5th December 2007PeopleTools 8.48/8.49 - New Database FeaturesPresented to UKOUG 2007, Collaborate 08
Two years ago you might have been forgiven for thinking that PeopleTools wasn't going to go anywhere new, but the combination of the need to prepare for Fusion and Applications Unlimited initiative have breathed new life into PeopleTools. Version 8.48 have seen a number of subtle but significant changes. This session will discuss some of them.

Corresponding paper: PeopleTools 8.48/8.49 New Database Features

2nd November 2005PeopleSoft: A Properly Instrumented Application!Presented to UKOUG 2005, Hotsos Symposium 2006, Collaborate 08
Most Oracle professionals now realise that timed based metrics are THE reliable way to diagnose performance problems, instead of using various ratios. It is ironic that as this change has come about, the effectiveness of the Oracle timed-event instrumentation has been degraded because more time is spent in the ever-increasing layers of software between the user and the database. Database idle time may actually be application busy time. We know what to do when the problem is in the database, but what about when most of the response time is 'SQL Net message from client'? This presentation will look at how PeopleSoft (before it was acquired by Oracle) sought to address the problems of measuring application performance with their Performance Monitor utility, and whether they were successful.

"...a good follow on to my talk which was just about instrumentation of applications in general. It was interesting to see what [PeopleSoft] had done (and it appears rather comprehensive, it definitely makes figuring out “where the time is being spent” in PeopleSoft much easier."  - Tom Kyte

5th September 2005PIA Load Balancing, JVMs and Garbage CollectionPresented to PeopleSoft UK Tech PUG
A short presentation looking at some recent experiences of PIA load balancing with the Weblogic plug-in to IIS Proxy, and some ideas for improving the stability of the JVM by choosing a new garbage collector.

Further reading: Thinking in Java, 3rd Edition by Bruce Eckel - see http://www.bruceeckel.com/ for a local mirror site.  In particular see Chapter 4: Cleanup: finalization and garbage collection

9th March 2005PeopleTools Application Server & BEA/Tuxedo InternalsPresented to PeopleSoft UK & Ireland RUG
A detailed technical presentation describing BEA/Tuxedo's internal architecture, and how it has been utilised by PeopleSoft. Including how the PeopleSoft Internet Architecture (PIA), introduced from PeopleTools 8, has been implemented. This presentation describes how to monitor, size and tune the application server.

Further reading: PeopleSoft Timeouts by Graham Smith (need to sign up to the PeopleSoft Technical Product User Group at  http://ccgi.sprinklies.plus.com)

10th March 2005SQL*FingerprintsPresented to PeopleSoft UK Tech PUG, PeopleSoft UK & Ireland RUG and UKOUG 2005
Database performance tuning techniques often concentrate on which SQL statements are performing poorly.  It is relatively easy to identify the individual SQL statements that are costing the most time.  Adjusting indexes, or forcing particular execution plans with stored outlines often isn't adequate, and you really do need to change the SQL.  This presentation will discuss how to find SQL statements in the PeopleSoft application.  Once you can find them, you can change them.
10th January 2005PeopleTools 8.45 Upgrade MusingsPresented to PeopleSoft UK Tech PUG
I have recently migrated a Financials system from PeopleTools 8.41/Oracle 8i/Windows 2000 to PeopleTools 8.45/Oracle 9i/Solaris 9.  It was an interesting and sometimes frustrating experience.  This presentation describes some of the problems, and their solutions.
3rd June 2004PeopleSoft PingPresented to PeopleSoft UK Tech PUG
An overview of the PeopleSoft Ping utility.
  • how it works
  • what it does,
  • what it does and does not tell you.
26th June 2003Configuring PeopleSoft Internet Architecture on Windows/2000Presented to PeopleSoft UK RUG
This presentation explains how NERC configured their application server and web servers such that different environments on the same node could run different versions of PeopleTools.
3rd January 2003Performance Metrics: What to Measure in the PeopleSoft 8 EnvironmentPresented to PeopleSoft UK Tech SIG
This presentation is discussed the theory and practice of collecting and interpreting performance metrics. It is based on the Performance Tuning at UBS given at EMEA2002.
23rd January 2002PeopleTools Application Server & BEA/Tuxedo Internals (Note: This is an presentation is based on PeopleTools 7.5x)Presented to PeopleSoft UK RUG Tech SIG, originally presented to PeopleSoft EMEA 2001 Conference.
A detailed technical presentation describing BEA/Tuxedo's internal architecture, and how it has been utilised by PeopleSoft. Including how the PeopleSoft Internet Architecture (PIA), introduced from PeopleTools 8, has been implemented. This presentation describes how to monitor, size and tune the application server.

Companion document: Advanced Tuxedo for PeopleSoft

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