new PeopleBooks with 9.1 Feature Pack

PeopleSoft Financials 9.1 was delivered in March in new release called Feature Pack.

This new release is now packaged with PeopleTools 8.51 instead of PeopleTools 8.50.

This also introduced new features for PeopleBooks that are now using ODLA (Online Documentation Library Application).

So if you need to install PeopleBooks the new release CD set (V24808-01 for Finance, and V23416-01 for HRMS) requires PeopleTools 8.51 with a PIA already up and running.

How to unzip PeopleBooks CD on AIX

If you simply want to unzip a PeopleBooks without installing any additional software, you can use the jar executable provided in your Java SDK. Jar is the Java archive tool.

For example, to unzip the PeopleBooks CD, run the following commands:

mkdir psbooks-fscm91-V24808-01
cd psbooks-fscm91-V24808-01
/usr/java6_64/bin/jar -xvf ../psbooks-fscm91-V24808-01.zip

Installing PeopleBooks 8.50 on Linux/Unix

You may have faced issues installing PeopleBooks Linux/Unix ?

./setup.aix  -is:tempdir /temp -i console

There is a bug with the installer that is looking for a previous JRE release (1.4.x).

You can use the Java installer instead :

java -jar setup.jar -console

If you issue the following command:
./setup.aix  -is:javahome $/usr/java5 -is:log /tmp/pbooks.log -is:tempdir /tmp -i console
 
You can verify in the logs, that the installer is looking for a 1.4 JVM …
 
Finding a JVM
Checking user specified Java home directory => $/usr/java5
Verifying JVM at $/usr/java5/jre/bin/java
   for JVM: AIX Java 1.4.X by IBM
$/usr/java5/jre/bin/java does not exist
Verifying JVM at $/usr/java5/jre/bin/java
   for JVM: AIX Java 1.4.X by IBM
$/usr/java5/jre/bin/java does not exist
Initiating JVM search based on hints...
Searching for AIX Java 1.4.X by IBM using platform hints
Searching for AIX Java 1.4.X by IBM using path hints
Checking path hint /usr/java14*