How to Apply the Patch (or) Bundle (or) MP by using Peoplesoft Change Assistant

1.  In My Case I have only one server since this is non-prod environment (If you have two NT file servers then we have to stop the PSEMAgents in both the servers(If its running)

1. 1.       Clear Cache

To clean up the PSEMHUB data you also need to ensure that you delete data from all the Agents and the Peers, you cannot just delete data from the PSEMHUB server.

You need to perform this cleanup on all Agents, Change Assistant (CA), Viewer and HUB, that will reinitialize everything for you.

Make sure you stop the Agents, CA, Viewer, HUB before you delete these files or directories. After that you can restart them.

1. I.                    For Agents, Viewer

Delete the files in the following directories, under PS_HOME\PSEMAgent for Agents, under PS_HOME\PSEMViewer for the Viewer

envmetadata/PersistentStorage/

envmetadata/scratchpad

envmetadata/data/ids/

envmetadata/transactions/

envmetadata/data/emf_psae_SFMAINT.bat (if its exists)

envmetadata/data/search-results.xml (just for Agents)

envmetadata/logs/ (IF you want fresh log to be created)

1. II.                  For Change Assistant

Delete the files under Change Assistant installation location. For example,

c:\Program Files\PeopleSoft\Change Assistant\

envmetadata/PersistentStorage/

envmetadata/scratchpad

envmetadata/data/ids/

envmetadata/transactions/

envmetadata/data/search-results.xml (just for Agents)

envmetadata/logs/  (If you want fresh log to be created)

1. III.                For PSEMHUB

Delete the files in the following directories under PS_HOME\webserv\<DOMAIN_NAME>\applications\peoplesoft\PSEMHUB

PSEMHUB\envmetadata\scratchpad\

PSEMHUB\envmetadata\PersistentStorage\

PSEMHUB\envmetadata\transactions\ (if it exists)

PSEMHUB\envmetadata\data\*.* (files and directories.don’t delete the data directory itself)

1. IV.                Repeat the same procedure to delete cache files in second NT server for CA, PSEMViewer and  PSEMAgent (if you have two servers).

1. 2.       Configure CA & Start Agents both NT servers.

Before starting with Change Assistant edit the Configuration. Properties file at below locations accordingly.

FOR PSEMAgent => PS_HOME/PSEMAgent/envmetadata/config

For PSEMViewer=> PS_HOME/PSEMViewer/envmetadata/config

For PSEMHUB   => PS_HOME/webserv/<domain_name>/applications/peoplesoft/PSEMHUB.war/envmetadata/config

For Change Assistant => C:/Program Files/PeopleSoft/Change Assistant/envmetadata\config

1. a.       Change PSEMHUB_HOSTNAME with web server host

PSEM_PORT with web server port

1. b.      Enter drive letter for windowsdrivestocrawl

1. c.       Save the changes.

1. d.      Start the PSEMAgent under PS_HOME/PSEMAgent(StartAgent.bat)

1. e.      You can see like “sending  pulse from ‘com.peoplesoft.emf.peer:id=<peer.no> mean to say  Agent is started.

1. 3.       Create new directories download, staging and output & Place HCM GP core  zip file downloaded from oracle support site inside download folder

EX:          Download           : D:\PSCA\download

Staging                 : D:\PSCA\staging

Output                 : D:\PSCA\output

1. 4.       Open the change Assistant. In Change assistant tab Select Apply application update

Enter the Directories paths.

Download           : D:\PSCA\download\

PS_HOME           : D:\PSHOME \(Provide the PSHOME location)

Staging                 : D:\PSCA\staging\

Output                 : D:\PSCA\output\

1. 1.       Go to Environment Management Tab and enter host, http port.

Ping and view

When you click on ping you should get below output

Ping Environment Management Hub

Pinging <HUB_HOSTNAME> OK

Pinging <HUB_HOSTNAME> OK

Pinging <HUB_HOSTNAME> OK

Packets: Sent = 3, Received = 3, Lost = 0

And when you click on view if you don’t get yes for all 4 components then go and check the configuration.properties files for drives to crawl.

1. 2.       Click on Tools->Apply Change packages

1. Apply change packages prompt will open

Select the check box Apply automatically without compare, click Next

1.  Select the check box Apply  without  using Change Impact Analyzer, Click Next
2. In product line release tab select the product (Ex: HRMS or FSCM or CRM) which you have apply. My case I am applying for HRMS. So, I selected HRMS. Click Next
3. Select the target environment (environment where you want to apply the Patch (or) Bundle (or) MP).

(Ex: I selected HRDMO environment). Click Next

1. Select the check box Click here acknowledge that you have read this information. Click Next
2.  Select the PS_HOME where you want apply the change package. I have multiple PS_Homes in the server in that I selected only HRDMO PS_HOME. Click Next.
3. On next slide Provide the User ID and Access ID information. Click Next.
4. Provide the download directory path i.e. D:\PSCA\Download. Click Next.
5. Select the change package which you want apply. (In my case I am applying GP UPDATE 2013-C  So, I selected 2013-C). Click Next.
6. Select the method for executing database build scripts to run the scripts automatically. Click Next.
7. In Next slide click on Validate and it Should validate successfully as shown below.

1. Click On Begin to Apply

It will automatically start executing the script

1. Check Change assistance guidance manual under UPD889703\upd889703\upd889703_install\upd889703_install.html file
2. Once all steps are completed clear application Server & Web server cache. Bring up all PS components.
3. To check latest applied updates check PS_MAINTENANCE_LOG table.

HCM 9.1 GP CORE 2013-C applied successfully.