML files. They also discuss watching log files and recap a PeopleTools 8.56 preview webinar. Show Notes Starting Elasticsearch Deployments @ :30 Color Syntax Follow-up @ 5:45 Security Deployment Reference Grid @ 7:45… Read More »#67 – Failed Logins
This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle talk about load balancing all environments or some environments, Diagnostic Plugins and syntax coloring code. Then, they dive into the getting current and how to test PeopleTools Patches. Show Notes Look back on 2016, Look forward to 2017 @ :30 Mastering PeopleSoft… Read More »#62 – PeopleTools Patch Testing
Lately, I have had interest in monitoring WebLogic’s performance. Since Weblogic is built on Java, there are some standard tools we can use to look into the Java Virutal Machine (JVM). We’ll cover two of those tools in this post: JConsole and VisualVM. Both JConsole and VisualVM are included in… Read More »Monitoring WebLogic and Java
This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle talk about Elasticsearch, using Powershell with SSH libraries, why the DPK doesn’t merge Hiera data, and how they format SQL files. Then Dan explains a new REST-based web service he built with new features in PeopleTools 8.55. We want to make this… Read More »#57 – REST Services
One disadvantage of running PeopleSoft behind a load balancer is that it can hide your user’s real IP address. With a load balancer, WebLogic and PeopleSoft log the load balancer’s IP address instead of the client connecting to your system. Load balancers support an HTTP header called X-Forwarded-For, and will… Read More »Load Balancers and Client IP Addresses
This week Dan talks about his 8.55 Go-Live weekend, simplifying patch download with getMOSPatch, and using Kyle’s Maintenance Backdoor. Then Kyle and Dan discuss strategies and tips to make Go-Live weekends successful. We want to make this podcast part of the community discussion on PeopleSoft administration. If you have comments,… Read More »#45 – Go-Live Weekends
The other day we had an app server that stopped responding to requests after it restarted. The domain was running, but our web server wasn’t able to talk to the app server. When we attempted to log in, we received the CHECK APPSERVER LOGS. THE SITE BOOTED WITH INTERNAL DEFAULT… Read More »App Server Listening IP
The Log Analyzer is a new PeopleTools 8.55 tool that helps you get more information from App Engine trace files. Log Analyzer is specific to analyzing App Engine traces. It feels like a simplified version of TraceMagic (a good thing!). If you have used TraceMagic for PeopleCode, or the Trace2SQL utility… Read More »8.55 – Log Analyzer
I have to keep looking this up, so I’m writing it down to make it easier to find next time! There are three modes for the VERSION app engine: Report Mode Evaluates the VERSION counters and reports any changes needed; does not change data. Classic Mode Resets all the VERSION… Read More »VERSION Run Control Options