Maintaining Your PeopleSoft System Rel 8.48 - Self-Study Course

In this course, students will learn how to discover and analyze application updates, select and download the updates from Customer Connection and apply, test, and deploy the updates.

Students will also apply a change package or add custom features to an application for evaluating the potential impact using Change Impact Analyzer. Students will create and apply change packages using Change Assistant and use the diagnostic tools available in PeopleSoft to collect and consolidate information.

Learn To:

• Configure Change Assistant for updates
• Download and apply change packages
• Create change packages and uploading the environment
• Compare, test, and deploy updates
• Use Customer Connection Update Gateway
• Gather diagnostic information

Audience

• Support Engineer
• Technical Consultant
• Database Administrators
• System Analysts

Course Topics Course Overview

• Course Objectives
• Course Agenda

Technology Overview

• Describing Software Update Process
• Describing the Maintenance Components
• Describing the Maintenance Process
• Describing the Application Diagnostics Framework

Configuring Change Assistant for Updates

• Preparing the Environment
• Describing Change Assistant
• Installing Change Assistant
• Setting Up the Environment Management Framework
• Using the Environment Management Viewer
• Setting Change Assistant Options

Change Impact Analyzer

• Describing Change Impact Analyzer
• Configuring database connectivity
• Configuring rules files
• Running PeopleCode and file pre-processors
• Setting report options
• Using Change Impact Analyzer
• Using the rule editor

Creating a Change Package

• Describing Change Packager
• Creating a Change Project
• Creating File Reference Definitions
• Creating a Change Package in Application Designer
• Updating a Change Assistant Template
• Finalizing a Change Package
• Testing the Change Package

Uploading the Environment

• Listing the Change Assistant Update Steps
• Uploading Environment Information

Using Customer Connection Update Gateway

• Using Customer Connection Update Wizard
• Selecting the Scope
• Selecting the Environment
• Selecting the Applications
• Selecting the Update Type
• Viewing Candidate Updates
• Analyzing the Results

Downloading and Applying Change Packages

• Downloading Change Packages
• Reapplying Change Packages
• Applying Change Packages
• Correcting Errors in Change Assistant Job
• Reviewing Change Assistant Logs

Comparing, Testing, and Deploying Updates

• Describing Update Deployment
• Examining Compare Reports
• Reapplying Customizations
• Migrating a Change Package

Gathering Diagnostic Information

• Describing the Application Diagnostic Framework
• Registering Diagnostic Plug-ins
• Launching Diagnostic Plug-ins
• Describing Diagnostic Plug-ins
• Using File-Based Diagnostics

Course Review
Course Objectives

• Explain the update process
• Discover PeopleSoft application updates and fixes
• Apply application updates and fixes to your PeopleSoft system
• Diagnose the system