Oracle PeopleSoft is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution for enterprise-wide processes. PeopleSoft has a three-tier architecture: client, application, and database. PeopleSoft can be run on Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS). Now, you can also run PeopleSoft on Amazon RDS Custom, which provides access to the underlying operating system.
Amazon RDS Custom for Oracle is a managed database service for legacy, custom, and packaged applications that require access to the underlying operating system and database environment. When you migrate your Oracle database to Amazon RDS Custom, Amazon Web Services (AWS) can manage backup tasks and high availability, while you can focus on maintaining your PeopleSoft application and functionality. For key factors to consider for a migration, see Oracle database migration strategies in AWS Prescriptive Guidance.
This pattern focuses on the steps to migrate a PeopleSoft database on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) to Amazon RDS Custom by using an Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) backup. It uses an Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) shared file system between the EC2 instance and Amazon RDS Custom, although you can also use Amazon FSx or any shared drive. The pattern uses an RMAN full backup (sometimes referred to as a level 0 backup).
