ORACLG Oracle Press Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Deep Dive Michael New Edward Whalen Matthew Burke Mc Graw Hill Education New York Chicago San Francisco Athens London Madrid Mexico City Milan New Delhi Singapore Sydney Toronto
Acknowledgments Introduction xix xxi PART I Implementing and Maintaining Cloud Control 12c 1 Overview of Cloud Control Architecture 3 Architectural Developments from CC logto CC 12c 4 OEM 11g and 12c Use WLS Whereas OEM 1Og Uses AS 1 Og 5 Must Preinstall a Database for the Repository in OEM 1 1g and 12c... 7 Cloud ControM 2c Components 8 Cloud Control Console 12 Oracle Management Agent 12 Oracle Management Service 16 Oracle Management Repository 18 Data Flow Between Cloud Control Components 20 Summary 23 2 Cloud Control Preinstallation 25 Key Architectural Design Decisions 28 Decide How Many Cloud Control Environments to Build 30 Make Required CC Architectural Choices 36 Network Configuration Steps 41 Set Up Host Name Resolution 42 Fully Qualify Host Name References 43 Host Name Constraints 46, Use Static IP Addresses 47 Connectivity Checks 47 Hardware Requirements 51 xi
xii Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Deep Dive Software Requirements 56 Download and Stage CC and Related Software 57 Verify Certification Information 60 Create Required OS Groups and Users 61 Create Required Directories 65 Synchronize OS Timestamps/Time Zones 70 Confirm Platform-Specific Software Requirements 72 Summary 73 3 Building a Preconfigured Management Repository Database 75 Part I: Build a Database with a Preconfigured Repository 76 Perform a Software-only Installation of Oracle Database 11gR2... 77 Create a Database with the DBCA EM Template 82 Part II: Finish Configuring the Repository Database 116 Rename CC Datafiles If Using OMF 118 Disable Auto Optimizer Statistics Collection 118 Set the COMPATIBLE Initialization Parameter 119 Create Additional Redo Log Croups If Using OMF 119 Confirm Listeners Load Balance Across RAC Nodes 120 Check OS Default Locale vs. Database NLS Settings 121 Ensure Database Time Zone Matches OS Time Zone 122 Implement HugePages (Conditional) 123 Enable Flashback Database 127 Enable FORCE LOGGING Mode 128 Enable Block Change Tracking 129 Run the EM Prerequisite Kit in Standalone Mode 129 Summary 131 4 Cloud Control Installation and Configuration 133 Preparation for CC Installation 136 Gather Needed Installation Information 136 Address Installation Bugs 145 Initialize the oracle User Environment 145 Choose Desired Installer Options 149 Installation of a New CC System 153 My Oracle Support Details Screen Software Updates Screen Oracle Inventory Screen Prerequisite Checks Screen Installation Types Screen Installation Details Screen 161 Plug-in Deployment Screen 163 WebLogic Server Configuration Details Screen 165 154 156 158 160 160
Contents xiii Database Connection Details Screen 166 Repository Configuration Details Screen 1 68 Port Configuration Details Screen 1 70 Review Screen 171 Install Progress Screen 171 Finish Screen 173 Configuration of the New CC System 1 74 Initial Console Setup 1 75 Patch Cloud Control 178 Configure OMS and OMR Database Nodes 182 Installation of an Additional OMS (Conditional) 195 Summary 199 5 Installing and Configuring Management Agents 201 Agent Installation Requirements 202 General Agent Requirements 202 Agent Deployment Requirements 202 Agent Deployment Requirements Summary 203 Downloading Agent Software to Cloud Control 204 Setting My Oracle Support Credentials 204 Setting Up the Software Library 204 Configuring Self-Update 206 Downloading Agent Software 206 Installing Agents Using the Agent Deployment Wizard 207 Installing Agents Using the Silent Install 216 Synchronize EMCLI with the OMS 217 Download the Installer to the Target Host 217 Edit the Response File 218 Install the Agent Using the Silent Install 218 Installing Agents Using the RPM Method 219 Synchronize EMCLI with the OMS 219 Download the Installer to the Target Host 219 Edit the agent.properties File 221 Install the Agent 222 Installing Agents Using the Agent Cloning Wizard 223 Prerequisites 223 Installation Using the Agent Cloning Wizard 223 Installing Agents Using the Manual Cloning Procedure 226 Prerequisites 226 Installation Using the Manual Cloning Procedure 227 Installing Shared Oracle Home Agents Using the Wizard 229 Prerequisites 229 Installing the Shared Oracle Home Agent Using the Wizard 230
Xiv Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Deep Dive Installing Shared Oracle Home Agents Using AgentNFS.pl 231 Prerequisites 232 Installing the Shared Oracle Home Agent Using AgentNFS.pl 233 Agent Configuration Issues Firewall Issues 234 Summary Agent Issues 234 6 Cloud Control Console Configuration 237 Selecting the Home Page 238 Global Menu Items 240 The Enterprise The Targets 734 73 5 Menu 240 Menu 242 The Favorites Menu 243 The History Menu 243 The Setup Menu 243 The Help Menu 246 The "User" Menu 246 Notification Requirements 247 Define Notification Methods 247 Mail Server 247 Other Notification Methods 250 Define an E-mail Address for User 250 Set Notification Schedules 251 Defining Notification Schedules 252 Summary 256 7 Cloud Control Security and User Management 257 Administrators 258 Roles Credentials Administrator Repository Owner Creating Administrators Named Credentials 266 Preferred Credentials 268 Monitoring Credentials 270 Privilege Delegation 271 Registration Passwords 272 Audit Data 273 Securing Cloud Control Data Transfer 274 EM Framework Security 278 Summary 258 259 259 264 266 279
Contents XV 8 Cloud Control Maintenance and Tuning 281 Maintaining Cloud Control 282 Operational Maintenance 283 Physical Maintenance 336 Cloud Control Tuning 342 Sizing Guidelines 343 OMS and OMR System Errors 343 Target Metric Collection Errors 344 Targets with Down Status 346 Critical and Warning Events 346 OMR Database Alert Log Errors 347 Reorganizing Tables and Indexes 347 Cloud Control Metrics 347 Summary 350 PART II Cloud Control for Database, System, Storage, and Middleware Administrators 9 DBAs: Manage Databases with Cloud Control 353 Oracle Databases Home Screen 355 Oracle Database Menu 358 Performance 361 Oracle Performance Menu 364 Availability 370 Backup/Recovery Summary 371 Data Guard Summary 372 Availability Menu 378 Schema Tools 380 Schema Menu 380 Administration Tools 384 Administration Menu 384 Summary 388 10 System and Storage Administrators: Manage Infrastructure with Cloud Control 389 Host Administration 391 Host Home Page 394 Host Menu 400 Storage Administration 423 Viewing Storage History 428 Summary 429
XVi Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Deep Dive 11 Middleware Administrators: Manage Middleware with Cloud Control 431 Managing Middleware with Cloud Control 432 Discovering Middleware Targets 434 Automatic Discovery of Fusion Middleware Targets 435 Discovering Targets Manually 436 Using the Command Line to Discover Multiple WebLogic Domains 437 Discovering New or Modified Domain Members 439 Managing Middleware with Cloud Control 439 Managing WebLogic Application Deployment 441 Monitoring JEE Applications 442 Managing WebLogic Server with Cloud Control 442 SOA Home 443 Web Services Policy Dashboard 444 Managing a WebLogic Server Domain 444 Proactive Middleware Monitoring 446 Managing Cloud Control Metrics 448 System Monitoring and Notifications 449 Request Monitoring 451 Composite Application Dashboard 452 Middleware Diagnostics with Cloud Control 455 Using the Middleware Target Home Pages for Diagnostics 456 Using the Middleware Performance Summary Pages 457 The Middleware Diagnostics Advisor 457 Diagnosing Problems Related to WebLogic Middleware Alerts 460 Transaction Diagnostics and Root-Cause Analysis 461 JVM Diagnostics and Application Dependency and Performance Managers 464 JVM Diagnostics 464 Application Dependency and Performance 470 Installing Application Dependency and Performance 474 How ADP Monitors Middleware Targets 477 Cross-Tier Diagnostics 478 Analyzing Heap Snapshots 478 Viewing Real-Time Data for a JVM 479 Managing JVM Pools 480 Tracing Active Threads 482 Provisioning Middleware Through Cloud Control 12c 484 The Middleware Provisioning Page in EM Cloud Control 484 Scaling Up/Scaling Out Oracle Middleware 489 Scaling Up and Scaling Out a WebLogic Domain 490 Java EE Application Deployment and Undeployment 491 Provisioning SOA Artifacts and Composites 493
Contents wii Using Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud 494 Using the Exalogic Elastic Cloud Discovery Wizard 495 Using the Exalogic Elastic Cloud Home Page and Dashboard 495 Configuration and Change Management 496 Tracking Assets 496 Summary 497 PART III Notable Management Packs 12 Lifecycle Management Pack 501 Discovery 503 Introduction to the Provisioning and Patch Automation 506 Configuring the Software Library 507 Populating the Software Library with Application Software 509 The Procedure Library 513 Bare Metal Provisioning 516 Setting Up the Bare Metal Provisioning Infrastructure 516 Bare Metal Provisioning Deployments 517 Database Provisioning 518 Middleware Provisioning 519 Patching 520 Creating a Patch Plan 521 Validating and Deploying the Patch Plan 523 Linux Patching 526 Linux RPM Repository Server Prerequisites 527 Create Linux RPM Repository from ULN 527 Manage Patching Groups 530 Apply Patches 532 Manage the RPM Repository 535 Configuration Management 535 Configuration Searches 535 The Configuration Browser 537 Configuration History 538 Configuration Comparisons 538 Other Configuration Activities 539 Change Management 539 Schema Baselines 540 Schema Comparison 540 Schema Synchronizations 541 Schema Change Plans 542 Data Comparison 543
Xviii Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Deep Dive Compliance Management 544 Compliance and Best Practices 544 Real-Time Configuration Monitoring 544 Summary 545 13 Oracle Visualization Plug-In 547 What Is Virtualization? 548 Overview of Virtualization Technologies 549 Full Software Virtualization 550 Hardware-Assisted Software Virtualization 551 Paravirtualization 552 Hybrid Virtualization Technology 553 The Hypervisor 553 Introduction to Oracle VM 555 History of Oracle VM 555 History of Xen 556 Components of Oracle VM 557 Oracle VM Templates 557 Configuring OEM Cloud Control for Oracle VM 557 Configure the Oracle Virtualization Plug-in 558 Configure Oracle Virtualization Management 563 Managing the Oracle VM Manager from OEM Cloud Control 566 Managing the VM Manager 567 Managing the VM Server Pool 570 Managing VM Server 573 Managing Virtual Machines from OEM Cloud Control 576 Using the VM Guest Screen Menu 577 Using the VM Guest Drop-Down Menu 580 Summary 581 Index 583