Understanding the Apply Update Process

When the custom change package containing your selected updates is created not all files are included in the change package for 2 major reasons:

1. Reduces the time it takes to create the initial package.

2. Leverages Change Assistant job filtering to eliminate the creation of files not required by your target environment.

The update job is filtered based on the target environment and only the files required for the target environment are created from the PUM source. Depending on where the PeopleSoft Update Image (PUM Source) is installed the process may be very time-consuming, to alleviate this issue customers have the option to run the source and target steps in separate jobs.

The initial pass to apply updates has the following options:

• Source Steps Only

  The Source Steps Only option provides the ability to run the initial pass to create all files that are contained in the change package. This job can be run on the same machine where the PUM Source is installed. Once the initial pass has completed, a modified change package is created that contains all the files. The modified update change package can then be copied to the machine where you will run the Apply Update on your target database.

• Target Steps Only

  Using the new change package created from the Source Steps Only job, you can apply the change package to your target database without requiring a connection to the source database. When the job is created for the target environment, all unnecessary files are filtered out.

• All Steps

  All steps requires a connection to both the target database and the PUM source. When this option is selected, the source steps will create the necessary files needed for the target system.