Saturday, May 3, 2014

Introduction to PeopleSoft and PSAdmin

What is PeopleSoft?

PeopleSoft is an ERP(Enterprise Resource Planning) software, which provides Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS), Financial Management Solutions (FMS), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) software, as well as software for manufacturing, enterprise performance management, and student administration to large companies, governments, and organizations.

In the year 2005, there was a hostile acquisition of PeopleSoft by Oracle corporation. Since then the PeopleSoft brand and market line are marketed by Oracle.

Who are the founders?

PeopleSoft was created by David Duffiled and Ken Morris in the year 1987. After it got acquired by Oracle, David Duffield moved on to create a new cloud based ERP software system called Workday.


What are the technologies involved?

PeopleSoft is a combination of different technologies spread over what is called the "PeopleSoft Pure Internet Architecture". Predominantly the underlying programming languages are C++, Java, tuxedo..etc. PeopleSoft supports multiple database platforms such as Oracle, DB2, Sql Server.


What are the basic skills required to learn PeopleSoft Administration?

Some of the skills required for PeopleSoft Administration are as listed below,

1. Basic understanding on client-server architecture.
2. Knowledge on working in Unix/Linux and Windows based server environments.
3. Working with tuxedo.
4. Understanding web containers such as Oracle Weblogic, or IBM Websphere.
5. Knowledge on Oracle, DB2 or SQL Server database servers.

What are some of the roles of a PeopleSoft Administrator?

1. Installing and maintaining the PeopleSoft Pure Internet Architecture, and deploying the domains.
2. Performing upgrades and applying patches/bundles.
3. Monitoring the database, performing SQL tuning, there are some roles which will ask the PSAdmin to perform DB Backup and restore.
4. Supporting the development team on testing and migrating custom code changes to production environment.



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