Data Management Preface

This preface provides an overview of the content discussed in the Data Management PeopleBook.

Data Management

This PeopleBook covers a wide range of different applications, tools, and techniques for managing data and databases on your PeopleSoft system, including:

PeopleSoft Data Mover.
PeopleSoft Data Archive Manager.
Data integrity and auditing.
Diagnostics Framework.
Administration for supported database platforms.
Remote data access.

Note. PeopleSoft supports a number of versions of UNIX and Linux in addition to Microsoft Windows. Throughout this book, there are references to operating system configuration requirements. Where necessary, this book refers to specific operating systems by name (for example, Solaris, HP/UX, Linux, etc.); however, for simplicity the word UNIX is used to refer to all UNIX-like operating systems, including Linux.

About These PeopleBooks

A companion PeopleBook called About These PeopleBooks contains general information, including:

Related documentation, common page elements, and typographical conventions for PeopleBooks.
Information about using PeopleBooks and managing the PeopleBooks Library.
Information on the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) country and currency codes used within PeopleBooks.
A glossary of useful PeopleSoft terms that are used in PeopleBooks.