Friday, July 29, 2011

Applying PeopleTools 8.51.11 patch

A. Stop all the application servers, web servers and process schedulers.

B. Follow the below steps

FILE SERVER CHANGES


On windows 2008

1. rename d:\apps\pshome\ d:\apps\pshome_8.51.09

2. copy d:\apps\pshome_8.51.09 d:\apps\pshome_8.51.11

3. Apply 8.51.11 to d:\apps\pshome_8.51.11 directory

4. junction link name directory i.e. junction.exe pshome d:\apps\pshome_8.51.09

(for deleting links use the junction –d link unlike removing link in linux (rm link name))

5. copying jrockit

a. copy Q:\apps\technical\PEOPLETOOLS\pt851\jrockit-jdk1.6.0_26 d:\apps\

b. change the jrmc junction

c. d:\apps\junction –d jrmc

d. d:\apps\junction jrmc d:\apps\jrockit-jdk1.6.0_26

e. (documentation asks use to change D:\oracle\weblogic\common\bin\commEnv.cmd , change java home .. start using junction you created above)

On Linux

6. mv /apps/pshome /apps/pshome_8.51.09

7. cp /apps/pshome_8.51.09 /apps/pshome_8.51.11

8. Apply 8.51.11. to /apps/pshome_8.51.11

9. ln –s directory linkname i.e. ln –s /apps/pshome_8.51.11 pshome

10. copying jrockit (steps for people using links .. way to go)

a. unzip Q:\apps\technical\PEOPLETOOLS\pt851\ p12706519_2814_Linux-x86-64.zip and ftp it linux box (we can choose any method)

b. jrockit-jdk1.6.0_26 (linux) should be placed under /apps

c. change the jrmc link

d. rm jrmc

e. ln –s /apps/ jrockit-jdk1.6.0_26 jrmc

DATABASE CHANGES

On Windows

11. Login to Application Designer

12. Go - Data Mover

13. Run d:\apps\pshome_8.51.11\scripts\ptpatch.dms and exit Data Mover

14. From Application Designer

15. Copy Project from file - d:\apps\pshome_8.51.11\projects\PATCH851

16. IMPORTANT

a. After importing the patch851 project, instructions say to build the project if there are any database changes.

b. I am surprised with this instruction. (so I decided take a call at the end)

c . So in Demo, after looking at the DDD Audit, it is pretty clear that there are no changes to the database as DDD Audit is very clean.

d. Only 1 table and 2 views are there, that are in the database but not defined in the Application Designer.

e. Need to decide what to do with it.

17.

18. Exit from Application Designer

19. Login to Data Mover in boot strap mode

20. Run d:\apps\pshome_8.51.11\scripts\msgtlsupg.dms

21. Clear all the cache directories from Web , Application and process schedulers

a. /apps/user/DEMO/appserv/CACHE

b. /apps/user/DEMO/appserv/prcs/CACHE

c. D:\apps\user\DEMO\appserv\prcs\CACHE

d. D:\apps\user\DEMO\webserv\peoplesoft\applications\peoplesoft\PORTAL.war\ps\cache

22. Redeploy PIA

23. Start all the application servers, process schedulers, webservers.

24. Run all the process of each type.

25. Run DDDAudit, SysAudit and review.