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- Contents
- Preface
- Part I Getting Started
- 1 Procuring the Software
- 1.1 Releases Available for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
- 1.2 Procuring the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Software
- 1.3 Procuring the Oracle Management Agent Software
- 2 Understanding the Basics
- 2.1 Understanding the Basics of Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Installation
- 2.1.1 What are the Different Installation Modes Offered by Enterprise Manager Cloud Control?
- 2.1.2 What Is an Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Installation Wizard?
- 2.1.3 What Installation Types Are Offered by the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Installation Wizard?
- 2.1.4 What Is Oracle Configuration Manager?
- 2.1.5 What Are the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Software Updates?
- 2.1.5.1 What Is a Software Update?
- 2.1.5.2 How Does the Software Update Feature Work?
- 2.1.5.3 What Types of Software Updates Are Downloaded and Applied?
- 2.1.5.4 Are the Software Updates Applied Automatically Even for Databases That Have Oracle Management Repository Preconfigured?
- 2.1.5.5 How Can You Download the Software Updates?
- 2.1.5.6 Can I Download and Apply These Patches After Installation or Upgrade?
- 2.1.5.7 How Can You Identify What Patches Have Been Applied?
- 2.1.6 What is a Deployment Size for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control in an Advanced Configuration?
- 2.1.7 What Is an Agent Gold Image?
- 2.1.8 What Is an Agent Gold Image Console?
- 2.1.9 What Is an Add Host Target Wizard?
- 2.1.10 What Is a Plug-in?
- 2.1.11 What Is an Add Management Service Deployment Procedure?
- 2.1.12 What Ports Are Used for Installation?
- 2.1.12.1 What Default Ports Are Used for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Installation?
- 2.1.12.2 How Can You Check Whether a Port Is Free?
- 2.1.12.3 How Can You Customize the Ports During and After Installing Enterprise Manager Cloud Control?
- 2.1.12.4 What Precautions You Must Take While Customizing the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Ports?
- 2.1.13 What Data Files Are Created While Configuring Oracle Management Repository?
- 2.1.14 How Do You Delete the Data Files Created While Configuring Oracle Management Repository?
- 2.1.15 Globalization Support for Enterprise Manager
- 2.2 Understanding the Oracle WebLogic Server Requirement for an Enterprise Manager Installation
- 2.2.1 When and Why Do You Need the Oracle WebLogic Server Credentials?
- 2.2.2 When and Why Do You Need the Node Manager Credentials?
- 2.2.3 How Do You Find Admin Server Port After Installing Enterprise Manager?
- 2.2.4 How Do You Verify Whether Admin Server Is Running?
- 2.2.5 How Do You Start the Admin Server?
- 2.3 Understanding the Installation Directories
- 2.3.1 What Is an Oracle Inventory Directory?
- 2.3.2 What Is an Oracle Middleware Home or Oracle home?
- 2.3.3 What Is an Oracle Management Service Instance Base Location?
- 2.3.4 What Is an Agent Base Directory?
- 2.3.5 What Is an Agent Home?
- 2.3.6 What Is an Agent Instance Directory?
- 2.3.7 What Is a Plug-in Home?
- 2.3.8 What Is a /TMP or C:\Temp Directory Used For?
- 2.4 Understanding the Configuration Assistants
- 2.5 Understanding the Prerequisite Checks before Installing Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
- 2.6 Understanding the Limitations of Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
- 2.7 Understanding the Startup Scripts
- 2.7.1 Where is the Startup Script Stored?
- 2.7.2 What does the Startup Script Invoke?
- 2.7.3 How Do I Stop the Startup Script from Starting the OMS or the Management Agent?
- 2.7.4 Can the Startup Script Start an OMS or a Management Agent on a Remote Host?
- 2.7.5 How Do I Change the Management Agent Service Priority Level that the Startup Script Follows While Starting Up or Shutting Down the Management Agent?
- 2.8 Understanding Other Miscellaneous Concepts
- 2.1 Understanding the Basics of Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Installation
- 1 Procuring the Software
- Part II Installing Enterprise Manager System
- 3 Installing Enterprise Manager in Silent Mode
- 3.1 Introduction to Installing Enterprise Manager in Silent Mode
- 3.2 Before You Begin Installing Enterprise Manager in Silent Mode
- 3.3 Prerequisites for Installing Enterprise Manager in Silent Mode
- 3.4 Installing Enterprise Manager in Silent Mode
- 3.4.1 Installing Enterprise Manager in Silent Mode
- 3.4.2 Advanced Installer Options Supported for Installing an Enterprise Manager System in Silent Mode
- 3.4.3 Limitations with the Advanced Options Supported for Installing an Enterprise Manager System in Silent Mode
- 3.4.4 Editing the new_install.rsp Response File for Installing an Enterprise Manager in Silent Mode
- 3.5 Performing Postinstallation Tasks After Installing an Enterprise Manager System in Silent Mode
- 4 Installing Enterprise Manager Using the Software-Only Method
- 4.1 Introduction to Installing Enterprise Manager Using the Software-Only Method
- 4.2 Before You Begin Installing Enterprise Manager Using the Software-Only Method
- 4.3 Prerequisites for Installing Enterprise Manager Using the Software-Only Method
- 4.4 Installing the Enterprise Manager Using the Software-Only Method
- 4.4.1 Installing an Enterprise Manager System Using Software Only Install Along With Plugins and Configuring Later
- 4.4.2 Installing Enterprise Manager Using the Software-Only Method in Graphical Mode
- 4.4.2.1 Installing the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Software Binaries in Graphical Mode
- 4.4.2.2 Running the Root Script
- 4.4.2.3 Configuring the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Software Binaries in Graphical Mode
- 4.4.2.4 Performing Postconfiguration Tasks After Configuring the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Software Binaries in Graphical Mode
- 4.4.3 Installing Enterprise Manager Using the Software-Only Method in Silent Mode
- 4.4.3.1 Installing the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Software Binaries in Silent Mode
- 4.4.3.2 Running the Root Script
- 4.4.3.3 Configuring the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Software Binaries in Silent Mode
- 4.4.3.4 Performing Postconfiguration Tasks After Configuring the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Software Binaries in Silent Mode
- 3 Installing Enterprise Manager in Silent Mode
- Part III Installing Additional Oracle Management Service
- Part IV Installing Oracle Management Agent
- 6 Installing Oracle Management Agent in Silent Mode
- 6.1 Overview of Installing a Management Agent in Silent Mode
- 6.2 Before You Begin Installing a Management Agent in Silent Mode
- 6.3 Prerequisites for Installing a Management Agent in Silent Mode
- 6.4 Installing a Management Agent in Silent Mode
- 6.4.1 Installing a Management Agent Using the AgentPull Script
- 6.4.2 Installing a Management Agent Using an Agent Gold Image, Using the AgentPull Script
- 6.4.3 Installing a Management Agent Using the agentDeploy Script
- 6.4.4 Installing a Management Agent Using the RPM File
- 6.4.5 Installing a Management Agent on a Virtual Host
- 6.4.6 Response File Parameters for Installing a Management Agent in Silent Mode Using the AgentPull Script
- 6.4.7 Response File Parameters for Installing a Management Agent in Silent Mode Using the agentDeploy Script
- 6.4.8 Response File Parameters for Installing a Management Agent in Silent Mode Using an RPM File
- 6.4.9 Options Supported by the AgentPull Script
- 6.4.10 Options Supported by the agentDeploy Script
- 6.4.11 Contents of the Downloaded Management Agent Software
- 6.4.12 Contents of the Management Agent RPM File
- 6.5 After Installing a Management Agent in Silent Mode
- 7 Cloning Oracle Management Agents
- 8 Installing Shared Agents
- 9 Converting Shared Agents to Standalone Agents
- 10 Installing the Oracle Management Agent Software Now and Configuring It Later
- 10.1 Overview of Installing a Management Agent and Configuring It Later
- 10.2 Before You Begin Installing a Management Agent
- 10.3 Prerequisites for Installing a Management Agent
- 10.4 Installing Only the Management Agent Software Binaries
- 10.5 Configuring the Management Agent Software Binaries
- 10.6 After Installing a Management Agent
- 6 Installing Oracle Management Agent in Silent Mode
- Part V Advanced Installation and Configuration
- 11 Managing the Lifecycle of Agent Gold Images
- 11.1 Agent Gold Image Terminology
- 11.2 Operations You Can Perform Using an Agent Gold Image
- 11.3 Understanding the Agent Gold Image Console
- 11.4 Understanding the Management Agent Base Directory Structure
- 11.5 Managing the Lifecycle of an Agent Gold Image
- 11.5.1 Creating an Agent Gold Image
- 11.5.2 Editing an Agent Gold Image
- 11.5.3 Deleting an Agent Gold Image
- 11.5.4 Creating an Agent Gold Image Version
- 11.5.5 Deleting an Agent Gold Image Version
- 11.5.6 Staging an Agent Gold Image Version
- 11.5.7 Setting a Particular Agent Gold Image Version as the Current Version
- 11.5.8 Setting a Particular Agent Gold Image Version as the Restricted Version
- 11.5.9 Subscribing Management Agents to an Agent Gold Image
- 11.5.10 Unsubscribing Management Agents from an Agent Gold Image
- 11.5.11 Provisioning Management Agents Using an Agent Gold Image
- 11.5.12 Updating Management Agents Using an Agent Gold Image Version
- 11.6 Viewing Agent Gold Image Activity Details
- 11.7 Checking the Agent Gold Image Compliance Level
- 11.8 Viewing Details about the Agent Gold Images
- 11.9 Viewing Notifications Related to Agent Gold Images
- 11.10 Viewing Agent Gold Images with Pending Updates
- 11.11 Viewing the Last Agent Gold Image That Was Changed
- 11.12 Viewing the Log Files Related to Agent Gold Image
- 11.13 Viewing the Status of Unsubscribed Operations Using EM CLI
- 11.14 Viewing a List of Management Agents Subscribed to a Given Agent Gold Image Using EM CLI
- 11.15 Creating an Agent Gold Image Update Policy and Defining the Default Values To Be Set for Management Agent Upgrade
- 12 Configuring Enterprise Manager for Firewalls
- 12.1 Planning to Configure a Firewall for the Enterprise Manager System
- 12.2 Typical Firewall Configurations for the Enterprise Manager System
- 12.3 Configuring a Firewall Between the Web Browser and the Enterprise Manager System
- 12.4 Configuring an OMS on a Host Protected by a Firewall
- 12.5 Configuring a Management Agent on a Host Protected by a Firewall
- 12.6 Configuring Firewalls Between the OMS and the Management Repository
- 12.7 Configuring Firewalls Between the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Console and a Managed Database Target
- 12.8 Configuring Firewalls for Multiple OMS Instances
- 12.9 Enabling the OMS to Access My Oracle Support
- 12.10 Configuring the dontProxyfor Property
- 12.11 Configuring Firewalls to Allow ICMP and UDP Traffic for Oracle Beacons
- 12.12 Enabling ICMP Echo Requests on Firewalls
- 13 Sizing Your Enterprise Manager Deployment
- 13.1 Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Sizing
- 13.2 Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Performance Methodology
- 13.2.1 Step 1: Choosing a Starting Platform Cloud Control Deployment
- 13.2.2 Step 2: Periodically Evaluating the Vital Signs of Your Site
- 13.2.3 Step 3: Using DBA and Enterprise Manager Tasks To Eliminate Bottlenecks
- 13.2.4 Step 4: Eliminating Bottlenecks Through Tuning
- 13.2.4.1 High CPU Utilization
- 13.2.4.2 Loader Vital Signs
- 13.2.4.3 Rollup Vital Signs
- 13.2.4.4 Rollup Process
- 13.2.4.5 Job, Notification, and Alert Vital Signs
- 13.2.4.6 I/O Vital Signs
- 13.2.4.7 About the Oracle Enterprise Manager Performance Page
- 13.2.4.8 Determining the Optimum Number of Middle Tier OMS Servers
- 13.2.5 Step 5: Extrapolating Linearly Into the Future for Sizing Requirements
- 13.2.6 Using Returning Query Safeguards to Improve Performance
- 13.3 Overview of Sizing Requirements for Fusion Middleware Monitoring
- 14 Configuring Proxies for OMS and Management Agent Communication
- 14.1 About Using Proxies for OMS and Management Agent Communication
- 14.2 Configuring Proxies for OMS-to-Management Agent Communication
- 14.3 Configuring Proxies for Management Agent-to-OMS Communication After the Management Agent Is Deployed
- 14.4 Configuring Proxies for Management Agent-to-OMS Communication While Deploying the Management Agent
- 14.5 Configuring Proxies for OMS-to-My Oracle Support Communication
- 14.6 Updating Proxies Configured for OMS-to-Management Agent Communication
- 14.7 Associating Additional Management Agents to an Existing Proxy to Communicate with the OMS
- 14.8 Excluding Management Agents from Using Proxies to Communicate with the OMS
- 14.9 Viewing a List of Proxies by Proxy Names or Management Agents
- 14.10 Monitoring Proxies Configured for OMS-to-Management Agent Communication
- 14.11 Removing Proxies Configured for OMS-to-Management Agent Communication
- 14.12 EM CLI Verbs for Configuring Proxies for OMS and Management Agent Communication
- 15 Installing JVMD Agents with Advanced Install Options
- 16 Configuring BI Publisher with Enterprise Manager
- 16.1 Overview
- 16.2 BI Publisher Configuration and Integration with Enterprise Manager 13c
- 16.3 Using Enterprise Manager with BI Publisher
- 16.4 Paths to Access BI Publisher
- 16.5 Allowing Access to BI Publisher for Enterprise Manager Administrators
- 16.6 Limiting access to BI Publisher features
- 16.7 Allowing Access to BI Publisher for Enterprise Manager Administrators in an Underlying LDAP Authentication Security Environment
- 16.8 Securing BI Publisher with a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Certificate
- 16.9 BI Publisher Administration
- 16.10 Post-Configuration Steps to take after Configuring BI Publisher
- 16.11 EMBIP* Roles: Granting Access to Folders and Catalog Objects
- 16.12 Access to Enterprise Manager Repository
- 16.13 Troubleshooting
- 16.14 Managing Enterprise Manager - BI Publisher Connection Credentials
- 16.15 Resetting the BISystemUser credentials
- 16.16 Managing the BI Publisher Server and other Enterprise Manager Components
- 16.17 Using BI Publisher
- 16.18 De-installing BI Publisher that was Not Installed Along with Enterprise Manager 13c Release 2
- 17 Running the OMS in Console-Only Mode
- 11 Managing the Lifecycle of Agent Gold Images
- Part VI Configuring Enterprise Manager for High Availability
- 18 High Availability Solutions
- 19 Enterprise Manager High Availability
- 19.1 Agent High Availability
- 19.2 Repository High Availability
- 19.3 Oracle Management Service High Availability
- 19.3.1 Best Practices for Configuring the Cloud Control OMS to be Compatible with Disaster Recovery using Alias Host Names and Storage Replication
- 19.3.1.1 Overview and Requirements
- 19.3.1.2 Create an OMS installation base directory under ORACLE_BASE
- 19.3.1.3 Configure an Alias Host Name
- 19.3.1.4 Configure an Oracle Inventory located under OMS installation base directory
- 19.3.1.5 Configure a Software Owner and Group that can be configured identically on all nodes
- 19.3.1.6 Select a time zone that can be configured identically on all nodes
- 19.3.1.7 Installation and Configuration
- 19.3.2 Configuring the Cloud Control OMS in an Active/Passive Environment for HA Failover Using Virtual Host Names
- 19.3.2.1 Overview and Requirements
- 19.3.2.2 Installation and Configuration
- 19.3.2.3 Setting Up the Virtual Host Name/Virtual IP Address
- 19.3.2.4 Setting Up Shared Storage
- 19.3.2.5 Setting Up the Environment
- 19.3.2.6 Synchronizing Operating System IDs
- 19.3.2.7 Setting Up Shared Inventory
- 19.3.2.8 Installing the Software
- 19.3.2.9 Starting Up Services
- 19.3.3 Installing Additional Management Services
- 19.3.4 Configuring Multiple Management Services Behind a Server Load Balancer (SLB)
- 19.3.1 Best Practices for Configuring the Cloud Control OMS to be Compatible with Disaster Recovery using Alias Host Names and Storage Replication
- 20 Enterprise Manager Disaster Recovery
- 20.1 Disaster Recovery Overview and Topology
- 20.2 Design Considerations
- 20.3 Setting Up Management Repository Disaster Recovery
- 20.4 Setting Up the OMS, Bi Publisher Shared Storage and Software Library Disaster Recovery
- 20.5 Performing Switchover and Failover Operations
- 20.6 Keeping the Standby Site in Sync with the Primary
- 21 Backing Up and Recovering Enterprise Manager
- 21.1 Backing Up Your Deployment
- 21.2 Software Library Backup
- 21.3 Management Repository Backup
- 21.4 Oracle Management Service Backup
- 21.5 Management Agent Backup
- 21.6 Recovery of Failed Enterprise Manager Components
- 21.6.1 Repository Recovery
- 21.6.2 Recovery Scenarios
- 21.6.3 Recovering the OMS
- 21.6.4 OMS Recovery Scenarios
- 21.6.4.1 Single OMS, No Server Load Balancer (SLB), OMS Restored on the same Host
- 21.6.4.2 Single OMS, No SLB, OMS Restored on a Different Host
- 21.6.4.3 Single OMS, No SLB, OMS Restored on a Different Host using the Original Hostname
- 21.6.4.4 Multiple OMS, Server Load Balancer, Primary OMS Recovered on the Same Host
- 21.6.4.5 Multiple OMS, Server Load Balancer Configured, Primary OMS Recovered on a Different Host
- 21.6.4.6 Multiple OMS, SLB configured, additional OMS recovered on same or different host
- 21.6.5 Recovering the Software Library
- 21.6.6 Recovering Management Agents
- 21.6.7 Management Agent Recovery Scenarios
- 21.7 Recovering from a Simultaneous OMS-Management Repository Failure
- 22 BI Publisher High Availability
- Part VII Deinstallation
- 23 Deinstalling Enterprise Manager (Single and Multi-OMS Environments)
- 24 Deinstalling Oracle Management Agents
- 25 Deinstalling JVMD Agents
- 26 Removing Standby Oracle Management Services
- Part VIII Appendixes
- A Overview of the Installation and Configuration Log Files
- B Redirecting Oracle Management Agent to Another Oracle Management Service
- C Applying Patches to Oracle Management Agents While Deploying or Upgrading Them
- D Using the RepManager Utility
- E Collecting OCM Data Using Oracle Harvester
- E.1 Oracle Harvester
- E.1.1 Highlights of Oracle Harvester
- E.1.2 Oracle Harvester and OCM
- E.1.3 Support For Enterprise Manager
- E.1.4 Viewing CSIs in Enterprise Manager
- E.1.5 Harvester Target Lifecycle Properties from Enterprise Manager
- E.1.6 Harvester Job Status Metric
- E.1.7 Supported Targets in Oracle Harvester
- E.1.8 Configuration Data Not Available in My Oracle Support
- E.1.9 Leveraging the Enterprise Manager Infrastructure
- E.2 Oracle Configuration Manager
- E.3 Additional Information About MOS and OCM
- E.4 Troubleshooting Configuration Data Collection Tools
- E.1 Oracle Harvester
- F Enabling the Enterprise Manager Accessibility Features
- G Configuring Targets for Failover in Active/Passive Environments
- H Updating Demonstration Keystores to Reflect Alias Hostnames
- I Postinstalltion Task to Configure TLS for Oracle Management Repository Database
- Index