0. ExaSpecial PeopleSoft
University of Minnesota

1. Agenda Introduction Running PeopleSoft on Exadata and Exalogic
PeopleSoft Database Consolidation
Questions and Answers

2. About the University of Minnesota
Founded:1851
Five Campus Locations
Enrollment: 69,221
(52,557 on Twin Cities campus)
Alumni: ~400,000
Economic Impact: $8.6 billion into MN annually

3. Size of the Business

4. The Upgrade Enterprise System Upgrade Program (ESUP)
Updating PeopleSoft systems
CS from 8.9 to 9.0
HR from 8.9 to 9.2
Includes a split from CS
Finance from 8.9 to 9.2
PeopleTools from to
Implementing PeopleSoft Interaction Hub (Portal) and Secure Enterprise Search

5. System Architecture Infrastructure in a box Sun ZFS storage
InfiniBand Gateway switches
Management tools
Oracle Traffic Director
Running PeopleSoft Applications
5 Applications
11 Environments
110 VMs
500 Domains

6. Exalogic and PeopleSoft
OVM Templates configured
Dynamic DNS updates
PeopleSoft domains deployed and managed via Python scripts
NFSv4 shared mounts for PeopleSoft file systems
Pure SDP protocol from web servers to Exadata

7. Benefits of “Exa” Architecture
Full redundancy of Exalogic/Exadata
Production DR on 2nd Exalogic rack
InfiniBand interconnect between Exadata and Exalogic
Streamlined Administration
All components supported by Oracle

8. University of Minnesota: DBaaS
Deployed in April 2011
Standardized infrastructure:
Solaris → Linux
Database 9.x, 10.x, 11.1 → 11.2
Single DR, backup, and HA strategies
Centralized administration of databases
Database “hotel” concept
Exadata X2-2

9. DBaaS: Hotel Concept Candidate apps are typically under 50GB
Currently ~150 hotel schemas
Two hotel instance stacks (dev/tst/qa/prd/DR) for single- and multi-byte charsets
Meets needs of 95% of database consumers
Managed backups, security, DR, and compliance for all

10. DBaaS: Before and After
40+ database servers
225+ instances
8 FTEs
45 backup scripts
8 db servers (Exadata)
~30 instances
3 FTEs
12 backup scripts
Two hotel stacks
35 customers
~150 hosted schemas
$200,000/year savings

11. PeopleSoft Consolidation: Why
Proven success with database “hotel”
Provide more applications using fewer databases
Positions us for Database 12c multi-tenant
Support from Oracle & PeopleSoft
Simplified administration, monitoring, and refreshes

12. PeopleSoft Support Model
One team supports the PeopleSoft Architecture

13. PeopleSoft Database Landscape
Current databases: 24
2 apps: CS/HR and Finance
14 Environments
Planned databases: 18
5 apps: CS, HR, Finance, Portal, Secure Enterprise Search
11 Environments

14. PeopleSoft Consolidation: Details
Each application has a schema
Dedicated tablespace
Dedicated temp tablespace
Quota on undo
4-node RAC database
Each application has affinity to two “primary” nodes and a designated “failover” node

15. Consolidation Benefits
Easier administration of application stacks
Better resource usage on Exadata
Cross-application functionality streamlined
Inter-schema table references instead of database links
Complementary business cycles
E.g., when CS is busy, HR and Finance are in slow phase

16. Consolidation Benefits
Reporting snapshots are simplified
One daily snapshot instead of two
Data at same point in time across all applications
Disaster recovery is easier
All applications would be recovered to the same point in time
Security is addressed across the board

17. Consolidation Risks Potential for resource contention
If the database goes down, all applications are also down
Oracle patch requirements may change in time

18. What’s Next ESUP project go-live is February 2015
Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c monitoring and administration
Database, Exadata, and Exalogic
PeopleSoft plug-in
Testing in the consolidated database model has gone well

19. Questions

20. Contact Us Andy Wattenhofer, DBA Manager Brad Carlson, DBA
Brad Carlson, DBA