Setting Up UNIX to Run PeopleSoft Data Mover

Before running the PeopleSoft Data Mover command-line interface on UNIX, verify that Tuxedo is installed. Tuxedo is required for PeopleSoft Data Mover to run on UNIX.

Next, configure the psconfig.sh shell script to set the UNIX and PeopleTools environment variables properly for Data Mover, then run the script. You must run it from the PS_HOME directory.

Note:

The UNIX environment requires certain platform-specific environment variables. These variables are set automatically, but you can reconfigure the psconfig.sh script file to change their values.

UNIX Environment Variables

Data Mover environment variables for UNIX are stored in the psconfig.sh script. When you run psconfig.sh, several environment variables are automatically set to default values that reflect a standard PeopleSoft Data Mover install.

To modify them, you must edit psconfig.sh or manually change the environment.

Statement Description 
$DM_HOME=$HOME/PS_DM

Data Mover output, log file and trace file path. This environment setting needs to point to a writable location in case of a secure, read-only PS_HOME environment.

The default setting is $HOME/PS_DM

 
PS_DM_DATA_IN=$PS_HOME/data

Specifies the directory where PeopleSoft Data Mover searches for input data (.DAT) files. The default setting is $PS_HOME/data.

 
PS_DM_DATA_OUT=$DM_HOME/data

Specifies the directory where PeopleSoft Data Mover writes the output data (.DAT) files. The default setting is $DM_HOME/data.

 
PS_DM_SCRIPT=script_path;export PS_DM_SCRIPT

$PS_DM_SCRIPT specifies the location of the PeopleSoft Data Mover script files. The default setting is $PS_HOME/scripts.

 
PS_DM_LOG=log_path;export PS_DM_LOG

$PS_DM_LOG specifies the location of PeopleSoft Data Mover log files. The default is $DM_HOME/log, as in as in $HOME/PS_DM/log.

Note:

$DM_HOME/log is an environment variable for UNIX specifying a location to which Data Mover has write access in the case of a read-only PS_HOME configuration.

Note:

If you want to perform tracing under UNIX, you must set additional environment variables.

Note:

If you have installed your PeopleSoft application outside of PS_HOME, make sure to consider the PS_APP_HOME location.

See Setting Up Tracing.