Contents

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Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Structure
• Conventions

1 Overview of Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c

• About Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c
• Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Architecture
• Enterprise Manager Management Focus Areas
  • Framework and Infrastructure
  • Enterprise Monitoring
  • Application Management
  • Database Management
  • Middleware Management
  • Hardware and Virtualization Management
  • Heterogeneous (Non-Oracle) Management
  • Cloud Management
  • Lifecycle Management
  • Application Performance Management
  • Application Quality Management

2 New Features In Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c

• What's New in Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Release 3 (12.1.0.3)
• Framework and Infrastructure
  • Robust and Extensible Architecture
    • Management Features Now Provided through Plug-ins
    • Self Update
    • Software Library
    • Improved Loader and Redesigned Agent
    • Simplified Management of Enterprise Manager Components
    • Target Prioritization
    • Simplified OMS Disaster Recovery
  • User Interface
  • Group and System Enhancements
    • Dynamic Groups
    • System Dashboard Enhancements
  • Reporting Enhancements
    • Support for BI Publisher 11.1.1.6.0
  • Security
    • Authentication Enhancements
    • Improved Credential Management
    • Fine-grained Privileges and Out-of-Box Roles
    • Administrator Entitlement Summary Page
    • Auditing
    • Better Support for Changing WebLogic Server Demonstration Certificates
  • Enterprise Manager Command Line Interface With Scripting Option
  • EMCLI Tracking and Setup
  • Support for Properties for Enterprise Manager Administrators
• Enterprise Monitoring and Incident Management Features
  • Administration Groups and Template Collections
    • Search in Administration Group Hierarchy
    • Flexible Editing of Administration Group Hierarchy
    • Monitoring Templates and Template Collections Enhancements
  • Blackout Enhancements
  • Metrics Enhancements
  • Metric Extensions
    • Grant Edit or Full Privileges on Metric Extensions
    • Metric Extensions Enhancements
  • All Metrics Chart Enhancements
  • Incident Management
    • Incident Manager Updates in 12.1.0.2
    • Incident Manager Updates in 12.1.0.3
    • Target Down Root Cause Analysis
  • SLA Management Enhancements
  • Service Target Dashboard
• Fusion Application Management
  • Oracle Fusion Applications Plug-in 12.1.0.1 Features
    • Oracle Fusion Applications Management Support
    • Support Workbench Enhancements for Oracle Fusion Applications
    • Oracle Fusion Applications Installation Backup and Recovery
    • Enterprise Scheduler Service
  • Oracle Fusion Applications Plug-in 12.1.0.2 Features
    • Oracle Fusion Applications Management Support
    • Streamlining Whole Server Migration
  • Oracle Fusion Applications Plug-in 12.1.0.3 Features
    • Fusion Applications Backup and Restore Enhancements
  • Oracle Fusion Applications Plug-in 12.1.0.4 Features
    • Fusion Application Provisioning Based on T2P
    • Fusion Applications Discovery Diagnostics
    • New Configuration Standards
    • Discovery of Identity Management, Business Intelligence, Oracle Social Network Domains, and Authorized Oracle HTTP Server Targets Included in Fusion Applications Discovery
    • EMCLI for Packaging Fusion Applications Incidents
    • Continued Improvement in Fusion Applications Scale-Out Capabilities
• Database Management
  • Database System Discovery Enhancements
  • Configuration Management Enhancements
  • Configuration Compliance
  • Database System and Associations
  • Database Patching and Upgrade
  • Simplified EMCLI verbs for Deployment Procedures
  • Performance Diagnostics Enhancements
  • Database Plug-in 12.1.0.1 Features
    • Oracle Real Applications Clusters Management Enhancements
    • Manage Automatic Storage Management Clusters as a Target
    • Backup and Restore Enhancements
    • Streams and XStreams Support
    • Schema Change Management Enhancements
    • Active Session History Analytics
    • Emergency Monitoring
    • Real-time Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor
    • Compare Period ADDM
    • New Active Reports
    • Application Data Model
    • Data Subsetting
    • Reversible Data Masking
    • Real Application Testing and Data Masking Integration
    • Application Templates for Data Masking and Data Subsetting
    • Segregation of Duties
    • Provisioning Profiles
    • Input Lockdown
    • Provisioning Bundle Updates through the Self Update Feature
    • Default Variable Values in Deployment Procedures
    • Customizable User-Defined Deployment Procedures
    • Software Library Entities
    • Improved Troubleshooting for Deployment Procedures
  • Database Plug-in 12.1.0.2 Features
    • Synchronizing the Software Library
    • Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System Support
  • Database Plug-in 12.1.0.3 Features
    • Support for Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1)
    • Support for Pluggable Databases and Container Databases
    • Support for Container Database Backup and Recovery
    • New Pluggable Database Target Type to Support Container Based Databases in Oracle Database 12c
    • Enhancements to Expose Navigation Between Containers in a Container Database
    • Support for Oracle ASM Features
    • Support for Oracle ACFS New Features
    • Database Replay Support for Database Consolidation Using Pluggable Databases
    • Data Masking Support
    • Real-Time Database Operations Monitoring
• Middleware Management
  • Fusion Middleware Plug-in 12.1.0.1 Features
  • Fusion Middleware Plug-in 12.1.0.2 Features
  • Fusion Middleware Plug-in 12.1.0.3 Features
    • Monitoring and Diagnostics Features
    • Business Application Target Features
    • Lifecycle Management Features
    • Oracle Site Guard Features
    • Identity Management Features
    • Other Features
    • Middleware as a Service Features
    • Oracle Exalogic Management Enhancements
  • Fusion Middleware Plug-in 12.1.0.4 Features
    • SOA Management Features
    • Monitoring and Diagnostics Features
    • Exalytics Management
    • JVMD/ADP Installation and Upgrade
    • Updates to the Middleware Summary Page
    • Monitor Oracle Jolt Performance Metrics
    • WebLogic Cluster Performance Summary Page Supported for Non-Oracle JRF Enabled Clusters
    • Oracle Exalogic Management Enhancements
    • Diagnostic Snapshot Enhancements
    • Archived Log Files Supported in Log Viewer
    • Lifecycle Management Features
    • Administration Features
    • User Interface Updates for Site Guard Operations
    • RUEI Metric Page
    • JVM Real-Time Thread State
    • JVM Active Threads
    • Enhancements to the RUEI Data page
    • Enhancements to the RUEI Session Diagnostics
  • Application Replay
    • Application Replay Enhancements
• Exadata Plug-in
  • Exadata Plug-in 12.1.0.3
    • Oracle Exadata Database Machine Management Enhancements
  • Exadata Plug-in 12.1.0.4
    • Exadata Database Machine Support for SuperClusters
    • Enhanced I/O Resource Management in Oracle Exadata Database Machines
    • Oracle Exadata Database Machines Management
• Siebel Plug-in 12.1.0.3
  • Siebel Discovery Available through EMCLI
  • Siebel Discovery Precheck Wizard
  • Siebel Partial Discovery
  • Update Now
  • Configuration and Compliance Rules
  • Log Analyzer Metric
  • Support for Siebel 8.1.1.9 Metrics
  • Drill Down for Siebel SARM Reports
• Extensibility
  • Extensibility Developers Kit
  • Plug-in and Connector Lifecycle Management
  • Event and Help Desk Connectors
  • Metric Extensions
  • Custom Configuration Collections
  • User-defined Deployment Procedures
  • Metadata Plug-In Support
    • System Support
    • Custom Discovery Support
    • Localization Support
    • Support for SQL Server 2012 (32-bit / 64-bit)
• Cloud Management
  • Cloud Management Plug-in 12.1.0.1 Features
  • Cloud Management Plug-in 12.1.0.2 Features
    • Scaling Up and Scaling Down Tier Targets
    • Purging Deployment Requests
    • Notification for Request Statuses
    • RESTful Web Services Support
  • Cloud Management Plug-in 12.1.0.4 Features
  • Cloud Management Plug-in 12.1.0.5 Features
    • Schema as a Service
    • Database Cloning Using Snap Clone
    • Database Cloning using RMAN Backup
    • Testing Cloud Self Service Portal
  • Cloud Management Plug-in 12.1.0.6 Features
    • Infrastructure as a Service
    • Database as a Service
  • Chargeback and Consolidation Planner Plug-in 12.1.0.1 Features
  • Chargeback and Consolidation Planner Plug-in 12.1.0.2 Features
  • Chargeback and Consolidation Planner Plug-in 12.1.0.4 Features
    • Chargeback Enhancements
    • Consolidation Planner Support for Exalogic
    • Improved Support for Middleware Consolidation
    • Improved Support for Virtual Machine Consolidation
  • Virtualization Management Plug-in 12.1.0.1 Features
  • Virtualization Management Plug-in 12.1.0.2 Features
    • Patching the Oracle Virtual Machine Server
    • Acknowledging Oracle Virtual Machine Events
  • Virtualization Management Plug-in 12.1.0.3 Features
    • Support for Oracle Virtual Machine 3.1.1 Management
  • Virtualization Management Plug-in 12.1.0.4 Features
    • Support for Oracle Virtual Machine 3.2.2 Management
    • Virtual Server Roles
    • Virtual Server Pool Enhancements
    • Managing Multiple Virtual Servers
    • Storage Repository
    • Cluster Timeout Period
    • Virtual Machine Administration
    • Virtual Machine Tagging
  • Virtualization Management Plug-in 12.1.0.5 Features
    • Support for Oracle Virtual Machine 3.2.1 Integration
• Lifecycle Management
  • Target Monitoring and Discovery Enhancements
    • Automatic Target Discovery
    • Out-of-Box and User-Defined Systems Support
  • Configuration Discovery and Collection Enhancements
    • Relationships Dependency Collection
    • Extensible Configuration Collection
    • Inventory Reporting
    • Configuration Topology View
  • Configuration Management Enhancements
    • Comparison Templates
    • System Comparisons
    • Graphical Configuration Search
    • Relationship History
  • Compliance Enhancements
    • Compliance Framework
    • Out-of-Box Compliance Standards
    • Self-Updatable Compliance Standards
    • Real-Time Change Detection
    • Integration of BEA Guardian
  • Database Provisioning Enhancements
  • Patch Management Enhancements
    • Out-of-Place Patching
    • Patch Templates
    • Target Patching Enhancements
  • Database Upgrade Enhancements
  • Database Change Management Enhancements
    • Change Plans
    • Data Comparison
    • Synchronization of init.ora Parameters
  • Data Comparison
  • Bare Metal Provisioning
  • File Update (Make-It-So) Support for ECM/CCS Configuration Data
  • Enhanced Provisioning of Java EE Applications
  • New Procedure Activity page
  • Change Activity Planner
  • Offline Patching - Uploading Patches to the Software Library Directly from Remote Patch Repositories
• Application Performance Management
  • Java Virtual Machine Monitoring and Diagnostics Enhancements
  • JVM Diagnostic Integration With ADDM
  • Simplified Middleware Diagnostics Deployment and Configuration
  • Diagnostic Snapshot Support
• Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Mobile
  • Manage and Monitor Targets and Incidents
• My Oracle Support Integration
  • View Service Requests
  • View Patch Recommendations
  • Provide Network Access to My Oracle Support

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