Friday, November 14, 2014

PeopleSoft PUM Image - Virtual Machine - How to access PSADMIN

Admittedly, it has been a while since I actively worked on PeopleSoft Server Administration functionality. So, it took me quite a bit to remember and access PSADMIN (of course with some help from my peers and online forums).

I thought this post would serve as a quick guide for those like me who do not normally do PSADMIN tasks and would like to access it for activities like rebooting and purging cache on App, Web and Process Scheduler Servers.

The environment details at the time of writing this post is as follows:
- HCM 9.2 PUM Image 8
- PeopleTools 8.54.01

Once we have our VM instance up and running, here are the steps to access PSADMIN:

- Login to putty as psadm2. The default password for psadm2 is 0radmin. We will be prompted to change this the first time.



- Once we login as psadm2 change the directory to $PS_HOME



- Now change the directory to appserv



- Now we are ready to invoke PSADMIN by typing ./psadmin



From here we should be able to navigate to Application Server, Process Scheduler and Web (PIA) Servers and administer tasks such as booting the servers and purging the cache.

Steps to Reboot and Purge Cache on Web (PIA) Server:

  1. Shutdown Web (PIA) Server Domain: PeopleSoft Server Administration > 4) Web (PIA) Server >  1) Administer a domain > 1) peoplesoft (domain name for OVM) > 2) Shutdown this domain
  2. Delete cache directory on Web (PIA) Server: Use FTP client such as winSCP > /home/psadm2/psft/pt/8.54/webserv/peoplesoft/applications/peoplesoft/PORTAL.war/ps/cache
  3. Boot Web (PIA) Server Domain: PeopleSoft Server Administration > 4) Web (PIA) Server >  1) Administer a domain > 1) peoplesoft (domain name for OVM) > 1) Boot this domain

Steps to Reboot and Purge Cache on App Server:

  1. Shutdown App Server Domain: PeopleSoft Server Administration > 1) Application Server >  1) Administer a domain > 1) APPDOM (domain name for OVM) > 2) Domain shutdown menu > 1) Normal shutdown
  2. Purge cache on App Server:  PeopleSoft Server Administration > 1) Application Server >  1) Administer a domain > 1) APPDOM (domain name for OVM) > 8) Purge Cache
  3. Boot App Server Domain: PeopleSoft Server Administration > 1) Application Server >  1) Administer a domain > 1) APPDOM (domain name for OVM) > 1) Boot this domain

Steps to Reboot and Purge Cache on Process Scheduler:

  1. Shutdown Process Scheduler Domain: PeopleSoft Server Administration > 2) Process Scheduler >  1) Administer a domain > 1) PRCSDOM (domain name for OVM) > 2) Domain shutdown menu > 1) Normal shutdown
  2. Delete cache directory on Process Scheduler: Use FTP client such as winSCP > /home/psadm2/psft/pt/8.54/appserv/prcs/PRCSDOM/CACHE
  3. Boot Process Scheduler Domain: PeopleSoft Server Administration > 2) Process Scheduler >  1) Administer a domain > 1) PRCSDOM (domain name for OVM) > 1) Boot this domain

Please let me know if you have any questions.

12 comments:

  1. Purge WebServer Cache (FSCM PUM Image 19 w Tools 8.55.05):

    Change Directory to:
    /home/psadm2/psft/pt/8.55/webserv/peoplesoft/applications/peoplesoft/PORTAL.war/ps

    Remove the Cache Directory:
    [psadm2@localhost ps]$ rm –rf cache

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    1. Thanks! I guess the rm command applies to 8.54 also.

      I usually use winSCP to delete the cache folder but command line seems more efficient.

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  2. Excellent Material, this really helped me to refresh the content again..

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  3. Hi Sasank, thanks as usual. Question, do you know if/how I can access pia that is on the virtual machine from a phone or tablet that is not the Host computer? Wondering if the tablet is on the same network if there is a way for this to work. Thanks.

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    1. Hi Ricky - I had the same question in mind when I initially installed a PUM image as a VM instance. Folks on the My Oracle Support Community helped me set it up.

      It is simple. Make sure your VM instance is currently not running. If it is, then shut it down.

      Then go to the Image Properties > Network > And change the Network Adapter to Bridged Adapter. Now you should be able to access the PIA from within your network.

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    2. Here is a screenshot of my Network Properties:
      https://snag.gy/ZO9LRs.jpg

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    3. I figured that was the method...but still not able to pull up PIA on my mobile device...
      VM Network setup using my wifi: https://snag.gy/Cf2nKP.jpg
      I am then able to go to PIA on the Host.
      But not on a mobile device using that wifi network. (Maybe this is where I got it wrong.)

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    4. Ricky - That looks about right. See if this helps, although I did not have to set up the manual proxy config myself.

      https://mani2web.wordpress.com/2016/04/25/accessing-peoplesoft-pia-across-multiple-devices/

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    5. Sasank, that worked! Very grateful for your help. Thank you.

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  4. Hi, does any one know what those core.1234 files in the APPDOM folder on Peoplesoft Image server.

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