REN SERVER Configuration in Peoplesoft :

Here we will configure REN Server on Windows platform

If you are installing REN server for the first time, you should start fresh by deleting any existing REN configuration information. Do the following steps:

  1) Log into PeopleSoft application
  2) First delete the REN Server Cluster Configurations as follows

  Navigate to PeopleTools-> REN Server Configuration ->REN Server Cluster

 1) Search to see if any REN clusters exist. If so, do the following for each REN cluster:
 

• Set the 'State Flag' to 'Inactive' and save the cluster (state must be 'inactive' in order to delete the cluster)
• Then click the 'Delete' button and confirm deletion
•  Now delete the REN Server Configurations as follows:

       Go to PeopleTools-> REN Server Configuration ->REN Server Definition
      

• Search to see if any REN Servers exist. If so, do the following for each REN Server:
•  Bring up the REN Server Definition
• Then click the 'Delete' button

Giving Proper Ren Server Permission:

     Navigate to PeopleTools > Security > Permissions and Roles > Permission Lists

Here search For 

            PTPT1200 (Peopletools)

Now,

Go to Peopletools Tab

        Realtime Event Notification Permissionsà Reporting Window (FULL ACCESS)

Now,

Go to Web Services Tab

        WebLib_RPT (FULL ACCESS)

Validating psrenconfig.txt File :

Remove or rename file PS_Home\APPSERV\<domain>\psrenconfig.txt. This file will be rebuilt with default values, the next time you reload the app server configuration.

Configuration of Application Server Using psadmin:

•  Run psadmin
•  Chose option to 'Configure this domain'
•  Set the 'Event Notification' option to 'Yes'
• Then load the new configuration and restart the REN server.

      

                   You will see that process 'PSRENSRV' is started.

How to Test REN Server :

Ren Server Test is done by running a REN Server ping test as follows:

• Log into PeopleSoft application
• Go to PeopleTools-> REN Server Configuration ->REN Server Cluster.
• Then bring up your REN cluster and click the button to run the ping test
• When the 'Ping Test' page is displayed, click the 'Run Ping Test' button.
• 10 Events should be Sent/Received 

If the event Sent /Received is same i.e 10 REN Server Configuration is Done.