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PeopleSoft Image shows incorrect time

Have you ever noticed that time for PeopleSoft Image is usually different than your local host time? If yes, in this post we will understand why it’s different and a potential fix for this.

What is PeopleSoft Release Patchset (PRP)

PUM is the only maintenance model for 9.2 applications so Oracle bundles these patches into PRP (PeopleSoft Release Patchset). These PRP can then be downloaded from Oracle Support and applied to PeopleSoft Image.

PUM for PeopleSoft Functional users

Whenever the word ‘PUM’ a.k.a ‘PeopleSoft Update Manager’ is mentioned it’s assumed that it’s only a job of PeopleSoft Administrator or a PeopleSoft developer to understand and implement it. Many Functional users either think it’s too technical for them or they assume it’s not needed for them to understand the PUM functionality. I am […]

What does PeopleSoft DPK files contain

PeopleSoft uses DPK for almost all kinds of install and deployment which are delivered in zip files. Have you ever wondered what those DPK files that you download and deploy contains? In this post we will go over the contents of DPK files. When you download PeopleSoft Image DPK , there are number of zipped […]

PUM: Install PeopleSoft Image on External Hard Drive

I get this question a lot that my system doesn’t have enough disk space to deploy PeopleSoft Image so can I deploy PeopleSoft Image on my external hard drive? In this post I will discuss how you could deploy PeopleSoft Image on your external hard disk. You might know that deploying PeopleSoft Image (PI) requires […]

PUM Error: Source and Target must be the same product line

In another recent post, we discussed how to fix PUM Error: Incompatible PeopleTools version and in this post we will learn how to fix another PUM error – ‘PUM source and target must be the same productline’. PUM Error: Source and Target must be the same product line WHEN does this error occur? This […]

PUM Error : Incompatible PeopleTools version

It’s very true that more you practice something better you become at it. No matter how many times I do the same thing, every now and then I learn something new. I’ve been deploying PUM for past so many years now and I still keep on learning new things in PUM. PUM process also keeps […]

PUM: Finding PUM maintenance info using PS Query

PUM has changed the way how you apply bugs and get new features for PeopleSoft 9.2 applications. Critical part of PUM process is the PeopleSoft Image which is cumulative and contains thousands of bugs, patches and enhancement. These bugs (or new features) can be extracted from PUM Image (SOURCE) and then applied to your TARGET […]

PUM: How To Change Colors in Oracle Virtual Box Terminal

If I tell you that I was really unhappy with the coloring scheme of Oracle Virtual Box terminal then I am sure, I won’t be the only one. PeopleSoft Images are delivered with Oracle Linux OS which needs to be deployed on Oracle Virtual Box. If you happen to login as root on the VM […]

PUM : Import Error – No module named yaml

Deploying PeopleSoft Images is fairly straight forward as long as you follow the directions properly. Sometimes even a slight deviation from the defined process might cause issues with your PeopleSoft Image. Here is an example when you try to import PeopleSoft Image by running ‘psft-dpk-setup.bat’ file. This file is extracted from first part of downloaded […]

New Features in PeopleSoft Update Manager in PeopleTools 8.57

Peopletools 8.57 currently available for Cloud customers, will soon be available for rest of the customers. While you wait for general release of PeopleTools 8.57 you can still take a look at its new features. To review new features in PeopleTools 8.57, you can simply download latest PUM (PeopleSoft Update Manager) images. For FSCM, latest […]

List of PUM Tables

PeopleSoft Update Manager or PUM has become part of daily life of PeopleSoft consultants and so has the task of troubleshooting issues related to PUM. While troubleshooting an issue related to PUM, I had the need to look at some PUM tables and felt that you may also have a need for the same. Hence, […]

CFO Tool provides details of new features in PeopleSoft Images

CFO or Cumulative Feature Overview tool is used to identify product features available to you when upgrading to a new release. As we mentioned earlier that recently Oracle converted this tool from a excel based utility to a web based tool. Any user can go to the web based CFO tool and see the differences […]

Access Denied Error while applying PRP patches to PeopleSoft Image

PRP stands for PeopleSoft Release Patchset. With PUM(PeopleSoft Update Manager) process Oracle releases PeopleSoft Images every couple of months that includes latest patches available for PeopleSoft 9.2 application. In between release of two images, if Oracle identifies few critical patches that need to be applied then those patches are delivered as PRP patches. PRP patches can […]

Oracle Virtual Box: How to take backup of PeopleSoft Virtual Images

Depending on their type, PeopleSoft Virtual Images can be used for application maintenance, demo, training and upgrade activities. Over a period of time, you may end up making changes to delivered PeopleSoft virtual images. To avoid losing any changes that you made, you can take backup of your PeopleSoft virtual image and Oracle Virtual Box […]

PeopleSoft Update Manager: PI_HOME inaccessible

When configuring PeopleSoft Update Manager using Change Assistant, you are required to map pi_home directory on your local system . If you don’t map the pi_home, Change Assistant configuration won’t finish and you can’t generate and apply patches using PUM tool. Below are few things that may help you in fixing this issue. 1. Make sure you are […]

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