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Oracle® Enterprise Manager
Cloud Control Basic Installation Guide
13c Release 2
E73473-07
May 2017
Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Basic Installation Guide, 13c Release 2
E73473-07
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Contents
Preface............................................................................................................................................................... vii
Audience ...................................................................................................................................................... vii
Purpose of the Document .......................................................................................................................... vii
Documentation Accessibility ................................................................................................................... viii
Conventions................................................................................................................................................ viii
Part I Preinstallation Requirements for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
1 Hardware Requirements for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
1.1 CPU, RAM, Heap Size, and Hard Disk Space Requirements for Oracle Management
Service................................................................................................................................................... 1-1
1.2 CPU, RAM, and Hard Disk Space Requirements for Oracle Management Agent, Hybrid
Cloud Agent, Hybrid Cloud Gateway Agent ................................................................................. 1-3
1.3 CPU, RAM, and Hard Disk Space Requirements for Oracle Management Repository......... 1-5
2 Package, Kernel Parameter, and Library Requirements for Enterprise Manager
Cloud Control
2.1 Package Requirements for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control ................................................ 2-1
2.1.1 About the Logic Used by the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Installation
Wizard to Verify the Packages.................................................................................................. 2-1
2.1.2 Identifying the Installed Packages...................................................................................... 2-2
2.1.3 Package Requirements for Oracle Management Service................................................. 2-3
2.1.4 Package Requirements for Oracle Management Agent................................................... 2-6
2.2 Kernel Parameter Requirements for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control................................ 2-9
2.2.1 Kernel Parameter Requirements for Oracle Management Service ................................ 2-9
2.2.2 Kernel Parameter Requirements for Oracle Management Agent ................................ 2-11
2.3 Library Requirements for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control................................................ 2-11
2.3.1 Library Requirements for Oracle Management Service ................................................ 2-11
2.3.2 Library Requirements for Oracle Management Agent .................................................. 2-12
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3 Creating Operating System Groups and Users for Enterprise Manager Cloud
Control
3.1 About the Operating System Groups and Users Required for Installing Enterprise
Manager Cloud Control ..................................................................................................................... 3-1
3.2 Creating the Operating System Groups and Users Required for Installing Enterprise
Manager Cloud Control ..................................................................................................................... 3-2
3.2.1 Creating the Oracle Inventory Group for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control .......... 3-2
3.2.2 Creating the Oracle Software Owner User for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control ... 3-3
4 Installing Cygwin and Starting the SSH Daemon
4.1 About the Cygwin Requirement for Installing Management Agents....................................... 4-1
4.2 Before You Begin Installing Cygwin.............................................................................................. 4-2
4.3 Installing Cygwin ............................................................................................................................. 4-4
4.4 Configuring SSH............................................................................................................................... 4-9
4.5 After Installing Cygwin and Configuring SSH .......................................................................... 4-13
Part II Installation of Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 Installing Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5.1 Introduction to Installing an Enterprise Manager System ......................................................... 5-1
5.1.1 Overview of the Installation Types Offered for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control . 5-2
5.1.2 Overview of the Core Components Installed and Configured with an Enterprise
Manager System.......................................................................................................................... 5-4
5.1.3 Overview of the Directories Created for an Enterprise Manager System..................... 5-6
5.2 Before You Begin Installing an Enterprise Manager System...................................................... 5-7
5.3 Prerequisites for Installing an Enterprise Manager System ..................................................... 5-10
5.4 Installing an Enterprise Manager System for a Demonstration Site (Simple Configuration)
.............................................................................................................................................................. 5-17
5.5 Installing an Enterprise Manager System for a Production Site (Advanced Configuration)
.............................................................................................................................................................. 5-35
5.5.1 Advanced Installer Options Supported for Installing an Enterprise Manager
System for a Production Site (Advanced Installation) ........................................................ 5-60
5.5.2 Limitations with the Advanced Options Supported for Installing an Enterprise
Manager System for a Production Site (Advanced Installation) ....................................... 5-61
5.5.3 Automatically Setting Database Parameters and Converting the Management
Repository to Support a Deployment Size (Large, Medium, or Small) ............................ 5-62
5.6 Enabling Hybrid Cloud Management ......................................................................................... 5-63
5.7 Performing Postinstallation Tasks After Installing an Enterprise Manager System ............ 5-63
6 Installing Oracle Management Agents
6.1 Overview of Installing Management Agents Using Agent Gold Images................................. 6-1
6.1.1 Overview of Agent Gold Images ........................................................................................ 6-2
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6.1.2 Components of an Agent Gold Image Version................................................................. 6-2
6.1.3 Advantages of Provisioning, Upgrading, and Updating Management Agents Using
a Gold Image Version................................................................................................................. 6-2
6.2 Installing Management Agents Using Agent Gold Images........................................................ 6-3
6.2.1 Getting Started with Installing Management Agents Using an Agent Gold Image
Version.......................................................................................................................................... 6-3
6.2.2 Installing a Standalone Oracle Management Agent Using Add Host Targets
Wizard or EM CLI ...................................................................................................................... 6-4
6.2.3 Creating an Agent Gold Image Version........................................................................... 6-52
6.2.4 Setting a Particular Agent Gold Image Version as the Current Version..................... 6-56
6.2.5 Installing Management Agents Using an Agent Gold Image....................................... 6-57
6.3 Troubleshooting Management Agents ........................................................................................ 6-73
6.3.1 Troubleshooting Management Agent Crashes That Occur Due to
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError Errors .................................................................................... 6-73
7 Adding Additional Oracle Management Services
7.1 Introduction to Adding an Additional Oracle Management Service ....................................... 7-1
7.2 Before You Begin Adding an Additional Oracle Management Service.................................... 7-2
7.3 Prerequisites for Adding an Additional Oracle Management Service ..................................... 7-3
7.4 Adding an Additional Oracle Management Service ................................................................. 7-16
7.4.1 Selecting Credentials........................................................................................................... 7-19
7.5 Performing Postinstallation Tasks After Adding an Additional Oracle Management
Service................................................................................................................................................. 7-20
8 Installing JVM Diagnostic Agents
8.1 Overview of Java Virtual Machine Diagnostics ........................................................................... 8-1
8.2 Overview of Deploying a JVMD Agent on an Oracle Cloud Target......................................... 8-2
8.3 Before you Begin Installing JVMD Agents.................................................................................... 8-2
8.4 Prerequisites for Installing JVMD Agents..................................................................................... 8-3
8.5 Deploying JVMD Agents on Monitored WebLogic Domains.................................................... 8-3
8.6 After You Install JVMD Agents ...................................................................................................... 8-5
Part III Setting Up Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 13c Release
9 Setting Up Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Using the Initial Setup Console
9.1 Configuring Oracle Software Library Using the Initial Setup Console to Store Software
Entities .................................................................................................................................................. 9-1
9.2 Configuring Proxies for OMS-to-Management Agent Communication .................................. 9-3
9.3 Configuring Proxies Using the Initial Setup Console for OMS-My Oracle Support
Communication .................................................................................................................................. 9-4
9.4 Adding Additional Oracle Management Service Using the Initial Setup Console................. 9-4
9.5 Configuring Outgoing Mail Servers (SMTP Servers) Using the Initial Setup Console.......... 9-5
9.6 Registering My Oracle Support Credentials Using the Initial Setup Console......................... 9-6
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9.7 Creating Users Using the Initial Setup Console........................................................................... 9-6
9.8 Creating Roles Using the Initial Setup Console ........................................................................... 9-7
Part IV Appendix
A Overview of the EM Prerequisite Kit
A.1 About EM Prerequisite Kit .................................................................................................................... A-1
A.2 Running the EM Prerequisite Kit........................................................................................................... A-1
A.2.1 Running the EM Prerequisite Kit on GUI ................................................................................. A-2
A.3 Viewing the Log Files Created by the EM Prerequisite Kit ............................................................... A-3
A.4 Repository Prerequisite Checks Run by the EM Prerequisite Kit..................................................... A-5
B Validating Command Locations
B.1 Overview of Property Files ..................................................................................................................... B-1
B.2 Validating the Command Locations ...................................................................................................... B-2
C Creating a Database Instance with Preconfigured Repository Using Database
Templates
C.1 About Preconfiguring the Management Repository in Your Database ........................................... C-1
C.2 Creating a Database Instance with Preconfigured Repository Using Database Templates.......... C-1
C.3 Creating a Database Instance with Preconfigured Repository Using Database Templates for
CDB and PDB............................................................................................................................................... C-4
D Accessing the Enterprise Manager Certification Matrix
D.1 Accessing the Enterprise Manager Certification Matrix .................................................................... D-1
E Installing Management Agents on Microsoft Windows Target Hosts Without
Using Cygwin
E.1 Installing Management Agents Using PsExec when the OMS Platform is Unix-based................. E-1
E.2 Installing Management Agents Using PsExec when the OMS Platform is Microsoft Windows.. E-5
F Installing Browser Certificates
F.1 Installing Browser Certificates to Google Chrome Version 44+ ........................................................ F-1
Index
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Preface
Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Basic Installation Guide enables you to install
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 13c.
Note:
For more information on the releases Enterprise Manager Cloud Control has
had so far, see Procuring the Software in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud
Control Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide
This preface covers the following topics:
•Audience
•Purpose of the Document
•Documentation Accessibility
•Conventions
Audience
Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Basic Installation Guide is meant for system
administrators who want to install a new Enterprise Manager system, an additional
Oracle Management Service, or an additional Oracle Management Agent, especially in
graphical mode.
Purpose of the Document
Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Basic Installation Guide describes how you can
perform the following operations:
• Installing Enterprise Manager Cloud Control in graphical mode.
• Installing an additional Oracle Management Service in graphical mode.
• Installing Oracle Management Agent in graphical mode.
• Installing JVM Diagnostics Agents in graphical mode.
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Documentation Accessibility
For information about Oracle's commitment to accessibility, visit the Oracle
Accessibility Program website at http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?
ctx=acc&id=docacc.
Access to Oracle Support
Oracle customers that have purchased support have access to electronic support
through My Oracle Support. For information, visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/
topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=info or visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/
topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=trs if you are hearing impaired.
Conventions
The following text conventions are used in this document:
Convention Meaning
boldface Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated
with an action, or terms defined in text or the glossary.
italic Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for
which you supply particular values.
monospace Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph, URLs, code
in examples, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter.
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Part I
Preinstallation Requirements for Enterprise
Manager Cloud Control
This part describes the preinstallation requirements you must meet before installing
any of the core components of Enterprise Manager Cloud Control. In particular, this
part contains the following chapters:
•Hardware Requirements for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
•Package, Kernel Parameter, and Library Requirements for Enterprise Manager
Cloud Control
•Creating Operating System Groups and Users for Enterprise Manager Cloud
Control
•Installing Cygwin and Starting the SSH Daemon
1
Hardware Requirements for Enterprise
Manager Cloud Control
This chapter describes the minimum hardware requirements you must meet before
installing Oracle Management Service (OMS), Oracle Management Agents
(Management Agents), and Oracle Management Repository (Management
Repository).
In particular, this chapter covers the following:
•CPU, RAM, Heap Size, and Hard Disk Space Requirements for Oracle
Management Service
•CPU, RAM, and Hard Disk Space Requirements for Oracle Management Agent,
Hybrid Cloud Agent, Hybrid Cloud Gateway Agent
•CPU, RAM, and Hard Disk Space Requirements for Oracle Management
Repository
Note:
The hardware requirements outlined in this chapter can relate to either
physical or virtual hardware. If you are allocating virtual resources, you must
ensure that the underlying physical hardware is not over subscribed and can
support the allocated virtual resources.
WARNING:
Do not install Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 13c on servers of SPARC
series: T1000, T2000, T5xx0, and T3-*. For more information, see My Oracle
Support note 1590556.1.
1.1 CPU, RAM, Heap Size, and Hard Disk Space Requirements for Oracle
Management Service
Table 1-1 describes the minimum CPU, physical memory (RAM), heap size, and hard
disk space requirements for installing an OMS (including a Management Agent that
comes with it).
Hardware Requirements for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 1-1
Note:
If you plan to have the OMS and the Management Repository on the same
host, then meet the requirements described in Table 1-1 and Table 1-3, and
make sure the CPU, RAM, and hard disk space requirements are a
combination of the values mentioned in both tables.
Caution:
The requirements mentioned in Table 1-1 indicate the minimum configuration
required at the time of installation. Understandably, over a period of time,
depending on the use of Enterprise Manager resources, you might have to
upgrade to a higher configuration than the one you maintained at the time of
installation. For example, the hard disk space required at the time of
installation is 18 GB, but depending on the use of Oracle Software Library,
generation of log files, and so on, you might require more space eventually.
Table 1-1 Minimum CPU, RAM, Heap Size, and Hard Disk Space Requirements Per
OMS
- Evaluation
or Simple
Installation
Advanced
Installation
(SMALL)
Advanced
Installation
(MEDIUM)
Advanced Installation
(LARGE)
Deployment
Size
Evaluation
or Simple
Small Medium Large
Configuration 1 OMS,
<100
Targets, <10
Agents, <3
Concurrent
User
Sessions
1 OMS,
<1000
Targets,
<100
Agents, <10
Concurrent
User
Sessions
2 OMSes,
>=1000 but
<10,000
Targets, >=100
but <1000
Agents,>=10
but <25
Concurrent
User Sessions
2 OMSes,
>=10,000
Targets,
>=1000
Agents, >=25
but <=50
Concurrent
User
Sessions
4 OMSes,
>=10,000
Targets,
>=1000
Agents, >=25
but <=50
Concurrent
User
Sessions
CPU Cores/
Host
(Can be shared
with other
processes)
2 4 6 12 6
RAM1
(With Oracle BI
Publisher and
JVMD Engine)
10 GB 10 GB 12 GB 24 GB 12 GB
Hard Disk
Space
(With Oracle
Software
Library, Oracle
BI Publisher,
and JVMD
Engine)
28 GB 28 GB 28 GB 28 GB 28 GB
CPU, RAM, Heap Size, and Hard Disk Space Requirements for Oracle Management Service
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Table 1-1 (Cont.) Minimum CPU, RAM, Heap Size, and Hard Disk Space
Requirements Per OMS
- Evaluation
or Simple
Installation
Advanced
Installation
(SMALL)
Advanced
Installation
(MEDIUM)
Advanced Installation
(LARGE)
Temporary
Directory Hard
Disk Space
10 GB 10 GB 10 GB 10 GB 10 GB
Oracle
WebLogic
Server JVM
Heap Size
1 GB 1.7 GB 4 GB 8 GB 4 GB
1The physical memory mentioned here includes .5 GB of RAM required for Oracle BI Publisher. At the
time of installation, if you choose not to configure Oracle BI Publisher, then the actual physical memory
required can be .5 GB less than what is mentioned here.
1.2 CPU, RAM, and Hard Disk Space Requirements for Oracle
Management Agent, Hybrid Cloud Agent, Hybrid Cloud Gateway Agent
The following are the minimum CPU, RAM, and hard disk space requirements for
installing Oracle Management Agents (Management Agent), Hybrid Cloud Agents,
and Hybrid Cloud Gateway Agents.
Caution:
The requirements mentioned in this section indicate the minimum
configuration required at the time of installation. Understandably, over a
period of time, depending on the use of Enterprise Manager resources, you
might have to upgrade to a higher configuration than the one you maintained
at the time of installation. For example, the hard disk space required at the
time of installing a Shared Agent is 15 MB, but depending on its use, generation
of log files, and so on, you might require more space eventually.
Note:
• The CPU cores can be shared with other processes.
• For a Hybrid Cloud Agent and for a Hybrid Cloud Gateway Agent, the
requirements are the same as the requirements mentioned for a
standalone Management Agent.
CPU, RAM, and Hard Disk Space Requirements for Oracle Management Agent, Hybrid Cloud Agent, Hybrid Cloud Gateway Agent
Hardware Requirements for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 1-3
Table 1-2 CPU, RAM, and Hard Disk Space Requirements for Oracle Management Agent, Hybrid
Cloud Agent, Hybrid Cloud Gateway Agent
- CPU
Cores
Per
Host
RAM Agent
Base
Director
y Space
Swap
Spac
e
Temporary
Directory Space Stage/Working
Directory Space Agent Instance
Home
Agent Installation
Using the Add
Host Targets
Wizard or Any of
the Silent
Methods
2 512
MB
1.5 GB 500
MB
1 GB N/A Included as part
of the Agent Base
Directory space.
Agent Cloning
Using the Add
Host Targets
Wizard or Any of
the Silent
Methods
2 512
MB
1.5 GB 500
MB
500 MB N/A Included as part
of the Agent Base
Directory space.
Agent Installation
Using Agent
Gold Images
2 512
MB
1.5 GB 500
MB
500 MB 750 MB Included as part
of the Agent Base
Directory space.
Agent Gold
Image Creation
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 GB N/A
Agent Gold
Image Staging
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 GB N/A
Agent Gold
Image Update
2 512
MB
1.5 GB 500
MB
500 MB 1 GB Included as part
of the Agent Base
Directory space.
Shared Agent
Installation -
Master Agent
2 512
MB
1.5 GB 500
MB
1 GB if the
master agent is
installed using
the Add Host
Targets Wizard
or using any of
the silent
methods.
500 MB if the
master agent is
installed using
an Agent Gold
Image, or
installed by
cloning an
existing
Management
Agent using the
Add Host
Targets Wizard
or using any of
the silent
methods.
750 MB if the
master agent is
installed using
an Agent Gold
Image.
N/A if the
master agent is
installed using
any other
method.
Included as part
of the Agent Base
Directory space.
CPU, RAM, and Hard Disk Space Requirements for Oracle Management Agent, Hybrid Cloud Agent, Hybrid Cloud Gateway Agent
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Table 1-2 (Cont.) CPU, RAM, and Hard Disk Space Requirements for Oracle Management Agent,
Hybrid Cloud Agent, Hybrid Cloud Gateway Agent
- CPU
Cores
Per
Host
RAM Agent
Base
Director
y Space
Swap
Spac
e
Temporary
Directory Space Stage/Working
Directory Space Agent Instance
Home
Shared Agent
Installation -
Shared Agent
2 512
MB
N/A N/A 500 MB N/A 16 MB
1.3 CPU, RAM, and Hard Disk Space Requirements for Oracle
Management Repository
Table 1-3 describes the minimum RAM and hard disk space requirements for
configuring a Management Repository:
Note:
If you plan to have the Management Repository and the OMS on the same
host, then meet the requirements described in Table 1-3 and Table 1-1, and
make sure the CPU, RAM, and hard disk space requirements are a
combination of the values mentioned in both tables.
Caution:
The requirements mentioned in Table 1-3 indicate the minimum configuration
required at the time of installation. Understandably, over a period of time,
depending on the use of Enterprise Manager resources, you might have to
upgrade to a higher configuration than the one you maintained at the time of
installation. For example, the hard disk space required at the time of
installation is 19 GB, but depending on the use of the Management Repository
over time, you might require more space eventually.
Table 1-3 Minimum CPU, RAM, and Hard Disk Space Requirements for
Management Repository
- Evaluation or
Simple
Installation
Advanced
Installation
(SMALL)
Advanced
Installation
(MEDIUM)
Advanced
Installation
(LARGE)
Deployment
Size
- Small Medium Large
Configuration 1 OMS, <100
Targets, <10
Agents, <3
Concurrent
User Sessions
1 OMS, <1000
Targets, <100
Agents, <10
Concurrent
User Sessions
2 OMSes, >=1000
but <10,000
Targets, >=100 but
<1000 Agents,>=10
but <25 Concurrent
User Sessions
> 2 OMSes,
>=10,000 Targets,
>=1000 Agents,
>=25 but <=50
Concurrent User
Sessions
CPU, RAM, and Hard Disk Space Requirements for Oracle Management Repository
Hardware Requirements for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 1-5
Table 1-3 (Cont.) Minimum CPU, RAM, and Hard Disk Space Requirements for
Management Repository
- Evaluation or
Simple
Installation
Advanced
Installation
(SMALL)
Advanced
Installation
(MEDIUM)
Advanced
Installation
(LARGE)
CPU Cores/
Host1
- 4 6 12
RAM - 7 GB 10 GB 18 GB
Hard Disk
Space
23 GB
(SYSTEM: 600
MB,
MGMT_TABLE
SPACE: 15 GB,
MGMT_ECM_
DEPOT_TS: 1
GB,
MGMT_AD4J_
TS: 3 GB, TEMP
3 GB, ARCHIVE
LOG OFF)
147 GB
(SYSTEM: 600
MB,
MGMT_TABLE
SPACE: 100 GB,
MGMT_ECM_
DEPOT_TS: 1
GB,
MGMT_AD4J_
TS: 10 GB,
TEMP 10 GB,
ARCHIVE LOG
AREA: 25 GB)
455 GB
(SYSTEM: 600 MB,
MGMT_TABLESPA
CE: 300 GB,
MGMT_ECM_DEP
OT_TS: 4 GB,
MGMT_AD4J_TS:
30 GB, TEMP 20
GB, ARCHIVE LOG
AREA: 100 GB)
649 GB
(SYSTEM: 600
MB,
MGMT_TABLES
PACE: 400 GB,
MGMT_ECM_DE
POT_TS: 8 GB,
MGMT_AD4J_TS:
50 GB, TEMP 40
GB, ARCHIVE
LOG AREA: 150
GB)
1For high availability, Oracle Real Application Cluster (Oracle RAC) database must be set up.
CPU, RAM, and Hard Disk Space Requirements for Oracle Management Repository
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2
Package, Kernel Parameter, and Library
Requirements for Enterprise Manager
Cloud Control
This chapter describes the packages, kernel parameters settings, and libraries required
on different platforms (32-bit and 64-bit) for installing a new Enterprise Manager
system, an additional Oracle Management Service (OMS), and a standalone Oracle
Management Agent (Management Agent).
In particular, this chapter covers the following:
•Package Requirements for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
•Kernel Parameter Requirements for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
•Library Requirements for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
Note:
The packages and libraries are NOT required for Microsoft Windows
platforms.
2.1 Package Requirements for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
This section lists the packages required on different platforms (32-bit and 64-bit) for
installing an OMS or a Management Agent. In particular, this section covers the
following:
•About the Logic Used by the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Installation
Wizard to Verify the Packages
•Identifying the Installed Packages
•Package Requirements for Oracle Management Service
•Package Requirements for Oracle Management Agent
2.1.1 About the Logic Used by the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Installation Wizard
to Verify the Packages
The Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Installation Wizard runs prerequisite checks to
verify these packages. If the packages are not found or if the packages are found to be
of a lower version than what is required at a minimum, then the wizard prompts you
to install the required packages of the required version before proceeding with the
installation or upgrade.
Package, Kernel Parameter, and Library Requirements for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 2-1
The package name contains two parts, mainly the name and the version separated by a
hyphen. For example, for libstdc++43-4.3 package, libstdc++43 is the name
and 4.3 is the version of the package.
The Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Installation Wizard verifies the package name
as well as the version required for a particular platform. For example, if libstdc+
+43-4.3 is required for SUSE Linux Enterprise 11, and if libstdc++46-4.6.1 is found
instead, then the wizard will report this as a missing package and prompt you to
install libstdc++43-4.3. This is because libstdc++46-4.6.1 is not a higher version of
libstdc++43-4.3; libstdc++46 and libstdc++43 are two different packages (the former is
46 and the latter is 43).
You can have a package of a higher version than what is required, but not a different
package and not a package of a lower version. For example, if libstdc++43-4.3 is
required for SUSE Linux Enterprise 11, and if libstdc++43-6.7 is found instead, then
the wizard will not report this as an issue, and will pass the prerequisite check. This is
because, in this case, libstdc++43-6.7 is a higher version of libstdc++43-4.3, which is
required at a minimum (the former is 43 and so is the latter).
Therefore, as a prerequisite, make sure you install all the required packages listed in
this chapter for your respective platform.
2.1.2 Identifying the Installed Packages
To identify the packages already installed on your system, run the following
command. If the command does not list the packages listed in Package Requirements
for Oracle Management Service or Package Requirements for Oracle Management
Agent, then install them manually.
For Linux Platforms
rpm -qa --queryformat "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}(%{ARCH})\n"
| grep glibc
The command lists all the packages installed on the system. The 32-bit ones are
appended with (i386) or (i686), and the 64-bit ones are appended with
(x86_64).
For example, if you run the command on a 32-bit system, you should see something
similar to the following:
glibc-devel-2.3.4-2.43(i386)
glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.43(i386)
glibc-2.3.4-2.43(i686)
compat-glibc-headers-2.3.2-95.30(i386)
glibc-profile-2.3.4-2.43(i386)
glibc-utils-2.3.4-2.43(i386)
glibc-kernheaders-2.4-9.1.103.EL(i386)
glibc-common-2.3.4-2.43(i386)
compat-glibc-2.3.2-95.30(i386)
For example, if you run the command on a 64-bit system, you should see something
similar to the following:
glibc-common-2.3.4-2.43(x86_64)
glibc-devel-2.3.4-2.43(x86_64)
glibc-profile-2.3.4-2.43(x86_64)
glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.43(x86_64)
glibc-utils-2.3.4-2.43(x86_64)
glibc-2.3.4-2.43(x86_64)
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For Solaris Platforms
pkginfo <package_name>
For example,
pkginfo SUNWbtool
For AIX Platforms
lslpp -l <package name>
For example,
lslpp -l bos.perf.proctools
For HP Platforms
To determine whether a bundle, product, or fileset is installed, enter the following
command, where level is either bundle, product, or fileset:
# /usr/sbin/swlist -l level |more
For example,
/usr/sbin/swlist -l bundle |grep QPK
2.1.3 Package Requirements for Oracle Management Service
Table 2-1 lists the packages required on different platforms (32-bit and 64-bit) for
installing a new Enterprise Manager system or an additional OMS.
Table 2-1 Package Requirements for Oracle Management Service
Platform 32-Bit Packages for 32-
Bit Platform 64-Bit Packages for 64-Bit
Platform
Oracle Linux 7.x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7
Here, x refers to the version
of the Oracle Linux release.
For example, Oracle Linux
7.2, where 7 is the release
number and 2 is the version
number.
Not Supported • make-3.82-21
• binutils-2.23
• gcc-4.8.2-16
• libaio-0.3.109-12
• glibc-common-2.17-55
• libstdc++-4.8.2-16
• sysstat-10.1.5-4
• glibc-devel 2.17-55 (i686) (This
is a 32-bit package)
• glibc-devel 2.17-55 (x86_64)
(This is a 64-bit package)
• libXtst-1.2.2-2 (x86_64)
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Table 2-1 (Cont.) Package Requirements for Oracle Management Service
Platform 32-Bit Packages for 32-
Bit Platform 64-Bit Packages for 64-Bit
Platform
Oracle Linux 6.x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6
Here, x refers to the version
of the Oracle Linux release.
For example, Oracle Linux
6.2, where 6 is the release
number and 2 is the version
number.
Not Supported • make-3.81
• binutils-2.20
• gcc-4.4.4
• libaio-0.3.107
• glibc-common-2.12-1
• libstdc++-4.4.4
• libXtst-1.0.99 (x86_64)
• sysstat-9.0.4
• glibc-devel-2.12-1.7 (i686) (This
is a 32-bit package)
• glibc-devel-2.12-1.7 (x86_64)
(This is a 64-bit package)
•(Applicable only for Oracle Linux
6.2, which includes RH6.2 and
UEK 6.2) glibc-2.12-1.47.0.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Not Supported • make-4.0-2.107.x86_64 (x86_64)
• binutils-4.0-2.107 (x86_64)
• gcc-4.8-6.189 (x86_64)
• libstdc++48-
devel-4.8.3+r212056-6.3
(x86_64)
• libstdc++48-
devel-32bit-4.8.3+r212056-6.3
(x86_64)
• gcc48-4.8.3+r212056-6.3
(x86_64)
• gcc48-c++-4.8.3+r212056-6.3
(x86_64)
• gcc48-32bit-4.8.3+r212056-6.3
(x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Not Supported • make-3.80
• binutils-2.16.91.0.5
• gcc-4.3-62.198 (x86_64)
• libstdc++43-
devel-4.3.3_20081022-11.18
(x86_64)
• gcc43-4.3.3_20081022-11.18
(x86_64)
• gcc43-c++-4.3.3_20081022-11.18
(x86_64)
• gcc43-32bit-4.3.3_20081022-11.1
8 (x86_64)
• glibc-devel-2.5-49 (i686) (This is
a 32-bit package)
• glibc-devel-2.5-49 (x86_64)
(This is a 64-bit package)
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Table 2-1 (Cont.) Package Requirements for Oracle Management Service
Platform 32-Bit Packages for 32-
Bit Platform 64-Bit Packages for 64-Bit
Platform
Solaris SPARC 5.11
Note
Update level 10 or higher
is supported on Solaris
platforms.
Not Supported • SUNWbtool
• SunWhea or system/header
• SUNWlibm
• SUNWlibms
• SUNWsprot
• SUNWtoo
• SUNWxwplt (This is for setting
xwindow)
• SUNWfont-xorg-core (This
package is required only for GUI-
based interactive installation, and
not for silent installation)
• SUNWlibC
• SUNWcsl
Solaris SPARC 5.10
Also supported on Solaris
Local Container
Not Supported SUNWbtool
Solaris x86-64 5.11 Not Supported • SUNWbtool
• SunWhea or system/header
• SUNWlibm
• SUNWlibms
• SUNWsprot
• SUNWtoo
• SUNWxwplt (This is for setting
xwindow)
• SUNWfont-xorg-core (This
package is required only for GUI-
based interactive installation, and
not for silent installation)
• SUNWlibC
• SUNWcsl
Solaris x86-64 5.10 Not Supported • SUNWbtool
• SUNWarc
• SUNWhea
• SUNWlibm
• SUNWlibms
• SUNWsprot
• SUNWtoo
• SUNWi1of
• SUNWi1cs
• SUNWi15cs
• SUNWxwfnt
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Table 2-1 (Cont.) Package Requirements for Oracle Management Service
Platform 32-Bit Packages for 32-
Bit Platform 64-Bit Packages for 64-Bit
Platform
IBM AIX 7.1
Note: All maintenance
levels are supported.
Check the maintenance
level using the following
command:
oslevel -r
Not Supported • bos.adt.base(0.0)
• bos.adt.lib(0.0)
• bos.adt.libm(0.0)
• bos.perf.libperfstat(0.0)
• bos.perf.perfstat(0.0)
• bos.perf.proctools(0.0)
• rsct.basic.rte(0.0)
• rsct.compat.clients.rte(0.0)
• xlC.aix61.rte.(10.1.0.0)
• xlC.rte.(10.1.0.0)
IBM AIX 6.1
Note: All maintenance
levels are supported.
Check the maintenance
level using the following
command:
oslevel -r
Not Supported • bos.adt.base(0.0)
• bos.adt.lib(0.0)
• bos.adt.libm(0.0)
• bos.perf.libperfstat(0.0)
• bos.perf.perfstat(0.0)
• bos.perf.proctools(0.0)
• rsct.basic.rte(0.0)
• rsct.compat.clients.rte(0.0)
• xlC.aix61.rte.(9.0.0.0)
• xlC.rte.(9.0.0.0)
HP-UX Itanium 11.31 Not Supported • OS-Core(B.11.31)
• Minimum Compiler Version
aCC: HP C/aC++ B9007AA (C.
11.31.07)
• Patches
(PHSS_31850,PHSS_31851,PHS
S_31854,PHSS_31855,PHSS_33
275,PHSS_33276,PHSS_33278,P
HSS_33279,PHSS_33277,PHSS_
33279,PHSS_32213,PHCO_3242
6,PHCO_31553,PHKL_33552,P
HKL_32645,PHKL_32646,PHK
L_32632,PHKL_33552,PHKL_3
2645,PHKL_32646,PHKL_3263
2,PHKL_32646,PHKL_33552,P
HKL_32645,PHKL_32632,PHK
L_31500)
2.1.4 Package Requirements for Oracle Management Agent
Table 2-2 lists the packages required on different platforms (32-bit and 64-bit) for
installing a Management Agent.
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WARNING:
The GCC packages mentioned in this section are required during installation
and also after installation, therefore do not deinstall them after installation.
During installation, they are required for relinking binaries, and after
installation they are required for discovering hosts and for collecting real-time
monitoring modules on Linux hosts. Do NOT deinstall any of the GCC
packages after installation.
Table 2-2 Package Requirements for Oracle Management Agent
Platform 32-Bit Packages for
32-Bit Platform 64-Bit Packages for 64-Bit Platform
Oracle Linux 7.x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7
Here, x refers to the version
of the Oracle Linux release.
For example, Oracle Linux
7.2, where 7 is the release
number and 2 is the version
number.
Default Packages Are
Sufficient
• make-3.82-21
• binutils-2.23
• gcc-4.8.2-16
• libaio-0.3.109-12
• glibc-common-2.17-55
• libstdc++-4.8.2-16
• sysstat-10.1.5-4
Oracle Linux 6.x
Here, x refers to the version
of the Oracle Linux release.
For example, Oracle Linux
6.2, where 6 is the release
number and 2 is the version
number.
• make-3.81
• binutils-2.20
• gcc-4.4.4
• libaio-0.3.107
• glibc-
common-2.12-1.
7
• libstdc++-4.4.4
• sysstat-9.0.4
• make-3.81
• binutils-2.20
• gcc-4.4.4
• libaio-0.3.107
• glibc-common-2.12-1.7
• libstdc++-4.4.4
• sysstat-9.0.4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6
• make-3.81
• binutils-2.20
• gcc-4.1.1
• libaio-0.3.106
• glibc-
common-2.3.4
• libstdc++-4.1.1
• sysstat-5.0.5
• make-3.81
• binutils-2.20
• gcc-4.1.1
• libaio-0.3.106
• glibc-common-2.3.4
• libstdc++-4.1.1
• sysstat-5.0.5
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Not Supported • make-4.0
• binutils-2.24
• gcc48-c++-4.8.3
• gcc48-4.8.3
• gcc48-32bit-4.8.3
• gcc-4.8
• libstdc++48-devel-4.8.3
• libstdc++48-devel-32bit
SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 • make-3.80
• binutils-2.19
• gcc-4.3
• make-3.80
• binutils-2.16.91.0.5
• gcc -4.1.0
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Table 2-2 (Cont.) Package Requirements for Oracle Management Agent
Platform 32-Bit Packages for
32-Bit Platform 64-Bit Packages for 64-Bit Platform
Solaris SPARC 5.11
Note
Update level 10 or higher
is supported on Solaris
platforms.
Not Supported • SUNWbtool
• SUNWlibm
• SUNWlibms
• SUNWsprot
• SUNWtoo
• SUNWlibC
• SUNWcsl
Solaris SPARC 5.10
Also supported on Solaris
Local Container
Not Supported SUNWbtool
Solaris x86-64 5.11 Not Supported • SUNWbtool
• SUNWlibm
• SUNWlibms
• SUNWsprot
• SUNWtoo
• SUNWfont-xorg-core
• SUNWlibC
• SUNWcsl
Solaris x86-64 5.10 Not Supported • SUNWbtool
• SUNWarc
• SUNWhea
• SUNWlibm
• SUNWlibms
• SUNWsprot
• SUNWtoo
• SUNWi1of
• SUNWi1cs
• SUNWi15cs
• SUNWxwfnt
IBM AIX 7.1
Note: All maintenance
levels are supported.
Check the maintenance
level using the following
command:
oslevel -r
Not Supported • bos.adt.base(0.0)
• bos.adt.lib(0.0)
• bos.adt.libm(0.0)
• bos.perf.libperfstat(0.0)
• bos.perf.perfstat(0.0)
• bos.perf.proctools(0.0)
• rsct.basic.rte(0.0)
• rsct.compat.clients.rte(0.0)
• xlC.aix61.rte.(10.1.0.0)
• xlC.rte.(10.1.0.0)
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Table 2-2 (Cont.) Package Requirements for Oracle Management Agent
Platform 32-Bit Packages for
32-Bit Platform 64-Bit Packages for 64-Bit Platform
IBM AIX 6.1
Note: All maintenance
levels are supported.
Check the maintenance
level using the following
command:
oslevel -r
Not Supported • bos.adt.base(0.0)
• bos.adt.lib(0.0)
• bos.adt.libm(0.0)
• bos.perf.libperfstat(0.0)
• bos.perf.perfstat(0.0)
• bos.perf.proctools(0.0)
• rsct.basic.rte(0.0)
• rsct.compat.clients.rte(0.0)
• xlC.aix61.rte.(9.0.0.0)
• xlC.rte.(9.0.0.0)
HP-UX Itanium 11.31 Not Supported OS-Core(B.11.31)
2.2 Kernel Parameter Requirements for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
This section lists the kernel parameters required on different platforms (32-bit and 64-
bit) for installing an OMS or a Management Agent. In particular, this section covers
the following:
•Kernel Parameter Requirements for Oracle Management Service
•Kernel Parameter Requirements for Oracle Management Agent
2.2.1 Kernel Parameter Requirements for Oracle Management Service
This section covers the following:
•Verifying UDP and TCP Kernel Parameters
•Setting Up kernel.shmmax Kernel Parameter
2.2.1.1 Verifying UDP and TCP Kernel Parameters
Set TCP/IP ephemeral port range parameters to provide enough ephemeral ports for
the anticipated server workload. Ensure that the lower range is set to at least 11,000 or
higher, to avoid Well Known ports, and to avoid ports in the Registered Ports range
commonly used by Oracle and other server ports.
Set the port range high enough to avoid reserved ports for any applications you may
intend to use. If the lower value of the range you have is greater than 11,000, and the
range is large enough for your anticipated workload, then you can ignore OUI
warnings regarding the ephemeral port range.
For example, with IPv4, use the following command to check your current range for
ephemeral ports:
$ cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range
32768 61000
In the preceding example, the lowest port (32768) and the highest port (61000) are set
to the default range.
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If necessary, update the UDP and TCP ephemeral port range to a range high enough
for anticipated system workloads, and to ensure that the ephemeral port range starts
at 11,000 and above.
For example:
# echo 11000 65000 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range
Oracle recommends that you make these settings permanent. For example, as root,
use a text editor to open /etc/sysctl.conf, and add or change to the following:
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 11000 65500, and then restart the
network (# /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart). For detailed information
on how to automate this ephemeral port range alteration on system restarts, refer to
your Linux distribution system administration documentation.
2.2.1.2 Setting Up kernel.shmmax Kernel Parameter
This section covers the following:
•If OMS and Management Repository Are on Different Hosts
•If OMS and Management Repository Are on the Same Host
If OMS and Management Repository Are on Different Hosts
If you are installing OMS and Management Repository (database) on different hosts,
which are running on Linux operating systems (32-bit or 64-bit), then on the OMS
host, set the kernel.shmmax parameter to a value 1 byte less than 4 GB or
4294967295.
Oracle recommends this value to avoid lack of memory issues for other applications
and to enable a complete and successful core file generation under any and all
circumstances.
• To verify the value assigned to the kernel.shmmax parameter, run the following
command:
cat /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax
• To set the value for kernel.shmmax parameter, do the following:
1. Log in as root.
2. Open the /etc/sysctl.conf file.
3. Set the kernel.shmmax parameter to 4294967295.
By setting the value in the /etc/sysctl.conf file, the value persists even
when you restart the system. On SUSE Linux Enterprise Server systems, run
the following command to ensure that the system reads the /etc/
sysctl.conf file when it restarts:
# /sbin/chkconfig boot.sysctl on
4. Run the following command to change the current values of the kernel
parameters. Review the output and verify that the values are correct. If the
values are incorrect, edit the /etc/sysctl.conf file, then run this
command again.
# /sbin/sysctl -p
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5. Enter the command /sbin/sysctl -a to confirm that the values are set
correctly.
6. After updating the values of the kernel parameters in the /etc/
sysctl.conf file, either restart the host, or run the command sysctl -p to
make the changes in the /etc/sysctl.conf file available in the active
kernel memory.
If OMS and Management Repository Are on the Same Host
If you are installing OMS and Management Repository (database) on the same host,
which is running on a Linux operating system (32-bit or 64-bit), then set the
kernel.shmmax parameter to a value prescribed in the Oracle Database Installation
Guide that is published for the intended database release and platform.
2.2.2 Kernel Parameter Requirements for Oracle Management Agent
There are no kernel parameter requirements for Management Agent.
2.3 Library Requirements for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
This section lists the libraries required on different platforms (32-bit and 64-bit) for
installing an OMS or a Management Agent. In particular, this section covers the
following:
•Library Requirements for Oracle Management Service
•Library Requirements for Oracle Management Agent
2.3.1 Library Requirements for Oracle Management Service
Table 2-3 lists the libraries required on different platforms (32-bit and 64-bit) for
installing a new Enterprise Manager system or an additional OMS.
Table 2-3 Library Requirements for Oracle Management Service
Platform 32-Bit Libraries for
32-Bit Platform 64-Bit Libraries for 64-Bit Platform
Oracle Linux 7.x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x
Here, x refers to the version of the
Oracle Linux release. For
example, Oracle Linux 7.2, where
7 is the release number and 2 is
the version number.
Not Supported glibc-2.17
Oracle Linux 6.x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x
Here, x refers to the version of the
Oracle Linux release. For
example, Oracle Linux 6.2, where
6 is the release number and 2 is
the version number.
Not Supported glibc-2.12
SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Not Supported glibc-2.11
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2.3.2 Library Requirements for Oracle Management Agent
There are no library requirements for Management Agent.
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3
Creating Operating System Groups and
Users for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
This chapter explains how to create the operating system groups and users required
for installing Enterprise Manager Cloud Control. In particular, this chapter covers the
following:
•About the Operating System Groups and Users Required for Installing Enterprise
Manager Cloud Control
•Creating the Operating System Groups and Users Required for Installing
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3.1 About the Operating System Groups and Users Required for Installing
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
The following operating system group and user are required for all installation types:
• The Oracle Inventory Group (typically, oinstall)
You must create this group the first time you install Oracle software on the
system. The default name chosen for this group is oinstall. This group owns
the Oracle inventory that is a catalog of all Oracle software installed on the
system.
Note:
If Oracle software is already installed on the system, then the existing Oracle
Inventory group must be the primary group of the operating system user that
you use to install other Oracle software.
• The Oracle Software Owner User (typically, oracle)
You must create this user the first time you install Oracle software on the system.
This user owns all of the software installed during the installation. This user must
have the Oracle Inventory group as its primary group.
Note:
In Oracle documentation, this user is referred to as the oracle user.
A single Oracle Inventory group is required for all installations of Oracle software on
the system. After the first installation of Oracle software, you must use the same
Oracle Inventory group for all subsequent Oracle software installations on that
system.
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Note: If your operating system is Microsoft Windows, then ensure that the
following are complied with:
1. The OMS user account has permissions and rights to act as part of the
operating system, adjust memory quota for a process, replace process
level token, and log on as a batch job. To verify whether the OMS user
account has these rights, launch the Local Security Policy. From the Start
menu, click Settings and then select Control Panel. From the Control
Panel window, select Administrative Tools, and from the
Administrative Tools window, select Local Security Policy. In the Local
Security Policy window, from the tree structure, expand Local Policies,
and then expand User Rights Assignment.
2. The OMS user account has read and execute permission to run the batch
job. This is a restriction from Microsoft. For more information on this
restriction and to understand how to grant these permissions, access the
following URL to Microsoft Web site:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/867466/en-us
3.2 Creating the Operating System Groups and Users Required for
Installing Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
The following sections describe how to create the required operating system users and
groups:
•Creating the Oracle Inventory Group for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
•Creating the Oracle Software Owner User for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
Note:
As an alternative to creating local users and groups, you can create the
appropriate users and groups in a directory service, for example, Network
Information Services (NIS). For information about using directory services,
contact your system administrator or refer to your operating system
documentation.
3.2.1 Creating the Oracle Inventory Group for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
You must create the Oracle Inventory group if it does not already exist. The following
subsections describe how to determine the Oracle Inventory group name if it exists,
and how to create it if necessary.
•Determining Whether the Oracle Inventory Group Already Exists for Enterprise
Manager Cloud Control
•Creating the Oracle Inventory Group for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
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3.2.1.1 Determining Whether the Oracle Inventory Group Already Exists for Enterprise
Manager Cloud Control
When you install Oracle software on the system for the first time, the oraInst.loc
file is created. This file identifies the name of the Oracle Inventory group and the path
to the Oracle Inventory directory.
To determine whether the Oracle Inventory group exists, enter the following
command:
$ more /etc/oraInst.loc
Note:
the oraInst.loc file is available in the /etc directory for Linux and other
platforms. On Solaris platforms, it is available at /var/opt/oracle/.
If the oraInst.loc file exists, then the output from this command looks like:
inventory_loc=/u01/app/oracle/oraInventory
inst_group=oinstall
The inst_group parameter shows the name of the Oracle Inventory group,
oinstall.
3.2.1.2 Creating the Oracle Inventory Group for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
If the oraInst.loc file does not exist, or if the file exists but the Oracle Inventory
group is different, then create the Oracle Inventory group oinstall using the
following command:
# /usr/sbin/groupadd oinstall
3.2.2 Creating the Oracle Software Owner User for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
You must create an Oracle software owner user in the following circumstances:
• If an Oracle software owner user does not exist, for example, if this is the first
installation of Oracle software on the system.
• If an Oracle software owner user exists, but you want to use a different operating
system user, with different group membership, to give database administrative
privileges to those groups in a new Oracle Database installation.
To create an Oracle software owner, follow the steps outlined in these sections:
•Determining Whether an Oracle Software Owner User Already Exists for
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
•Creating an Oracle Software Owner User for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
•Modifying an Oracle Software Owner User for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3.2.2.1 Determining Whether an Oracle Software Owner User Already Exists for
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
To determine whether an Oracle software owner user named oracle exists, run the
following command:
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$ id oracle
If the oracle user exists, then the output from this command looks like this:
uid=440(oracle) gid=200(oinstall) groups=201(dba),202(oper)
If the user exists, then determine whether you want to use the existing user or create
another oracle user.
• To use the existing user, ensure that the user's primary group is the Oracle
Inventory group.
• To modify an existing user, refer to Modifying an Oracle Software Owner User for
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control.
• To create a user, refer to Creating an Oracle Software Owner User for Enterprise
Manager Cloud Control.
Note:
If necessary, contact your system administrator before using or modifying an
existing user.
3.2.2.2 Creating an Oracle Software Owner User for Enterprise Manager Cloud
Control
If the Oracle software owner user does not exist or if you require a new Oracle
software owner user, then follow these steps to create one. In the following procedure,
use the user name oracle unless a user with that name already exists.
1. To create the oracle user, enter a command similar to the following:
# /usr/sbin/useradd -g oinstall oracle
In this command, the -g option defines the primary group, which must be the
Oracle Inventory group, for example oinstall.
2. Set the password of the oracle user:
# passwd oracle
Note:
Oracle recommends you to use the same UIDs across all the OMS instances,
especially when you use Oracle Software Library. If the UIDs are different,
then the files created by one OMS cannot be modified by another OMS.
3.2.2.3 Modifying an Oracle Software Owner User for Enterprise Manager Cloud
Control
If the oracle user exists, but its primary group is not oinstall, then enter a
command similar to the following to modify it. Specify the primary group using the -
g option.
# /usr/sbin/usermod -g oinstall oracle
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4
Installing Cygwin and Starting the SSH
Daemon
This chapter explains how to install Cygwin and start the SSH daemon on Microsoft
Windows hosts. This chapter is applicable only when you want to install a
Management Agent on a Microsoft Windows host, using the Add Host Targets
Wizard or EM CLI. In particular, this chapter covers the following:
•About the Cygwin Requirement for Installing Management Agents
•Before You Begin Installing Cygwin
•Installing Cygwin
•Configuring SSH
•After Installing Cygwin and Configuring SSH
Note:
If you do not want to install Cygwin to deploy Management Agents on
Microsoft Windows hosts using the Add Host Targets Wizard or EM CLI, you
can choose to deploy Management Agents on these hosts using the PsExec
process utility. For information on how to deploy Management Agents on
Microsoft Windows hosts using PsExec, see Installing Management Agents on
Microsoft Windows Target Hosts Without Using Cygwin.
4.1 About the Cygwin Requirement for Installing Management Agents
The Add Host Targets Wizard is an application built into the Enterprise Manager
Cloud Control console. It offers GUI-rich, interactive screens that enable you to install
Oracle Management Agents (Management Agents) on unmanaged hosts and convert
them to managed hosts, so that they can be monitored and managed in Enterprise
Manager Cloud Control.
When you use the Add Host Targets Wizard or EM CLI to install a Management
Agent on a host running on Microsoft Windows, as a prerequisite, you must install
Cygwin and start the SSH Daemon on the host. To do so, follow the steps listed in
Installing Cygwin.
Cygwin is essentially a utility that offers a Linux-like environment on a Microsoft
Windows host. Technically, it is a DLL (cygwin1.dll) that acts as a Linux API layer
providing substantial Linux API functionality. Once you install Cygwin, you can
configure the SSH Daemon on the host. The Add Host Targets Wizard is certified and
supported with Cygwin 2.4.1 or higher.
Installing Cygwin and Starting the SSH Daemon 4-1
The SSH Daemon enables the Add Host Targets Wizard to establish SSH connectivity
between the OMS host and the host on which you want to install a Management
Agent. Using this connectivity, the wizard transfers the Management Agent software
binaries to the destination host over SSH protocol, installs the Management Agent,
and configures it.
4.2 Before You Begin Installing Cygwin
• With Cygwin version cygcheck (cygwin) 2.0.1, short passwords with fewer than 8
characters are not allowed.
• Before starting with the SSHD setup, ensure you are not using OpenSSH and
MKSNT when using the Add Host Targets Wizard. To do so, perform the
following checks:
1. Ensure OpenSSH\bin and mksnt are not in your PATH environment variable. If
they are, remove them by doing the following:
a. Right-click on My Computer and go to Properties.
b. In the System Properties window, click Advanced.
c. In this tab, click Environment Variables.
d. Here, search for the PATH system variable, select it, and if the OpenSSH\bin
and mksnt are present in PATH, click Edit.
e. In the Edit System Variable dialog box, delete these two values from PATH,
then click OK.
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2. Stop the SSH Daemon if it is running from OpenSSH, MKS or any other vendor. If
the SSH Daemon is running, stop it by doing the following:
a. Right-click on My Computer, and select Manage.
b. In the Computer Management window, in the left pane, expand Services and
Applications, and select Services.
c. In the right pane, click the SSH Daemon/MKS Secure Shell service, then click
the Stop button.
Before You Begin Installing Cygwin
Installing Cygwin and Starting the SSH Daemon 4-3
Note:
The navigational steps described in this section may vary for different
Microsoft Windows operating systems.
4.3 Installing Cygwin
To install Cygwin on a Microsoft Windows host, follow these steps:
1. Access the following URL, then click Install Cygwin:
http://www.cygwin.com/
2. Download the 32-bit version (if you are running a 32-bit version of Microsoft
Windows) or the 64-bit version (if you are running a 64-bit version of Microsoft
Windows) of the Cygwin setup executable.
3. Run the setup executable, then click Next to proceed.
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4. On the Choose Installation Type screen, select Install from Internet, then click
Next.
5. On the Choose Installation Directory screen, enter C:\cygwin as the Root
Directory, then click Next.
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Note:
If you choose to install Cygwin in a different directory, then ensure that you
update the SSH_PATH, SCP_PATH, MKDIR_PATH, SH_PATH,
CHMOD_PATH,and TRUE properties present in the $<ORACLE_HOME>\oui
\prov\resources\ssPaths_msplats.properties file to their proper
Cygwin binary values, after installing the Enterprise Manager system.
For example, if you choose to install Cygwin in the D:\software\cygwin
directory, then update the specified properties in the following manner:
SCP_PATH=D:\software\cygwin\bin\scp.exe
SH_PATH=D:\software\cygwin\bin\sh.exe
CHMOD_PATH=D:\software\cygwin\bin\chmod.exe
LS_PATH=D:\software\cygwin\bin\ls.exe
6. On the Select Local Package Directory screen, select a directory on your local
machine where you want to store the downloaded installation files, then click Next.
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7. On the Select Connection Type screen, select appropriate settings to connect to the
internet, then click Next.
8. On the Choose Download Site(s) screen, select any site from the available list, then
click Next.
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9. On the select packages screen, ensure that you select the following packages, then
click Next:
From the Archive category, select unzip and zip as follows:
From the Net category, select openssh and openssl as follows:
After selecting the packages and clicking Next, the Resolving Dependencies screen
is displayed. Click Next to proceed.
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10. On the Installation Status and Create Icons screen, do not make any changes. Click
Finish to complete the installation process.
4.4 Configuring SSH
This section describes how to configure SSH and test your Cygwin setup after
installing Cygwin on a host.
Configuring SSH
Installing Cygwin and Starting the SSH Daemon 4-9
Note:
While configuring SSH, you may need to run the cygwin.bat script. While
running cygwin.bat in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Microsoft
Windows Vista, ensure that you invoke it in administrator mode. To do this,
right-click the cygwin.bat file and select Run as administrator.
To configure SSH and test your Cygwin setup, follow these steps:
1. After you install Cygwin, navigate to the C:\cygwin directory, open the
Cygwin.bat file in edit mode using any editor, and add the following line before
invoking the bash shell.
set CYGWIN=binmode ntsec
For example, here are the contents for the Cygwin.bat file after adding the above
line:
@echo off
C:
chdir C:\cygwin\bin
set CYGWIN=binmode ntsec
bash --login -i
2. To verify if Cygwin (cygrunsrv) is installed properly, run C:\cygwin
\Cygwin.bat, and execute the following command:
cygrunsrv -h
If Cygwin is installed properly, then all the Cygwin help options are displayed on
the screen. However, if this command returns an error message, then you may
have to reinstall Cygwin.
3. To configure the SSHD service, run C:\cygwin\Cygwin.bat, and execute the
following command:
ssh-host-config
After running the command, you are prompted the following questions:
*** Info: StrictModes is set to 'yes' by default.
*** Info: This is the recommended setting, but it requires that the POSIX
*** Info: permissions of the user's home directory, the user's .ssh
*** Info: directory, and the user's ssh key files are tight so that
*** Info: only the user has write permissions.
*** Info: On the other hand, StrictModes don't work well with default
*** Info: Windows permissions of a home directory mounted with the
*** Info: 'noacl' option, and they don't work at all if the home
*** Info: directory is on a FAT or FAT32 partition.
*** Query: Should StrictModes be used? (yes/no) no
*** Query: Should privilege separation be used? <yes/no>: yes
*** Query: New local account 'sshd'? <yes/no>: yes
*** Query: Do you want to install sshd as a service?
*** Query: <Say "no" if it is already installed as a service> <yes/no>: yes
*** Query: Enter the value of CYGWIN for the deamon: [] binmode ntsec
*** Query: Do you want to use a different name? (yes/no) yes/no
At this point, if you want to use the same name, that is cyg_server, enter no.
You are then prompted the following questions:
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*** Query: Create new privileged user account 'cyg_server'? (yes/no) yes
*** Query: Please enter the password:
*** Query: Renter:
However, if you want to use a different name, enter yes. You are then prompted
the following questions:
*** Query: Enter the new user name: cyg_server1
*** Query: Reenter: cyg_server1
*** Query: Create new privileged user account 'cyg_server1'? (yes/no) yes
*** Query: Please enter the password:
*** Query: Reenter:
If the configuration is successful, you will see the following message:
Host configuration finished. Have fun!
4. Backup the c:\cygwin\etc\passwd file and then use any editor to open the file
in edit mode. Remove only those entries of the user that you will use to connect to
the host on which you want to install a Management Agent. Ask the user to make a
backup of the c:\cygwin\etc\passwd file before editing.
• If the user that you are employing to connect to the host on which you want to
install the Management Agent is a local user, run C:\cygwin\Cygwin.bat
and execute the following:
/bin/mkpasswd -l –u <USER> >> /etc/passwd (for
example, /bin/mkpasswd -l -u pjohn >> /etc/passwd)
• If the user you are employing to connect to the host on which you want to
install the Management Agent running is a domain user, run C:\cygwin
\Cygwin.bat and execute the following:
/bin/mkpasswd -d -u <USER> >> /etc/passwd (for example, /bin/mkpasswd -d -u
pjohn >> /etc/passwd)
mkdir -p /home/<USER> (for example, mkdir -p /home/pjohn)
chown <USER> /home/<USER> (for example, chown pjohn /home/pjohn)
5. (For a domain user only) If the user you are employing to connect to the host on
which you want to install the Management Agent is a domain user, do the
following to start the SSH daemon:
a. Right-click on My Computer, and select Manage.
b. In the Computer Management dialog box that appears, go to Services and
Applications, and select CYGWIN sshd.
c. Right-click CYGWIN sshd and select Properties.
d. In the Properties dialog box, go to the Log On tab.
e. Here, specify the domain/user name and password. Click Apply.
f. Run C:\cygwin\Cygwin.bat, and execute the following:
chown <USERNAME> /var/log/sshd.log
chown -R <USERNAME> /var/empty
chown <USERNAME> /etc/ssh*
chmod 755 /var/empty
chmod 644 /var/log/sshd.log
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Installing Cygwin and Starting the SSH Daemon 4-11
Note:
If /var/log/sshd.log does not exist, you do not have to execute the
following commands:
chown <USERNAME> /var/log/sshd.log
chmod 644 /var/log/sshd.log
6. Perform one of the following steps to start the SSH daemon:
Run C:\cygwin\Cygwin.bat and execute the following command:
/usr/sbin/sshd
OR
Run C:\cygwin\Cygwin.bat and execute the following command:
cygrunsrv -S sshd
OR
Perform these steps:
a. Right-click on My Computer, and select Manage.
b. In the Computer Management dialog box that appears, go to Services and
Applications, and select CYGWIN sshd.
c. Click CYGWIN sshd, then click the Start button.
Note:
If the SSH daemon does not start up, view the c:\cygwin\var\log
\sshd.log file for information on why the start up failed.
7. You can now test your Cygwin setup. To do this, go to a different machine (that
has the ssh client running), and execute the following command:
ssh -l <USERNAME> <localhost> 'date'
OR
ssh -l <USERNAME> <this node> 'date'
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For example,
ssh -l pjohn example.com 'date'
This command will prompt you to specify the password. When you specify the
correct password, the command should return the accurate date.
Note:
If you experience a process fork failure, memory leak error, or a file access
error after configuring SSH, view the following website for a workaround:
http://cygwin.com/faq.html
If you are unable to find a workaround for your problem, report your problem
to the Cygwin community using the following website:
http://cygwin.com/problems.html
4.5 After Installing Cygwin and Configuring SSH
After installing Cygwin (as described in Installing Cygwin) and configuring SSH (as
described in Configuring SSH), follow these steps:
1. If the OMS host runs on a Microsoft Windows platform, perform the following on
the OMS host:
a. Right click My Computer, then select Properties. In the window that appears,
select Advanced system settings, then select Environment Variables. In the
System Variables section, create the CYGWIN variable, and specify its value as
nodosfilewarning.
Note:
You do not need to restart the host after performing this step.
b. Navigate to the Cygwin install directory (that is, C:\cygwin if you chose to
install Cygwin in the default location), open the Cygwin.bat file in edit mode
using any editor, then edit the following line:
set CYGWIN=binmode ntsec nodosfilewarning
For example, these are the contents of the Cygwin.bat file after editing the
above line:
@echo off
C:
chdir C:\cygwin\bin
set CYGWIN=binmode ntsec nodosfilewarning
bash --login -i
c. From the Start menu, select Run. For Open, enter services.msc, then click
OK. Search for the Cygwin SSHD service and stop it.
d. Navigate to the Cygwin install directory (that is, C:\cygwin if you chose to
install Cygwin in the default location), then run Cygwin.bat. Run the
following command to start the SSHD service:
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$ /usr/sbin/sshd
Note:
Running this command may return an error mentioning that /var/empty
must be owned by the root user. If you encounter this error, run the following
from the Cygwin terminal:
$ chown
<windows_install_user>:<windows_install_group> /var/empty
After running this command, retry the $ /usr/sbin/sshd command.
2. Perform the tasks mentioned in Step 1 on all the Microsoft Windows target hosts
(on which you want to install Management Agents using the Add Host Targets
Wizard or EM CLI).
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Part II
Installation of Enterprise Manager Cloud
Control
This part describes how you can install Enterprise Manager Cloud Control. In
particular, this part contains the following chapters:
• Installing Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
•Installing Oracle Management Agents
•Adding Additional Oracle Management Services
•Installing JVM Diagnostic Agents
5
Installing Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud
Control
This chapter describes how you can install a new Enterprise Manager system while
utilizing an existing, certified Oracle Database to store Oracle Management Repository
(Management Repository).
In particular, this chapter covers the following:
•Introduction to Installing an Enterprise Manager System
•Before You Begin Installing an Enterprise Manager System
•Prerequisites for Installing an Enterprise Manager System
•Installing an Enterprise Manager System for a Demonstration Site (Simple
Configuration)
•Installing an Enterprise Manager System for a Production Site (Advanced
Configuration)
•Enabling Hybrid Cloud Management
•Performing Postinstallation Tasks After Installing an Enterprise Manager System
Note:
This chapter is only for installing a complete Enterprise Manager system (with
a Management Repository). If you want to install an additional Oracle
Management Service (OMS), then see Adding Additional Oracle Management
Services.
WARNING:
Do not install Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 13c on servers of SPARC
series: T1000, T2000, T5xx0, and T3-*. For more information, see My Oracle
Support note 1590556.1.
5.1 Introduction to Installing an Enterprise Manager System
Before you start installing Enterprise Manager Cloud Control, you must understand
the fundamentals of Enterprise Manager installation, the various installation types you
can use, the components that are installed by default, and so on. This section
introduces you to the installation process, and covers the following:
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•Overview of the Installation Types Offered for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
•Overview of the Core Components Installed and Configured with an Enterprise
Manager System
•Overview of the Directories Created for an Enterprise Manager System
Note:
For information on the releases Enterprise Manager Cloud Control has had so
far, see Procuring the Software in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide.
5.1.1 Overview of the Installation Types Offered for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
You can install Enterprise Manager Cloud Control with either simple or advanced
configuration. Table 5-1 describes the basic differences between the two installation
types.
Note:
• If you want to install Enterprise Manager Cloud Control for evaluation or
demo purposes, then use the Simple installation type.
• If you want to install only the software binaries of Enterprise Manager
Cloud Control along with Plugins at one point in graphical mode and
configure the installation at a later point, you may do so, using the
Advanced installation type. For more information on this, see Installing an
Enterprise Manager System Using Software Only Install Along With Plugins
and Configuring Later in the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Advanced
Installation and Configuration Guide.
Table 5-1 Differences Between Simple and Advanced Installation
Simple Installation Advanced Installation
Meant for demonstration or evaluation
purposes, and small deployments, and when
you do not want to worry about the granular
control of the installer and want to install the
Enterprise Manager system quickly, with less
memory, and for monitoring fewer targets in
their environment
Meant for small, medium, and large
deployments, and when you want to
customize your installation with custom
locations, directory names, and passwords.
Installs with minimal, default configuration
settings and preferences that you need for a
complete Enterprise Manager system. Does
not offer too many options to customize your
installation.
Offers custom or advanced configuration
options that you can select to suit your
environment and customize your installation.
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Table 5-1 (Cont.) Differences Between Simple and Advanced Installation
Simple Installation Advanced Installation
Configures with less memory to monitor up
to 30 targets, with 2 Oracle Management
Agents (Management Agent) and 2
concurrent user sessions for handling about
10 jobs per day.
Offers an option to select the deployment size
(small, medium, or large) of your choice, and
depending on the deployment size you select,
configures with the required memory.
The deployment size essentially indicates the
number of targets you plan to monitor, the
number of Management Agents you plan to
have, and the number of concurrent user
sessions you plan to have. The prerequisite
checks are run regardless of the selection you
make, but the values to be set for the various
parameters checked depend on the selection
you make
For more information on deployment sizes,
the prerequisite checks that are run, the
database parameters that are set, and how
you can modify the deployment size after
installation, see What is a Deployment Size for
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control in an
Advanced Configuration? in the Oracle
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Advanced
Installation and Configuration Guide.
Sets lower values for database parameters.
For information about the database
initialization parameters to be set for various
deployment sizes, refer to Software
Configurations in the Oracle Enterprise Manager
Cloud Control Advanced Installation and
Configuration Guide.
Sets higher values for database parameters.
For information about the database
parameters set for different deployment sizes,
see Sizing Your Enterprise Manager Deployment
in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide.
Allows you to use a database where the
Management Repository is preconfigured
using the database templates offered by
Oracle.
Allows you to use a database where the
Management Repository is preconfigured
using the database templates offered by
Oracle.
Installs mandatory plug-ins such as Oracle
Database plug-in, Oracle Fusion Middleware
plug-in, Oracle Exadata plug-in, Oracle
Cloud Framework plug-in, and Oracle
System Infrastructure plug-in.
• Installs mandatory plug-ins such as
Oracle Database plug-in, Oracle Fusion
Middleware plug-in, Oracle Exadata
plug-in, Oracle Cloud Framework plug-
in, and Oracle System Infrastructure
plug-in.
• Installs any other plug-in you select in
the installation wizard.
Creates a default user account weblogic for the
WebLogic domain GCDomain.
Allows you to change the name of the default
user account weblogic for the WebLogic
domain GCDomain.
Prompts for a common password for
WebLogic Server administration, Node
Manager, SYSMAN user account, and
Management Agent registration.
Prompts for separate, distinct passwords for
WebLogic Server administration, Node
Manager, SYSMAN user account, and
Management Agent registration.
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Table 5-1 (Cont.) Differences Between Simple and Advanced Installation
Simple Installation Advanced Installation
Creates a default OMS instance base
directory (gc_inst) outside the
Middleware home.
Allows you to change the name of the default
OMS instance base directory (gc_inst) to a
name of your choice, and creates that
directory outside the Middleware home.
Creates tablespaces for management,
configuration data, and JVM diagnostics data
in default locations.
Allows you to change the locations of the
tablespaces for management, configuration
data, and JVM diagnostics data.
Installs with default ports. Allows you to customize the ports according
to your environment.
Has only a few interview screens to fill in the
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
Installation Wizard.
Has many interview screens to fill in the
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
Installation Wizard
5.1.2 Overview of the Core Components Installed and Configured with an Enterprise
Manager System
As part of a new Enterprise Manager system, the installation wizard does the
following:
• Installs Oracle WebLogic Server 12c Release 1 (12.1.3.0).
• Installs Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.7.0_80.
• Installs Oracle Management Service 13c Release 2.
• Installs Oracle Management Agent 13c Release 2 in the agent base directory you
specify (outside the middleware home).
• Installs Oracle JRF 12c Release 1 (12.1.3.0), which includes the oracle_common
directory.
• Installs Oracle Web Tier 12c Release 1 (12.1.3.0).
• Installs Oracle BI Publisher 12c Release 1 (12.1.3.0), which includes the bi
directory.
• Creates a plug-in directory and installs the following default plug-ins.
– Oracle Database Plug-in
– Oracle Fusion Middleware Plug-in
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Note:
Starting with 13c Release 1, as part of the Oracle Fusion Middleware Plug-in
deployment, one Java Virtual Machine Diagnostics (JVMD) Engine is installed
by default on the OMS. For every additional OMS you deploy, you receive one
JVMD Engine by default with that OMS.
JVMD enables administrators to diagnose performance problems in Java
applications in the production environment. By eliminating the need to
reproduce problems, it reduces the time required to resolve these problems,
thus improving application availability and performance.
While JVMD Engine is installed by default on the OMS host, you will still
need JVMD Agents to be manually deployed on the targeted JVMs. For
instructions to deploy the JVMD Agent, see Installing JVM Diagnostic Agents.
– Oracle Exadata Plug-in
– Oracle Cloud Framework Plug-in
– Oracle System Infrastructure Plug-in
– Any other additional plug-ins you choose to deploy
• Creates an Oracle WebLogic domain called GCDomain. For this WebLogic
Domain, a default user account, weblogic, is used as the administrative user. In
advanced installation, you can choose to change this if you want.
• Creates a Node Manager user account called nodemanager. A Node Manager
enables you to start, shut down, or restart an Oracle WebLogic Server instance
remotely, and is recommended for applications with high availability
requirements.
Note:
On Microsoft Windows, a Node Manager service is NOT created. This is an
expected behavior.
• Configures an Oracle Management Service Instance Base location (gc_inst)
outside the Oracle Middleware home (Middleware home), for storing all
configuration details related to the OMS. In advanced installation, you can choose
to change this location if you want.
For example, if the Middleware home is /u01/software/em13c/
oraclehome, then the instance base location is /u01/software/em13c/
gc_inst. You can choose to change this, if you want, in the installer. However,
you can change it for only advanced installation and not for simple installation.
• Configures Oracle Management Repository in the existing, certified Oracle
Database. If the database instance is created using the database template offered
by Oracle, then this step is skipped.
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Note:
The existing, certified Oracle Database must be one of the certified databases
listed in the Enterprise Manager certification matrix available on My Oracle
Support, or a database instance created with a preconfigured Oracle
Management Repository (Management Repository) using the database
templates offered by Oracle.
To access the Enterprise Manager certification matrix, follow the steps
outlined in Accessing the Enterprise Manager Certification Matrix.
For information about creating a database instance with a preconfigured
Management Repository using the database templates offered by Oracle, refer
to Creating a Database Instance with Preconfigured Repository Using
Database Templates.
The database can be on a local or remote host, and if it is on a remote host, it
must be monitored by Oracle Management Agent. However, Oracle Real
Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) databases must only be on a shared disk.
• Runs the following configuration assistants to configure the installed components
for simple as well as advanced installation:
– Plugins Prerequisites Check
– Repository Configuration
Note:
If you use a database instance that was created with a preconfigured
Management Repository using the database templates offered by Oracle, then
Repository Out-of-Box Configuration is run instead of Repository Configuration.
– MDS Schema Configuration
Note:
If you use a database instance that was created with a preconfigured
Management Repository using the database templates offered by Oracle, then
MDS Schema Configuration is not run.
– BI Publisher Schema Configuration
– OMS Configuration
– Plugins Deployment and Configuration
– BI Publisher Configuration
– Start Oracle Management Service
– Agent Configuration Assistant
5.1.3 Overview of the Directories Created for an Enterprise Manager System
This section describes the following:
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•Overview of the Directories Created for OMS Installation
•Overview of the Directories Created for Management Agent Installation (Central
Agent)
5.1.3.1 Overview of the Directories Created for OMS Installation
Figure 5-1 shows the contents of the Middleware home for this type of installation.
Figure 5-1 Middleware Home Contents for a Fresh Installation
Note:
The OMS instance base directory (typically, gc_inst) is maintained outside
the middleware home directory, and that is why it is not shown in Figure 5-1.
5.1.3.2 Overview of the Directories Created for Management Agent Installation
(Central Agent)
The following are the contents of the agent base directory for the central agent
(Management Agent installed with the OMS).
<agent_base_directory>
|_____agent_13.2.0.0.0
|_____agent_inst
Figure 5-2 shows the contents of the agent home that is within the agent base
directory.
Figure 5-2 Contents of the Agent Home
5.2 Before You Begin Installing an Enterprise Manager System
Before you begin installing Enterprise Manager Cloud Control, keep these points in
mind:
• You must ensure that you have the latest Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
software.
For information about downloading the latest software, see Procuring the Software
in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Advanced Installation and
Configuration Guide.
Before You Begin Installing an Enterprise Manager System
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• Ensure that there are no white spaces in the name of the directory where you
download and run the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control software from. For
example, do not download and run the software from a directory titled EM
Software because there is a white space between the two words of the directory
name.
• You can install Enterprise Manager Cloud Control using the installation wizard
only on a single host, that is, locally on the server where the wizard is invoked.
You cannot install on multiple or remote hosts.
• Oracle Management Service 13c can communicate only with the following
versions of Management Agents.
Table 5-2 Compatibility Between OMS and Management Agents Across 13c and 12c Releases
- Oracle Management
Agent 12c Release
4 (12.1.0.4)
Oracle Management
Agent 12c Release
5 (12.1.0.5)
Oracle
Management
Agent 13c Release
1
Oracle
Management
Agent 13c Release
2
Oracle Management
Service 13c Release 2
Yes Yes Yes Yes
• Do not install on a symlink. Installing in such a location may impact life cycle
operations such as patching and scaling out. Also, it will impact the functioning of
your additional OMS.
• You must not set the ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID environment variables.
You must ensure that the Oracle directories do NOT appear in the PATH.
•(Only for Graphical Mode) You must set the DISPLAY environment variable.
– In bash terminal, run the following command:
export DISPLAY=<hostname>:<vnc port>.0
For example, export DISPLAY=example.com:1.0
– In other terminals, run the following command:
setenv DISPLAY <hostname>:1.0
For example, setenv DISPLAY example.com:1.0
• The Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Installation Wizard installs Java
Development Kit (JDK) 1.7.0_80 and Oracle WebLogic Server 12c Release 1
(12.1.3.0) by default. A preinstalled JDK or Oracle WebLogic Server is not
supported from 13c Release 1 onwards.
• You must ensure that the Oracle WebLogic Server 12c Release 1 (12.1.3.0) installed
by the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Installation Wizard is dedicated for
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control. You must not have any other Oracle Fusion
Middleware product installed in that Middleware home.
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control cannot coexist with any Oracle Fusion
Middleware product in the same Middleware home because the ORACLE_COMMON
property is used by both the products.
• As a prerequisite, you must have an existing Oracle Database to configure the
Management Repository.
Before You Begin Installing an Enterprise Manager System
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• If you install the OMS and the Oracle Database, which houses the Management
Repository, on the same host, then when you reboot the host, the OMS and the
Management Agent installed with it will not automatically start up. You will have
to manually start them.
• You can optionally use the database templates offered by Oracle to create a
database instance with a preconfigured Management Repository. To do so, refer
to Creating a Database Instance with Preconfigured Repository Using Database
Templates. You can use such a database instance for simple as well as advanced
installation.
However, note that the database templates are essentially designed for simple
installation, although they can be used for advanced installation. Therefore, while
performing an advanced installation (possibly with small, medium, or large
deployment size selection), when you provide the details of such a database, you
will be prompted that the database parameters need to be modified to suit the
deployment size you selected. You can confirm the message to proceed further.
The installation wizard will automatically set the database parameters to the
required values.
• If you want to optionally follow the configuration guidelines for deploying the
Management Repository so that your management data is secure, reliable, and
always available, refer to the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
Administrator's Guide.
• Enterprise Manager is not affected when you enable or disable features such as
XML DB on the Oracle Database in which you plan to configure the Management
Repository. Therefore, you can enable or disable any feature in the database
because Enterprise Manager does not rely on them.
• In addition to the mandatory plug-ins, you can optionally install other plug-ins
available in the software kit (DVD, downloaded software). The installer offers a
screen where you can select the optional plug-ins and install them. However, if
you want to install some plug-ins that are not available in the software kit (DVD,
downloaded software), then refer to Advanced Installer Options Supported for
Installing an Enterprise Manager System for a Production Site (Advanced
Installation).
• If you are installing on an NFS-mounted drive and creating the OMS instance base
directory (gc_inst) on that NFS-mounted drive, then after you install, move the
lock files from the NFS-mounted drive to a local file system location. Modify the
lock file location in the httpd.conf file to map to a location on a local file system.
For instructions, refer to Performing Postinstallation Tasks After Installing an
Enterprise Manager System.
• If you are installing in, or will be converting in the future to, a high-availability or
a disaster-recovery configuration, then review and become familiar with the
contents in the following chapters in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud
Control Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide before continuing with
this installation:
–High Availability Solutions
–Enterprise Manager High Availability
–Enterprise Manager Disaster Recovery
Before You Begin Installing an Enterprise Manager System
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Once you have reviewed the information in the aforementioned chapters, follow
the best practices referenced in Best Practices for Configuring the Cloud Control OMS
to be Compatible with Disaster Recovery using Alias Host Names and Storage
Replication, in order to best prepare your installation for high availability or
disaster recovery.
• Oracle offers bug fixes for a product based on the Oracle Lifetime Support Policy.
When the license period expires for a particular product, the support for bug fixes
offered by Oracle also ends. For more information, see the Oracle Lifetime
Support Policy available at:
http://www.oracle.com/support/library/brochure/lifetime-
support-technology.pdf
When determining supportability and certification combinations for an Enterprise
Manager Cloud Control installation, you must consider Enterprise Manager
Cloud Control's framework components as well as the targets monitored by
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control. Oracle recommends keeping your Cloud
Control components and targets updated to the latest certified versions in order to
receive code fixes without having to purchase an Extended Support license.
• You can find the OMS and Management Agent entries in the /etc/
oragchomelist file for all UNIX platforms except HPUNIX, HPia64, Solaris
Sparc.
On HPia64, Solaris Sparc platforms, the entries are present in /var/opt/
oracle/oragchomelist.
• The locale-specific data is stored in the <OMS_Oracle_Home>/nls/data
directory. Oracle strongly recommends that you either set the environment
variable ORA_NLS10 to <OMS_Oracle_Home>/nls/data or do not set at all.
• Enforcing option is supported for Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux).
• Do not discover any Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance target in 13c environment.
5.3 Prerequisites for Installing an Enterprise Manager System
Table 5-3 lists the prerequisites you must meet before installing Enterprise Manager
Cloud Control.
Table 5-3 Prerequisites for Installing Enterprise Manager System
Requirement Description
Hardware Requirements Ensure that you meet the hard disk space and physical memory
requirements as described in Hardware Requirements for
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control.
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Table 5-3 (Cont.) Prerequisites for Installing Enterprise Manager System
Requirement Description
Operating System
Requirements
Ensure that you install Enterprise Manager Cloud Control only
on certified operating systems as mentioned in the Enterprise
Manager certification matrix available on My Oracle Support. To
access the Enterprise Manager certification matrix, follow the
steps outlined in Accessing the Enterprise Manager Certification
Matrix.
For information about platforms receiving future support, refer
to My Oracle Support note 793512.1.
Note:
• OMS on Solaris 11 local zone is not supported.
• If you use Oracle Solaris 10, then ensure that you have
update 10 or higher installed. To verify whether it is
installed, run the following command:
cat /etc/release
You should see the output similar to the following. Here,
s10c_u10wos indicates that update 10 is already installed.
Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 s10s_u10wos_17b SPARC
• If you are installing or upgrading the Enterprise Manager
Cloud Control on AIX or HPUX, you need to have an
executable bin/bash file.
Package, Kernel
Parameter, and Library
Requirements
Ensure that you install all the operating system-specific
packages, kernel parameters, and libraries as described in
Package, Kernel Parameter, and Library Requirements for
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control.
Operating System Groups
and Users Requirements
Ensure that you create the required operating system groups and
users as described in Creating Operating System Groups and
Users for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control.
Browser Requirement Ensure that you use a certified browser as mentioned in the
Enterprise Manager certification matrix available on My Oracle
Support. To access the Enterprise Manager certification matrix,
follow the steps outlined in Accessing the Enterprise Manager
Certification Matrix.
Database Version
Requirements
Ensure that the existing database is a certified database as
mentioned in the Enterprise Manager certification matrix
available on My Oracle Support. To access the Enterprise Manager
certification matrix and identify whether your database is a
certified database, follow these steps in Accessing the Enterprise
Manager Certification Matrix.
Alternatively, the database can be a database instance created
with a preconfigured Management Repository using the
database templates offered by Oracle. For information about
creating a database instance with a preconfigured Management
Repository using the database templates offered by Oracle, refer
to Creating a Database Instance with Preconfigured Repository
Using Database Templates. Ensure that this database is
dedicated to Enterprise Manager.
The database configuration types that are supported are
pluggable database (PDB), lone-pluggable database (Lone-PDB),
and non-container database (Non-CDB).
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Table 5-3 (Cont.) Prerequisites for Installing Enterprise Manager System
Requirement Description
Database Patch
Requirements
Ensure that you apply the latest PSU on the supported database.
Database Optimizer
Adaptive Feature
Requirement
Ensure that you disable the optimizer adaptive feature
(optimizer_adaptive_features=FALSE) in the Oracle
Database that houses the Management Repository. To do so,
follow these steps:
1. Disable the optimizer adaptive feature by setting the
optimizer_adaptive_features parameter to FALSE.
To do so, run the following SQL command:
alter system set
optimizer_adaptive_features=false scope=both
sid='*';
2. Restart the database.
3. Verify that the changes have taken effect. To do so, run the
following SQL command:
show parameter adaptive;
You should see the following output:
NAME TYPE VALUE
---------------------------------------------------
optimizer_adaptive_features boolean FALSE
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Table 5-3 (Cont.) Prerequisites for Installing Enterprise Manager System
Requirement Description
NFS Mount Point
Location Requirements
If you are installing onto an NFS-mounted location, then ensure
that you do the following:
• Ensure that root squash is enabled with execute permission
on that host where you want to perform the installation.
• Ensure that the Access Control List processing is disabled
for the NFS mount point. In other words, the mount point
must be defined with the noacl option in the /etc/fstab
file. Otherwise, the installation can fail.
To verify this, run the following command as the install
user to check the contents of the /etc/fstab file. Verify if
the mount point on which you plan to install Enterprise
Manager has the noacl option set.
cat /etc/fstab
For example, in the following output, the mount
point /u01/app/share1 has the noacl option set. In this
case, you are ready to proceed with the installation.
nas.example.com:/export/share1 /u01/app/
share1 nfs
rw,bg,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,hard,nointr,tc
p,noacl,vers=3,timeo=600 0 0
If you do not have the noacl option set, then contact your
System Administrator to make the required changes in
the /etc/fstab file.
If you are installing on an NFS-shared middleware location, and
if that location is mounted with the option concurrent I/O (CIO),
which allows multiple reads and writes to a file at the same time,
then the installation will fail reporting linking errors.
If you verify the mounted file system, you will see the following
CIO option enabled. If you have the CIO option enabled, then
unmount the drive, disable the CIO option, and then re-mount
the drive.
node mounted mounted over vfs date options
/dev/host1 /host1/oracle jfs2 Feb 14 18:20
rw,cio,log=/dev/xd891loglv
Middleware Home Path
Requirements
Ensure that the number of characters in the middleware home
path does not exceed 70 characters for Unix platforms and 25
characters for Microsoft Windows platforms.
For example, the middleware home path C:\Oracle\MW\EM
containing only 15 characters is acceptable. However, C:
\OracleSoftware\OracleMiddleware
\OracleEnterpriseManager\OMS\newrelease\oms
containing more than 25 characters is not acceptable on
Microsoft Windows platforms.
Agent Base Directory Path
Requirements
(Only for Microsoft Windows) Ensure that the number of
characters in the agent base directory path does not exceed 25
characters.
For example, the agent base directory path C:\Oracle\Agent\
containing only 16 characters is acceptable. However, C:
\Oracle\ManagementAgent\12c\new containing more than
25 characters is not acceptable.
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Table 5-3 (Cont.) Prerequisites for Installing Enterprise Manager System
Requirement Description
Unique Host Name and
Static IP Address
Requirements
Ensure that you check the network configuration to verify that
the host on which you are installing resolves to a unique host
name and a static IP address that are visible to other hosts in the
network.
Note:
Oracle recommends that you use static IP address. If you use
dynamic IP address, and if the host is rebooted, then the host
might receive a new IP, and as a result, the OMS startup will fail.
Temporary Directory
Space Requirements
Ensure that you allocate 10 GB of hard disk space for the
temporary directory.
Central Inventory
Requirements
• Ensure that you allocate 100 MB of space for the central
inventory directory.
• For a typical non-HA environment, the Central Inventory
(oraInventory) can be in a shared or non-shared location. If
you use a shared location, then ensure that only one shared
location is maintained per host, and no two hosts update the
same shared location. One inventory file is meant only for
one host, so it must not be shared and edited by other hosts.
When you use the /etc/oraInst.loc file, ensure that the
inventory location specified there is not pointing to such a
location. If you have configured a shared location that is
common for two or more hosts, then switch over to a non-
shared location.
• For a typical HA environment with primary and standby
disaster recovery sites using storage replication and alias
host names, the Central Inventory (oraInventory) for
software installed on the shared storage using the alias host
name should be located in a shared location that is common
between the OMS host in the primary site and the OMS host
in the standby site. This shared location should be located
on the replicated storage so that the oraInventory can be
accessed from the active site for software maintenance
activities.
UMASK Value
Requirements
Ensure that you set the default file mode creation mask (umask)
to 022 in the shell startup file.
For example:
•Bash Shell
$ . ./.bash_profile
•Bourne or Korn Shell
$ . ./.profile
•C Shell
% source ./.login
CLASSPATH Environment
Variable Requirements
Ensure that you unset the CLASSPATH environment variable.
You can always reset the variable to the original value after the
installation is complete.
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Table 5-3 (Cont.) Prerequisites for Installing Enterprise Manager System
Requirement Description
File Descriptor
Requirements
• Ensure that the max user processes parameter and the
open files parameter are set to 30000.
• Ensure that you set the file descriptor limit to a minimum of
65536.
• Ensure that the ip_local_port_range parameter is set
between 11000 to 65000.
Host File Requirements Ensure that the host name specified in the /etc/hosts file is
unique, and ensure that it maps to the correct host name or IP
address of that host. Otherwise, the installation can fail on the
product-specific prerequisite check page.
In some platforms, the installer does not validate the host name
mentioned in the /etc/hosts file, therefore make sure the host
names or IP addresses are correct.
Ensure that localhost is pingable and resolves to 127.0.0.1 (or
resolves to ::1 for IPv6 hosts).
The following is the recommended format of the /etc/hosts
file:
<ip> <fully_qualified_host_name>
<short_host_name>
For example,
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
172.16.0.0 myhost.example.com myhost
According to RFC 952, the following are the assumptions: A
name (Net, Host, Gateway, or Domain name) is a text string up to
24 characters drawn from the alphabet (A-Z), digits (0-9), minus
sign (-), and period (.). Note that periods are only allowed when
they serve to delimit components of domain style names. No blank
or space characters are permitted as part of a name. No
distinction is made between upper and lower case. The first
character must be an alpha character.
Also, if DNS server is configured in your environment, then you
should be able to use DNS to resolve the name of the host on
which you want to install the OMS.
For example, all these commands must return the same output:
nslookup myhost
nslookup myhost.example.com
nslookup 172.16.0.0
If alias host names are implemented in /etc/hosts, then it is
not necessary to be able to use DNS to resolve the alias host
name on which you want to install the OMS.
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Table 5-3 (Cont.) Prerequisites for Installing Enterprise Manager System
Requirement Description
Installing User
Requirements
Ensure that you meet the following requirements:
• (For UNIX only) The installation must NOT be run by a root
user.
• (For Microsoft Windows only) User must be part of the
ORA-DBA group and have administrator permissions.
• (For Microsoft Windows only) User must belong to the DBA
group, and have permissions to perform the following: Act
as part of the operating system, Create a token object, Log
on as a batch job, and Adjust memory quotas for a process.
To verify whether the install user has these rights, from the
Start menu, click Settings and then select Control Panel.
From the Control Panel window, select Administrative
Tools, and from the Administrative Tools window, select
Local Security Policy. In the Local Security Settings
window, from the tree structure, expand Local Policies, and
then expand User Rights Assignment.
Permission Requirements • Ensure that you have write permission in the Middleware
home and the Oracle Management Service Instance Base
location.
• Ensure that you have write permission in the temporary
directory where the executables will be copied. For
example, /tmp or c:\Temp.
• Ensure that you have write permission in the location where
you want to create the Central Inventory (oraInventory)
if it does not already exist. If the Central Inventory already
exists, then ensure that you have write permission in the
inventory directory.
• Ensure that the user who installed the existing Oracle
Database has write permission in the data file locations
where the data files for the new tablespaces will be copied.
These tablespaces and data files are created while
configuring Enterprise Manager Cloud Control. While
installing with simple configuration (Installing an
Enterprise Manager System for a Demonstration Site
(Simple Configuration)), the installer automatically honors
the default locations so you are not prompted for them.
However, while installing with custom configuration
(Installing an Enterprise Manager System for a Production
Site (Advanced Configuration)), the installer prompts you
to validate or enter the locations explicitly.
Proximity Requirements Ensure that the host on which the OMS is being installed and the
host on which the Management Repository is being configured
are located in close proximity to each other. Ideally, the round
trip network latency between the two should be less than 1
millisecond.
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Table 5-3 (Cont.) Prerequisites for Installing Enterprise Manager System
Requirement Description
Port Requirements Ensure that the ports you assign (within the given range) to the
core components of Enterprise Manager Cloud Control are free
and available. For information on the core components and their
port ranges, see What Ports Are Used for Installation? in the Oracle
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Advanced Installation and
Configuration Guide.
To verify if a port is free, run the following command:
• On Unix:
netstat -an | grep <port no>
• On Microsoft Windows:
netstat -an|findstr <port_no>
Internet Connection
Requirements
Oracle recommends that the host from where you are running
the installer have a connection to the Internet so that the
configuration information can be automatically collected and
uploaded to My Oracle Support.
Using the Internet connection, you can also search and
download software updates from My Oracle Support using the
installer. For installations that do not have access to the Internet,
see What Are the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Software
Updates? in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Advanced
Installation and Configuration Guide.
These updates should be obtained before starting the 13c
installation so they can be available to the installer at the proper
time.
5.4 Installing an Enterprise Manager System for a Demonstration Site
(Simple Configuration)
To install Enterprise Manager Cloud Control for evaluation or demonstration
purposes, use the Simple installation type. This installation type installs with default
configuration settings and preferences that you need for a complete Enterprise
Manager system. It does not offer too many options to customize your installation. For
example, only the default plug-ins are deployed with the installation, and you are not
provided with a separate screen to manually select the other plug-ins you want to
deploy.
Therefore, this installation type is primarily meant for demonstration or evaluation
purposes, and small deployments, and when you do not want to worry about the
granular control of the installer and want to install the Enterprise Manager system
quickly, with less memory, and for monitoring fewer targets in their environment.
To install Enterprise Manager Cloud Control for evaluation or demonstration
purposes, follow these steps:
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Note:
Oracle recommends you to run the EM Prerequisite Kit before invoking the
installer to ensure that you meet all the repository requirements beforehand.
Even if you do not run it manually, the installer anyway runs it in the
background while installing the product. However, running it manually
beforehand sets up your Management Repository even before you can start
the installation or upgrade process. For information on the kit, to understand
how to run it, and to know about the prerequisite checks it runs, see Overview
of the EM Prerequisite Kit .
However, if you plan to use a database instance that was created with a
preconfigured Management Repository using the database templates
offered by Oracle, then make sure you pass the following parameter while
invoking the EM Prerequisite Kit.
-componentVariables
repository:EXECUTE_CHECKS_NOSEED_DB_FOUND:false
1. Invoke the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Installation Wizard.
Invoke the installation wizard as a user who belongs to the oinstall group you
created following the instructions in Creating Operating System Groups and
Users for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control.
For Linux platforms:
<Software_Location>/em13200_<platform>.bin
For example, run /u01/software/em/em13200_linux64.bin.
For Microsoft Windows platforms:
<Software_Location>/setup_em13200_win64.exe
Note: If you have downloaded the 13.2 PG software binaries from OTN page,
then invoke the installer using the following:
For Linux platforms:
<Software_Location>/em13200p1_<platform>.bin
For example, run /u01/software/em/em13200p1_linux64.bin.
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Note:
• To invoke the installation wizard on UNIX platforms, run
em13200_<platform>.bin. To invoke on Microsoft Windows
platforms, run setup_em13200_win64.exe.
• The installer requires about 10 GB of hard disk space in the temporary
directory. If your temporary directory does not have this space, then pass
the -J-Djava.io.tmpdir parameter and provide an alternative
directory where there is 10 GB of space.
The directory specified by this parameter will also be used as the location
for the Provisioning Advisor Framework (PAF) staging directory, which
is used for copying the Software Library entities related to the
deployment procedures. The PAF staging directory is used only for
provisioning activities — entities are copied for a deployment procedure,
and then, deleted once the deployment procedure ends.
For example,
./em13200_linux64.bin -J-Djava.io.tmpdir=/u01/
software/em13c/stage/
• Ensure that there are no white spaces in the name of the directory where
you download and run the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control software
from. For example, do not download and run the software from a
directory titled EM Software because there is a white space between the
two words of the directory name.
2. (Optional) Enter My Oracle Support Details.
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(Optional) On the My Oracle Support Details screen, enter your My Oracle Support
credentials to enable Oracle Configuration Manager. If you do not want to enable
Oracle Configuration Manager now, go to Step (3).
If the host from where you are running the installation wizard does not have a
connection to the Internet, then enter only the e-mail address and leave the other
fields blank. After you complete the installation, manually collect the
configuration information and upload it to My Oracle Support. For instructions, see
What Are the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Software Updates? in the Oracle
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide
3. Click Next.
4. (Recommended) Install Software Updates.
On the Software Updates screen, select Search for Updates, and then select one of
the following options to apply the latest software updates:
•Local Directory, if you do not have Internet connectivity on your host, and
want to download the updates in offline mode and apply them while
performing the installation.
•My Oracle Support, if you have Internet connectivity on your host, and want
to connect to My Oracle Support directly via the installer to download the
updates in online mode and apply them while performing the installation.
For more information on these options, and for instructions to download and
apply the software updates using these options, see Are the Software Updates
Applied Automatically Even for Databases That Have Oracle Management Repository
Preconfigured? in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Advanced Installation
and Configuration Guide.
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Note:
The Software Updates screen uses the built-in feature Auto Update to
automatically download and deploy the latest recommended patches while
installing or upgrading Enterprise Manager Cloud Control. This way, you do
not have to keep a manual check on the patches released by Oracle. All
patches required by the installer for successful installation and upgrade are
automatically detected and downloaded from My Oracle Support, and
applied during the installation or upgrade, thus reducing the known issues
and potential failures. Oracle strongly recommends using this feature, and
applying the software updates while the installation is in progress. For more
information, see What Is a Software Update? in the Oracle Enterprise Manager
Cloud Control Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide.
Note:
During installation, you will be prompted for the details of a database where
Oracle Management Repository can be configured. If you plan to provide the
details of a database that already has an Oracle Management Repository
preconfigured using the database templates offered by Oracle, then the
software updates selected on this screen cannot be automatically applied. In
such a case, you must manually download and apply these software updates
after the installation.
Note:
Despite providing the My Oracle Support credentials, if you are unable to
download the software updates, then exit the installer, and invoke the installer
again passing the SHOW_PROXY parameter in the following way:
<Software_Location>/em13200_<platform>.bin SHOW_PROXY=true
To invoke the installer on Microsoft Windows, run
setup_em13200_win64.exe SHOW_PROXY=true.
5. Click Next.
If Enterprise Manager Cloud Control is the first Oracle product you are installing
on the host that is running on UNIX operating system, then the Oracle Inventory
screen appears. For details, see step (6). Otherwise, the Check Prerequisites screen
appears. For details, see step (8).
If Enterprise Manager Cloud Control is the first Oracle product you are installing
on the host that is running on Microsoft Windows operating system, then the
Oracle Inventory screen does not appear. On Microsoft Windows, the following is
the default inventory directory:
<system drive>\Program Files\Oracle\Inventory
6. Enter Oracle Inventory Details.
On the Oracle Inventory screen, do the following. You will see this screen only if
this turns out to be your first ever installation of an Oracle product on the host.
a. Enter the full path to a directory where the inventory files and directories can
be placed.
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Note:
• If this is the first Oracle product on the host, then the default central
inventory location is <home directory>/oraInventory. However, if
you already have some Oracle products on the host, then the central
inventory location can be found in the oraInst.loc file. The
oraInst.loc file is located in the /etc directory for Linux and AIX,
and in the /var/opt/oracle directory for Solaris, HP-UX, and Tru64.
• Ensure that you have read, write, and execute permissions on the default
inventory directory. If you do not have the required permissions, then exit
the installer, invoke the installer again with the INVENTORY_LOCATION
parameter, and pass the absolute path to the alternative inventory
location.
For example,
<Software_Location>/em13200_<platform>.bin
INVENTORY_LOCATION=<absolute_path_to_inventory_directo
ry>
Alternatively, invoke the installer with the -invPtrLoc parameter, and
pass the absolute path to the oraInst.loc file that contains the
alternative inventory location.
For example,
<Software_Location>/em13200_<platform>.bin -invPtrLoc
<absolute_path_to_oraInst.loc>
However, note that these parameters are supported only on UNIX
platforms, and not on Microsoft Windows platforms.
b. Select the appropriate operating system group name that will own the Oracle
inventory directories. The group that you select must have write permissions
on the Oracle Inventory directories.
7. Click Next.
8. Check Prerequisites.
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On the Prerequisite Checks screen, check the status of the prerequisite checks run
by the installation wizard, and verify whether your environment meets all the
minimum requirements for a successful installation.
The installation wizard runs the prerequisite checks automatically when you
come to this screen. It checks for the required operating system patches, operating
system packages, and so on.
The status of the prerequisite check can be either Warning, Failed, Succeeded,
Not Executed, In Progress, or Pending.
• If some checks result in Warning or Failed status, then investigate and correct
the problems before you proceed with the installation. The screen provides
details on why the prerequisites failed and how you can resolve them. After
you correct the problems, return to this screen and click Rerun to check the
prerequisites again.
• However, all package requirements must be met or fixed before proceeding
any further. Otherwise, the installation might fail.
9. Click Next.
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Note:
If a prerequisite check fails reporting a missing package, then make sure you
install the required package, and click Rerun. The installation wizard
validates the package name as well as the version, so make sure you install the
packages of the minimum versions mentioned in Package, Kernel Parameter,
and Library Requirements for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control. To
understand the logic the installation wizard uses to verify these packages, see
About the Logic Used by the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Installation
Wizard to Verify the Packages.
10. Select Installation Type.
On the Installation Types screen, select Create a new Enterprise Manager system,
then select Simple.
11. Click Next.
12. Enter Installation Details.
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On the Installation Details screen, do the following:
a. Enter the Middleware home where you want to install the OMS and other
core components.
For example, /u01/software/em13c/oraclehome
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Note:
• The Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Installation Wizard installs Oracle
WebLogic Server 12c Release 1 (12.1.3.0) and JDK 1.7.0_80 by default in
this middleware home directory you enter here. A preinstalled JDK or
Oracle WebLogic Server is not supported from 13c Release 1 onwards.
• Ensure that the number of characters in the middleware home path does
not exceed 70 characters for Unix platforms and 25 characters for
Microsoft Windows platforms.
For example, the middleware home path C:\Oracle\MW\EM containing
only 15 characters is acceptable. However, C:\OracleSoftware
\OracleMiddleware\OracleEnterpriseManager\OMS
\newrelease\oms containing more than 25 characters is not acceptable
for Microsoft Windows platforms.
• By default, the OMS instance base directory (gc_inst) is created
outside the middleware home, and at the same parent level as the
middleware home. For example, if you enter u01/software/oracle/
middleware as the middleware home, then the instance base directory is
created as u01/software/oracle/gc_inst.
However, if you are installing on an NFS-mounted drive and creating the
OMS instance base directory (gc_inst) on that NFS-mounted drive,
then after you install, move the lock files from the NFS-mounted drive to
a local file system location. Modify the lock file location in the httpd.conf
file to map to a location on a local file system. For instructions, refer to
Performing Postinstallation Tasks After Installing an Enterprise Manager
System.
b. Enter the absolute path to the agent base directory, a location outside the
Oracle Middleware home where the Management Agent can be installed. For
example, if the middleware home is /u01/software/em13c/
oraclehome, then you can specify the agent base directory as /u01/
software/em13c/agentbasedir.
Ensure that this location is empty and has write permission. Also ensure that
it is always maintained outside the middleware home.
Note:
Ensure that the number of characters in the middleware home path does not
exceed 70 characters for Unix platforms and 25 characters for Microsoft
Windows platforms.
For example, the middleware home path C:\Oracle\MW\EM containing only
15 characters is acceptable. However, C:\OracleSoftware
\OracleMiddleware\OracleEnterpriseManager\OMS\newrelease
\oms containing more than 25 characters is not acceptable for Microsoft
Windows platforms.
c. Validate the name of the host where you want to configure the OMS.
The host name appears as a fully qualified name. The host name can also
appear as a virtual host name if your host is configured with virtual machine.
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You can choose to accept the default host name and proceed with the
installation. Alternatively, you can change the name if it is incorrect, or enter
another host name for this host. Ensure that the host name you enter is
accessible from other hosts in the network (other hosts must be able to ping
this host).
The host name appears as a fully qualified name, or as a virtual host name if
your host is configured with virtual machine. If the installation wizard was
invoked with a value for ORACLE_HOSTNAME, then this field is prepopulated
with that name.
Accept the default host name, or enter a fully qualified domain name that is
registered in the DNS and is accessible from other network hosts, or enter an
alias host name that is defined in the /etc/hosts file on all the OMS
instances at this site.
Note:
The host name must resolve to the local host or virtual host because the host
name is used for the local Oracle WebLogic Server as well as the Oracle
Management Service. Do not provide a remote host or a load balancer virtual
host in this field. Do not enter an IP address. Do not use underscores in the
name. Short names are allowed, but you will see a warning, so Oracle
recommends that you enter a fully qualified domain name instead.
13. Click Next.
14. Enter Configuration Details.
On the Configuration Details screen, do the following:
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a. Enter an administrator password, which can be used as a common password
for configuring the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control.
Note:
The passwords used here must follow the conventions required for the
SYSMAN account. The SYSMAN account password must begin with a letter,
and can only contain uppercase or lowercase letters, numbers and the
following characters: $, # , _
Table 5-4 describes what the administrator password is used for.
Table 5-4 Usage of Administrator Password
Purpose Description
Creates SYSMAN User
Account
The user account is used as the super administrator for
configuring the SYSMAN schema in the Management
Repository.
Creates Default
WebLogic User Account
weblogic
The user account is used as the administrator for creating
the default WebLogic domain GCDomain.
Creates Default Node
Manager User Account
nodemanager
The user account is automatically created during the
configuration of Enterprise Manager Cloud Control.
A Node Manager enables you to start, shut down, or
restart an Oracle WebLogic Server instance remotely,
and is recommended for applications with high
availability requirements.
Authenticates New
Management Agents
The agent registration password is used for
authenticating new Management Agents that join
Enterprise Manager system, where the communication
between the OMS and the Management Agent is secure.
b. Provide details of the existing, certified database where the Management
Repository needs to be created. If you have already created a database
instance with a preconfigured Management Repository using the database
templates offered by Oracle, then provide details about that database
instance.
The installer uses this information to connect to the existing database for
creating the SYSMAN schema and plug-in schemas. If you provide details of
a database that already has a preconfigured Management Repository, then
the installer only creates plug-in schemas.
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Note:
• For information about creating a database instance with a preconfigured
Management Repository using the database templates offered by Oracle,
refer to Creating a Database Instance with Preconfigured Repository
Using Database Templates.
• If you connect to a database instance that was created using the database
template offered by Oracle, then the password assigned to user accounts
SYSMAN, SYSMAN_MDS, SYSMAN_APM, and SYSMAN_OPSS, which
were created while preconfiguring the Management Repository, are
automatically reset with the administrator password you enter here on
this screen. We also unlock all these user accounts.
• To identify whether your database is a certified database listed in the
certification matrix, follow the steps outlined in Accessing the Enterprise
Manager Certification Matrix.
• If you are providing the details of a pluggable database (PDB), then use
the full service name instead of the alias. For example, pdb.example.com.
If you are providing the details of a lone-pluggable database (Lone-PDB),
then use the full service name. For example, pdb.example.com. If you are
providing the details of a non-container database (Non-CDB), then use the
SID.
• If you are providing the details of an Oracle RAC database that is
configured with Single Client Access Name (SCAN), then enter the SCAN
name as the host name.
• For information on all the database initialization parameters that are set,
and all the prerequisite checks that are run, and for instructions to run the
prerequisite checks manually if they fail, see Overview of the EM
Prerequisite Kit .
15. Click Next.
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Note:
• If you are connecting to an Oracle RAC database, and if you have
specified the virtual IP address of one of its nodes, then the installation
wizard prompts you with a Connection String dialog and requests you to
update the connection string with information about the other nodes that
are part of the cluster. Update the connection string and click OK. If you
want to test the connection, click Test Connection.
• If your Oracle RAC database 11.2 or higher is configured with Single
Client Access Name (SCAN) listener, then you can enter a connection
string using the SCAN listener.
• If you are connecting to an Oracle Database that is configured with CDB
or PDB, then make sure you open the PDB before you provide the PDB
details on this screen.
• If you see an error stating that the connection to the database failed with
ORA-01017 invalid user name/password, then follow these steps to
resolve the issue:
(1) Verify that SYS password provided is valid.
(2) Verify that the database initialization parameter
REMOTE_LOGIN_PASSWORDFILE is set to Shared or Exclusive.
(3) Verify that password file with the file name orapw<SID> exists in the
<ORACLE_HOME>/dbs directory of the database home. If it does not,
create a password file using the ORAPWD command.
16. Configure Shared Locations.
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Note:
When you invoke the installer on Microsoft Windows, the Enterprise Manager
Shared Location Details screen does not show the Config Volume and Cluster
Volume options. This is an expected behavior.
On the Enterprise Manager Shared Location Details screen, do the following:
a. (Optional) Configure Oracle Software Library.
Oracle Software Library (Software Library) is a feature within Enterprise
Manager Cloud Control that acts as a repository to store software entities
such as software patches, virtual appliance images, reference gold images,
application software, and their associated directive scripts. You require the
Software Library for operations such as provisioning, patching, and so on.
Select Configure Oracle Software Library, and enter the absolute path
leading up to a unique directory name. By default, the storage location that is
configured is the OMS Shared File System location, so Oracle strongly
recommends that the location you enter is a mounted location on the OMS
host. This helps when you install additional OMS instances that can use the
same mounted Software Library location.
Note:
Software Library supports two types of storage locations, mainly OMS Shared
File System location and OMS Agent File System location. To understand these
storage locations, see Upload File Locations in the Oracle Enterprise Manager
Cloud Control Administrator's Guide.
For some reason, if you are unable to configure an OMS Shared File System
location, then configure an OMS Agent Storage location. For instructions, see
the section on configuring an OMS Agent file system location in Configuring an
OMS Agent File system Location in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
Administrator's Guide.
Note:
• Configuring the Software Library at the time of installation is optional.
Even if you do not select this option and configure it now, your
installation will succeed. You always have the option of configuring the
Software Library later using the Initial Setup Console or the Software Library
Administration Console (available within the Enterprise Manager Cloud
Control Console). However, Oracle strongly recommends that you select
this option and configure it at the time of installation so that the installer
can automatically configure it for you. This saves time and effort, and
enables you to install an additional OMS, immediately after the first OMS,
and configure it to use the same Software Library location.
• Once the Software Library is configured, you can view the location details
in the Software Library Administration Console. To access this console, from
the Setup menu, select Provisioning and Patching, then select Software
Library.
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b. (Optional) Configure a shared location for Oracle BI Publisher that is installed
and configured by default. The shared storage location will act as a common
location for storing the report catalog and associated management
information for the first OMS you are installing now and also for the
additional OMS you plan to install in the future.
(i) Identify a shared location that you can use for Oracle BI Publisher.
If you do not have an existing shared location, create a new one and ensure
that it is visible on the host where you are installing the first OMS and also on
other hosts where you plan to install additional OMS instances.
At install time, for the installation to be successful, you can reserve
approximately 400 MB of hard disk space for the shared directory. However,
Oracle recommends that you scale it to at least 10 GB eventually, and ensure
that it can be extended further in the future because the space utilization
increases over a period of time as you install additional plug-ins and create
more reports.
Caution:
If you already have a shared location that you were using for the Software
Library or for staging gold images in the previous release of Enterprise
Manager, then you can choose to use the same location. However, ensure that
the directories within the shared location are unique for Oracle BI Publisher,
Software Library, and staged gold images. For example, if you already are
using the shared location /u01/software/examplehost/shrd/ where the
Software Library is configured in /u01/software/examplehost/
shrd/SW, then you can use the same location, but make sure the directory
within this shared location for Oracle BI Publisher is /u01/software/
examplehost/shrd/BIP.
(ii) On this screen, select Configure a Shared Location for Oracle BI
Publisher. Enter the following directory paths. Ensure that the user account
that you are using to install the first OMS has read and write permission on
these paths.
Note:
When you invoke the installer on Microsoft Windows, the Enterprise Manager
Shared Location Details screen does not show the Config Volume and Cluster
Volume options. This is an expected behavior.
For Config Volume, enter the path leading up to the /config directory on
the shared storage location where Oracle BI Publisher repository and
configuration files can be stored. For example, /ntwkshrd/bip/config
For Cluster Volume, enter the path leading up to the /cluster directory on
the shared storage location where Oracle BI Publisher scheduler storage can
be maintained for Oracle BI Publisher to operate in a high-availability
environment. For example, /ntwkshrd/bip/cluster.
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WARNING:
Do not delete these directories after the installation. The directories are
required for proper functioning of Oracle BI Publisher, and therefore are
required during the installation and also after the installation.
c. (Optional) Enable or disable the installed and configured Oracle BI Publisher.
Enabling Oracle BI Publisher starts the software and keeps it ready for use
within the Enterprise Manager system. Disabling Oracle BI Publisher leaves
the software as it is without starting it.
To enable Oracle BI Publisher, select Enable Oracle BI Publisher.
Note:
If you choose to disable Oracle BI Publisher during the installation, then you
can enable it after the installation by running the following EM CTL command
from the bin directory of the Oracle home.
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emctl config oms -enable_bip
The command only enables Oracle BI Publisher, but does not start it. To start
it, run the following command from the bin directory of the Oracle home.
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emctl start oms -bip_only
17. Click Next.
18. Review and Install.
On the Review screen, review the details you provided for the selected installation
type.
• If you want to change the details, click Back repeatedly until you reach the
screen where you want to make the changes.
• After you verify the details, if you are satisfied, click Install to begin the
installation process.
19. Track the Progress.
On the Install Progress screen, view the overall progress (in percentage) of the
installation and the status of each of the configuration assistants. Configuration
assistants are run for configuring the installed components of Enterprise Manager
Cloud Control.
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Note:
• If a configuration assistant fails, the installer stops and none of the
subsequent configuration assistants are run. Resolve the issue and retry
the configuration assistant.
For more information, see Troubleshooting Configuration Data Collection
Tools in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Advanced Installation
and Configuration Guide.
• If you accidently exit the installer before clicking Retry, then do NOT
restart the installer to reach the same screen; instead, invoke the
runConfig.sh script from the Oracle home to rerun the Configuration
Assistant in silent mode. For Microsoft Windows platforms, invoke
runConfig.bat script.
$<ORACLE_HOME>/oui/bin/runConfig.sh
ORACLE_HOME=<absolute_path_to_Oracle_home>
MODE=perform ACTION=configure
COMPONENT_XML={encap_oms.1_0_0_0_0.xml}
If the runConfig.sh script fails, then clean up your environment and
redo the installation.
20. Run Scripts.
Once the software binaries are copied and configured, you are prompted to run
the allroot.sh script, and the oraInstRoot.sh script if this is the first Oracle
product installation on the host. Open another window, log in as root, and
manually run the scripts.
If you are installing on Microsoft Windows operating system, then you will NOT
be prompted to run this script.
21. End the Installation.
On the Finish screen, you should see information pertaining to the installation of
Enterprise Manager. Review the information and click Close to exit the
installation wizard.
For more information about this installation, refer to the following file in the
Oracle home of the OMS:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/install/setupinfo.txt
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Note:
If a Server Load Balancer (SLB) is configured in your environment, and the
upload port is locked, then configure the SLB for JVMD Engines, and then
secure the OMS.
If an SLB is configured in your environment, but the upload port is unlocked,
then decide whether you want to route the JVMD traffic through the SLB. If
you do, then configure the SLB for JVMD Engines, and then secure the OMS.
To secure the OMS, run the following command:
<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emctl secure oms -host <SLB host>-
slb_jvmd_http_port <JVMD_SLB_HTTP_Port> -
slb_jvmd_https_port <JVMD_SLB_HTTPS_Port> -sysman_pwd
<system_password> -reg_pwd <agent_registration_password>
Note:
If the installation fails for some reason, review the log files. For more
information, see Overview of the Installation and Configuration Log Files in the
Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Advanced Installation and Configuration
Guide.
Note:
If you have run the installation wizard and let the installation wizard take
corrective actions to correct the repository settings, and if you have exited the
wizard without completing the installation process, then remember that the
repository settings might not reset to their original values because you
abruptly ended the installation. In this case, before invoking the installation
wizard again, run the EM Prerequisite Kit to manually reset the values. To do
so, see Overview of the EM Prerequisite Kit .
5.5 Installing an Enterprise Manager System for a Production Site
(Advanced Configuration)
To install Enterprise Manager Cloud Control in a production environment, use the
Advanced installation type. This installation type offers custom or advanced
configuration options that enable you to customize your installation to suit your
needs.
This installation type provides the following benefits:
• Offers an option to select the deployment size (small, medium, or large) of your
choice, and depending on the deployment size you select, configures with the
required memory. The deployment size essentially indicates the number of targets
you plan to monitor, the number of Management Agents you plan to have, and
the number of concurrent user sessions you plan to have.
• Allows you to use a database where the Management Repository is preconfigured
using the database templates offered by Oracle.
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• Deploys the mandatory plug-ins such as Oracle Database plug-in, Oracle Fusion
Middleware plug-in, Oracle Exadata plug-in, Oracle Cloud Framework plug-in,
and Oracle System Infrastructure plug-in. In addition, enables you to select and
deploy other optional plug-ins of your choice.
• Allows you to change the name of the default user account weblogic for the
WebLogic domain GCDomain.
• Prompts for separate, distinct passwords for WebLogic Server administration,
Node Manager, SYSMAN user account, and Management Agent registration.
• Allows you to change the name of the default OMS instance base directory
(gc_inst) to a name of your choice, and creates that directory outside the
Middleware home.
• Allows you to change the locations of the tablespaces for management,
configuration data, and JVM diagnostics data.
• Allows you to customize the ports according to your environment.
To install Enterprise Manager Cloud Control for a production site, follow these steps:
Note:
Oracle recommends you to run the EM Prerequisite Kit before invoking the
installer to ensure that you meet all the repository requirements beforehand.
Even if you do not run it manually, the installer anyway runs it in the
background while installing the product. However, running it manually
beforehand sets up your Management Repository even before you can start
the installation or upgrade process. For information on the kit, to understand
how to run it, and to know about the prerequisite checks it runs, see Overview
of the EM Prerequisite Kit .
However, if you plan to use a database instance that was created with a
preconfigured Management Repository using the database templates
offered by Oracle, then make sure you pass the following parameter while
invoking the EM Prerequisite Kit.
-componentVariables
repository:EXECUTE_CHECKS_NOSEED_DB_FOUND:false
1. Invoke the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Installation Wizard.
Invoke the installation wizard as a user who belongs to the oinstall group you
created following the instructions in Creating Operating System Groups and
Users for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control.
<Software_Location>/em13200_<platform>.bin
For example, for Linux platform, run /u1/software/em/
em13200_linux64.bin.
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Note: If you have downloaded the 13.2 PG software binaries from OTN page,
then invoke the installer using the following:
For Linux platforms:
<Software_Location>/em13200p1_<platform>.bin
For example, run /u01/software/em/em13200p1_linux64.bin.
Note:
• To invoke the installation wizard on UNIX platforms, run
em13200_<platform>.bin. To invoke on Microsoft Windows
platforms, run setup_em13200_win64.exe.
• The installer requires about 10 GB of hard disk space in the temporary
directory. If your temporary directory does not have this space, then pass
the -J-Djava.io.tmpdir parameter and provide an alternative
directory where there is 10 GB of space.
The directory specified by this parameter will also be used as the location
for the Provisioning Advisor Framework (PAF) staging directory, which
is used for copying the Software Library entities related to the
deployment procedures. The PAF staging directory is used only for
provisioning activities — entities are copied for a deployment procedure,
and then, deleted once the deployment procedure ends.
For example,
./em13200_linux64.bin -J-Djava.io.tmpdir=/u01/
software/em13c/stage/
• Ensure that there are no white spaces in the name of the directory where
you download and run the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control software
from. For example, do not download and run the software from a
directory titled EM Software because there is a white space between the
two words of the directory name.
2. (Optional) Enter My Oracle Support Details.
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(Optional) On the My Oracle Support Details screen, enter your My Oracle Support
credentials to enable Oracle Configuration Manager. If you do not want to enable
Oracle Configuration Manager now, go to Step (3).
If the host from where you are running the installation wizard does not have a
connection to the Internet, then enter only the e-mail address and leave the other
fields blank. After you complete the installation, manually collect the
configuration information and upload it to My Oracle Support. For instructions, see
What Are the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Software Updates? in the Oracle
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide.
3. Click Next.
4. (Recommended) Install Software Updates.
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On the Software Updates screen, select Search for Updates, and then select one of
the following options to apply the latest software updates:
•Local Directory, if you do not have Internet connectivity on your host, and
want to download the updates in offline mode and apply them while
performing the installation.
•My Oracle Support, if you have Internet connectivity on your host, and want
to connect to My Oracle Support directly via the installer to download the
updates in online mode and apply them while performing the installation.
For more information on these options, and for instructions to download and
apply the software updates using these options, see Are the Software Updates
Applied Automatically Even for Databases That Have Oracle Management Repository
Preconfigured? in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Advanced Installation
and Configuration Guide.
Note:
The Software Updates screen uses the built-in feature Auto Update to
automatically download and deploy the latest recommended patches while
installing or upgrading Enterprise Manager Cloud Control. This way, you do
not have to keep a manual check on the patches released by Oracle. All
patches required by the installer for successful installation and upgrade are
automatically detected and downloaded from My Oracle Support, and
applied during the installation or upgrade, thus reducing the known issues
and potential failures. Oracle strongly recommends using this feature, and
applying the software updates while the installation is in progress. For more
information, see What Is a Software Update? in the Oracle Enterprise Manager
Cloud Control Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide.
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Note:
During installation, you will be prompted for the details of a database where
Oracle Management Repository can be configured. If you plan to provide the
details of a database that already has an Oracle Management Repository
preconfigured using the database templates offered by Oracle, then the
software updates selected on this screen cannot be automatically applied. In
such a case, you must manually download and apply these software updates
after the installation.
Note:
Despite providing the My Oracle Support credentials, if you are unable to
download the software updates, then exit the installer, and invoke the installer
again passing the -showProxy parameter in the following way:
<Software_Location>/em13200_<platform>.bin SHOW_PROXY=true
5. Click Next.
If Enterprise Manager Cloud Control is the first Oracle product you are installing
on the host that is running on UNIX operating system, then the Oracle Inventory
screen appears. For details, see step (6). Otherwise, the Check Prerequisites screen
appears. For details, see step (8).
If Enterprise Manager Cloud Control is the first Oracle product you are installing
on the host that is running on Microsoft Windows operating system, then the
Oracle Inventory screen does not appear. On Microsoft Windows, the following is
the default inventory directory:
<system drive>\Program Files\Oracle\Inventory
6. Enter Oracle Inventory Details.
On the Oracle Inventory screen, do the following. You will see this screen only if
this turns out to be your first ever installation of an Oracle product on the host.
a. Enter the full path to a directory where the inventory files and directories can
be placed.
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Note:
• If this is the first Oracle product on the host, then the default central
inventory location is <home directory>/oraInventory. However, if
you already have some Oracle products on the host, then the central
inventory location can be found in the oraInst.loc file. The
oraInst.loc file is located in the /etc directory for Linux and AIX,
and in the /var/opt/oracle directory for Solaris, HP-UX, and Tru64.
• Ensure that you have read, write, and execute permissions on the default
inventory directory. If you do not have the required permissions, then exit
the installer, invoke the installer again with the INVENTORY_LOCATION
parameter, and pass the absolute path to the alternative inventory
location.
For example,
<Software_Location>/em13200_<platform>.bin
INVENTORY_LOCATION=<absolute_path_to_inventory_directo
ry>
Alternatively, invoke the installer with the -invPtrLoc parameter, and
pass the absolute path to the oraInst.loc file that contains the
alternative inventory location.
For example,
<Software_Location>/em13200_<platform>.bin -invPtrLoc
<absolute_path_to_oraInst.loc>
However, note that these parameters are supported only on UNIX
platforms, and not on Microsoft Windows platforms.
b. Select the appropriate operating system group name that will own the Oracle
inventory directories. The group that you select must have write permissions
on the Oracle Inventory directories.
7. Click Next.
8. Check Prerequisites.
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On the Prerequisite Checks screen, check the status of the prerequisite checks run
by the installation wizard, and verify whether your environment meets all the
minimum requirements for a successful installation.
The installation wizard runs the prerequisite checks automatically when you
come to this screen. It checks for the required operating system patches, operating
system packages, and so on.
The status of the prerequisite check can be either Warning, Failed, Succeeded,
Not Executed, In Progress, or Pending.
If some checks result in Warning or Failed status, then investigate and correct the
problems before you proceed with the installation. The screen provides details on
why the prerequisites failed and how you can resolve them. After you correct the
problems, return to this screen and click Rerun to check the prerequisites again.
Note:
You can choose to ignore the checks with Warning status by clicking Ignore.
However, all package requirements must be met or fixed before proceeding
any further.
9. Click Next.
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Note:
If a prerequisite check fails reporting a missing package, then make sure you
install the required package, and click Rerun. The installation wizard
validates the package name as well as the version, so make sure you install the
packages of the minimum versions mentioned in Package, Kernel Parameter,
and Library Requirements for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control. To
understand the logic the installation wizard uses to verify these packages, see
About the Logic Used by the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Installation
Wizard to Verify the Packages.
10. Select Installation Type.
On the Installation Types screen, select Create a new Enterprise Manager system,
then select Advanced.
11. Click Next.
12. Enter Installation Details.
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On the Installation Details screen, do the following:
a. Enter the Middleware home where you want to install the OMS and other
core components. This is essentially the Oracle home.
Note:
• The Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Installation Wizard installs Oracle
WebLogic Server 12c Release 1 (12.1.3.0) and JDK 1.7.0_80 by default in
this middleware home directory you enter here. A preinstalled JDK or
Oracle WebLogic Server is not supported from 13c Release 1 onwards.
• Ensure that the number of characters in the middleware home path does
not exceed 70 characters for Unix platforms and 25 characters for
Microsoft Windows platforms.
For example, the middleware home path C:\Oracle\MW\EM containing
only 15 characters is acceptable. However, C:\OracleSoftware
\OracleMiddleware\OracleEnterpriseManager\OMS
\newrelease\oms containing more than 25 characters is not acceptable
for Microsoft Windows platforms.
b. Enter the absolute path to the agent base directory, a location outside the
middleware home where the Management Agent can be installed. For
example, if the middleware home is /u01/software/em13c/
oraclehome, then you can specify the agent base directory as /u01/
software/em13c/agentbasedir.
Ensure that this location is empty and has write permission. Also ensure that
it is always maintained outside the Oracle Middleware home.
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Note:
Ensure that the number of characters in the middleware home path does not
exceed 70 characters for Unix platforms and 25 characters for Microsoft
Windows platforms.
For example, the middleware home path C:\Oracle\MW\EM containing only
15 characters is acceptable. However, C:\OracleSoftware
\OracleMiddleware\OracleEnterpriseManager\OMS\newrelease
\oms containing more than 25 characters is not acceptable for Microsoft
Windows platforms.
c. Validate the name of the host where you want to configure the OMS.
The host name appears as a fully qualified name, or as a virtual host name if
your host is configured with virtual machine. If the installation wizard was
invoked with a value for ORACLE_HOSTNAME, then this field is
prepopulated with that name.
Accept the default host name, or enter a fully qualified domain name that is
registered in the DNS and is accessible from other network hosts, or enter an
alias host name that is defined in the /etc/hosts file on all the OMS
instances at this site.
Note:
The host name must resolve to the local host or virtual host because the host
name is used for the local Oracle WebLogic Server as well as the Oracle
Management Service. Do not provide a remote host or a load balancer virtual
host in this field. Do not enter an IP address. Do not use underscores in the
name. Short names are allowed, but you will see a warning, so Oracle
recommends that you enter a fully qualified domain name instead.
13. Click Next.
14. Deploy Plug-Ins.
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On the Plug-In Deployment screen, select the optional plug-ins you want to install
from the software kit (DVD, downloaded software) while installing the Enterprise
Manager system.
Plug-Ins are pluggable entities that offer special management capabilities
customized to suit specific target types or solution areas.
The pre-selected rows are mandatory plug-ins that will be installed by default.
Select the optional ones you want to install.
Note:
If you select a deprecated plug-in that is supported only in 13c Release 2 but
not in any of the future releases, then you are prompted to evaluate your
selection and decide whether or not you want to proceed with the deployment
of such plug-ins.
Note:
During installation, if you want to install a plug-in that is not available in the
software kit, then refer to Advanced Installer Options Supported for Installing
an Enterprise Manager System for a Production Site (Advanced Installation)
for the point that describes how you can install additional plug-ins.
15. Click Next.
16. Enter WebLogic Server Configuration Details.
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On the WebLogic Server Configuration Details screen, enter the credentials for the
WebLogic Server user account and the Node Manager user account, and validate
the path to the Oracle Management Service instance base location. Ensure that the
Oracle Management Service instance base location is outside the middleware
home. By default, the WebLogic user name is weblogic. If you want, you can
modify it.
Note:
Ensure that your password contains at least 8 characters without any spaces,
begins with a letter, and includes at least one numeric value.
Note:
• Ensure that the Oracle Management Service instance base location is
outside the middleware home.
• If you are installing on an NFS-mounted drive and creating the OMS
instance base directory (gc_inst) on that NFS-mounted drive, then
after you install, move the lock files from the NFS-mounted drive to a
local file system location. Modify the lock file location in the httpd.conf
file to map to a location on a local file system. For instructions, see
Performing Postinstallation Tasks After Installing an Enterprise Manager
System.
By default, the WebLogic Domain name is GCDomain, and the Node Manager
name is nodemanager. These are non-editable fields. The installer uses this
information for creating Oracle WebLogic Domain and other associated
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components such as the admin server, the managed server, and the node
manager. A Node Manager enables you to start, shut down, or restart an Oracle
WebLogic Server instance remotely, and is recommended for applications with
high availability requirements.
Note:
On Microsoft Windows, a Node Manager service is NOT created. This is an
expected behavior.
17. Click Next.
18. Enter Database Connection Details.
On the Database Connection Details screen, do the following:
a. Provide details of the existing, certified database where the Management
Repository needs to be created. If you have already created a database
instance with a preconfigured Management Repository using the database
templates offered by Oracle, then provide details about that database
instance.
The installer uses this information to connect to the existing database for
creating the SYSMAN schema and plug-in schemas. If you provide details of
a database that already has a preconfigured Management Repository, then
the installer only creates plug-in schemas.
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Note:
• If you connect to a database instance that was created using the database
template offered by Oracle, then note that the password assigned to the
user accounts SYSMAN_MDS, SYSMAN_APM, and SYSMAN_OPSS,
which were created while preconfiguring the Management Repository,
are automatically reset with the SYSMAN password you enter on the
Enterprise Manager Configuration Details screen (as described in Step
(20)).
• If you are providing the details of a pluggable database (PDB), then use
the full service name instead of the alias. For example, pdb.example.com.
If you are providing the details of a lone-pluggable database (Lone-PDB),
then use the full service name. For example, pdb.example.com. If you are
providing the details of a non-container database (Non-CDB), then use the
SID.
• For more information on creating a database instance with Preconfigured
Repository using database templates for CDB and PDB, refer Creating a
Database Instance with Preconfigured Repository Using Database
Templates for CDB and PDB.
• If you are providing the details of an Oracle RAC database that is
configured with Single Client Access Name (SCAN), then enter the SCAN
name as the host name.
b. Select the deployment size from the Deployment Size list to indicate the
number of targets you plan to monitor, the number of Management Agents
you plan to have, and the number of concurrent user sessions you plan to
have.
Table 5-5 describes each deployment size.
Table 5-5 Deployment Size
Deployment Size Targets Count Management
Agents Count
Concurrent User
Session Count
Small Up to 999 Up to 99 Up to 10
Medium Between 1000 and
9999
Between 100 and
999
Between 10 and 24
Large 10,000 or more 1000 or more Between 25 and 50
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Note:
If the database you are connecting to is a database instance created with a
preconfigured Management Repository using the database templates offered
by Oracle (as described in Creating a Database Instance with Preconfigured
Repository Using Database Templates), then make sure the deployment size
you select on this screen matches with the deployment size you selected in the
Oracle Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA) while creating the database
instance.
If you want to select a deployment size different from the deployment size
you had selected while creating the database instance using DBCA, then do
one of the following:
•Select the deployment size of your choice on this screen, and click Next.
When you see errors, fix the parameters in the database, then return to
this screen to continue with the installation. To automatically fix the
parameters using Oracle-supplied SQL scripts, see Automatically Setting
Database Parameters and Converting the Management Repository to
Support a Deployment Size (Large, Medium, or Small).
• Minimize the installer, create another database instance with a template
for the desired deployment size, then return to this screen and select the
matching deployment size. For instructions, see Creating a Database
Instance with Preconfigured Repository Using Database Templates.
Note:
For more information on deployment sizes, the prerequisite checks that are
run, the database parameters that are set, and how you can modify the
deployment size after installation, see What is a Deployment Size for Enterprise
Manager Cloud Control in an Advanced Configuration? in the Oracle Enterprise
Manager Cloud Control Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide.
19. Click Next.
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Note:
• If you are connecting to an Oracle RAC database, and if you have
specified the virtual IP address of one of its nodes, then the installation
wizard prompts you with a Connection String dialog and requests you to
update the connection string with information about the other nodes that
are part of the cluster. Update the connection string and click OK. If you
want to test the connection, click Test Connection.
• If your Oracle RAC database 11.2 or higher is configured with Single
Client Access Name (SCAN) listener, then you can enter a connection
string using the SCAN listener.
• If you are connecting to an Oracle Database that is configured with CDB
or PDB, then make sure you open the PDB before you provide the PDB
details on this screen.
• If you use ACFS, then ensure that you have the following parameters in
the cluster where you mount the ACFS disk and start the install /etc/
fstab file:
<mount_points_of_ACFS_storage> nfs
rw,bg,hard,intr,nolock,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,tcp,noa
cl,vers=3,timeo=300,actimeo=120
For example,
example.com:/emfs/mpoint/oms1 /scratch/u01/oms nfs
rw,bg,hard,intr,nolock,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,tcp,noa
cl,vers=3,timeo=300,actimeo=120
• If you see an error stating that the connection to the database failed with
ORA-01017 invalid user name/password, then follow these steps to
resolve the issue:
(1) Verify that SYS password provided is valid.
(2) Verify that the database initialization parameter
REMOTE_LOGIN_PASSWORDFILE is set to Shared or Exclusive.
(3) Verify that password file with the file name orapw<SID> exists in the
<ORACLE_HOME>/dbs directory of the database home. If it does not,
create a password file using the ORAPWD command.
• For information on all the database initialization parameters that are set,
and all the prerequisite checks that are run, and for instructions to run the
prerequisite checks manually if they fail, see Overview of the EM
Prerequisite Kit .
20. Enter Enterprise Manager Configuration Details.
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On the Enterprise Manager Configuration Details screen, do the following:
a. For SYSMAN Password, enter a password for creating the SYSMAN user
account. The SYSMAN user account is used for creating the SYSMAN
schema, which holds most of the relational data used in managing Enterprise
Manager Cloud Control. SYSMAN is also the super administrator for
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control.
Note:
• The SYSMAN account password must begin with a letter, and can only
contain uppercase or lowercase letters, numbers and the following
characters: $, # , _
Examples of valid passwords: Welcome1, oracle_User
Examples of invalid passwords: Welcome!, 123oracle, #Oracle
• If you connect to a database instance that was created using the database
template offered by Oracle, then note that the password assigned to the
user accounts SYSMAN_MDS, SYSMAN_APM, and SYSMAN_OPSS,
which were created while preconfiguring the Management Repository,
are automatically reset with the SYSMAN password you enter on this
screen.
b. For Registration Password, enter a password for registering the new
Management Agents that join the Enterprise Manager system.
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Note:
Ensure that your password contains at least 8 characters without any spaces,
begins with a letter, and includes at least one numeric value.
c. For Management Tablespace, enter the full path to the location where the
data file for management tablespace (mgmt.dbf) can be stored. The installer
uses this information for storing data about the monitored targets, their
metrics, and so on. Ensure that the specified path leads up to the file name.
For example, /u01/oracle/prod/oradata/mgmt.dbf
If the database is on Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM) or
ACFS, then the path must look like: +<disk_group>/<sid>/
<subdir_path_if_any>/<datafilename>.dbf.
For example, +DATA/oemrsp01d/datafile/mgmt.dbf
d. For Configuration Data Tablespace, enter the full path to the location where
the data file for configuration data tablespace (mgmt_ecm_depot1.dbf) can
be stored. This is required for storing configuration information collected
from the monitored targets. Ensure that the specified path leads up to the file
name.
For example, /u01/oracle/prod/oradata/mgmt_ecm_depot1.dbf
If the database is on Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM),
then the path must look like: +<disk_group>/<sid>/
<subdir_path_if_any>/<datafilename>.dbf
For example, +DATA/oemrsp01d/datafile/mgmt_ecm_depot1.dbf
e. For JVM Diagnostics Data Tablespace, enter the full path to a location where
the data file for JVM Diagnostics data tablespace (mgmt_deepdive.dbf) can
be stored. Ensure that the specified path leads up to the file name. Enterprise
Manager Cloud Control requires this data file to store monitoring data related
to JVM Diagnostics and Application Dependency Performance (ADP).
For example, /u01/oracle/prod/oradata/mgmt_deepdive.dbf.
If the database is on Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM),
then the path must look like: +<disk_group>/<sid>/
<subdir_path_if_any>/<datafilename>.dbf
For example, +DATA/oemrsp01d/datafile/mgmt_deepdive.dbf.
21. Click Next.
22. Configure Shared Locations.
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Note:
When you invoke the installer on Microsoft Windows, the Enterprise Manager
Shared Location Details screen does not show the Config Volume and Cluster
Volume options. This is an expected behavior.
On the Enterprise Manager Shared Location Details screen, do the following:
a. Configure Oracle Software Library. Oracle Software Library (Software
Library) is a feature within Enterprise Manager Cloud Control that acts as a
repository to store software entities such as software patches, virtual
appliance images, reference gold images, application software, and their
associated directive scripts. You require the Software Library for operations
such as provisioning, patching, and so on.
by selecting Configure Oracle Software Library. Enter the absolute path
leading up to a unique directory name. By default, the storage location that is
configured is the OMS Shared File System location, so Oracle strongly
recommends that the location you enter is a mounted location on the OMS
host. This helps when you install additional OMS instances that can use the
same mounted Software Library location.
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Note:
Software Library supports two types of storage locations, mainly OMS Shared
File System location and OMS Agent File System location. To understand these
storage locations, see Upload File Locationsin the Oracle Enterprise Manager
Cloud Control Administrator's Guide.
For some reason, if you are unable to configure an OMS Shared File System
location, then configure an OMS Agent Storage location. For instructions, see
the section on configuring an OMS Agent file system location in Configuring an
OMS Agent File system Location in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
Administrator's Guide.
Note:
• Configuring the Software Library at the time of installation is optional.
Even if you do not select this option and configure it now, your
installation will succeed. You always have the option of configuring the
Software Library later using the Initial Setup Console or the Software Library
Administration Console (available within the Enterprise Manager Cloud
Control Console). However, Oracle strongly recommends that you select
this option and configure it at the time of installation so that the installer
can automatically configure it for you. This saves time and effort, and
enables you to install an additional OMS, immediately after the first OMS,
and configure it to use the same Software Library location.
• Once the Software Library is configured, you can view the location details
in the Software Library Administration Console. To access this console, from
the Setup menu, select Provisioning and Patching, then select Software
Library.
b. Configure a shared location for Oracle BI Publisher that is installed and
configured by default. The shared storage location will act as a common
location for storing the report catalog and associated management
information for the first OMS you are installing now and also for the
additional OMS you plan to install in the future.
(i) Identify a shared location that you can use for Oracle BI Publisher.
If you do not have an existing shared location, create a new one and ensure
that it is visible on the host where you are installing the first OMS and also on
other hosts where you plan to install additional OMS instances.
At install time, for the installation to be successful, you can reserve
approximately 400 MB of hard disk space for the shared directory. However,
Oracle recommends that you scale it to at least 10 GB eventually, and ensure
that it can be extended further in the future because the space utilization
increases over a period of time as you install additional plug-ins and create
more reports.
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Caution:
If you already have a shared location that you were using for the Software
Library or for staging gold images in the previous release of Enterprise
Manager, then you can choose to use the same location. However, ensure that
the directories within the shared location are unique for Oracle BI Publisher,
Software Library, and staged gold images. For example, if you already are
using the shared location /u01/software/examplehost/shrd/ where the
Software Library is configured in /u01/software/examplehost/
shrd/SW, then you can use the same location, but make sure the directory
within this shared location for Oracle BI Publisher is /u01/software/
examplehost/shrd/BIP.
(ii) On this screen, select Configure a Shared Location for Oracle BI
Publisher. Enter the following directory paths. Ensure that the user account
that you are using to install the first OMS has read and write permission on
these paths.
Note:
When you invoke the installer on Microsoft Windows, the Enterprise Manager
Shared Location Details screen does not show the Config Volume and Cluster
Volume options. This is an expected behavior.
For Config Volume, enter the path leading up to the /config directory on
the shared storage location where Oracle BI Publisher repository and
configuration files can be stored. For example, /ntwkshrd/bip/config.
For Cluster Volume, enter the path leading up to the /cluster directory on
the shared storage location where Oracle BI Publisher scheduler storage can
be maintained for Oracle BI Publisher to operate in a high-availability
environment. For example, /ntwkshrd/bip/cluster.
WARNING:
Do not delete these directories after the installation. The directories are
required for proper functioning of Oracle BI Publisher, and therefore are
required during the installation and also after the installation.
c. Enable or disable the installed and configured Oracle BI Publisher. Enabling
Oracle BI Publisher starts the software and keeps it ready for use within the
Enterprise Manager system. Disabling Oracle BI Publisher leaves the software
as it is without starting it.
To enable Oracle BI Publisher, select Enable Oracle BI Publisher.
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Note:
If you choose to disable Oracle BI Publisher during the installation, then you
can enable it after the installation by running the following EM CTL command
from the bin directory of the Oracle home.
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emctl config oms -enable_bip
The command only enables Oracle BI Publisher, but does not start it. To start
it, run the following command from the bin directory of the Oracle home.
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emctl start oms -bip_only
23. Click Next.
24. Customize Ports.
On the Port Configuration Details screen, customize the ports to be used for
various components.
Note:
If all the ports on this screen appear as -1, then it indicates that the installer is
unable to bind the ports on the host. To resolve this issue, exit the installer,
verify the host name and the IP configuration of this host (ensure that the IP
address of the host is not being used by another host), restart the installer, and
try again.
You can enter a free custom port that is either within or outside the port range
recommended by Oracle.
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To verify if a port is free, run the following command:
• On Unix:
netstat -an | grep <port no>
• On Microsoft Windows:
netstat -an|findstr <port_no>
However, the custom port must be greater than 1024 and lesser than 65535.
Alternatively, if you already have the ports predefined in a staticports.ini
file and if you want to use those ports, then click Import staticports.ini file and
select the file.
Note:
If the staticports.ini file is passed during installation, then by default,
the ports defined in the staticports.ini file are displayed. Otherwise, the
first available port from the recommended range is displayed.
The staticports.ini file is available in the following location:
<Software_Extracted_Location>/response
25. Click Next.
26. Review and Install.
On the Review screen, review the details you provided for the selected installation
type.
• If you want to change the details, click Back repeatedly until you reach the
screen where you want to make the changes.
• After you verify the details, if you are satisfied, click Install to begin the
installation process.
27. Track the Progress.
On the Install Progress screen, view the overall progress (in percentage) of the
installation and the status of each of the Configuration Assistants. Configuration
Assistants are run for configuring the installed components of Enterprise Manager
Cloud Control.
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Note:
• If a configuration assistant fails, the installer stops and none of the
subsequent configuration assistants are run. Resolve the issue and retry
the configuration assistant.
For more information, see Troubleshooting Configuration Data Collection
Tools in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Advanced Installation
and Configuration Guide.
• If you accidently exit the installer before clicking Retry, then do NOT
restart the installer to reach the same screen; instead, invoke the
runConfig.sh script from the Oracle home to rerun the Configuration
Assistant in silent mode. For Microsoft Windows platforms, invoke
runConfig.bat script.
$<ORACLE_HOME>/oui/bin/runConfig.sh
ORACLE_HOME=<absolute_path_to_Oracle_home>
MODE=perform ACTION=configure
COMPONENT_XML={encap_oms.1_0_0_0_0.xml}
If the runConfig.sh script fails, then clean up your environment and
redo the installation.
28. Run Scripts.
Once the software binaries are copied and configured, you are prompted to run
the allroot.sh script, and the oraInstRoot.sh script if this is the first Oracle
product installation on the host. Open another window, log in as root, and
manually run the scripts.
If you are installing on Microsoft Windows operating system, then you will NOT
be prompted to run this script.
29. End the Installation.
On the Finish screen, you should see information pertaining to the installation of
Enterprise Manager. Review the information and click Close to exit the
installation wizard.
For more information about this installation, refer to the following file available in
the Oracle home:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/install/setupinfo.txt
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Note:
If a Server Load Balancer (SLB) is configured in your environment, and the
upload port is locked, then configure the SLB for JVMD Engines, and then
secure the OMS.
If an SLB is configured in your environment, but the upload port is unlocked,
then decide whether you want to route the JVMD traffic through the SLB. If
you do, then configure the SLB for JVMD Engines, and then secure the OMS.
To secure the OMS, run the following command:
<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emctl secure oms -host <SLB host>-
slb_jvmd_http_port <JVMD_SLB_HTTP_Port> -
slb_jvmd_https_port <JVMD_SLB_HTTPS_Port> -sysman_pwd
<system_password> -reg_pwd <agent_registration_password>
Note:
If the installation fails for some reason, review the log files listed in Overview of
the Installation and Configuration Log Files in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud
Control Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide.
Note:
If you have run the installation wizard and let the installation wizard take
corrective actions to correct the repository settings, and if you have exited the
wizard without completing the installation process, then remember that the
repository settings might not reset to their original values because you
abruptly ended the installation. In this case, before invoking the installation
wizard again, run the EM Prerequisite Kit to manually reset the values. To do
so, see Overview of the EM Prerequisite Kit
5.5.1 Advanced Installer Options Supported for Installing an Enterprise Manager
System for a Production Site (Advanced Installation)
The following are some additional, advanced options you can pass while invoking the
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control installer:
• By default, GCDomain is the default name used for creating the WebLogic
Domain. Custom WebLogic Domain name, is not supported.
• By default, a Provisioning Advisor Framework (PAF) staging directory is created
for copying the Software Library entities related to the deployment procedures.
By default, this location is the scratch path location (/tmp). The location is used
only for provisioning activities—entities are copied for a deployment procedure,
and then, deleted once the deployment procedure ends.
If you want to override this location with a custom location, then invoke the
installer with the -J-Djava.io.tmpdir option, and enter a unique custom
location.
For example,
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./em13200_linux64.bin -J-Djava.io.tmpdir=/u00/install/em/
STAGE/
• During installation, if you want to install some plug-ins that are not in the
software kit (DVD, downloaded software), then do the following:
1. Manually download the required plug-ins from the following location:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/oem/enterprise-manager/
downloads/oem-plugins-3237574.html
In addition, if you want to download any partner or customer plug-ins, then
download from the following location:
https://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=53891:1
2. Invoke the installer with the following option and pass the location where the
additional plug-ins have been downloaded:
On UNIX platforms:
./em13200_<platform>.bin
PLUGIN_LOCATION=<absolute_path_to_plugin_software_locatio
n>
On Microsoft Windows platforms:
setup_em13200_win64.exe
PLUGIN_LOCATION=<absolute_path_to_plugin_software_locatio
n>
This displays a list of plug-ins available in the software kit (DVD,
downloaded software) as well as the plug-ins available in this custom
location. You can choose the ones you want to install.
• After the installation ends successfully, the OMS and the Management Agent start
automatically. If you do not want them to start automatically, then invoke the
installer with START_OMS and START_AGENT options, and set them to true or
false depending on what you want to control.
For example, if you do not want the Management Agent to start automatically,
then run the following command:
./em13200_<platform>.bin START_OMS=true START_AGENT=false
To understand the limitations involved with this advanced option, see Limitations
with the Advanced Options Supported for Installing an Enterprise Manager
System for a Production Site (Advanced Installation).
5.5.2 Limitations with the Advanced Options Supported for Installing an Enterprise
Manager System for a Production Site (Advanced Installation)
When you use START_OMS and START_AGENT as advanced options to control the way
the OMS and the Management Agent start up automatically, sometimes the
Management Agent and the host on which it was installed do not appear as targets in
the Cloud Control console.
Table 5-6 lists the different combinations of these advanced options, and describes the
workaround to be followed for each combination:
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Table 5-6 Advanced Options and Workarounds
Advanced Option Workaround
START_OMS=false
START_AGENT=false 1. Start the OMS:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emctl start oms
2. Secure the Management Agent:
$<AGENT_HOME>/bin/emctl secure agent
3. Start the Management Agent:
$<AGENT_HOME>/bin/emctl start agent
4. Add the targets:
$<AGENT_HOME>/bin/emctl config agent
addinternaltargets
5. Upload the targets:
$<AGENT_HOME>/bin/emctl upload agent
START_OMS=true
START_AGENT=false
Start the Management Agent:
$<AGENT_HOME>/bin/emctl start agent
START_OMS=false
START_AGENT=true 1. Start the OMS:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emctl start oms
2. Secure the Management Agent:
$<AGENT_HOME>/bin/emctl secure agent
3. Add the targets:
$<AGENT_HOME>/bin/emctl config agent
addinternaltargets
4. Upload the targets:
$<AGENT_HOME>/bin/emctl upload agent
5.5.3 Automatically Setting Database Parameters and Converting the Management
Repository to Support a Deployment Size (Large, Medium, or Small)
If the database you are connecting to is a database instance created with a
preconfigured Management Repository using the database templates offered by
Oracle (as described in Creating a Database Instance with Preconfigured Repository
Using Database Templates), then you should make sure the deployment size you
select on the Database Connection Details screen of the installer matches with the
deployment size you selected in the Oracle Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA)
while creating the database instance.
If you want to select a deployment size different from the deployment size you had
selected while creating the database instance using DBCA, then you must first fix the
parameters in the database, then return to the Database Connection Details screen of
the installer to continue with the installation.
To automatically set the parameters using the Oracle-supplied SQL scripts, follow
these steps:
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1. Log in to SQL Plus as SYSMAN.
2. Depending on the deployment size for which you want to install Enterprise
Manager, run one of the following scripts. To download these scripts, follow Step
(2) and Step (3) outlined in Creating a Database Instance with Preconfigured
Repository Using Database Templates.
Deployment Size Scripts
Small <DB_HOME>/assistance/dbca/templates/
set_repo_param_12.1.0.2.0_Database_SQL_for_EM13_2
_0_0_0_Small_deployment.sql
Medium <DB_HOME>/assistance/dbca/templates/
set_repo_param_12.1.0.2.0_Database_SQL_for_EM13_2
_0_0_0_Medium_deployment.sql
Large <DB_HOME>/assistance/dbca/templates/
set_repo_param_12.1.0.2.0_Database_SQL_for_EM13_2
_0_0_0_Large_deployment.sql
3. Restart the database.
Note:
For information on deployment sizes, the prerequisite checks that are run, the
database parameters that are set, and how you can modify the deployment
size after installation, see What is a Deployment Size for Enterprise Manager Cloud
Control in an Advanced Configuration? in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud
Control Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide.
5.6 Enabling Hybrid Cloud Management
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control provides you with a single pane of glass for
monitoring and managing both your on-premise and Oracle Cloud deployments, all
from the same management console. By deploying Hybrid Cloud Agents onto the
Oracle Cloud virtual hosts serving your Oracle Cloud services, you are able to manage
Oracle Cloud targets just as you would any other.
For more information on Hybrid Cloud Management and for instructions to enable the
feature, see Enabling Hybrid Cloud Management in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud
Control Administrator's Guide.
5.7 Performing Postinstallation Tasks After Installing an Enterprise
Manager System
After you install an Enterprise Manager system, perform the following postinstallation
tasks:
1. (Only for UNIX Operating Systems) If you did not run the allroot.sh script when
the installer prompted you to do so, then run it manually now:
• If this is the first Oracle product you just installed on the host, then run the
oraInstroot.sh script from the inventory location specified in the
oraInst.loc file that is available in the Management Agent home.
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For example, if the inventory location specified in the oraInst.loc file is
$HOME/oraInventory, then run the following command:
$HOME/oraInventory/oraInstRoot.sh
Note:
If you are not a root user, then use SUDO to change to a root user. For example,
run the following command:
/usr/local/bin/sudo $HOME/oraInventory/oraInstRoot.sh
• Run the allroot.sh script from the Oracle home:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/allroot.sh
Note:
If you are not a root user, then use SUDO to change to a root user. For example,
run the following command:
/usr/local/bin/sudo $<ORACLE_HOME>/allroot.sh
2. Verify the installation:
a. Navigate to the Oracle home and run the following command to see a message
that confirms that OMS is up and running.
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emctl status oms
For example,
/u01/software/em13c/oraclehome/bin/emctl status oms
b. Navigate to the Management Agent home and run the following command to
see a message that confirms that the Management Agent is up and running.
$<AGENT_HOME>/bin/emctl status agent
For example,
/u01/software/em13c/agentbasedir/agent_13.2.0.0.0/bin/
emctl status agent
c. Navigate to the Management Agent home and run the following command to
see a message that confirms that EMD upload completed successfully.
$<AGENT_HOME>/bin/emctl upload agent
For example,
/u01/software/em13c/agentbasedir/agent_13.2.0.0.0/bin/
emctl upload agent
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Note:
By default, you can access Enterprise Manager Cloud Control only using the
HTTPS protocol. If you want to use the HTTP protocol, then unlock it by
running the following command from the Oracle home of the OMS:
emctl secure unlock -console
3. Verify if all the plug-ins were installed successfully. To do so, access the following
log file from the Management Agent home, and make sure the sentence
WARN:Plugin configuration has failed is not present in the file. If the sentence is not
present, it is an indication that all plug-ins were installed successfully.
$<AGENT_INSTANCE_HOME>/install/logs/
agentplugindeploy_<timestamp>.log
For example,
/u01/software/em13c/agentbasedir/agent_13.2.0.0.0/
cfgtoollogs/cfgfw/CfmLogger-<timestamp>.log
If you find the sentence, then it is an indication that the plug-in installed failed for
some plug-ins. In this case, resolve the issue by running the
AgentPluginDeploy.pl script from the Management Agent home.
$<AGENT_HOME>/perl/bin/perl <AGENT_HOME>/bin/
AgentPluginDeploy.pl -oracleHome <AGENT_HOME> -agentDir
<AGENT_BASE_DIR> -pluginIdsInfoFile <AGENT_BASE_DIR>/
plugins.txt -action configure -emStateDir
<AGENT_INSTANCE_HOME>
For example,
/u01/software/em13c/agentbasedir/agent_13.2.0.0.0/perl/bin/
perl /u01/software/em13c/agentbasedir/agent_13.2.0.0.0/bin/
AgentPluginDeploy.pl -oracleHome /u01/software/em13c/
agentbasedir/agent_13.2.0.0.0/ -agentDir /u01/software/em13c/
agentbasedir -pluginIdsInfoFile /u01/software/em13c/
agentbasedir/plugins.txt -action configure -emStateDir /u01/
agent/agent_inst
4. (Optional) If the repository prerequisites had failed, and if you had manually run
the EM Prerequisite Kit and taken corrective actions to meet the repository
requirements, then run the kit again to reset the repository settings to what it had
originally. To do so, run the EM Prerequisite Kit from the Oracle home of the OMS
host (that is, the middleware home).
<ORACLE_HOME>/install/requisites/bin/emprereqkit
executionType=install
prerequisiteXMLRootDir=<prereq_xmlrootdir_location>
connectString="<connect_string>" dbUser=SYS dbPassword=password
reposUser=sysman dbRole=sysdba runPrerequisites=true
runPostCorrectiveActions=true
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Note:
If you had run the installation wizard and let the installation wizard take
corrective actions to correct the repository settings, and if you had exited the
wizard without completing the installation process, then remember that the
repository settings might not reset to their original values because you
abruptly ended the installation. In this case, before invoking the installation
wizard again, run the aforementioned command to manually reset the values.
5. By default, the following targets get automatically discovered and monitored in the
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Console:
• Oracle WebLogic Domain (for example, GCDomain)
• Oracle WebLogic AdminServer
• Oracle WebLogic Server
• Oracle Web Tier
• Application deployments, one for the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
console and one for the platform background services.
• Oracle Management Service
• Oracle Management Repository
• Oracle Management Agent
• The host on which you installed Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
However, the other targets running on that host and other hosts do not get
automatically discovered and monitored. To monitor the other targets, you need to
add them to Enterprise Manager Cloud Control either using the Auto Discovery
Results page, the Add Targets Manually page, or the discovery wizards offered for
the targets you want to monitor.
For information about discovering targets in Enterprise Manager Cloud Control,
see Discovering and Adding Host and Non-Host Targets in the Oracle Enterprise
Manager Cloud Control Administrator's Guide.
6. If you installed on an NFS-mounted drive and created the OMS instance base
directory (gc_inst) on that NFS-mounted drive, then move the lock files from
the NFS-mounted drive to a local file system location. To do so, modify the lock
files location in the httpd.conf file to map to a location on a local file system.
a. Stop the OMS:
<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emctl stop oms
b. Open the following file in the staging directory:
Note:
Oracle recommends you to take a backup of this file before editing it.
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<WEBTIER_INSTANCE_HOME>/user_projects/domains/GCDomain/
config/fmwconfig/components/OHS/ohs<#>/httpd.conf
For example,
/u01/software/em13c/gc_inst/user_projects/domains/GCDomain/
config/fmwconfig/components/OHS/ohs1/httpd.conf
c. Search for sections related to the modules mpm_prefork_module and
mpm_worker_module. In both these sections, modify the value for the
LockFile parameter so that the path leads to a location on the local file system.
If the directory does not already exist, then create it first, and then provide the
path to that directory.
<IfModule mpm_prefork_module>
StartServers 5
MinSpareServers 5
MaxSpareServers 10
MaxClients 150
MaxRequestsPerChild 0
AcceptMutex fcntl
LockFile /u01/em/ohs_locks/http_lock
</IfModule>
....
<IfModule mpm_worker_module>
StartServers 2
MaxClients 150
MinSpareThreads 25
MaxSpareThreads 75
ThreadsPerChild 25
MaxRequestsPerChild 0
AcceptMutex fcntl
LockFile /u01/em/ohs_locks/http_lock
</IfModule>b
d. Save the changes.
e. Copy the httpd.conf file from the staging directory to the runtime directory:
cp <WEBTIER_INSTANCE_HOME>/user_projects/domains/GCDomain/
config/fmwconfig/components/OHS/ohs<#>/httpd.conf
<WEBTIER_INSTANCE_HOME>/user_projects/domains/GCDomain/
config/fmwconfig/components/OHS/instances/ohs<#>/httpd.conf
For example,
cp /u01/software/em13c/gc_inst/user_projects/domains/
GCDomain/config/fmwconfig/components/OHS/ohs1/
httpd.conf /u01/software/em13c/gc_inst/user_projects/
domains/GCDomain/config/fmwconfig/components/OHS/instances/
ohs1/httpd.conf
f. Start the OMS:
<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emctl start oms
7. Configure your proxy as described in Configuring Proxies for OMS and Management
Agent Communication in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Advanced
Installation and Configuration Guide.
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8. (Optional) If you want to change the SYSMAN password, then shut down the OMS,
run the following command from the Oracle home of the OMS, and then start the
OMS. You will be prompted to enter the old and the new password.
<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emctl config oms -change_repos_pwd
Note:
This command concurrently changes the passwords in both the OMS
configuration and the database for these affected user accounts. Therefore, it is
sufficient to run this command just once.
After running the command, do not connect to SQL Plus and update the new
password for the SYSMAN user. The command updates the SYSMAN
password in the Management Repository for you.
9. An encryption key is generated to encrypt sensitive data in the Management
Repository. If this key is lost, all encrypted data in the Management Repository
become unusable. Therefore, back up the Management Service configuration
including the emkey, and maintain the backup on another host.
To back up the Management Service configuration including the emkey, run the
following command:
<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emctl exportconfig oms -dir
<path_to_backup_location>
10. Before accessing the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Console in a browser,
install a security certificate from a trusted certification authority on the browser.
This it to ensure that the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Console that you are
accessing over HTTPS protocol is recognized as a genuine and secure Web site.
For instructions to install a security certificate on your browser and avoid security
certificate alerts, see EMCTL Secure Commands in the Oracle Enterprise Manager
Cloud Control Administrator's Guide.
11. (Optional) If you had not configured a shared storage location for Oracle BI
Publisher while installing the OMS, then configure it now.
a. Create a shared directory on any server, and ensure that it is mounted and
made visible on the host where you installed the OMS and also made visible on
other hosts where you plan to install additional OMS instances.
Ensure that you reserve approximately 400 MB of hard disk space for the shared
directory. However, Oracle recommends that you scale it to at least 10 GB
eventually, and ensure that it can be extended further in the future because the
space utilization increases over a period of time as you install additional plug-
ins and create more reports.
b. Configure the shared storage location by running the following command.
Provide the path to the shared storage location you just created. Ensure that the
shared location you provide is owned by the user account that was used for
installing the first OMS. Also ensure that the user account has read and write
permission to the shared location. You will be prompted for administrator user
account password and SYSMAN account password.
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emctl config oms -bip_shared_storage -cluster_volume
<shared_location> -config_volume <shared_location>
For example,
emctl config oms -bip_shared_storage -cluster_volume /
scratch/aime/examplehost/BIP/cluster -config_volume /
scratch/aime/examplehost/BIP/config
c. (Optional) If you had not enabled Oracle BI Publisher while installing the OMS,
then enable it now. To do so, run the following command from the bin
directory of the Oracle home:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emctl config oms -enable_bip
For example,
/u01/software/em13c/oraclehome/bin/emctl config oms -
enable_bip
The preceding command only enables Oracle BI Publisher, but does not start it.
To start it, run the following command from the bin directory of the Oracle
home.
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emctl start oms -bip_only
For example,
/u01/software/em13c/oraclehome/bin/emctl start oms -
bip_only
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6
Installing Oracle Management Agents
Oracle Management Agent (Management Agent) is one of the core components of
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control that enables you to convert an unmanaged host to
a managed host in the Enterprise Manager system. The Management Agent works in
conjunction with the plug-ins to monitor the targets running on that managed host.
This chapter describes how you can install Management Agent on unmanaged hosts
and convert them to managed hosts. In particular, this chapter covers the following:
•Overview of Installing Management Agents Using Agent Gold Images
•Installing Management Agents Using Agent Gold Images
•Troubleshooting Management Agents
Note:
The Management Agent software for the platform on which the OMS is
deployed, is available by default on the OMS host. For example, if the
platform on which the OMS is deployed is Linux x86-64, then the
Management Agent software for the Linux x86-64 platform is available by
default on the OMS host. You need not manually download the Management
Agent software for that platform. However, if you plan to install a
Management Agent on a platform that is different from the platform on which
the OMS is deployed, then you must manually download the Management
Agent software for the intended platform using Self Update. For instructions,
see Meeting the Management Agent Software Prerequisites for Installing
Standalone Management Agents Using Add Host Targets Wizard or EM CLI.
Note:
13.1 Management Agents are not supported to be installed against fresh 13.2
Oracle Management Service (OMS).
6.1 Overview of Installing Management Agents Using Agent Gold Images
At any point in time, if you want to monitor a target running on a host, you must first
convert that unmanaged host to a managed host by installing a Management Agent,
and then you must discover and promote the targets running on that managed host so
that they are added to the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Console.
Oracle recommends that you install Management Agents using Agent Gold Images. This
section introduces you to Agent Gold Images and familiarizes you with important
concepts that you must know before you begin installing Management Agents. In
particular, this section covers the following:
Installing Oracle Management Agents 6-1
•Overview of Agent Gold Images
•Components of an Agent Gold Image Version
•Advantages of Provisioning, Upgrading, and Updating Management Agents
Using a Gold Image Version
6.1.1 Overview of Agent Gold Images
You can install Oracle Management Agents using Agent Gold Images. An Agent Gold
Image represents the ideal state of a Management Agent in a data center managed by
Enterprise Manager, having a customized configuration of the desired versions of the
Management Agent software, the desired versions of the monitoring plug-ins, and the
desired patches.
An Agent Gold Image version is created by an Enterprise Manager user, using a live
reference Management Agent that is thoroughly tested and tuned. An Agent Gold
Image version can be used to provision new Management Agents or update existing
Management Agents on a large number of hosts.
Note:
You cannot install, update, or upgrade a Shared Agent (NFS Agent) using an
Agent Gold Image. For information about Shared Agents, see Overview of
Installing Shared Agents in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Advanced
Installation and Configuration Guide.
In addition, you cannot use an unsecure Management Agent to create an
Agent Gold Image version. Therefore, always use only a secure Management
Agent as the source for creating an Agent Gold Image version.
6.1.2 Components of an Agent Gold Image Version
An Agent Gold Image version consists of the following software components that are
stored in Oracle Software Library (Software Library):
• Management Agent software
• Oracle Home monitoring plug-in
• Discovery plug-ins
• Monitoring plug-ins
• Management Agent and plug-in patches
• Configuration information
• Deploy scripts for performing the install or update
6.1.3 Advantages of Provisioning, Upgrading, and Updating Management Agents Using
a Gold Image Version
The following are the advantages of provisioning, upgrading, and updating
Management Agents using a gold image version:
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• Since an Agent Gold Image version consists of the desired Management Agent
software, plug-ins, and patches, provisioning and updating Management Agents
using a gold image version is a single point solution to managing the
Management Agent lifecycle of a data center, that is, a user need not upgrade
Management Agents using the Agent Upgrade Console, apply patches using
patch plans, manage plug-ins using the plug-in lifecycle application, and so on.
• Using an Agent Gold Image version, you can provision a large number of
Management Agents, all of which have the same versions of Management Agent
software, plug-ins, and patches, and also have the same set of configuration
properties.
• Using an Agent Gold Image version to provision, upgrade, and update
Management Agents is a highly scalable approach.
• Management Agents that are provisioned or updated using a gold image version
are stable, well tested, and have a standardized configuration.
• Management Agents that are provisioned or updated using a gold image version
can be tracked easily, based on a recommended configuration.
6.2 Installing Management Agents Using Agent Gold Images
At any point in time, if you want to monitor a target running on a host, you must first
convert that unmanaged host to a managed host by installing a Management Agent.
This section describes how you can install Management Agents using Agent Gold
Images. In particular, this section covers the following:
•Getting Started with Installing Management Agents Using an Agent Gold Image
Version
•Installing a Standalone Oracle Management Agent Using Add Host Targets
Wizard or EM CLI
•Creating an Agent Gold Image
•Creating an Agent Gold Image Version
•Setting a Particular Agent Gold Image Version as the Current Version
•Installing Management Agents Using an Agent Gold Image
6.2.1 Getting Started with Installing Management Agents Using an Agent Gold Image
Version
To get started with installing Management Agents using Agent Gold Images, follow
these steps:
1. Ensure that you have a standalone Oracle Management Agent 13c Release 2
installed in your environment.
If you do not have a standalone Oracle Management Agent 13c Release 2 installed,
then install one now. See Installing a Standalone Oracle Management Agent Using
Add Host Targets Wizard or EM CLI. If you have a Management Agent of any
earlier release, then upgrade it to 13c Release 1. See Upgrading Oracle Management
Agents in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Upgrade Guide.
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Note:
An Agent Gold Image can be created only using a standalone Management
Agent of 13c release, and not using a central agent of 13c release or a
standalone Management Agent of any other release. A central agent is a
Management Agent that is deployed by default with the first OMS on the
OMS host; you cannot use this central agent to create an Agent Gold Image.
2. Create an Agent Gold Image. See Creating an Agent Gold Image.
3. Create an Agent Gold Image version. See Creating an Agent Gold Image Version.
4. Set a particular Agent Gold Image version as the current version that can be used
for deployment. See Setting a Particular Agent Gold Image Version as the Current
Version.
5. Install the standalone Management Agent on the destination host using the Agent
Gold Image. See Installing Management Agents Using an Agent Gold Image.
Note:
You cannot install, update, or upgrade a Shared Agent (NFS Agent) using an
Agent Gold Image. For information about Shared Agents, see Overview of
Installing Shared Agents in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Advanced
Installation and Configuration Guide.
In addition, you cannot use an unsecure Management Agent to create an
Agent Gold Image version. Therefore, always use only a secure Management
Agent as the source for creating an Agent Gold Image version.
6.2.2 Installing a Standalone Oracle Management Agent Using Add Host Targets Wizard
or EM CLI
An Agent Gold Image can be created only using a standalone Management Agent of
13c release, and not using a central agent of 13c release or a standalone Management
Agent of any other release. This section describes how you can install such a
standalone Management Agent of 13c release. In particular, this section covers the
following:
•Overview of Installing Standalone Management Agents Using Add Host Targets
Wizard or EM CLI
•Before You Begin Installing Standalone Management Agents Using Add Host
Targets Wizard or EM CLI
•Meeting the Generic Prerequisites for Installing Standalone Management Agents
Using Add Host Targets Wizard or EM CLI
•Meeting the Management Agent Software Prerequisites for Installing Standalone
Management Agents Using Add Host Targets Wizard or EM CLI
•Installing Standalone Management Agents Using Add Host Targets Wizard or EM
CLI
•After Installing Standalone Management Agents Using Add Host Targets Wizard
or EM CLI
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6.2.2.1 Overview of Installing Standalone Management Agents Using Add Host
Targets Wizard or EM CLI
To install a standalone Management Agent, use the Add Host Targets Wizard that is
accessible from within the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control console, or use EM CLI.
The Add Host Targets Wizard is an application that offers GUI-rich, interactive
screens. Oracle recommends that you use this wizard, or EM CLI, for the mass-
deployment of Management Agents. For more information about the Add Host
Targets Wizard, see What Is an Add Host Target Wizard? in the Oracle Enterprise Manager
Cloud Control Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide.
Note:
This section only describes how you can deploy a fresh Management Agent
using the Add Host Targets Wizard. For information on cloning an existing
instance and deploying a Management Agent using a shared instance, see
Installing Oracle Management Agent in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud
Control Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide.
When you install a standalone Management Agent on a host, you will see the
following default contents in the agent base directory:
<agent_base_directory>
|_____agent_13.2.0.0.0
|_____sbin
|_____OPatch
|_____agent.rsp
|_____bin
|_____cfgtoollogs
|_____config
|_____install
|_____instalclient
|_____.
|_____.
|_____agent_inst
|_____.
|_____agentInstall.rsp
|_____agentimage.properties
Note:
You can repoint your existing Management Agents to a new Oracle
Management Service (OMS). For information on how to do this, see Redirecting
Oracle Management Agent to Another Oracle Management Service in the Oracle
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide.
When you repoint your existing Management Agents to a new OMS, you
cannot move the targets monitored by the Management Agents, the target
history, and the Management Agent history. The monitored targets and the
history data is lost.
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Installing Oracle Management Agents 6-5
6.2.2.2 Before You Begin Installing Standalone Management Agents Using Add Host
Targets Wizard or EM CLI
Before you begin installing a Management Agent using the Add Host Targets Wizard,
or EM CLI, keep these points in mind:
• The Add Host Targets Wizard and EM CLI convert an unmanaged host to a
managed host in the Enterprise Manager system by installing a Management
Agent.
• Oracle recommends you to use the Add Host Targets Wizard or EM CLI to mass-
deploy Management Agents in your environment.
• To install a Management Agent on a host, you must download and apply the
required version of the Management Agent software for the host platform, using
Self Update. Only the Management Agent software for the OMS host platform is
downloaded and applied by default.
To access Self Update, from the Setup menu, select Extensibility, then select Self
Update.
For information on how to download and apply the Management Agent software
for a platform, see Meeting the Management Agent Software Prerequisites for
Installing Standalone Management Agents Using Add Host Targets Wizard or EM
CLI.
• Oracle Management Agent 13c communicates only with Oracle Management
Service 13c and not with any earlier release of Enterprise Manager.
When you use the Add Host Targets Wizard, or EM CLI, you can install only the
latest Management Agent version on a platform, for which the Management
Agent software is downloaded and applied. For example, if the 13c Management
Agent software for a particular platform is downloaded and applied, then you can
install only a 13c Management Agent on that platform, and not a 12c Management
Agent.
For information about the compatibility between 12c and 13c releases of
Management Agents and the OMS, see Table 5-2.
• If you have multiple hosts, sharing a common mounted drive, then install the
Management Agents in two different phases:
1. In the Add Host Targets Wizard, select the deployment type Fresh Agent
Install, and install a Management Agent on the host where the drive is
shared. Alternatively, you can select the deployment type Clone Existing
Agent, and clone the Management Agent to the host where the drive is
shared.
For more information on cloning a Management Agent, see Cloning Oracle
Management Agents in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Advanced
Installation and Configuration Guide.
2. In the Add Host Targets Wizard, select the deployment type Add Host to
Shared Agent, and install a Management Agent on all other hosts that access
the shared, mounted drive. (Here, you will select the Management Agent you
installed in the previous step as the master agent or shared agent.)
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For more information on shared agents, see Installing Shared Agents in the
Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Advanced Installation and Configuration
Guide.
• If you have an Oracle RAC Cluster with multiple nodes, then you must install a
Management Agent on each of the nodes separately. In other words, in the Add
Host Targets Wizard, you must add each node explicitly as a destination host.
• In Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 13c, you can save the Management Agent
one-off patches that you want to apply on a particular version of the Management
Agent software, such that these patches are automatically applied on the software
whenever a new Management Agent of the same version is deployed, or an old
Management Agent is upgraded to that version.
For information on how to do this, see Applying Patches to Oracle Management
Agents While Deploying or Upgrading Them in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud
Control Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide.
Also, you can apply one-off patches on a plug-in and create a custom patched
plug-in, such that this custom patched plug-in is deployed on all the new
Management Agents that you deploy, and all the old Management Agents that
you upgrade.
For information on how to do this, see Managing Plug-Ins in the Oracle Enterprise
Manager Cloud Control Administrator's Guide.
• The Add Host Targets Wizard supports the permissive and enforcing
options for Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux).
• The Add Host Targets Wizard uses SSH to establish connectivity between Oracle
Management Service (OMS) and the remote hosts where you want to install the
Management Agents.
• Only SSH1 (SSH version 1) and SSH2 (SSH version 2) protocols offered by
OpenSSH are supported for deploying a Management Agent.
• The Add Host Targets Wizard supports Named Credentials that enable you to use
a set of credentials registered with a particular name specifically for this
operation, by your administrator. This ensures an additional layer of security for
your passwords because as an operator, you can only select the named credential,
which is saved and stored by an administrator, and not know the actual user
name and password associated with it.
In case the named credential you select does not have the privileges to perform
the installation, then you can set the named credential to run as another user
(locked user account). In this case, the wizard logs in to the hosts using the named
credential you select, but performs the installation using the locked user account
you set.
For example, you can create a named credential titled User_A (the user account
that has remote login access), and set it to run as User_X (the Management Agent
install user account for which no direct login is set) that has the required
privileges. In this case, the wizard logs in to the hosts as User_A, but installs as
User_X, using the privilege delegation setting (sudo or PowerBroker) specified in
the named credential.
The sudo, pbrun, sesu, and su privilege delegation tools are supported in Cloud
Control.
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• Named credentials support SSH public key authentication and password based
authentication. So you can use an existing SSH public key authentication without
exposing your passwords.
Note: If the target host runs on Microsoft Windows, SSH Credentials are not
supported. You must use Host Preferred Credentials using password based
authentication. To set SSH credentials as preferred credential, see Setting Up
Host Preferred Credentials Using SSH Key Credentials in the Oracle®
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Security Guide.
To set up SSH public key authentication for a named credential, follow these
steps:
Note:
– If you have already set up SSH public key authentication for a named
credential and the SSH keys are already created, then upload the SSH
keys to Enterprise Manager, as mentioned in Step (4) of the following
procedure.
– Enterprise Manager Cloud Control does not support the format of the
SSH key that is generated using the Tectia SSH client. However, if you are
generating the SSH key using the Tectia SSH client, then as a prerequisite,
convert the format of that key to OpenSSH format. To do so, run the
following command.
ssh-keygen --import-private-key
<input_private_key_filename> <output_filename> --key-
format openssh2
After converting the format, use the content of the output_filename and
upload it as a private key while registering it as a Named Credential in
Enterprise Manager.
1. Navigate to the following location in the Oracle home:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/oui/prov/resources/scripts
For example,
/u01/software/em13c/oraclehome/oui/prov/resources/scripts
2. If the OMS host runs on Oracle Solaris, edit the sshUserSetup.sh script to
change the following:
"SunOS") SSH="/usr/local/bin/ssh" SSH_KEYGEN="/usr/
local/bin/ssh-keygen"
to
"SunOS") SSH="/usr/bin/ssh" SSH_KEYGEN="/usr/bin/ssh-
keygen"
3. If the OMS host runs on any Unix based operating system, run the
sshUserSetup.sh script on the OMS host as the OMS install user, and pass
the Management Agent install user name and the fully qualified name of the
target hosts:
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sshUserSetup.sh -setup -user <agent_install_user_name> -
hosts "<target_hosts>"
For example, sshUserSetup.sh -setup -user oracle -hosts
"abc1.example.com abc2.example.com abc3.example.com".
Ensure that you use a space to separate the target host names.
The following SSH keys are created:
$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa
$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa_pub
Here, $HOME refers to the home directory of the OMS install user.
If the OMS host runs on Microsoft Windows, install Cygwin on the OMS host
(described in Installing Cygwin and Starting the SSH Daemon), then run the
sshUserSetupNT.sh script on the OMS host as the OMS user, and pass the
Management Agent install user name and the fully qualified name of the
target hosts:
sshUserSetupNT.sh -setup -user <agent_install_user_name>
-hosts <target_hosts>
4. Upload the SSH keys to Enterprise Manager.
From the Setup menu, select Security, then select Named Credentials. Click
Create. For Credential Name, specify the name of the credential, for
Credential Type, select SSH Key Credentials, and for Scope, select Global. If
you do not select the Global option, you cannot use the SSH named
credential to install Management Agents using the Add Host Targets Wizard.
To upload one of the private SSH keys created in Step 3, in the Credential
Properties section, specify the location of the private SSH key as a value for
the Upload Private Key field. Click Save.
To upload one of the public SSH keys created in Step 3, in the Credential
Properties section, specify the location of the public SSH key as a value for the
Upload Public Key field. Click Save.
Figure 6-1 describes how to upload SSH keys to Enterprise Manager.
Figure 6-1 Uploading SSH Keys to Enterprise Manager
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If you have already set up SSH public key authentication for a named credential,
you can use the named credential while installing Management Agents using the
Add Host Targets Wizard.
• You can mass deploy Management Agents on a number of hosts in a rolling
manner, using the Add Host Targets Wizard or EM CLI. In this method, the
deployment proceeds continuously from one deployment phase to another, after
ignoring the failed hosts in each deployment phase. The deployment process does
not stop when a host fails a deployment phase.
To deploy Management Agents in a rolling manner, ensure that you set the
oracle.sysman.prov.agentpush.continueIgnoringFailedHost
property to true in the $<ORACLE_HOME>/sysman/prov/agentpush/
agentpush.properties file, then use the Add Host Targets Wizard, or EM CLI
to deploy the Management Agents.
• By default, the Add Host Targets Wizard configures only the following types of
plug-ins:
– All discovery plug-ins that were configured with the OMS from where the
Management Agent software is being deployed.
– Oracle Home discovery plug-in
– Oracle Home monitoring plug-in
• You must have read privileges on the Oracle WebLogic Server's alert log
directories for the Support Workbench (Incident) metrics to work properly. You
must also ensure that the Management Agent that is monitoring this Oracle
WebLogic Server target is running on the same host as the Oracle WebLogic
Server.
• If you have a common mount point in your organization, then ensure that it is
generic and ensure that you install the Management Agent in this generic mount
point. This guideline helps when you upgrade your Management Agents to
higher releases in the future within the same mount point, and not acquire new
mount points each time.
For example, have a mount point such as /oracle/product/agent and install
the Management Agent in there so that it appears as /oracle/product/
agent/agent13c.Do not install the Management Agent directly in the mount
point because it breaks the upgrade path and causes problems with cleanup
operations.
• Upgrading a lower release of Solaris by applying a kernel patch or a patch bundle
is not equivalent to installing the actual Solaris 5.10 Update 10+ . Oracle
Management Agent 13c was built, tested, and certified on a minimum update
version of Solaris 5.10 Update 10+, so Oracle recommends that you install Oracle
Management Agent only on Solaris 5.10 Update 10+, and not on any release that
was upgraded using patches.
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Note:
Instead of installing a Management Agent using the Add Host Targets
Wizard, or EM CLI, you can choose to install the Management Agent
manually, in silent mode. For information on installing a Management Agent
in silent mode, seeInstalling Oracle Management Agent in Silent Mode in the
Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Advanced Installation and Configuration
Guide.
6.2.2.3 Meeting the Generic Prerequisites for Installing Standalone Management
Agents Using Add Host Targets Wizard or EM CLI
Table 6-1 lists the generic prerequisites you must meet before installing standalone
Management Agents using the Add Host Targets Wizard or EM CLI.
Table 6-1 General Prerequisites for Installing Standalone Oracle Management
Agent
Requirement Description
Hardware Requirements Ensure that you meet the hard disk space, swap space,
temp directory space, stage directory space, and
physical memory requirements as described in
Hardware Requirements for Enterprise Manager Cloud
Control.
Software Requirements (For Microsoft Windows) Ensure that you have installed
Cygwin 1.7 on the destination host as described in
Installing Cygwin and Starting the SSH Daemon.
Note: While running cygwin.bat in Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 and Microsoft Windows Vista,
ensure that you invoke it in administrator mode. To do
this, right-click the cygwin.bat file and select Run as
administrator.
If you do not want to install Cygwin to deploy
Management Agents on Microsoft Windows hosts
using the Add Host Targets Wizard or EM CLI, you
can choose to deploy Management Agents on these
hosts using the PsExec process utility. For information
on how to deploy Management Agents on Microsoft
Windows hosts using PsExec, see Installing
Management Agents on Microsoft Windows Target
Hosts Without Using Cygwin.
Operating System Requirements Ensure that you install the Management Agent only on
certified operating systems as mentioned in the
Enterprise Manager certification matrix available on
My Oracle Support. To access the Enterprise Manager
certification matrix, follow the steps outlined in
Accessing the Enterprise Manager Certification Matrix.
For information about platforms receiving future
support, refer to My Oracle Support note 793512.1.
Note: If you use Oracle Solaris 10, then ensure that you
have update 10+ or higher installed. To verify whether
it is installed, run the following command:
cat /etc/release
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Table 6-1 (Cont.) General Prerequisites for Installing Standalone Oracle
Management Agent
Requirement Description
File System Requirements Ensure that the file system mounted on the destination
host does not permit buffered writes.
File Descriptor Requirements • Ensure that the maximum user process limit is set
to 13312 or greater.
To verify the current value set, run the following
command:
ulimit -u
If the current value is not 13312 or greater, then
contact your system administrator to set it to at
least 13312.
• Ensure that you set the soft limit of file descriptor
to a minimum of 4096 and hard limit less then or
equal to 16384.
To verify the current value set, run the following
commands:
For Soft Limit:
/bin/sh -c "ulimit -n"
For Hard Limit:
/bin/sh -c "ulimit -Hn"
If the current value is not 4096 or greater, then as a
root user, update the /etc/security/
limits.conf file with the following entries:
<UID> soft nofile 4096
<UID> hard nofile 16384
Package Requirements Ensure that you install all the operating system-specific
packages as described in Package, Kernel Parameter,
and Library Requirements for Enterprise Manager
Cloud Control.
User and Operating System Group
Requirement
Ensure that you create the required operating system
groups and users as described in Creating Operating
System Groups and Users for Enterprise Manager
Cloud Control.
Privilege Requirements Ensure that the Enterprise Manager user has the
CREATE_TARGET privilege. If the Enterprise Manager
user does not have this privilege, ensure that this
privilege is granted to the user.
Super administrators, such as the sysman user, have
the CREATE_TARGET privilege by default.
etc/hosts File Requirements (Only for Microsoft Windows) Ensure that the entry for
local host in the etc/hosts file is always against
127.0.0.1 and against any other address.
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Management Agent
Requirement Description
Destination Host Requirements Ensure that the destination hosts are accessible from
the host where the OMS is running.
If the destination host and the host on which OMS is
running belong to different network domains, then
ensure that you update the /etc/hosts file on the
destination host to add a line with the IP address of
that host, the fully qualified name of that host, and the
short name of the host.
For example, if the fully-qualified host name is
example.com and the short name is mypc, then add
the following line in the /etc/hosts file:
172.16.0.0 example.com mypc
Destination Host Credential
Requirements
If all the destination hosts are of the same platform,
then they must have the same set of credentials. For
example, all the destination hosts running on Linux
operating system must have the same set of credentials.
The wizard installs the Management Agent using the
same user account. If you have hosts running on the
same operating system but with different credentials,
then have two different deployment sessions.
Permission Requirements • Ensure that the agent base directory you specify is
empty and has the write permission for the install
user.
• Ensure that the instance directory is empty and
has the write permission for the install user.
Destination Host Time Zone
Requirements
Ensure that the time zones of the destination hosts
have been set correctly. To verify the time zone of a
destination host, log in to the OMS host, and run the
following command:
ssh -l <install_user>
<destination_host_name> /bin/sh -c 'echo
$TZ'
Note: If you had ignored a prerequisite check warning
about wrong time zone settings during the
Management Agent install, you must set the correct
time zone on the destination hosts after installing the
Management Agents. For information on setting time
zones post install, refer After Installing Standalone
Management Agents Using Add Host Targets Wizard
or EM CLI.
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Table 6-1 (Cont.) General Prerequisites for Installing Standalone Oracle
Management Agent
Requirement Description
Time Zone Requirements If the time zone displayed is incorrect, log in to the
destination host, and follow these steps:
1. Run the following commands to set the time zone
on the destination host:
•For Korn shell:
TZ=<value>
export TZ
•For Bourne shell or Bash shell:
export TZ=<value>
•For C shell:
setenv TZ <value>
For example, in the Bash shell, run the following
command to set the time zone to America/
New_York:
export TZ='America/New_York'
To set the time zone on a destination host that
runs on Microsoft Windows, from the Start menu,
select Control Panel. Click Date and Time, then
select the Time Zone tab. Select your time zone
from the displayed drop down list.
To view a list of the time zones you can use, access
the supportedtzs.lst file present in the
<AGENT_HOME>/sysman/admin directory of the
central agent (that is, the Management Agent
installed on the OMS host).
2. Restart the SSH daemon.
If the destination host runs on a UNIX based
operating system, run the following command:
sudo /etc/init.d/sshd restart
If the destination host runs on a Microsoft
Windows operating system, run the following
commands:
cygrunsrv -E sshd
cygrunsrv -S sshd
3. Verify whether the SSH server can access the TZ
environment variable by logging in to the OMS
host, and running the following command:
ssh -l <install_user>
<destination_host_name> /bin/sh -c
'echo $TZ'
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Management Agent
Requirement Description
sudo/pbrun/sesu/su SSH
Requirements
(Only for UNIX)
Ensure that you set the
oracle.sysman.prov.agentpush.enablePty
property to true in the $<ORACLE_HOME>/sysman/
prov/agentpush/agentpush.properties file, if
the privilege delegation tool you are using requires a
pseudo terminal for remote command execution via
SSH. Most privilege delegation tools such as pbrun,
sesu, and su require a pseudo terminal for remote
command execution, by default.
Alternatively, you can use the -enablePty additional
parameter while installing Management Agents using
the Add Host Targets Wizard (as described in
Installing Standalone Management Agents Using Add
Host Targets Wizard), or EM CLI (as described in
Installing Standalone Management Agents Using EM
CLI). For more information about this parameter, see
Supported Additional Parameters for Installing
Standalone Management Agents Using Add Host
Targets Wizard or EM CLI.
Note: If you are using sudo as your privilege
delegation tool, and you do not want to set the
oracle.sysman.prov.agentpush.enablePty
property to true, do one of the following:
• Include Defaults visiblepw in the /etc/
sudoers file, or enter the sudo command with
the -S option for Privileged Delegation Setting
on the Installation Details page.
For information on how to access the Installation
Details page, see Installing Standalone
Management Agents Using Add Host Targets
Wizard or EM CLI.
• Comment out Defaults requiretty in
the /etc/sudoers file.
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Table 6-1 (Cont.) General Prerequisites for Installing Standalone Oracle
Management Agent
Requirement Description
sudo/pbrun/sesu/su
Requirements (for executing
commands as the root user)
(Only for UNIX)
• The installing user must have the privileges to
invoke the id command. As part of agent
deployment process the agent should be able to
run the agentdeployroot.sh script as root. To
ensure this, grant the privileges in the
configuration file of your privilege delegation tool.
For example, if you are using sudo as your
privilege delegation tool, include the following in
the /etc/sudoers file to grant the required
privileges:
<install_user>
ALL=(root) /usr/bin/id,
<agent_home>/*/agentdeployroot.sh
For example, oracle ALL=(root) /usr/bin/
id, /home/oracle/agentibd/*/
agentdeployroot.sh
Here, oracle is the installing user, and /home/
oracle/agentibd is the Management Agent
home, that is, the agent base directory.
• You do not require the following entry in
the /etc/sudoers file for installing a
Management Agent. However, the entry is
required for performing provisioning and
patching operations in Enterprise Manager.
Therefore, if you are removing this entry before
installing a Management Agent, then ensure that
you bring back the entry after installing the
Management Agent.
In Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 13c
Release 2:
(root) /<AGENT_HOME>/sbin/nmosudo
In Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c
Release 2 (12.1.0.2), Release 3 (12.1.0.3), Release 4
(12.1.0.4), Release 5 (12.1.0.5), and Enterprise
Manager 13c Release 1:
(root) /<AGENT_BASE_DIRECTORY>/sbin/
nmosudo
In Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c
Release 1 (12.1.0.1) [with Bundle Patch 1]:
(root) /
<AGENT_INSTANCE_DIRECTORY>/bin/
nmosudo
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Management Agent
Requirement Description
sudo/pbrun/sesu/su
Requirements (for executing
commands as the locked account
user)
(Only for UNIX)
Ensure that the installing user has the privileges to
invoke /bin/sh as the locked account user. Grant the
privileges in the configuration file of your privilege
delegation tool.
For example, if you are using sudo as your privilege
delegation tool, include the following in the /etc/
sudoers file to grant the required privileges:
login_user1 ALL=(oracle) /bin/sh
Here, login_user1 is the SSH log in user, and
oracle is the locked account and install user.
If you do not want to grant privileges to the installing
user to invoke /bin/sh as the locked account user, set
the
oracle.sysman.prov.agentpush.pdpShellOutE
nabled property to false, and ensure that the
installing user has the privileges to invoke id,
chmod, cp, mkdir, rm, tar, emctl,
agentDeploy.sh, runInstaller, and unzip as
the locked account user. Grant the privileges in the
configuration file of your privilege delegation tool.
For example, if you are using sudo as your privilege
delegation tool, include the following in the /etc/
sudoers file to grant the required privileges:
login_user1 ALL=(oracle) /usr/bin/
id, /bin/chmod, /bin/cp, /bin/
mkdir, /bin/rm, /bin/tar, /home/oracle/
agentibd/agent_inst/bin/emctl, /home/
oracle/agentibd/*/agentDeploy.sh, /home/
oracle/agentibd/*/prereq_stage/
agent_13.1.0.0.0/oui/bin/runInstaller, /
home/oracle/agentibd/*/unzip, /home/
oracle/agentibd/*/unzipTmp/unzip, /home/
oracle/agentibd/*/agentcore.bin
Here, login_user1 is the SSH log in user, oracle is
the locked account and install user, and /home/
oracle/agentibd is the agent base directory.
Locked Account Requirements Ensure that the locked account user (oracle) has read
permission on the home directory of the login user.
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Table 6-1 (Cont.) General Prerequisites for Installing Standalone Oracle
Management Agent
Requirement Description
Default SSH Port Requirements Ensure that the SSH daemon is running on the default
port (that is, 22) on all the destination hosts. To verify
the SSH port on a Unix host, run the following
command:
netstat -anp | grep -i sshd
For example, the output of this command may be the
following:
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:22 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 3188/
sshd
The above output indicates that the SSH daemon is
running on port 22.
Also, on a Unix host, you can run the following
command to verify the SSH port:
cat /etc/ssh/sshd_config
For a Microsoft Windows host, the SSH port value is
mentioned in the C:\cygwin\etc\sshd_config
file.
If the SSH port is a non-default port, that is, any port
other than 22, then update the SSH_PORT property in
the following file:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/oui/prov/resources/
Paths.properties
PATH Environment Variable
Requirements
On the destination host, ensure the following:
•(For Microsoft Windows) Ensure that the Cygwin
software location appears before other software
locations in the PATH environment variable. After
making it the first entry, restart the SSH daemon
(sshd).
Also, ensure that the PATH environment variable
does not exceed 1024 characters.
• (For UNIX) On the destination host, ensure that
the SCP binaries (for example, /usr/bin/scp) are
in the PATH environment variable.
CLASSPATH Environment Variable
Requirements
Unset the CLASSPATH environment variable. You can
always reset the variable to the original value after the
installation is complete.
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Management Agent
Requirement Description
Software Availability Requirements Ensure that the software of the Management Agent you
want to install is downloaded and applied using Self
Update.
• If you want to install Oracle Management Agent
13c on a host that runs on the same platform as the
one on which Oracle Management Service 13c is
running, then the Management Agent software for
that release and platform is downloaded and
applied by default. Therefore, no action is
required from your end.
• If you want to install Oracle Management Agent
13c on a host that does not run on the same
platform as the one on which Oracle Management
Service 13c is running, then ensure that the
Management Agent software for the intended
platform is downloaded and applied using Self
Update.
For information about how to download and
apply Management Agent software using Self
Update, see Meeting the Management Agent
Software Prerequisites for Installing Standalone
Management Agents Using Add Host Targets
Wizard or EM CLI.
Path Validation Requirements Validate the path to all command locations as
described in Validating Command Locations.
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Table 6-1 (Cont.) General Prerequisites for Installing Standalone Oracle
Management Agent
Requirement Description
Agent Base Directory Requirements • Ensure that the agent base directory you provide
is empty.
If a previously run deployment session had failed
for some reason, then you might see an
ADATMP_<timestamp> subdirectory in the agent
base directory. In this case, either delete the
subdirectory and start a new deployment session,
or retry the failed session from the Add Host
Status page.
• Ensure that the directory name does not contain
any spaces.
• The install user owns the agent base directory. The
agent base directory and the parent directories of
the agent base directory have read, write, and
execute permissions for the install user. Ensure
that the install user or the root user owns all the
parent directories of the agent base directory, and
that the parent directories have read and execute
permissions for the install user group and all the
other users. Also, ensure that the root user owns
the root directory.
For example, if the agent base directory is /
scratch/OracleHomes/agent, and oracle is the
install user, then the /scratch/OracleHomes/
agent directory must be owned by oracle,
directories scratch and OracleHomes must be
owned by either oracle or the root user, and the
root directory (/) must be owned by the root user.
•(For Microsoft Windows hosts) Ensure that the
number of characters in the agent base directory
path does not exceed 25 characters.
• If the agent base directory is mounted, then ensure
that it is mounted with the setuid turned on.
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Table 6-1 (Cont.) General Prerequisites for Installing Standalone Oracle
Management Agent
Requirement Description
Central Inventory (oraInventory)
Requirements
• Ensure that you allocate 100 MB of space for the
Central Inventory.
• Ensure that you have read, write, and execute
permissions on oraInventory on all remote
hosts. If you do not have these permissions on the
default inventory (typically specified by /etc/
oraInst.loc) on any remote host, then ensure
that you specify the path to an alternative
inventory location by using one of the following
options in the Additional Parameters field of the
Add Host Targets Wizard. However, note that
these parameters are supported only on UNIX
platforms, and not on Microsoft Windows
platforms.
INVENTORY_LOCATION=<absolute_path_to_
inventory_directory>
-invPtrLoc
<absolute_path_to_oraInst.loc>
Ensure that you use INVENTORY_LOCATION only
when the target host does not already have a
central inventory.
Installing User Requirements • If the central inventory owner and the user
installing the Management Agent are different,
then ensure that they are part of the same group.
• Also ensure that the inventory owner and the
group to which the owner belongs have read and
write permissions on the inventory directory.
For example, if the inventory owner is abc and the
user installing the Management Agent is xyz, then
ensure that abc and xyz belong to the same group,
and they have read and write access to the
inventory.
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Table 6-1 (Cont.) General Prerequisites for Installing Standalone Oracle
Management Agent
Requirement Description
Agent User Account Permissions
and Rights (For Microsoft
Windows)
(For Microsoft Windows) If you are installing the
Management Agent on a Microsoft Windows-based
operating system, then ensure that the agent user
account has permissions and rights to perform the
following:
• Act as part of the operating system.
• Adjust memory quotas for a process.
• Replace process level token.
• Log on as a batch job.
To verify whether the agent user has these rights,
follow these steps:
1. Launch the Local Security Policy.
From the Start menu, click Settings and then
select Control Panel. From the Control Panel
window, select Administrative Tools, and from
the Administrative Tools window, select Local
Security Policy.
2. In the Local Security Policy window, from the tree
structure, expand Local Policies, and then expand
User Rights Assignment.
Permissions for cmd.exe (For
Microsoft Windows)
(For Microsoft Windows) If you are installing the
Management Agent on a Microsoft Windows-based
operating system, then ensure that you grant the
cmd.exe program Read and Execute permissions for
the user account that the batch job runs under. This is a
restriction from Microsoft.
For more information on this restriction and to
understand how you can grant these permissions,
access the following URL to Microsoft Web site:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/
867466/en-us
Runtime Library File Requirements
(For Microsoft Windows)
(For Microsoft Windows) If you are installing the
Management Agent on a Microsoft Windows-based
operating system, then ensure that the Msvcp71.dll
and Msvcr71.dll runtime library files are present in
c:\windows\system32.
Preinstallation/Postinstallation
Scripts Requirements
Ensure that the preinstallation and postinstallation
scripts that you want to run along with the installation
are available either on the OMS host, destination hosts,
or on a shared location accessible to the destination
hosts.
Browser Requirements Ensure that you use a certified browser as mentioned
in the Enterprise Manager certification matrix available
on My Oracle Support. To access the Enterprise Manager
certification matrix, follow the steps in Accessing the
Enterprise Manager Certification Matrix.
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Table 6-1 (Cont.) General Prerequisites for Installing Standalone Oracle
Management Agent
Requirement Description
IPv6 Host Requirements To support the deployment of an IPv6-enabled host, set
the following property to true in the
$<ORACLE_HOME>/sysman/prov/agentpush/
agentpush.properties file:
oracle.sysman.prov.agentpush.IPv6
6.2.2.4 Meeting the Management Agent Software Prerequisites for Installing
Standalone Management Agents Using Add Host Targets Wizard or EM CLI
To install a standalone Management Agent on a host, the Management Agent software
for the host platform must be downloaded and applied using Self Update.
This section describes how to download and apply the Management Agent software
for different platforms using Self Update. In particular, it contains the following:
•Acquiring the Management Agent Software in Online Mode
•Acquiring the Management Agent Software in Offline Mode
Note:
The Management Agent software for the OMS host platform is downloaded
and applied by default, so if the host on which you want to install a
Management Agent runs on the same platform as that of the OMS host, you
do not need to download and apply the Management Agent software for this
platform.
6.2.2.4.1 Acquiring the Management Agent Software in Online Mode
If Enterprise Manager has access to My Oracle Support via the Internet, it is said to
run in Online Mode.
To verify that Enterprise Manager is running in Online Mode, access the Offline
Patching page. To access this page, from the Setup menu, select Provisioning and
Patching, then select Offline Patching.
To download and apply the Management Agent software using Self Update when
Enterprise Manager is running in Online Mode, follow these steps:
1. Ensure that you have set up Self Update.
For information on setting up Self Update, see Using Self Update in the Oracle
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Administration Guide.
2. From the Setup menu, select Extensibility, then select Self Update.
3. For Type, select Agent Software, then select Open from the Actions menu. The
Agent Software Updates page appears to show the Management Agent software
available for different platforms.
4. Select an update from the list of available updates. All entries other than the one
that matches the platform of the OMS host should show their status as Available.
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5. Click Download. The Schedule Download dialog opens.
Note:
The Download button is enabled only in the following cases:
• You must have the privilege to download and apply in Self Update
Console.
• You must have selected at least one Management Agent software row in
the table, and the Management Agent software must be in Available or
Download Failed status.
• You must have configured the Software Library.
• You must have configured the Self Update staging area.
• You must have enabled the online mode for Self Update and set the My
Oracle Support credentials.
6. Select when to download the update. The following options are available:
• Immediately
• Later (specified time)
• Whether or not to send a notification when the download is complete
7. Click Select. An Enterprise Manager job is created to download the Management
Agent software to Software Library.
Enterprise Manager starts downloading the archive from the Oracle Enterprise
Manager store. Wait for the download to complete (when in offline mode, the
system starts reading from the specified location).
When the download is complete, Enterprise Manager displays the Confirmation
page.
8. Once the download is complete, select the Management Agent, then click Apply.
This step will stage the Management Agent software in Software Library and make
it available to the Add Host Targets wizard, which you will use to install
Management Agents on hosts.
6.2.2.4.2 Acquiring the Management Agent Software in Offline Mode
If Enterprise Manager is not connected to My Oracle Support via the Internet, it is said
to run in Offline Mode.
To verify that Enterprise Manager is running in Offline Mode, access the Offline
Patching page. To access this page, from the Setup menu, select Provisioning and
Patching, then select Offline Patching.
From an Internet-enabled computer, download the catalog file using the following
URL: https://updates.oracle.com/download/em_catalog.zip
Note: Upload the file using the options displayed in the Offline Patching
page.
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To download and apply the Management Agent software using Self Update when
Enterprise Manager is running in Offline Mode, follow these steps:
1. Ensure that you have set up Self Update.
For information on setting up Self Update, see Using Self Update in the Oracle
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Administration Guide.
2. From the Setup menu, select Extensibility, then select Self Update.
3. On the Self Update home page, click Check Updates. A message is displayed that
contains the URL to be accessed to download a catalog of all updates.
4. Copy the downloaded file to either of the following:
• To any host that has a Management Agent and EM CLI installed
• To the Oracle Management Service (OMS) host (EM CLI is configured out of
box on the OMS host machine, so no setup is required)
5. Navigate to <OMS_HOME> and log in to EM CLI, running the command as the
install user, for example:
./emcli login -username=sysman
6. Synchronize EM CLI:
./emcli sync
7. Run the emcli import_update_catalog command to import the archive into
the Oracle Management Service instance or the Management Agent you want to
update. For example:
./emcli import_update_catalog -omslocal -file=zip file absolute path
Before running this command, ensure that you have set up Software Library in
Cloud Control. For information on how to do this, see Setting Up Oracle Software
Library in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Lifecycle Management Administrator's Guide.
Tip:
For a multi-OMS setup, run emcli help import_update_catalog for
more options.
8. Return to the Self Update home page and do a refresh to see a count of new
updates in the Available Updates column.
9. For Type, select Agent Software, then select Open from the Actions menu. The
Agent Software Updates page appears to show the Management Agent software
available for different platforms.
10. Select an update from the list of available updates. All entries other than the one
that matches the platform of the OMS host should show their status as Available.
11. Click Download. A message displays with a URL and instructions.
12. From an Internet-enabled computer, download the file from the URL displayed in
Step 12. Do one of the following:
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• Copy the file to a Management Agent host and follow the instructions
displayed in Step 12.
• Copy the file to Oracle Management Service host and follow the instructions
displayed in Step 12.
At this stage, the update will show up in a downloaded state in the Self Update
home page.
13. Once the download is complete, select the Management Agent, then click Apply.
This step will stage the Management Agent software in Software Library and make
it available to the Add Host Targets wizard, which you will use to install
Management Agents on hosts.
6.2.2.5 Installing Standalone Management Agents Using Add Host Targets Wizard or
EM CLI
This section describes the actions involved in installing standalone Management
Agents. It consists of the following:
•Installing Standalone Management Agents Using Add Host Targets Wizard
•Format of the Host List File
•Installing Standalone Management Agents Using EM CLI
•Installing 12c Standalone Management Agents Using EM CLI
•Supported Additional Parameters for Installing Standalone Management Agents
Using Add Host Targets Wizard or EM CLI
Note:
If the OMS host is running on Microsoft Windows, and the OMS software was
installed in a drive other than C:\, then update the SCRATCH_PATH variable
in $ORACLE_HOME\oui\prov\resources
\ssPaths_msplats.properties.
For example, if the OMS software was installed in D:\, ensure that you
update the SCRATCH_PATH variable to D:\tmpada
6.2.2.5.1 Installing Standalone Management Agents Using Add Host Targets Wizard
This section describes how to install 13c Management Agents using the Add Host
Targets Wizard.
To install fresh Management Agents using the Add Host Targets Wizard, follow these
steps:
1. Ensure that you have downloaded and applied the Management Agent software
for the platforms of the hosts on which you want to install Management Agents.
For information on how to download and apply the Management Agent software
for a platform, see Meeting the Management Agent Software Prerequisites for
Installing Standalone Management Agents Using Add Host Targets Wizard or EM
CLI.
2. In Cloud Control, do one of the following:
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• From the Setup menu, select Add Target, then select Auto Discovery
Results. On the Auto Discovery Results page, under the Servers, Storage and
Network tab, select a host that you want to monitor from the displayed list,
then click Promote.
• From the Setup menu, select Add Target, then select Add Targets Manually.
On the Add Targets Manually page, select Install Agent on Host.
3. On the Host and Platform page, do the following:
a. Accept the default name assigned for this session or enter a unique name of
your choice. The custom name you enter can be any intuitive name, and need
not necessarily be in the same format as the default name. For example,
add_host_operation_1.
A unique deployment activity name enables you to save the installation
details specified in this deployment session and reuse them in the future
without having to enter all the details all over again in the new session.
b. From the Add menu, select Manually to enter the fully qualified name and
select the platform of the host on which you want to install the Management
Agent.
The host names that are retrieved from the system for the installation may
include IP addresses and short names. However, it is recommended that you
provide fully qualified host names, such as foo.mydomain.com, which
persist over the life of the host targets. This is recommended for ease of
maintenance and overall security.
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Note:
• Oracle recommends you to enter the fully qualified domain name of the
host. For monitoring purpose, Enterprise Manager Cloud Control adds
that host and the Management Agent with the exact name you enter here.
• You must enter only one host name per row. Entering multiple host
names separated by a comma is not supported.
• You must ensure that the host name does not contain underscores('_').
• If the platform name is appended with Agent Software Unavailable, then it
indicates that the software for that platform is not available on the OMS
host, and that you must download and apply it using Self Update. To
access Self Update, from the Setup menu, select Extensibility, then click
Self Update.
For more information on using Self Update to download and apply the
latest software, see Meeting the Management Agent Software
Prerequisites for Installing Standalone Management Agents Using Add
Host Targets Wizard or EM CLI.
Alternatively, from the Add menu, you can select either From File to add the
host names stored in a file, or Discovered Hosts to add the host names from a
list of hosts discovered by Enterprise Manager. For information on how the
host name entries must appear in the host file, see Format of the Host List
File.
Note:
When you select Discovered Hosts from the Add menu, and add hosts from a
list of discovered hosts, the host's platform is automatically detected and
displayed. The platform name is detected using a combination of factors,
including hints received from automated discovery and the platform of the
OMS host. This default platform name is a suggestion, so Oracle strongly
recommends you to verify the platform details before proceeding to the next
step.
If you are correcting the platform names, and if all the hosts run on the same
platform, then set the platform for the first host in the table and from the
Platform list, select Same for All Hosts. This will ensure that the platform
name you selected for the first host is also set for the rest of the hosts in the
table.
If you are correcting the platform names, and all the hosts run on different
platforms, from the Platform list, select Different for Each Host. Select the
correct platform for each host.
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Note:
• If you reach this page (Host and Platform page) from the Auto Discovery
Results page, then the hosts you selected on that page automatically
appear in the table. In this case, you need to only validate the host names
and their platforms.
• If you are installing a Management Agent on a platform that is different
from the platform on which the OMS is running, then ensure that you
have the software for that platform. If you do not have that software, then
go to the Self Update console within Enterprise Manager Cloud Control,
download the software, then apply it. For more information, see Meeting
the Management Agent Software Prerequisites for Installing Standalone
Management Agents Using Add Host Targets Wizard or EM CLI.
c. Click Next.
4. On the Installation Details page, do the following:
a. In the Deployment Type section, select Fresh Agent Install.
Note:
If you have multiple hosts sharing a common mounted drive, then install the
Management Agents in two different phases:
i. In the Add Host Targets Wizard, select the deployment type Fresh Agent
Install, and install a Management Agent on the host where the drive is
shared.
ii. In the Add Host Targets Wizard, select the deployment type Add Host to
Shared Agent, and install a Management Agent on all other hosts that
access the shared, mounted drive. (Here, you will select the Management
Agent you installed in the previous step as the master agent or shared
agent.)
b. From the table, select the first row that indicates the hosts grouped by their
common platform name.
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c. In the Installation Details section, provide the installation details common to
the hosts selected in Step 3 (b). For Installation Base Directory, enter the
absolute path to the agent base directory where you want the software
binaries, security files, and inventory files of the Management Agent to be
copied.
For example, /u01/software/em13c/agentbasedir/
If the path you enter does not exist, the application creates a directory at the
specified path, and copies the Management Agent software binaries, security
files, and inventory files there.
Note:
The Installation Base Directory is essentially the agent base directory. Ensure
that the directory you provide is empty. If a previously run deployment
session had failed for some reason, then you might see an
ADATMP_<timestamp> subdirectory in the agent base directory. In this case,
either delete the subdirectory and start a new deployment session, or retry the
failed session from the Add Host Status page.
d. For Instance Directory, accept the default instance directory location or enter
the absolute path to a directory of your choice where all Management Agent-
related configuration files can be stored.
For example, /u01/software/em13c/agentbasedir/agent_inst
If you are entering a custom location, then ensure that the directory has write
permission. Oracle recommends you to maintain the instance directory inside
the agent base directory.
If the path you enter does not exist, the application creates a directory at the
specified path, and stores all the Management Agent-related configuration
files there.
e. From Named Credential list, select an appropriate profile whose credentials
can be used for setting up the SSH connectivity between the OMS and the
remote hosts, and for installing a Management Agent on each of the remote
hosts.
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Note:
• If you do not have a credential profile, or if you have one but do not see it
in the Named Credential list, then click the plus icon against this list. In
the Create New Named Credential window, enter the credentials and
store them with an appropriate profile name so that it can be selected and
used for installing the Management Agents. Also set the run privilege if
you want to switch over from the Named Credential you are creating, to
another user who has the privileges to perform the installation.
• If the plus icon is disabled against this list, then you do not have the
privileges to create a profile with credentials. In this case, contact your
administrator and either request him/her to grant you the privileges to
create a new profile or request him/her to create a profile and grant you
the access to view it in the Named Credential list.
• If you have manually set up SSH public key authentication between the
OMS and the remote hosts for a named credential, as described in Before
You Begin Installing Standalone Management Agents Using Add Host
Targets Wizard or EM CLI, you can select this credential from the Named
Credential list.
f. From the Root Credential list, select an appropriate root credential to obtain
privileges of a root user. This is an optional field. You may use this option
only when your credentials do not have certain privileges as that of a root
user. Use this along with your credentials.
g. For Privileged Delegation Setting, validate the Privilege Delegation setting
to be used for running the root scripts. By default, it is set to the Privilege
Delegation setting configured in Enterprise Manager Cloud Control.
For example, you can specify one of the following for the Privileged
Delegation Setting field:
/usr/bin/sudo -u %RUNAS% %COMMAND%
/usr/bin/sudo -u -S %RUNAS% %COMMAND% (if a pseudo terminal is required for
remote command execution via SSH)
/usr/bin/sesu - %RUNAS% -c "%COMMAND%"
/usr/bin/pbrun %PROFILE% -u %RUNAS% %COMMAND%
/usr/bin/su - %RUNAS% -c "%COMMAND%"
If you leave the Privileged Delegation Setting field blank, the root scripts
will not be run by the wizard; you will have to run them manually after the
installation. For information about running them manually, see After
Installing Standalone Management Agents Using Add Host Targets Wizard
or EM CLI.
This setting will also be used for performing the installation as the user set in
the Run As attribute of the selected Named Credential if you had set the user
while creating that Named Credential.
Note:
In the Privilege Delegation setting, the %RUNAS% is honored as the root user
for running the root scripts and as the user set in the Run As attribute of the
Named Credential for performing the installation.
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h. For Port, accept the default port (3872) that is assigned for the Management
Agent to communicate, or enter a port of your choice.
The custom port you enter must not be busy. If you are not sure, you can
leave this field blank. Enterprise Manager Cloud Control automatically
assigns the first available free port within the range of 1830 - 1849.
i. (Optional) In the Optional Details section, enter the absolute path to an
accessible location where the preinstallation and postinstallation scripts you
want to run are available. Note that only shell scripts are supported, and only
one preinstallation or one postinstallation script can be specified.
If you want to run the script as root, then select Run as Root. If the script is
on the host where OMS is running and is not on the host where you want to
install the Management Agent, then select Script on OMS. In this case, the
script will be copied from the OMS host to the destination hosts, and then run
on the destination hosts.
j. (Optional) For Additional Parameters, enter a whitespace-separate list of
additional parameters that you want to pass during the installation. For a
complete list of supported additional parameters, see Table 6-2.
For example, if you want to provide the inventory pointer location file, then
enter -invPtrLoc followed by the absolute path to the file location.
However, note that this parameter is supported only on UNIX platforms, and
not on Microsoft Windows platforms.
k. Repeat Step 3 (b) to Step 3 (i) for every other row you have in the table.
l. Click Next.
5. If you want to deploy Management Agents on the selected hosts in a rolling
manner, such that the deployment proceeds continuously from one deployment
phase to another, ignoring the failed hosts in each deployment phase, specify the
following in the $ORACLE_HOME/sysman/prov/agentpush/
agentpush.properties file:
oracle.sysman.prov.agentpush.continueIgnoringFailedHost=true
For more information about this deployment method, see Before You Begin
Installing Standalone Management Agents Using Add Host Targets Wizard or EM
CLI.
6. On the Review page, review the details you have provided for the installation and
do one of the following:
• If you want to modify the details, then click Back repeatedly to reach the page
where you want to make the changes.
• If you want to cancel the deployment session for some reason, click Cancel.
You are automatically taken to the Add Targets Manually page.
• If you are satisfied with the details, then click Deploy Agent to install the
Management Agent. You are automatically taken to the Add Host Status page
that enables you to monitor the progress of the deployment session.
If you want to cancel a running deployment session, then on the Add Host
Targets page, click Cancel. Note that once you cancel the session, you cannot
track or resume the session in any way. However, the currently launched
commands on the remote hosts will continue to run until they are completed.
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To view the details or track the progress of all the Add Host sessions using
the Add Host Targets Wizard, from the Setup menu, select Add Target, then
click Add Targets Manually. On the Add Targets Manually page, click Install
Agent Results.
7. If a particular installation phase has failed or has a warning, review the details
provided for each phase in the Agent Deployment Details section of the Add Host
Status page, and do one of the following:
Note:
To find the cause of a failure, review the log files. One log file is generated per
host, so if you installed Management Agents on multiple hosts, then review all
the log files. For information on how to access the log files, refer to Overview of
the Installation and Configuration Log Files in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud
Control Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide.
• Fix the problem by reviewing the error description carefully, understanding
its cause, and taking action as recommended by Oracle.
– You can retry the deployment of Management Agents with the same
installation details.
To do so, on the Add Host Status page, click Retry and select Retry
Using Same Inputs.
– You can retry the deployment of Management Agents with modified
installation details.
To do so, on the Add Host Status page, click Retry and select Update
Inputs and Retry.
• Ignore the warning or failure, and continue with the session if you prefer.
– You can choose to proceed with the deployment of Management Agents
only on those remote hosts that have successfully cleared the checks, and
you can ignore the ones that have Warning or Failed status.
To do so, on the Add Host Status page, click Continue and select
Continue, Ignoring Failed Hosts.
– You can choose to proceed with the deployment of Management Agents
on all the hosts, including the ones that have Warning or Failed status.
Note that choosing this option will ignore the prerequisites in order to
allow the Management Agent installation to proceed. If you want to
proceed with this option, you must ensure that all the prerequisites are
met through manual methods. The practice of ignoring prerequisite
checks must be done only with the help of Oracle Support, or with a clear
understanding of the impact of bypassing these checks.
To do so, on the Add Host Status page, click Continue and select
Continue, All Hosts.
6.2.2.5.2 Format of the Host List File
In the Add Host Targets Wizard, you can click Load from File to add the hosts listed
in a file. However, ensure that the file you select has one of the following formats:
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• Only the host name.
For Example,
host1.example.com
host2.example.com
Note:
If the host list file is in this format, ensure that you select the platform for each
added host from the drop down list.
• The host name followed by the platform name.
For Example,
host1.example.com linux_x64
host2.example.com aix
The supported platform names are linux_x64, linux, solaris, hpunix, hpi,
linux64_zseries, aix, linux_ppc64, windows_x64, solaris_x64, and win32.
6.2.2.5.3 Installing Standalone Management Agents Using EM CLI
Note:
• Using EM CLI, you can install fresh Management Agents, install Shared
Agents, and clone existing Management Agents.
• Using EM CLI, you can install fresh Management Agents only on a single
platform in a single Add Host session. If you want to use EM CLI to
install fresh Management Agents on different platforms, then you must
create a separate Add Host session for each platform.
Note:
If the output of the EM CLI verbs mentioned in this section is misaligned or is
difficult to read, adjust your screen width by specifying an appropriate value
for the oracle.sysman.prov.agentpush.emcliScreenWidth property
in the <ORACLE_HOME>/sysman/prov/agentpush/
agentpush.properties file.
To create an Add Host session and install fresh Management Agents using EM CLI,
follow these steps:
1. Log in to EM CLI from the /bin directory present within the Oracle home:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli login -username=<user_name>
Once you run this command, EM CLI will prompt you for a password. Enter the
password for the user name you specified.
2. Synchronize EM CLI:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli sync
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3. Run the get_targets verb to obtain the list of unmanaged hosts:
emcli get_targets -unmanaged -targets="%:host" -format=name:script
Make a note of the unmanaged hosts on which you want to install a Management
Agent.
To view more information on the syntax and the usage of the get_targets verb,
run the following command:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli help get_targets
4. Run the list_add_host_platforms verb to obtain a list of the platforms for
which the Management Agent software is available in Software Library:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli list_add_host_platforms
[-all]
[-noheader]
[-script | -format]
Note that the parameters mentioned in [ ] are optional.
For example, $<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli list_add_host_platforms -
all
Figure 6-2 displays the output of this command.
Figure 6-2 Output of list_add_host_platforms -all
If the Management Agent software for a platform on which you want to install a
Management Agent is not available, download and apply it using Self Update. For
information on how to download and apply the Management Agent software for a
platform, see Meeting the Management Agent Software Prerequisites for Installing
Standalone Management Agents Using Add Host Targets Wizard or EM CLI.
Note:
If you want to install a Management Agent on a host that is running on the
Oracle Enterprise Linux 4.x 64-bit platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.x 64-
bit platform, or the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 64-bit platform, ensure that the
32-bit version of the Management Agent software for the platform is
downloaded and applied using Self Update.
To view more information on the syntax and the usage of the
list_add_host_platforms verb, run the following command:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli help list_add_host_platforms
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5. If you want to deploy Management Agents on the selected hosts in a rolling
manner, such that the deployment proceeds continuously from one deployment
phase to another, ignoring the failed hosts in each deployment phase, specify the
following in the $<ORACLE_HOME>/sysman/prov/agentpush/
agentpush.properties file:
oracle.sysman.prov.agentpush.continueIgnoringFailedHost=true
For more information about this deployment method, see Before You Begin
Installing Standalone Management Agents Using Add Host Targets Wizard or EM
CLI.
6. Run the submit_add_host verb to submit the Add Host session and install
Management Agents:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli submit_add_host
-host_names="List of host names."
-platform="Platform id"
-installation_base_directory="Installation base directory."
-credential_name="Credential Name"
[-credential_owner="Credential Owner"]
[-instance_directory="Instance directory"]
[-port="Agent port"]
[-version_name="Gold Image Version Name"]
[-image_name="Gold Image Name"]
[-session_name="Deployment session name"]
[-deployment_type="Type of agent deployment"]
[-privilege_delegation_setting="Privilege delegation setting"]
[-additional_parameters="parameter1 parameter2 ..."]
[-source_agent="Source agent"]
[-master_agent="Master agent"]
[-input_file=properties_file:"Properties file"]
[-predeploy_script="Predeploy script"]
[-predeploy_script_on_oms]
[-predeploy_script_run_as_root]
[-preinstallation_script="Preinstallation script"]
[-preinstallation_script_on_oms]
[-preinstallation_script_run_as_root]
[-postinstallation_script="Postinstallation script"]
[-postinstallation_script_on_oms]
[-postinstallation_script_run_as_root]
[-configure_hybrid_cloud_agent]
[-hybrid_cloud_gateway_agent="Hybrid Cloud Gateway Agent"]
[-hybrid_cloud_gateway_proxy_port="Hybrid Cloud Gateway Proxy Port"]
[-wait_for_completion]
Note that the parameters mentioned in [ ] are optional.
Note:
You can install a Shared Agent and clone a Management Agent by specifying
the -deployment_type option with the submit_add_host verb. To install
a Shared Agent, specify -deployment_type=SHARED. To clone a
Management Agent, specify -deployment_type=CLONE. By default, the -
deployment_type option is set to FRESH, so if this option is not specified, a
fresh Management Agent is installed on the selected host.
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For example, $<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli submit_add_host -
host_names=example.com -platform=226 -
installation_base_directory=/opt/agent -
credential_name=oracle -privilege_delegation_setting=sudo
This example installs a fresh Management Agent on the host example.com,
having the platform ID 226, in the directory /opt/agent, using the named
credential oracle.
The -platform parameter defines the platform ID. Every platform has a unique
platform ID associated with it. This association for various platforms is displayed
in the output of the list_add_host_platforms verb, as shown in Figure 6-2.
The -credential_name parameter defines the named credential that must be
used to install Management Agents on the specified hosts. If you have not created a
named credential, you can create one using the create_named_credential
verb. For information on how to use this verb, seecreate_named_credential in the
Oracle Enterprise Manager Command Line Interface.
To view more information on the syntax and the usage of the submit_add_host
verb, run the following command:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli help submit_add_host
7. Run the get_add_host_status verb to view the status of the created Add Host
session:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli get_add_host_status
-session_name
[-details]
[-show_only_failed_hosts]
[-host_name]
[-noheader]
[-script | -format]
Note that the parameters mentioned in [ ] are optional.
For example, /u01/software/em13c/oraclehome/bin/emcli
get_add_host_status -
session_name=ADD_HOST_SYSMAN_Dec_27_2012_3:02:28_AM_PST
This example displays the status of the
ADD_HOST_SYSMAN_Dec_17_2012_2:02:28_AM_PST Add Host session.
To view the detailed Management Agent deployment status of a particular host,
run the get_add_host_status verb with the -host_name parameter. For
example:
/u01/software/em13c/oraclehome/bin/emcli get_add_host_status
-session_name=ADD_HOST_SYSMAN_Dec_27_2012_3:02:28_AM_PST -
host_name=example.com
This command also displays the location of the log file for the deployment of a
Management Agent on the specified host. If the deployment failed, you can
investigate the failure by reviewing the log files. One log file is generated per host.
Figure 6-3 displays a sample output of the command.
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Figure 6-3 Output of emcli get_add_host_status
Alternatively, to know where the Management Agent log files are located, see
Overview of the Installation and Configuration Log Files in the Oracle Enterprise
Manager Cloud Control Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide.
Run the list_add_host_sessions verb to view the details or track the progress
of all the Add Host sessions:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli list_add_host_sessions
[-host_name]
[-session_name]
[-match_all]
[-noheader]
[-script | -format]
For example, $<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli list_add_host_sessions -
host_name=example.com
This example displays all the Add Host sessions that the host example.com was a
part of.
To view more information on the syntax and the usage of the
get_add_host_status and the list_add_host_sessions verb, run the
following commands:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli help get_add_host_status
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli help list_add_host_sessions
8. If the output of the get_add_host_status EM CLI verb mentions that a
particular installation phase has failed or has a warning, do one of the following:
• Fix the problem by reviewing the error description carefully, understanding its
cause, and taking action as recommended by Oracle.
– You can retry the deployment of Management Agents with the same
installation details.
To do so using EM CLI, use the retry_add_host verb, with the -
retry_using_same_inputs option:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli retry_add_host
-session_name
-retry_using_same_inputs
[-wait_for_completion]
Note that the parameters mentioned in [ ] are optional.
For example, /u01/software/em13c/oraclehome/bin/emcli
retry_add_host -
session_name='ADD_HOST_SYSMAN_Apr_21_2013_8:02:28_AM_PS
T' -retry_using_same_inputs
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– You can retry the deployment of Management Agents with modified
installation details.
To do so using EM CLI, use the retry_add_host verb, with the -
update_inputs_and_retry option:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli retry_add_host
-session_name="session_name"
-retry_using_same_inputs | -update_inputs_and_retry"
[-host_names="Host names"]
[-platform="Platform id"]
[-installation_base_directory="Installation base directory"]
[-credential_name="Credential Name"]
[-credential_owner="Credential Owner"]
[-instance_directory="Instance directory"]
[-port="Agent port"]
[-deployment_type="Type of agent deployment"]
[-privilege_delegation_setting="Privilege delegation setting"]
[-additional_parameters="parameter1 parameter2 ..."]
[-source_agent="Source agent"]
[-master_agent="Master agent"]
[-preinstallation_script="Preinstallation script"]
[-preinstallation_script_on_oms]
[-preinstallation_script_run_as_root]
[-postinstallation_script="Postinstallation script"]
[-postinstallation_script_on_oms]
[-postinstallation_script_run_as_root]
[-configure_hybrid_cloud_agent]
[-hybrid_cloud_gateway_agent="Hybrid Cloud Gateway Agent"]
[-hybrid_cloud_gateway_proxy_port="Hybrid Cloud Gateway Proxy
Port"]
[-wait_for_completion]
Note that the parameters mentioned in [ ] are optional.
For example, /u01/software/em13c/oraclehome/bin/emcli
retry_add_host -
session_name='ADD_HOST_SYSMAN_Apr_21_2013_8:02:28_AM_PS
T' -update_inputs_and_retry -credential_name=oracle2
This example retries the deployment of Management Agents for the
ADD_HOST_SYSMAN_Apr_21_2013_8:02:28_AM_PST Add Host
session, using the oracle2 named credential.
To view more information on the syntax and the usage of the
retry_add_host verb, run the following command:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli help retry_add_host
• Ignore the warning or failure, and continue with the session if you prefer.
– You can choose to proceed with the deployment of Management Agents
only on those remote hosts that have successfully cleared the checks, and
you can ignore the ones that have Warning or Failed status.
To do so using EM CLI, use the continue_add_host verb, with the -
continue_ignoring_failed_hosts option:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli continue_add_host
-session_name
-continue_ignoring_failed_hosts
[-wait_for_completion]
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Note that the parameters mentioned in [ ] are optional.
For example, /u01/software/em13c/oraclehome/bin/emcli
continue_add_host -
session_name='ADD_HOST_SYSMAN_Apr_21_2013_8:02:28_AM_PS
T' -continue_ignoring_failed_hosts.
– You can choose to proceed with the deployment of Management Agents
on all the hosts, including the ones that have Warning or Failed status.
Note that choosing this option will ignore the prerequisites in order to
allow the Management Agent installation to proceed. If you want to
proceed with this option, you must ensure that all the prerequisites are
met through manual methods. The practice of ignoring prerequisite checks
must be done only with the help of Oracle Support, or with a clear
understanding of the impact of bypassing these checks.
To do so using EM CLI, use the continue_add_host verb, with the -
continue_all_hosts option:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli continue_add_host
-session_name
-continue_all_hosts
[-wait_for_completion]
Note that the parameters mentioned in [ ] are optional.
For example, /u01/software/em13c/oraclehome/bin/emcli
continue_add_host -
session_name='ADD_HOST_SYSMAN_Apr_21_2013_8:02:28_AM_PS
T' -continue_all_hosts
To view more information on the syntax and the usage of the
continue_add_host verb, run the following command:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli help continue_add_host
Note:
For more information on how to use the EM CLI verbs mentioned in this
section, refer EMCLI Overview and Concepts in the Oracle Enterprise Manager
Command Line Interface.
6.2.2.5.4 Installing 12c Standalone Management Agents Using EM CLI
Note:
• You can install 12c (12.1.0.5 ) Management Agents certified only on Oracle
Enterprise Linux 5.x and RHEL 5.x.
• Fresh 12c Management Agent (12.1.0.5) deployment is not supported on
Windows, AIX, HPia64, and Solaris platforms.
• Fresh 12c Management Agent deployment using Agent Gold Image is not
supported.
• Plug-in bundle patch is not supported. Use only agent core patch.
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Note:
If the output of the EM CLI verbs mentioned in this section is misaligned or is
difficult to read, adjust your screen width by specifying an appropriate value
for the oracle.sysman.prov.agentpush.emcliScreenWidth property
in the <ORACLE_HOME>/sysman/prov/agentpush/
agentpush.properties file.
Starting from 13.2, you can install 12c Management Agents using EM CLI.
Note: Make sure that 12.1.0.5 Agent software is applied on OMS or available
in the software library. If the Agent software is not available, then download
the 12.1.0.5 Agent Software and apply it on OMS using Self Update.
To create an Add Host session and install fresh 12c Management Agents using EM
CLI, follow these steps:
1. Log in to EM CLI from the /bin directory present within the Oracle home:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli login -username=<user_name>
Once you run this command, EM CLI will prompt you for a password. Enter the
password for the user name you specified.
2. Synchronize EM CLI:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli sync
3. Run the list_add_host_platforms verb to obtain a list of the platforms for
which the Management Agent software is available in Software Library:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli list_add_host_platforms
[-all]
[-noheader]
[-script | -format]
Note that the parameters mentioned in [ ] are optional.
For example, $<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli list_add_host_platforms -
all
Figure 6-2 displays the output of this command.
Figure 6-4 Output of list_add_host_platforms -all
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If the Management Agent software for a platform on which you want to install a
Management Agent is not available, download and apply it using Self Update. For
information on how to download and apply the Management Agent software for a
platform, see Meeting the Management Agent Software Prerequisites for Installing
Standalone Management Agents Using Add Host Targets Wizard or EM CLI.
Note:
If you want to install a Management Agent on a host that is running on the
Oracle Enterprise Linux 4.x 64-bit platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.x 64-
bit platform, or the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 64-bit platform, ensure that the
32-bit version of the Management Agent software for the platform is
downloaded and applied using Self Update. For more information on self
update, see Applying an Update in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
Administrator's Guide.
To view more information on the syntax and the usage of the
list_add_host_platforms verb, run the following command:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli help list_add_host_platforms
4. If you want to deploy Management Agents on the selected hosts in a rolling
manner, such that the deployment proceeds continuously from one deployment
phase to another, ignoring the failed hosts in each deployment phase, specify the
following in the $<ORACLE_HOME>/sysman/prov/agentpush/
agentpush.properties file:
oracle.sysman.prov.agentpush.continueIgnoringFailedHost=true
For more information about this deployment method, see Before You Begin
Installing Standalone Management Agents Using Add Host Targets Wizard or EM
CLI.
5. Run the submit_add_host verb to submit the Add Host session and install
Management Agents:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli submit_add_host
-host_names="List of host names."
-platform="Platform id"
-installation_base_directory="Installation base directory."
-credential_name="Credential Name"
[-credential_owner="Credential Owner"]
[-port="Agent port"]
[-agent_version="Agent Version"]
[-session_name="Deployment session name"]
[-wait_for_completion]
Note that the parameters mentioned in [ ] are optional.
On UNIX Platforms:
For example, $<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli submit_add_host -
host_names=example.com -platform=226 -
installation_base_directory=/opt/agent -
credential_name=oracle -privilege_delegation_setting=sudo -
agent_version="12.1.0.5.0"
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This example installs a fresh Management Agent on the host example.com,
having the platform ID 226, in the directory /opt/agent, using the named
credential oracle.
The -platform parameter defines the platform ID. Every platform has a unique
platform ID associated with it. This association for various platforms is displayed
in the output of the list_add_host_platforms verb, as shown in Figure 6-2.
The -credential_name parameter defines the named credential that must be
used to install Management Agents on the specified hosts. If you have not created a
named credential, you can create one using the create_named_credential
verb. The -agent_version parameter defines the agent version to be installed.
For information on how to use this verb, see Oracle Enterprise Manager Command
Line Interface.
On Microsoft Windows Platforms:
For example, /emcli submit_add_host -credential_name=oracle -
platform=233 -installation_base_directory=C:\\basedir -
host_names=example.com -agent_version="12.1.0.5.0"
To view more information on the syntax and the usage of the submit_add_host
verb, run the following command:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli help submit_add_host
6. Run the get_add_host_status verb to view the status of the created Add Host
session:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli get_add_host_status
-session_name
[-details]
[-show_only_failed_hosts]
[-host_name]
[-noheader]
[-script | -format]
Note that the parameters mentioned in [ ] are optional.
For example, /u01/software/em13c/oraclehome/bin/emcli
get_add_host_status -
session_name=ADD_HOST_SYSMAN_Dec_27_2012_3:02:28_AM_PST
This example displays the status of the
ADD_HOST_SYSMAN_Dec_17_2012_2:02:28_AM_PST Add Host session.
To view the detailed Management Agent deployment status of a particular host,
run the get_add_host_status verb with the -host_name parameter. For
example:
/u01/software/em13c/oraclehome/bin/emcli get_add_host_status
-session_name=ADD_HOST_SYSMAN_Dec_27_2012_3:02:28_AM_PST -
host_name=example.com
This command also displays the location of the log file for the deployment of a
Management Agent on the specified host. If the deployment failed, you can
investigate the failure by reviewing the log files. One log file is generated per host.
Figure 6-3 displays a sample output of the command.
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Figure 6-5 Output of emcli get_add_host_status
After executing the emcli submit add-hosts command, you can track the
deployment from Agent Push console by navigating to the following path:
a. From the Setup menu, select Add Targets, then select Add Targets Manually.
b. Click Install Agent Results.
Alternatively, to know where the Management Agent log files are located, see
Overview of the Installation and Configuration Log Files in the Oracle Enterprise
Manager Cloud Control Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide.
Run the list_add_host_sessions verb to view the details or track the progress
of all the Add Host sessions:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli list_add_host_sessions
[-host_name]
[-session_name]
[-match_all]
[-noheader]
[-script | -format]
For example, $<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli list_add_host_sessions -
host_name=example.com
This example displays all the Add Host sessions that the host example.com was a
part of.
To view more information on the syntax and the usage of the
get_add_host_status and the list_add_host_sessions verb, run the
following commands:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli help get_add_host_status
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli help list_add_host_sessions
7. If the output of the get_add_host_status EM CLI verb mentions that a
particular installation phase has failed or has a warning, do one of the following:
• Fix the problem by reviewing the error description carefully, understanding its
cause, and taking action as recommended by Oracle.
– You can retry the deployment of Management Agents with the same
installation details.
To do so using EM CLI, use the retry_add_host verb, with the -
retry_using_same_inputs option:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli retry_add_host
-session_name
-retry_using_same_inputs
[-wait_for_completion]
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Note that the parameters mentioned in [ ] are optional.
For example, /u01/software/em13c/oraclehome/bin/emcli
retry_add_host -
session_name='ADD_HOST_SYSMAN_Apr_21_2013_8:02:28_AM_PS
T' -retry_using_same_inputs
– You can retry the deployment of Management Agents with modified
installation details.
To do so using EM CLI, use the retry_add_host verb, with the -
update_inputs_and_retry option:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli retry_add_host
-session_name="session_name"
-retry_using_same_inputs | -update_inputs_and_retry"
[-host_names="Host names"]
[-platform="Platform id"]
[-installation_base_directory="Installation base directory"]
[-credential_name="Credential Name"]
[-credential_owner="Credential Owner"]
[-instance_directory="Instance directory"]
[-port="Agent port"]
[-deployment_type="Type of agent deployment"]
[-privilege_delegation_setting="Privilege delegation setting"]
[-additional_parameters="parameter1 parameter2 ..."]
[-source_agent="Source agent"]
[-master_agent="Master agent"]
[-preinstallation_script="Preinstallation script"]
[-preinstallation_script_on_oms]
[-preinstallation_script_run_as_root]
[-postinstallation_script="Postinstallation script"]
[-postinstallation_script_on_oms]
[-postinstallation_script_run_as_root]
[-configure_hybrid_cloud_agent]
[-hybrid_cloud_gateway_agent="Hybrid Cloud Gateway Agent"]
[-hybrid_cloud_gateway_proxy_port="Hybrid Cloud Gateway Proxy
Port"]
[-wait_for_completion]
Note that the parameters mentioned in [ ] are optional.
For example, /u01/software/em13c/oraclehome/bin/emcli
retry_add_host -
session_name='ADD_HOST_SYSMAN_Apr_21_2013_8:02:28_AM_PS
T' -update_inputs_and_retry -credential_name=oracle2
This example retries the deployment of Management Agents for the
ADD_HOST_SYSMAN_Apr_21_2013_8:02:28_AM_PST Add Host
session, using the oracle2 named credential.
To view more information on the syntax and the usage of the
retry_add_host verb, run the following command:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli help retry_add_host
• Ignore the warning or failure, and continue with the session if you prefer.
– You can choose to proceed with the deployment of Management Agents
only on those remote hosts that have successfully cleared the checks, and
you can ignore the ones that have Warning or Failed status.
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To do so using EM CLI, use the continue_add_host verb, with the -
continue_ignoring_failed_hosts option:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli continue_add_host
-session_name
-continue_ignoring_failed_hosts
[-wait_for_completion]
Note that the parameters mentioned in [ ] are optional.
For example, /u01/software/em13c/oraclehome/bin/emcli
continue_add_host -
session_name='ADD_HOST_SYSMAN_Apr_21_2013_8:02:28_AM_PS
T' -continue_ignoring_failed_hosts.
– You can choose to proceed with the deployment of Management Agents
on all the hosts, including the ones that have Warning or Failed status.
Note that choosing this option will ignore the prerequisites in order to
allow the Management Agent installation to proceed. If you want to
proceed with this option, you must ensure that all the prerequisites are
met through manual methods. The practice of ignoring prerequisite checks
must be done only with the help of Oracle Support, or with a clear
understanding of the impact of bypassing these checks.
To do so using EM CLI, use the continue_add_host verb, with the -
continue_all_hosts option:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli continue_add_host
-session_name
-continue_all_hosts
[-wait_for_completion]
Note that the parameters mentioned in [ ] are optional.
For example, /u01/software/em13c/oraclehome/bin/emcli
continue_add_host -
session_name='ADD_HOST_SYSMAN_Apr_21_2013_8:02:28_AM_PS
T' -continue_all_hosts
To view more information on the syntax and the usage of the
continue_add_host verb, run the following command:
$<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emcli help continue_add_host
6.2.2.5.5 Supported Additional Parameters for Installing Standalone Management Agents Using
Add Host Targets Wizard or EM CLI
Table 6-2 lists the additional parameters supported for installing a new Management
Agent using the Add Host Targets Wizard or EM CLI.
Note that all the parameters mentioned in this section are case sensitive.
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Table 6-2 Supported Additional Parameters
Parameter Description
INVENTORY_LOCATION Enter the absolute path to the Central Inventory
(oraInventory).
For example, INVENTORY_LOCATION=$HOME/
oraInventory
Important:
• This parameter is supported only on Unix
platforms, and not on Microsoft Windows
platforms.
• Ensure that you use this parameter only when no
other Oracle product is installed on the remote
host, and the Central Inventory
pointer /var/opt/oracle/oraInst.loc (for
Solaris and HP-UX platforms) or /etc/
oraInst.loc (for other Unix platforms) does not
exist.
• If you use this parameter, ensure that you do not
use the -invPtrLoc parameter.
-invPtrLoc Enter the absolute path to the inventory file that has
the location of the Central Inventory (oraInventory).
For example, -invPtrLoc /tmp/oraInst.loc
Important:
• This parameter is supported only on Unix
platforms, and not on Microsoft Windows
platforms.
• You can use this parameter even when another
Oracle product is already installed on the remote
host, and the Central Inventory
pointer /var/opt/oracle/oraInst.loc (for
Solaris and HP-UX platforms) or /etc/
oraInst.loc (for other Unix platforms) exists.
• If you use this parameter, ensure that you do not
use the INVENTORY_LOCATION parameter.
-enablePty Specify this parameter if the privilege delegation tool
you are using requires a pseudo terminal for remote
command execution via SSH. Most privilege delegation
tools such as pbrun, sesu, and su require a pseudo
terminal for remote command execution, by default.
You do not need to specify this parameter if you have
set the
oracle.sysman.prov.agentpush.enablePty
property to true in the $<ORACLE_HOME>/sysman/
prov/agentpush/agentpush.properties file.
Ensure that you do not pass this parameter if the
Central Inventory exists.
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Table 6-2 (Cont.) Supported Additional Parameters
Parameter Description
START_PRIORITY_LEVEL
(For Unix based hosts only)
Use this parameter to specify the priority level of the
Management Agent service when the host is
started. This parameter accepts values
between 0 and 99. However, Oracle recommends that
you provide a value between 91 and 99 for this
parameter.
For example, START_PRIORITY_LEVEL=95
If you do not include this parameter, it defaults to 98.
SHUT_PRIORITY_LEVEL
(For Unix based hosts only)
Use this parameter to specify the priority level of the
Management Agent service when the host is shut
down. This parameter accepts values between 0 and
99.
For example, START_PRIORITY_LEVEL=95
If you do not include this parameter, it defaults to 19.
s_agentSrvcName (Only for Microsoft Windows) Enter a custom name for
the Management Agent service.
Every Management Agent appears as a service in
Microsoft Windows, and every Management Agent has
a default service name. If you want to assign a custom
name to identify it, then use this parameter.
For example, s_agentSrvcName=agentsrvc1
Note: (For Microsoft Windows hosts) If you upgrade a
13.1.0.x Management Agent and you want to install
another Management Agent on the same host, which
points to a different OMS, ensure that you specify the
s_agentSrvcName parameter while installing the
Management Agent, as described in the Installing
Oracle Management Agent in Silent Mode in the Oracle
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Advanced Installation
and Configuration Guide.
START_AGENT=false Specify this parameter if you do not want the
Management Agent to start automatically once it is
installed and configured.
If you do not specify this parameter, the Management
Agent starts automatically once it is installed and
configured.
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Table 6-2 (Cont.) Supported Additional Parameters
Parameter Description
SCRATCHPATH Specify this parameter if you do not have write
permission on /tmp or enough space on /tmp to use a
custom path for the software extraction other than /
tmp. Perform the following steps to override the /tmp
location:
• Update $OMS_HOME/oui/prov/resources/
ssPaths_<platform>.properties for
SCRATCHPATH property. For example, if you
are deploying 13.2 agent on Linux x64 platform,
then you must update the property file -
ssPaths_linuxx64.properties with the
value SCRATCHPATH=/u01/app/stage
• In the agent push console, pass
SCARTCHPATH=/u01/app/stage in additional
parameter
b_secureAgent=false Specify this parameter if you do not want the
Management Agent to be secured after the install. If
you do not specify this parameter, the Management
Agent is secured automatically after the install.
To secure the Management Agent manually after the
install, run the following command:
<AGENT_BASE_DIRECTORY>/agent_inst/bin/
emctl/ secure agent
If you specify this parameter, ensure that you also
specify the OMS HTTP port, using the
EM_UPLOAD_PORT parameter.
For example, b_secureAgent=false
EM_UPLOAD_PORT=4899
6.2.2.6 After Installing Standalone Management Agents Using Add Host Targets
Wizard or EM CLI
After you install a standalone Management Agent using the Add Host Targets Wizard
or EM CLI, follow these steps:
1. Verify the installation on the Add Host Status page, or using the
get_add_host_status EM CLI verb. Review the progress made on each of the
phases of the deployment operation — Initialization, Remote Prerequisite Check,
and Agent Deployment.
In the Add Host Targets Wizard, after you click Deploy Agent to install one or
more Management Agents, you are automatically taken to the Add Host Status
page.
For information on using the get_add_host_status EM CLI verb, see Installing
Standalone Management Agents Using EM CLI.
2. If required, manually verify the installation:
a. Navigate to the Management Agent home and run the following command to
see a message that confirms that the Management Agent is up and running:
$<AGENT_INSTANCE_HOME>/bin/emctl status agent
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b. Navigate to the Management Agent home and run the following command to
see a message that confirms that EMD upload completed successfully:
$<AGENT_INSTANCE_HOME>/bin/emctl upload agent
c. From the Setup menu, select Manage Cloud Control, then select Agents. Verify
that the Management Agent you installed is up and running.
3. Verify whether all the plug-ins listed in $<AGENT_HOME>/sysman/install/
plugins.txt were installed successfully. To do so, run the following command:
$<AGENT_INSTANCE_HOME>/bin/emctl listplugins agent -type all
4. If you have restrictive Privilege Delegation Provider (PDP) configuration settings,
enter the location of nmosudo in your PDP configuration file.
Enterprise Manager supports PDPs such as SUDO and PowerBroker that enable
administrators to restrict certain users from running certain commands.
In Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 13c, nmosudo is located in the sbin
directory that is in the agent home. For example, <AGENT_HOME>/sbin/
nmosudo. In Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Release 2 (12.1.0.2), Release 3
(12.1.0.3), Release 4 (12.1.0.4), Release 5 (12.1.0.5), nmosudo is located in the sbin
directory that is in the agent base directory. For example,
<AGENT_BASE_DIRECTORY>/sbin/nmosudo. In Enterprise Manager Cloud
Control 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.1) [with or without Bundle Patch 1], nmosudo is
located in the agent instance directory. For example,
<AGENT_INSTANCE_HOME>/bin/nmosudo.
Therefore, when you install a 13c Management Agent, you must modify your PDP
configuration file to update the new location of nmosudo.
For example, if you use SUDO as your PDP, the configuration file for SUDO is
typically /etc/sudoers. In this file, update the following entry with the new
location to nmosudo.
sudouser ALL : oracle /eminstall/basedir/sbin/nmosudo *
5. (Only for UNIX Operating Systems) If you had ignored the prerequisite check
warning about not having root privileges, SUDO/PBRUN binaries, or SUDO/
PBRUN privileges, then manually run the following scripts as a root user from each
of the hosts where the installation was done. If you do not have SUDO/PBRUN
privileges, then request your Administrator who has the privileges to run these
scripts.
• If this is the first Oracle product you just installed on the host, then run the
orainstRoot.sh script from the inventory location specified in the
oraInst.loc file that is available in the Management Agent home.
For example, if the inventory location specified in the oraInst.loc file is
$HOME/oraInventory, then run the following command:
$HOME/oraInventory/orainstRoot.sh
• Run the root.sh script from the Management Agent home:
$<AGENT_HOME>/root.sh
6. If you had ignored a prerequisite check warning about wrong time zone settings,
run the following command and follow the steps it displays:
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$<AGENT_INSTANCE_HOME>/bin/emctl resetTZ agent
7. By default, the host and the Management Agent get automatically added to the
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control console for monitoring. None of the targets
running on that host get automatically discovered and monitored.
To monitor the other targets, you need to add them to Enterprise Manager Cloud
Control either using the Auto Discovery Results page, the Add Targets Manually
page, or the discovery wizards offered for the targets you want to monitor.
For information about discovering targets in Enterprise Manager Cloud Control,
refer to Overview of Discovering and Adding Targetsin the Oracle Enterprise Manager
Cloud Control Administrator's Guide.
8. If you installed a Management Agent on a host that has Oracle Fusion Applications
deployed on it, the Management Agent must have access to a set of configuration
files for the business metrics feature to function properly. If the Management Agent
user is in the same group as the Oracle Fusion Applications install user, ensure that
the following files have 640 access:
<DOMAIN_HOME>/config/fmwconfig/jps-config-jse.xml
<DOMAIN_HOME>/config/fmwconfig/policy-accessor-config.xml
<DOMAIN_HOME>/config/fmwconfig/bootstrap/cwallet.sso
Note:
• If Oracle Management Agents 13c (13.2.0.x) hang frequently or do not
respond on Solaris 10ux operating systems, then refer to document ID
1427773.1 on My Oracle Support.
• To know the location where a Management Agent is deployed on a
Microsoft Windows host, that is, the Management Agent Oracle home,
access <INVENTORY_LOCATION>\inventory.xml, then search for
HOME NAME="agent13c1". The value of the LOC parameter denotes the
Management Agent Oracle home.
For example, in the following line of C:\Program Files\Oracle
\inventory.xml, D:\agent13cr2\agent_13.2.0.0.0 denotes the
Management Agent Oracle home:
<HOME NAME="agent13c1" LOC="D:
\agent13cr2\agent_13.2.0.0.0" TYPE="O" IDX="10">
• You can repoint your existing Management Agents to a new Oracle
Management Service (OMS). For information on how to do this, see