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June 5, 2007

Installing HCM90

Filed under: PeopleSoft HCM 9.0, Server Administration — digitaleagle @ 9:52 pm

I am in the process of installing PeopleSoft HR 9.0 in a VMWare instance for development. I hope to give more details later in case I ever need to do any of this later on.

Here is what I started with:

  • Windows 2003 Server installed in VMWare
  • PeopleSoft HR 8.9/PeopleTools 8.46 installed
  • Oracle 9.2 installed
  • Weblogic

I uninstalled the PeopleSoft, Weblogic, and Oracle database to get back to just a basic Windows installation.

Everything is installed on the same virtual computer because this is just for testing and development. So, I am not worried about connections to/from any other computers with this instance. The PeopleSoft is a demo database so that we have some test data.

Here is what I have installed:

  • Oracle 10g
  • PeopleTools 8.49
  • PeopleSoft HR 9.0
  • Tuxedo 9.1
  • Oracle SOA Suite

Here are some of the problems that I have had:

  • Hard drive space — originally, the PeopleSoft fit on a 25 Gigabyte hard drive; I had to add another 80 Gigabyte drive for this version.
  • Tuxedo Version: PeopleTools 8.48 will install with Tuxedo 8.1; PeopleTools 8.49 requires Tuxedo 9.1
  • Services automatically starting: still working on this one (database, application server, process scheduler)
  • Creating the PeopleSoft database (modifying scripts, running out of hard drive space, restarting the install, etc.)

I will try to blog what I have learned as I get time and as I work through the problems I still have left. Please let me know if there is anything in particular you are interested in in the meantime.

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  4. Hi, I m hugly confussed on the procedure of installing Peoplesoft HCMS. First i need to install Peopletools and then install HCMS. Am I right? If that the case, why I can’t find any document for installing HCMS? All I find are the supplimentall books? Can you provide any book pdf to install applications on Peoplesoft? Correct me if my total understanding is wrong about Peoplesoft installation. Also can you clearly depiect the process step by step.

    Cheers,
    Elvis

    Comment by Elvis — December 27, 2007 @ 2:10 pm

  5. Elvis,

    Sorry to take so long to reply to your comment. I kind of checked out from PeopleSoft work during the Christmas/New Year’s holiday.

    Anyway, the Application Install is basically a step in the PeopleTools installation. As far as the documents go, there is a section called “Installing the Application CD” in the document “Installation for Oracle”.

    Basically, what happens when you install the CD, is it places all of the code for the application in the PeopleSoft Home file structure. Then, when you run the PeopleTools database creation, it includes the application code with the PeopleTools code that it loads into the database.

    What I was told is to print the PeopleTools installation document to use as steps for an install. As you do each step, write notes as to what you did and what problems you had in the margins of the document.

    Here is an overview:

    * Install the database system such as Oracle or SQL Server
    * Install the Web Server such as Oracle Application Server or BEA WebLogic
    * Install Tuxedo
    * Install Micro Focus COBOL
    * Run the PeopleTools Installer (creating the file system)
    * Run the Application(HRMS) Installer (adding application code)
    * Install/Configure the PeopleTools client (App Designer, Data Mover, etc)
    * Create the database
    * Configure the Application Server(psadmin)
    * Install the PIA (PeopleSoft Pure Internet Architecture/Web Server)
    * Configure the Process Scheduler
    * Compile COBOL

    Hope this helps,

    Comment by digitaleagle — January 2, 2008 @ 5:48 pm

  6. Hi DE!
    Thanks for the tips on PS HCM 9.0 installation. Am also a nOOb in PS Installation.
    I have downloaded all the necessary installables from the Oracle knowledge Center repository.
    Now I am seeking some guidance and help in the installation procedure form the scratch. I am running a Windows Vista home edition and wish to use Oracle 10g as the backend. Do you think Vista will hinder the performance. My laptop config is 2.2 GHZ, 2 GB DDR2 RAM, 250 GB HDD, will this suffice?
    I found out that Customer connect is the only place where i can find the detailed documentation for the installation of PS. But do I need to shell out 500$ for getting access to CC? I wish to use this installation for my self learning. Is there a method or a place where I can learn more about the installation?

    Waiting for your reply,
    Thanks

    Comment by Vinay — March 31, 2008 @ 10:36 am

  7. Vinay,

    Regarding the Vista Home Edition, I am sure that is not a “supported” operating system, but that does not mean it will not work. If possible get a good backup of your laptop, and then, give it a shot.

    One suggestion: you might try a virtual machine solution since you are learning. With a virtual machine, you can easily make a copy, play with the machine until you destroy it, and then revert back to your copy. VMWare has a free solution, and I am sure there are several other good options.

    Another suggestion: I don’t know how good you are with Linux, but you might give it a try. I know it is not supported for the client, but it is supported on the server side. You could attempt to use Wine to run the Windows-only client applications in a Linux environment. I have always wanted to try it, but haven’t had the chance.

    As far as customer connection, I have never had my own access either. I only have access through my clients. That is why I created a list of resources out on the Internet outside of customer connection:
    http://psst0101.wordpress.com/resources-on-the-internet/

    Oracle does offer some of their documentation in PDF format here:
    http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/psftent.html

    The installation documents are here:
    http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B31343_01/psft/html/docset.html

    The PeopleBooks are here:
    http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B31274_01/psft/html/docset.html

    Hope that helps.

    Comment by digitaleagle — March 31, 2008 @ 4:36 pm

  8. Hey DigitalEagle,

    thanks a ton for your prompt reply. Well I was also lucky in getting a step by step installation of PS 9.0 Financial Module. I guess everything is the same for both the Domains other than their User ID’s and P/w’s.

    Am downloading Oracle 9i and then will proceed with the installation. I was thinking of using Microsoft’s Virtual PS 2007 for the Workstation Image but to my bad luck, only Vista home is NOT supported by that VPC 2007, and my laptop runs home edition only.

    Will you be able to help me with VMWARE? I mean a installation or configuration manual?

    I wish to install the image of Windows Server 2003 for my Test Setup.

    Thanks again :)

    Comment by Vinay — April 2, 2008 @ 5:23 pm

  9. Vinay,

    I think the VMWare installation is a pretty straight forward installation. Just follow the steps and mostly accept the defaults. You can download it from here:
    http://www.vmware.com/products/server/

    Creating an image isn’t too bad as well. The program has links that lead you through creating a new image. The biggest part I think is the hard drive. I prefer to use a persistent hard drive and not have the snapshots ability. My preference is to make copies of the image files rather than try to manage the snapshot. Also, you will need plenty of hard drive space — create an 80G or 100G drive and opt not to allocate it all right now. This will give you plenty of space to install but it will only take as much as it needs. You can also shrink it later. You can change the persistent option in the Advanced settings(button).

    Once you have an image, you install Windows the same way you would on a real PC. Put the CD in your physical CDROM and boot the virtual machine. The one thing you might have trouble with is the boot order. I think it will use the same BIOS as your physical machine, and so, you will need to use the same key sequence to enter the BIOS and change it so that the CDROM will boot.

    Sure, if you have any questions, just post them, and I will reply when I can.

    Comment by digitaleagle — April 2, 2008 @ 8:50 pm

  10. Hi DE,
    Am so very thankful for your support and assistance here. I was able to download the VmWare server and also use the inbuilt ISO image for VMWare tools setup. But unfortunately, I didnt read your blog properly about the issues of Space and its constraints; I allocated 50 GB Hard Drive with 1024 MB (1GB) RAM allocated to the new OS image. My bad, I allocated the Hard Drive Size in the Persistent option. So now I see my Org Hard Drive, void of 50 Gigs, resting at only 68 Gigs free. I had to uninstall a lotta junk from the HDD to even Free the 68 GB’s.
    I got Oracle 9i Enterprise Edition Installation pack form Oracle’s website and currently am executing the installation. I am sure I will be running out of space for HCM 9.0, after the full install of oracle. What do you suggest? Is it any sense to proceed with the HCM installation on what ever GB’s remain after the Oracle Setup, or, destroy this image and make another one, a bigger one, with more RAM and more HARD DRIVE Space, and this time in the Persistent Option.

    I will Make another post about the Size remaining on the Image after Oracle’s install. Also, i read in your blog, about shrinking the TableSpaces and reducing the DB Size. But i read it was for Linux all the way. Can I do the same for my 9i too? (You did it for 10g). Will there be any drastic difference between the two?

    Waiting for your reply

    Thanks

    Comment by Vinay — April 3, 2008 @ 11:09 pm

  11. Vinay,

    I think you might be able to proceed, but the key is going to be adjusting the database size as you install instead of shrinking it afterwards. When you create the database, you will need to make sure you run the scripts manually rather than having the PS tool run them for you. When you run the script to create the tablespaces make sure that you modify it to add the settings that make the tablespaces smaller like the blocksize.

    I am not sure about the size difference between 9i and 10g. It seemed like 10g used more space than 9i, but it may have been the tablespace settings that were doing it.

    My images were Windows 2003 Server images, but I used Linux to copy the hard drive. My drive was too small, and I didn’t want to reinstall Windows. So, I created a second hard drive. Then, I downloaded Knoppix (a version of Linux that runs solely off a CD), and booted the image with it. I used the partimage program on Knoppix to copy the data from the original hard drive to the new one. Finally, I shutdown, removed the smaller drive, and removed the Knoppix boot disk. The result was the same Windows 2003 OS with a larger hard drive.

    Comment by digitaleagle — April 4, 2008 @ 5:58 am

  12. Hi DE,
    Guess I will follow your approach for myself too. Will get my hands on a Larger Eternal Hard Drive and then try and use that for the Image. Will keep you posted, how the setup falls in place.

    thanks again

    Comment by Vinay — April 9, 2008 @ 3:35 pm

  13. Hi everybody,
    We haved mover our HCM 8.9, windows 2003 on a vmware. Everything seems to be ok, only the three tier debugging fails. When I start pside.exe, the process does not open any window. The communication are established because I have checked this with Tcpview.
    Can someone confirm that we can log on a vmware deployed application server with the application designer, and not only two tier?

    Thanks,
    Dutu

    Comment by Dutu Marian — April 24, 2008 @ 8:12 am

  14. Hi I found your blog on a web search when was aboput to get mad about cobol and PS. I recently installed cobol but I cannot get it to work with Peoplesoft. the cobols are not compiled since the time period for the license is over. We bought the license but the software didn’t include a guide for peoplesoft. I hope you can provide some guidance.

    Thanks in advance.
    jabm

    Comment by jabm — April 29, 2008 @ 1:43 pm

  15. Hi,
    Greetings. Do you have a sample project plan for Global Payroll, NA Payroll and Time & Labor implementation? Thank you.

    Comment by Ganesh — July 14, 2008 @ 8:37 pm

  16. Ganesh,

    I wish I could help, but I don’t have one. Maybe someone else could post one. Or, you might try posting the question here:
    http://forums.oracle.com/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=500

    Comment by digitaleagle — July 14, 2008 @ 11:32 pm

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