Recent Posts by Mark Hoernemann

Oracle continues to add significant features to PeopleSoft Cloud Manager that make day to day operations simpler and more automated.  Image 12 is the latest release of Cloud Manager and it’s packed with new capabilities in day to day operations and lifecycle management that customers can exploit - resulting in real, measurable cost savings and ease of use.   Policy Manager Policy Manager is probably my second favorite feature that Cloud Manager has.  Why?  It gives customers the...

There are some significant and important changes related to the use of Micro Focus COBOL in PeopleSoft applications.  The well-seasoned Net Express and Server Express products are going out of support, there is a price increase coming, and a new version of Visual COBOL has been certified for use with current PeopleTools releases.  This blog is meant to ensure the PeopleSoft customer base is aware of the changes and are planning accordingly – don’t wait on this one! Oracle,...

One of the best new features of PeopleTools 8.58 has been the release of the PeopleTools Infrastructure DPKs (IDPKs).  Each time Oracle releases a CPU patch, PeopleTools takes the fixes for infrastructure components it uses and packages them in the latest PeopleTools IDPK.  The IDPK is typically released 10-14 days after the PeopleTools CPU patch.  The IDPK is copied into the PeopleTools CPU patch directory and overlays the outdated components.  Now, when the patch is...

What has been announced? PeopleSoft has been working diligently with the Oracle Database team to enable support for Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure.  PeopleTools was pleased to announce support for Autonomous Database 19c and PeopleTools 8.58 and 8.57 with the availability of the July CPU patches – PeopleTools 8.58.05 and 8.57.16.    What is Autonomous Database? Oracle Autonomous Database (ADB) has revolutionized the database industry.  Oracle is taking...

Now Available! Oracle is pleased to announce the general availability of PeopleSoft Cloud Manager Image 11. With its continued focus on making PeopleSoft environments easier to manage and more cost-effective, Image 11 delivers a number of great, new features from which customers will surely benefit.  Environment Backup and Restore capabilities have been added in Image 11.  Now, you are able to backup all nodes of an environment to object storage and use the backup to restore...

Due to the challenges customers are facing with the COVID-19 pandemic, Oracle is providing an additional 4 months of support for the Micro Focus Server Express and Net Express COBOL compilers for our customers. Oracle is the exclusive provider of Micro Focus COBOL compilers for PeopleSoft applications.  With our certification of the new Visual COBOL compiler last year, Oracle had announced that the Server Express and Net Express would not be supported past December, 2020.  Given...

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Oracle has decided to extend the Critical Patch Update (CPU) patch life of PeopleTools 8.56 in order to provide our customers with more flexibility with their PeopleSoft plans. In line with our documented PeopleTools Technical Support policy, the PeopleTools 8.56 CPU patch support was scheduled to end in October 2020.  Given the unprecedented recent events, Oracle is extending the 8.56 CPU patch cycle for an additional 2 patches, with a...

As more and more customers have paid closer attention to security patches of their applications and infrastructure components, we have heard loudly and clearly from the customer community that our PeopleTools Critical Patch Updates (CPUs) were at times significantly out of date.  It’s come up in individual customer conversations, conferences, and our Customer Advisory Board.  Having to apply a PeopleTools CPU patch, and then go out and find, download, and apply more patches...

PeopleSoft Cloud Manager Image 04 is now available in Oracle Cloud Marketplace.  This new version brings in a number of new enhancements and fixes that customers were asking for.  We’re listening to feedback and working hard to incorporate your ideas into the product as quickly as possible. Here are some of the new features to try out in image 04.  Many thanks to Nagendra Krishnappa for putting this together. Multiple Middle-Tier Provisioning The prior images of Cloud Manager...