Locating the Manifests for the PeopleTools Client in Update Manager Mode

The PeopleSoft Update Image environment includes the SetupPTClient.bat script for setting up PeopleTools client tools such as Change Assistant, Configuration Manager, and Application Designer, as well as an Oracle Database Client. You install the PeopleTools Client in Update Manager mode to use in applying PUM maintenance. When you use the PT-MW-DPK with an existing PeopleTools Client installation, it applies CPUs, if available, for the Oracle Database Client and Java JDK.

This section assumes that you have installed the PeopleTools Client in Update Manager mode.

See PeopleSoft Deployment Packages for Update Images Installation (PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.63) on Oracle Help Center for your PeopleSoft application.

To prepare to apply the latest PT-MW-DPK, gather this information:

  • Locate the PeopleTools Client DPK and the ptc-manifest.

    The DPK zip files that you downloaded for the PeopleSoft Update Image include PeopleTools Client installations for all supported PeopleSoft PeopleTools versions. You need the PeopleTools Client DPK for the current release, which is the sixth zip file in the set.

    Extract the ptc-manifest from the sixth zip file of the DPKs you downloaded for the image, to review the software and CPU version information. For the Native OS for Linux and Windows versions, the sixth zip file is filename_6of11.zip. For the VirtualBox version, it is filename_6of12.zip. You will compare these software versions with those in the PT-MW-DPK. Do not destroy the original zip file.

  • Locate the Oracle Database Client DPK and the odc-manifest.

    The DPK zip files that you downloaded for the PeopleSoft Update Image include a DPK for the Oracle Database Client, which is the seventh zip file in the set.

    Extract the odc-manifest from the seventh zip file of the DPKs you downloaded for the image, to review the software and CPU version information. For the Native OS for Linux and Windows versions, the seventh zip file is filename_7of11.zip. For the VirtualBox version, it is filename_7of12.zip. You will compare these software versions with those in the PT-MW-DPK. Do not destroy the original zip file.

  • Locate the directory containing the SetupPTClient.bat script and subdirectories for the PeopleTools Clients and Oracle Database Client.

    • If you installed the PeopleSoft Update Image on Microsoft Windows or Linux, BASE_DIR\pt\tools_client contains the SetupPTClient.bat script.

    • If you installed the PeopleSoft Update Image on VirtualBox, /opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools_client contains the SetupPTClient.bat script.

    • If you installed on Linux or VirtualBox, you mapped a drive on a Microsoft Windows host to the NFS share for the tools_client directory.

  • Locate the installation directory for the PeopleTools Client for the current release, referred to here as PTCLIENT_HOME.

    You supply this location when running the script.

  • Locate the installation directory for the Oracle Database Client, referred to here as ORACLE_CLIENT_HOME.

    You supply this location when running the script.

The process that you follow to use the PT-MW-DPKs to apply CPUs depends upon the operating system where you deployed the PeopleSoft Update Image.

  • If you installed the PeopleSoft Update Image on Microsoft Windows using the Native OS Windows version of the image, follow the instructions in Applying the PT-MW-DPK CPUs to the PeopleTools Client Update Manager Mode Environment (Microsoft Windows).

  • If you installed the PeopleSoft Update Image using the Native OS Linux to install on a Linux host, follow the instructions in Applying the PT-MW-DPK CPUs to the PeopleTools Client Update Manager Mode Environment (Linux or VirtualBox).

  • If you installed the PeopleSoft Update Image using VirtualBox, to install a Linux guest VM on a Microsoft Windows host, follow the instructions in Applying the PT-MW-DPK CPUs to the PeopleTools Client Update Manager Mode Environment (Linux or VirtualBox).