Peoplesoft on Oracle Cloud FAQ's

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01. What has Oracle announced about PeopleSoft and the Oracle Cloud?

Oracle has announced that customers using e-Business Suite, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and PeopleSoft can run non-production workloads on the Oracle Compute Cloud Service. Customers have the ability to move their existing Development, Test, Training, Demo and Conference Room Pilot environments to the Oracle Compute Cloud or use the Oracle Compute Cloud for their next Oracle Applications Project.

02. Are there additional fees for using PeopleSoft with Oracle Cloud?

Oracle Cloud resources and services are available for subscription by Oracle customers. Customers who already own a license to PeopleSoft applications may use their Oracle Cloud subscription to provision and deploy a PeopleSoft instance on the Oracle Cloud. The deployed instance may be used for development, testing, training, etc. Once a customer acquires a subscription to Oracle Cloud, no additional PeopleSoft application license or usage license is required.

03. Is Oracle releasing PeopleSoft as a SaaS Application?

No. Oracle has no plans to offer PeopleSoft as a SaaS solution.

04. Do I need to purchase PeopleSoft in order to use it on Oracle Cloud?

Oracle customers who already own a license to PeopleSoft applications may use the Oracle Cloud to host instances of their licensed applications. Oracle’s Compute Cloud uses a “Bring your Own License” model, so customers who wish to use the Oracle Compute Cloud must already own a valid license to the software deployed on virtual machines in Oracle Compute Cloud.

05. If we own a PeopleSoft application license, does it allow us to use Oracle Cloud?

Oracle customers who already own a license to PeopleSoft applications may use the Oracle Cloud to host instances of their licensed applications. There are no additional application license requirements for using Oracle Compute Cloud resources. Oracle Cloud is a subscription priced offering in addition to your PeopleSoft license and support payments.

06. How are subscriptions to Oracle Cloud offered? By user? By CPU? Per Day?

There are multiple ways to subscribe to Oracle Cloud. Your Oracle sales representative(s) can assist you in determining the best option for you.

07. What are some of the ways I can use PeopleSoft with Oracle Cloud?

There are many scenarios where you might benefit from using Oracle’s Compute Cloud with your PeopleSoft applications. Some of these include: 

Demo instances of the latest PeopleSoft application images (PUM Images). Using Oracle’s Compute Cloud and the Oracle Cloud Marketplace, customers will be able to access and deploy an instance of the latest release of PeopleSoft HCM, FSCM and other applications in order to explore our latest features and capabilities. 

Test instances of YOUR PeopleSoft database. Using PeopleSoft’s Deployment Framework and PeopleTools 8.55, customers can easily “Lift and Shift” instances of a PeopleSoft development system to virtual machines in the Oracle Compute Cloud. 

Creation of a complete PeopleSoft Development and Testing environment. Extending the scenario listed above, customers can migrate all of their PeopleSoft Development and Testing instances to the Oracle Compute Cloud. One option that will help developers use a Cloud development environment would be to create Windows Development environments on Oracle’s Compute Cloud in which you deploy the entire PeopleTools Development Client tools. These Cloud based Windows environments can be configured to work with Cloud based development systems and accessed by your developers using Windows Remote Desktop.

08. How do we create an instance of PeopleSoft on Oracle Cloud?

It’s easy. Once you have an Oracle Compute Cloud subscription, you can access the Oracle Marketplace and select PeopleSoft from the Marketplace list of application images. Follow the online guide in order to allocate your account’s compute resources in order to host your own PeopleSoft application image. These images can be used for DEMO purposes, to explore new features or, eventually, as the basis for a Cloud system for PeopleSoft Selective Adoption. There are other ways to use the Oracle Cloud for PeopleSoft described on the PeopleSoft on Oracle Cloud concept page.

09. Can we make customizations on PeopleSoft when we use Oracle Cloud?

Yes, the PeopleSoft software architecture allows for customers to modify or customize their systems, whether the systems are deployed on the Oracle Cloud or within an on premise datacenter.

10. If we develop or test customizations of PeopleSoft on the Cloud, how do we migrate them to our on-premise production system?

PeopleSoft’s tools for managing customizations through the application lifecycle are already Cloud friendly. That is, the same Lifecycle Management tools will be used to migrate changes from Development to Testing and into Production, irrespective of whether the datacenter where those systems reside is on premise or in the Cloud.

11. Will we be able to use PeopleSoft Update Manager (PUM) on the Oracle Cloud?

Yes. There are a number of uses of the PeopleSoft application images and the PeopleSoft Update Manager. The PeopleSoft Image can be used as a demo instance of the latest features of the PeopleSoft application. The PUM tool is used to review and select new features as well as fixes and maintenance as the PeopleSoft team releases them. Those changes are extracted then applied to other PeopleSoft systems for development, testing and eventually, Production. This process works whether those systems are on the Cloud or on premise.

12. Can we use our own custom data with PeopleSoft on the Oracle Cloud?

Yes, the PeopleSoft Cloud Architecture allows you to use our Deployment Framework with our default (DEMO) databases as well copies of your own DEV/TEST databases. This is in fact one of the most powerful scenarios for the Cloud: a complete PeopleSoft development and testing environment on Oracle Cloud that uses your own existing data.

13. Can we use the same certified third-party products we currently use on-premise with PeopleSoft on Oracle Cloud?

Yes, the entire PeopleSoft architecture is the same whether deployed on premise or on Oracle Cloud. All the third party components that comprise a PeopleSoft application instance will be deployed on the Cloud. Oracle’s Cloud strategy should also allow customers to use the Oracle Cloud to host instances of other applications that may be used to integrate with their PeopleSoft systems. Please refer to published capabilities and guidelines for using Oracle Cloud with your non-Oracle workloads.

14. Can we create a multi-node PeopleSoft cluster on Oracle Cloud?

Yes. Using PeopleSoft’s Cloud Architecture, it’s easy to provision and deploy Oracle Compute Cloud resources to function as a complete PeopleSoft multi-node cluster.

15. Will our Cloud based PeopleSoft system be visible to the general public?

No, based on Oracle Compute Cloud’s default security settings, your PeopleSoft instance will only be accessible by your internal users and teams.

16. Oracle provides Database Cloud Service (DBCS) and Exadata Cloud Service (ExaCS), can we use these services with PeopleSoft?

Yes. If you subscribe to Oracle’s DBCS or ExaCS offerings, you will be able to use these database services to host your PeopleSoft database.

17. What tools are used for managing PeopleSoft environments on Oracle Cloud?

There are many options for tools to manage PeopleSoft environments. These options are expanded when considering deployment on the Oracle Cloud. You will be able to use cloud instances of PSADMIN, PeopleSoft Performance Monitor, Oracle Enterprise Manager, the PeopleSoft Application Management Pack, and specific to the Oracle Cloud, you will be able to use Oracle’s Enterprise Manager on Compute Cloud service.

18. Does Oracle provide managed services for PeopleSoft on Oracle Cloud?

Soon. Oracle’s Managed Cloud Services team (OMCS) already provides managed services for PeopleSoft customers and are currently expanding their service offering to include the deployment and management of PeopleSoft instances on the Oracle Cloud. Stay tuned.

19. Does Oracle allow customers to run production instances of PeopleSoft on Oracle Cloud?

We are working to validate that all PeopleSoft production processes can be deployed and configured on the Oracle Cloud. We believe many customers will determine that their requirements for executing PeopleSoft production processes are fully met by a trained applications administration team and the Oracle Cloud.