Reviewing Hardware Requirements for Microsoft Windows

You can install the PeopleSoft Update Image deployment packages (DPKs) or PeopleSoft PeopleTools DPKs directly on a system running a Microsoft Windows operating system. The PeopleSoft Update Images and PeopleSoft PeopleTools DPKs are certified to run on those Microsoft Windows operating systems that are certified for the current PeopleSoft PeopleTools release. The Microsoft Windows system can be a physical computer (sometimes called “bare-metal”) or a virtual machine.

Oracle strongly recommends that you dedicate a Microsoft Windows machine for the PeopleTools client. This should be a machine that is not used for other PeopleSoft purposes.

See “Deploying the PeopleTools Client DPK,” Deploying the PeopleTools Client DPK in Standalone Mode, for information on installing the PeopleTools client utilities.

  • Host computer: The PeopleSoft DPKs can be deployed directly on any supported Microsoft Windows host, bare-metal or virtual.

    If you deploy on a virtual host computer, you are responsible for provisioning the virtual machine before beginning the deployment.

    Note:

    This applies to the deployment of the Native OS PeopleSoft DPKs directly on a Microsoft Windows VM, not the VirtualBox deployment.

  • Host operating system: The host operating system (OS) must be a 64-bit platform that is certified by Oracle for PeopleSoft systems.

    Note:

    My Oracle Support Certification notes include information about the PeopleSoft PeopleTools components that are certified for each operating system. Some OSs are certified only for browsers and clients. If you want to deploy a full PeopleSoft environment, verify that the OS you want to use is certified for server installation.

    To find certification information, sign in to My Oracle Support and select Resources at the top of the home page. Click Visit on the Product Certification Matrix tile.

    See My Oracle Support - Portal Documentation (Article ID MC1), for help searching for PeopleSoft certifications.

  • RAM (Memory): A minimum of 8 GB RAM is required to run a PeopleSoft environment.

  • CPU Capabilities for the PeopleTools Client: To run Change Assistant on a Microsoft Windows server requires a virtual machine with a 4-core CPU or a physical machine with a 2-core CPU.

  • Disk space: The disk space requirements vary depending upon the type of environment you set up.

    See "Preparing to Deploy," Understanding PeopleSoft Components.

    • 25–35 GB free disk space for the downloaded DPK zip files

      You may remove these files after you have successfully initialized your PeopleSoft environment.

    • 150 GB free disk space is required to deploy and set up a full tier PeopleSoft environment.

    • 25 GB free disk space is required to deploy and set up a mid-tier PeopleSoft environment.

    Note:

    You may remove some of the downloaded DPK zip files after you have successfully initialized your PeopleSoft environment. This documentation uses DPK_INSTALL to refer to the directory holding the downloaded DPK zip files. It is important that you retain the DPK_INSTALL\setup directory because it holds all the scripts required when you use the DPK setup script commands to deploy a PeopleSoft environment and when you remove a deployed PeopleSoft environment using the DPK setup script with the cleanup option.

See Tech Updates - Main Page (My Oracle Support, Article ID KB157965) for links to announcements of changes to PeopleTools support.