Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

Part I Overview and Setup Details

1 Introduction to Lifecycle Management

• Overview of the New Lifecycle Management Solutions
• Information Map

2 Setting Up Your Infrastructure

• Getting Started
• Setting Up Oracle Software Library
• Setting Up Credentials
  • Setting Up Named Credentials
  • Setting Up Privileged Credentials
  • Configuring Privilege Delegation Settings
    • Using Privilege Delegation
    • Setting up Privilege Delegation
    • Creating Privilege Delegation Templates
    • Testing Privilege Delegation Settings
  • Saving Preferred Credentials
    • Saving Preferred Credentials for Hosts and Oracle Homes
    • Saving Preferred Credentials to Access My Oracle Support
• Creating Enterprise Manager User Accounts
  • Overview of User Accounts
  • Creating Designer User Account
  • Creating Operator User Account
• Setting Up My Oracle Support
• (Additional) Configuring Self-Update
• (Additional) Setting Up E-mail Notifications

Part II Discovery

3 Discovering Software Deployments

• Discovering Hosts and Targets Automatically
• Discovering Hosts and Targets Manually

Part III Database Provisioning

4 Overview of Database Provisioning

• Overview of Database Provisioning Feature
• Supported Targets and Deployment Procedures for Database Provisioning
• Setting Up Database Provisioning
  • Meeting Basic Infrastructure and Host Requirements
  • Understanding Administrator Privileges for Provisioning Database
  • Prerequisites for Designers
  • Prerequisites for Operators
  • Creating Provisioning Profiles
  • Creating Installation Media
  • Creating Database Templates
  • Uploading Database Templates to Software Library
  • Creating Database Provisioning Entities
    • Creating an Oracle Database Clone from a Reference Home
    • Creating an Oracle Database Clone from an External Storage
    • Creating an Oracle Clusterware Clone from a Reference Home
    • Creating an Oracle Clusterware Clone from an External Storage
  • Downloading Cluster Verification Utility

5 Provisioning Oracle Databases

• Getting Started
• Oracle Database Topology
• Provisioning and Creating Oracle Databases
  • Prerequisites
  • Provisioning Procedure
• Provisioning Oracle Databases with Oracle Automatic Storage Management
  • Prerequisites
  • Provisioning Procedure
• Provisioning Oracle Database Software Only
  • Prerequisites
  • Provisioning Procedure
• Using No Root Credentials for Provisioning Oracle Databases

6 Provisioning Oracle Grid Infrastructure for Oracle Databases

• Getting Started
• Provisioning Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Databases with Oracle Automatic Storage Management
  • Prerequisites
  • Provisioning Procedure
• Provisioning Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database Software Only
  • Prerequisites
  • Provisioning Procedure

7 Provisioning Oracle Grid Infrastructure for Oracle Real Application Clusters Databases

• Getting Started
• Oracle Real Application Clusters Database Topology
• Provisioning Grid Infrastructure with Oracle Real Application Clusters Database and Configuring Database with Oracle Automatic Storage Management
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
    • Requirements for Grid Infrastructure Software Location Path
• Provisioning Oracle Real Application Clusters Database with File System on an Existing Cluster
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
• Provisioning Oracle Real Application Clusters Database with File System on a New Cluster
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
• Using No Root Credentials for Provisioning Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) Databases

8 Provisioning Oracle Real Application Clusters One (Oracle RAC One) Node Databases

• Getting Started
• Deployment Procedures
• Provisioning Oracle Real Application Clusters One Node Databases
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure

9 Provisioning Oracle Real Application Clusters for 10g and 11g

• Getting Started
• Core Components Deployed
• Cloning a Running Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Prerequisites
  • Cloning Procedure
• Provisioning Oracle Real Application Clusters Using Gold Image
  • Prerequisites
  • Provisioning Procedure
• Provisioning Oracle Real Application Clusters Using Archived Software Binaries
  • Prerequisites
  • Provisioning Procedure
    • Sample Cluster Configuration File
• Using No Root Credentials for Provisioning Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) Databases

10 Extending Oracle Real Application Clusters

• Getting Started
• Extending Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure

11 Deleting or Scaling Down Oracle Real Application Clusters

• Getting Started
• Core Components Deleted
• Deleting the Entire Oracle RAC
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure
• Scaling Down Oracle RAC by Deleting Some of Its Nodes
  • Prerequisites
  • Procedure

12 Provisioning Oracle Database Replay Client

• Getting Started
• Cloning a Running Oracle Database Replay Client
  • Prerequisites
  • Cloning Procedure
• Provisioning Oracle Database Replay Client Using Gold Image
  • Prerequisites
  • Provisioning Procedure
• Provisioning Oracle Database Replay Client Using Installation Binaries
  • Prerequisites
  • Provisioning Procedure

13 Provisioning Oracle Standby Databases

• Overview of Creating a Standby Database
• Creating a New Physical Standby Database (single-instance only)
  • Step 1: Determine the backup type
  • Step 2: Set up the backup options
  • Step 3: Select the Oracle home in which to create the standby database
  • Step 4: Set up the location for standby database files
  • Step 5: Provide standby database configuration parameters
  • Step 6: Review the information before clicking Finish
• Creating a New Logical Standby Database (single-instance only)
  • Step 1: Determine the backup type
  • Step 2: Set up the backup options
  • Step 3: Select the Oracle home in which to create the standby database
  • Step 4: Set up the location for standby database files
  • Step 5: Provide standby database configuration parameters
  • Step 6: Review the information before clicking Finish
• Managing an Existing Standby Database with Data Guard Broker
• Creating a Primary Database Backup Only

14 Cloning Oracle Databases

• Overview of Cloning Methods
• Cloning an Oracle Database Using Recovery Manager (RMAN) Backup
• Cloning an Oracle Database Using Staging Areas
• Cloning an Oracle Database Using an Existing Backup

15 Creating Databases

• Getting Started
• Creating Oracle Database
  • Prerequisites for Creating Oracle Database
  • Procedure for Creating Oracle Database
• Creating Oracle Real Application Clusters Database
  • Prerequisites for Creating Oracle Real Application Clusters Database
  • Procedure for Creating Oracle Real Application Clusters Database
• Creating Oracle Real Application Clusters One Node Database
  • Prerequisites for Creating Oracle RAC One Node Database
  • Procedure for Creating Oracle Real Application Clusters One Node Database

16 Managing Pluggable Databases

• Getting Started
• Overview
• Provisioning a Pluggable Database
  • Creating a New Pluggable Database
    • Prerequisites
    • Procedure
  • Plugging In an Unplugged Pluggable Database
    • Prerequisites
    • Procedure
  • Cloning a Pluggable Database
    • Prerequisites
    • Procedure
  • Migrating a Non-CDB as a Pluggable Database
    • Prerequisites
    • Procedure
  • Unplugging and Dropping a Pluggable Database
    • Prerequisites
    • Procedure
• Viewing Pluggable Database Job Details
  • Viewing Create Pluggable Database Job Details
  • Viewing Unplug Pluggable Database Job Details
• Administering Pluggable Databases
  • Switching Between Pluggable Databases
  • Altering Pluggable Database State

Part IV Database Upgrade

17 Upgrading Databases

• Getting Started
• Supported Releases
• Deployment Procedure
• Upgrading Multiple Oracle Database Instances at a Time (Mass Upgrade)
  • Prerequisites
  • Upgrade Procedure
• Upgrading One Oracle Database or One Oracle RAC Database Instance at a Time
  • Prerequisites
  • Upgrade Procedure

Part V Middleware Provisioning

18 Provisioning WebLogic Domains and Middleware Homes

• Getting Started
• Middleware Provisioning Deployment Procedures
• Supported Releases
• Prerequisites for Designers and Operators
  • Prerequisites for Designers
  • Prerequisites for Operators
  • Additional Prerequisites on Windows
• Creating Software Library Components
  • Creating a WebLogic Domain Provisioning Profile
  • Creating an Oracle Middleware Home Gold Image
• Cloning from an Existing Installation
  • Cloning a WebLogic Domain from an Existing Installation
    • Prerequisites
    • Deployment Procedure
  • Cloning a Middleware Home from an Existing Installation
    • Prerequisites
    • Deployment Procedure
• Cloning from a Profile or a Middleware Home Gold Image
  • Cloning from a WebLogic Domain Provisioning Profile
    • Prerequisites
    • Deployment Procedure
  • Cloning from an Oracle Middleware Home Gold Image
    • Prerequisites
    • Deployment Procedure
• Post Deployment Configuration
• Customizing the Deployment Procedure

19 Scaling Up / Scaling Out WebLogic Domains

• About Scaling Up / Scaling Out WebLogic Domains
• Prerequisites for Designers and Operators
  • Prerequisites for Designers
  • Prerequisites for Operators
  • Additional Prerequisites on Windows
• Prerequisites for the Deployment Procedure
• Running the Scale Up / Scale Out Middleware Deployment Procedure
• Middleware Provisioning and Scale Up / Scale Out Best Practices

20 Deploying / Redeploying / Undeploying Java EE Applications

• Deploying, Undeploying, or Redeploying Java EE Applications
• Getting Started
• Prerequisites
• Creating a Java EE Application Component
• Java EE Applications Deployment Procedure
  • Deploying a Java EE Application
  • Redeploying a Java EE Application
  • Undeploying a Java EE Application

21 Provisioning Coherence Nodes and Clusters

• Getting Started
• Supported Releases
• Deploying Coherence Nodes and Clusters
  • Prerequisites
  • Creating a Coherence Component
  • Deployment Procedure
    • Adding a Coherence Node
    • Sample Scripts
• Troubleshooting

22 Provisioning SOA Artifacts and Composites

• Understanding SOA Artifacts Provisioning
• Getting Started
• Deployment Procedures, Supported Releases, and Core Components Deployed
• Provisioning SOA Artifacts
  • Provisioning from a Reference Installation
    • Prerequisites
    • Provisioning Procedure
  • Provisioning SOA Artifacts from Gold Image
    • Prerequisites
    • Provisioning Procedure
• Deploying SOA Composites
  • Prerequisites
  • Provisioning Procedure

23 Provisioning Oracle Service Bus Resources

• Getting Started
• Deployment Procedure
• Supported Releases
• Provisioning Oracle Service Bus Resources from Oracle Service Bus Domain
  • Prerequisites
  • Provisioning Procedure
    • Understanding Export Modes
• Provisioning Oracle Service Bus Resources from Oracle Software Library
  • Prerequisites
  • Provisioning Procedure

24 Provisioning Oracle BPEL Processes

• Getting Started
• Deployment Procedure
• Supported Releases
• Provisioning Oracle BPEL Processes
  • Prerequisites
  • Provisioning Procedure

25 Provisioning Oracle Application Server

• Getting Started
• Deployment Procedures, Supported Releases, and Core Components Deployed
• Provisioning Oracle Application Server 10g Release 1 (10.1.3)
  • Cloning a Running Oracle Application Server Instance
    • Cloning from an Existing Cluster, Scaling Up the Existing Cluster, and Using the Same Internet Directory
    • Provisioning from an Existing Cluster and Creating a New Cluster Without Internet Directory
    • Provisioning from an Existing Cluster and Creating a New Cluster With Internet Directory
  • Provisioning a Gold Image of the Oracle Application Server
    • Provisioning and Creating a New Cluster Without Internet Directory
    • Provisioning and Creating a New Cluster With Internet Directory
    • Provisioning and Treating Oracle Application Server as a Standalone Instance Without Internet Directory
    • Provisioning and Treating Oracle Application Server as a Standalone Instance With Internet Directory
• Provisioning Oracle SOA Suite 10g (10.1.3.4 and 10.1.3.5)

Part VI Bare Metal Server Provisioning

26 Provisioning Bare Metal Servers

• Getting Started with Provisioning Bare Metal Servers
• Overview Of Bare Metal Provisioning
  • Accessing Bare Metal Provisioning Page
  • Provisioning Environment
    • Software Library and its Entities
    • Boot Server
    • Stage Server
    • Reference Host
    • RPM Repository
  • Provisioning Process
• Supported Releases of Linux
• Setting Up Infrastructure for Bare Metal Provisioning
  • Setting Up Stage Server
  • Setting Up Boot Server and DHCP Server
  • Setting Up RPM Repository
    • Setting UP RHEL 4 RPM Repository
    • Setting Up Oracle Linux 4 RPM Repository
    • Setting Up RHEL 5/Oracle Linux 5 RPM Repository
    • Exposing RPM Repository through HTTP or FTP
  • Configuring Stage Server
  • Configuring Boot Server
  • Configuring DHCP Server
  • Configuring RPM Repository
  • Checklist for Boot Server, Stage Server, RPM Repository, and Reference Host
  • Configuring Software Library Components
    • Creating Operating System Component
    • Creating Disk Layout Component
    • Creating an Oracle Virtual Server Component
• Prerequites For Provisioning Bare Metal Servers and Oracle VM Servers
• Provisioning Bare Metal Servers
• Provisioning Oracle VM Servers
• Viewing Saved Plans
• Using Saved Plans for Provisioning Linux Operating Systems on Bare Metal Servers

Part VII Patch Management

27 Patching Software Deployments

• Overview of the New Patch Management Solution
  • Overview of the Current Patch Management Challenges
  • Introduction to the New Patch Management Solution
  • Overview of Patch Plans
    • Introduction to Patch Plans
    • Types of Patch Plans
    • Introduction to Create Plan Wizard
  • Overview of Patch Templates
    • Introduction to Patch Templates
    • Introduction to Edit Template Wizard
  • Supported Targets, Releases, and Deployment Procedures
  • Supported Patching Modes
    • Patching in Online and Offline Mode
    • Patching in In-Place and Out-of-Place Mode
    • Patching in Rolling and Parallel Mode
  • Understanding the Patching Workflow
• Setting Up Infrastructure for Patching
  • Meeting Basic Infrastructure Requirements
  • Creating Administrators with the Required Roles
  • Setting Up Infrastructure for Patching in Online Mode (Connected to MOS)
    • Enabling Online Mode
    • Registering the Proxy Details for My Oracle Support
  • Setting Up Infrastructure for Patching in Offline Mode (Not Connected to MOS)
    • Enabling Offline Mode
    • Downloading Enterprise Manager Catalog Zip File From Another Host With Internet Connectivity
    • Uploading Enterprise Manager Catalog Zip File from your Host With No Internet Connectivity
    • Uploading OPatch Patches to Oracle Software Library
    • Uploading Patches to Oracle Software Library
  • Analyzing the Environment and Identifying Whether Your Targets Can Be Patched
    • Workarounds for Missing Property Errors
    • Workarounds for Unsupported Configuration Errors
• Identifying Patches to Be Applied
  • (Online) Using Patch Recommendations
  • (Online) Using Knowledge Articles
  • (Online) Using Service Requests
  • (Online) Searching Patches on My Oracle Support
  • (Offline) Searching Patches in Oracle Software Library
• Applying Patches
  • Creating a Patch Plan
  • Accessing the Patch Plan
  • Analyzing, Preparing, and Deploying Patch Plans
  • Switching Back to the Original Oracle Home After Deploying a Patch Plan
  • Saving Successfully Analyzed or Deployed Patch Plan As a Patch Template
  • (Optional) Creating a Patch Plan from a Patch Template and Applying Patches
  • Patching Oracle Exadata
    • Exadata Out-Of-Place Patching Of Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC Targets
• Diagnosing and Resolving Patching Issues
  • Diagnosing Patching Issues
  • Resolving Patching Issues
  • Rolling Back Patches
• Additional Tasks You Can Perform
  • Viewing or Modifying Patch Template
  • Saving a Deployed Patch Plan as a Patch Template
  • Creating a Compliance Standard from a Patch Template
  • Downloading Patches from Patch Template
  • Deleting Patch Plan
  • Deleting Patch Template
  • Converting Nondeployable Patch Plan to Deployable Patch Plan
  • Associating Additional Targets to a Patch in a Patch Plan
  • Resolving Patch Conflicts
  • Analyzing the Results of Patching Operations
  • Customizing Patching Deployment Procedure
  • Patching Primary and Standby Databases Configured with Oracle Data Guard
    • Overview of Patching Primary and Standby Databases
    • Patching Primary and Standby Databases
    • Customizing Patching deployment procedure
  • Rolling Back Patches

28 Patching Linux Hosts

• Overview of Patching Linux Hosts
• Understanding the Deployment Procedure for Patching Linux Hosts
• Supported Linux Releases
• Setting Up Infrastructure for Linux Patching
  • Meeting Prerequisites for Using the Linux Patching Feature
  • Setting Up the RPM Repository
    • Prerequisites for Setting Up the RPM Repository
    • Setting Up the RPM Repository
  • Setting Up Linux Patching Group for Compliance Reporting
    • Prerequisites for Setting Up Linux Patching Group
    • Setting Up a Linux Patching Group
• Patching Linux Hosts
• About Linux Patching Home Page
  • Viewing Compliance History
    • Prerequisites for Viewing Compliance History
    • Viewing Compliance History
  • Patching Non-Compliant Packages
    • Prerequisites for Patching Non-Compliant Packages
    • Patching Non-Compliant Packages
  • Rolling Back Patch Update Sessions or Deinstalling Packages
    • Prerequisites for Rolling Back Patch Update Sessions or Deinstalling Packages
    • Rolling Back Patch Update Sessions or Deinstalling Packages
  • Registering a Custom Channel
    • Prerequisites for Registering a Custom Channel
    • Registering a Custom Channel
  • Cloning a Channel
    • Prerequisites for Cloning a Channel
    • Cloning a Channel
  • Copying Packages from One Channel to Another
    • Prerequisites for Copying Packages from One Channel to Another
    • Copying Packages from One Channel to Another
  • Adding Custom Packages to a Channel
    • Prerequisites for Adding Custom Packages to a Channel
    • Adding Custom Packages to a Channel
  • Deleting a Channel
    • Prerequisites for Deleting a Channel
    • Deleting a Channel
• About Configuration File Management
  • Prerequisites for Managing Configuration File
  • Creating Configuration File Channel
  • Uploading Configuration Files
    • Prerequisites for Uploading Configuration Files
    • Uploading Configuration Files
  • Importing Configuration Files
    • Prerequisites for Importing Configuration Files
    • Importing Configuration Files
  • Deploying Configuration Files
    • Prerequisites for Deploying Configuration Files
    • Deploying Configuration Files
  • Deleting Configuration File Channels
    • Prerequisites for Deleting Configuration File Channels
    • Deleting Configuration File Channels

Part VIII Configuration, Compliance, and Change Management

29 Managing Configuration Information

• Overview of Configuration Management
• Overview of Configuration Searches
  • Managing Configuration Searches
  • Setting Up a Search
  • Reviewing Search Scenarios
• Overview of Configuration Browser
  • Viewing Configuration Data
  • Working with Saved Configurations
  • Working with Inventory and Usage Details
• Overview of Configuration History
  • Accessing Configuration History
  • Working with Configuration History
    • Searching History
    • Annotating Configuration Changes
    • Scheduling a History Search and Creating a Notification List
    • Saving History to a File
  • Viewing History Job Activity
• Overview of Comparisons and Templates
  • About Comparison Templates
  • Working with Comparison Templates
    • Creating or Editing a Comparison Template
    • Managing Comparison Templates
  • Specifying Rules
    • Creating a Value Constraint Rule
    • Creating a Matching Rule
    • Creating an Ignore Rule
  • About Rules Expression and Syntax
  • Understanding Rules by Example
    • Matching Rule Examples
    • Ignore Rule Examples
  • About Comparisons
  • Understanding the Comparison Wizard
    • Selecting a Configuration to Compare Against
    • Selecting Configurations to Compare
    • Selecting a Template to Use in the Comparison
    • Mapping Members in a System Comparison
    • Scheduling the Comparison and Creating a Notification List
    • Reviewing the Comparison Parameters and Submitting the Job
  • Working with Comparison Results
    • About Comparisons and Job Activity
    • About System Comparison Results
    • About Standard Target Comparison Results
    • Synchronizing Configuration Files
• Overview of Custom Configurations and Collections
  • Working with Custom Configurations
    • Creating or Editing a Custom Configuration
    • Using the Files & Commands Tab
    • Using the SQL Tab
    • Setting Up Credentials
    • Setting Up Rules
    • Managing Custom Configurations
    • About Custom Configurations and Versioning
    • About Custom Configurations and Privileges
  • About Custom Configurations and Deployment
    • Deploying and Undeploying Custom Configurations
    • Editing a Deployment
    • Viewing a Configuration Collection
  • Extending Configuration Data Collections
    • Extending Existing Target Collections
    • Adding New Target Data Collections
  • Using Custom Configurations as Blueprints
• Overview of Parsers
  • Managing Parsers
  • About XML Parsers
    • About the Default XML Parser
    • About the Generic XML Parser
    • XML Parser Examples
  • About Format-Specific Parsers
    • Database Query Parser Parameters
    • Directory Parser Parameters
    • E-Business Suite Parser Parameters
    • Galaxy CFG Parser Parameters
    • MQ-Series Parser Parameters
    • Siebel Parser Parameters
    • Unix Installed Patches Parser Parameters
    • Unix Recursive Directory List Parser Parameters
  • About Columnar Parsers
    • Columnar Parser Parameters
  • About Properties Parsers
    • Basic Properties Parser Parameters
    • Advanced Properties Parser Parameters
    • Advanced Properties Parser Constructs
  • Using Parsed Files and Rules
    • Sample XML File Parsing and Rule Application
    • Sample Non-XML File Parsing and Rule Application
    • Sample SQL Query Parsing and Rule Application
• Overview of Client Configurations
  • About Client System Analyzer in Cloud Control
  • Deploying Client System Analyzer Independently
• Overview of Relationships
• Overview of Configuration Topology Viewer
  • About Configuration Topology Viewer
  • Examples of Using Topology
  • Viewing a Configuration Topology
  • Determining System Component Structure
  • Determining General Status of Target's Configuration Health
  • Getting Configuration Health/Compliance Score of a Target
  • Analyzing a Problem and Viewing a Specific Issue in Detail
  • About Dependency Analysis
  • About Impact Analysis
  • Creating a Custom Topology View
  • Deleting a Custom Topology View
  • Excluding Relationships from a Custom Topology View
  • Including Relationships to a Target in a Custom Topology View
  • Creating a Relationship to a Target
  • Deleting a Relationship from a Target
  • Controlling the Appearance of Information on a Configuration Topology Graph

30 Managing Compliance

• Overview of Compliance
  • Terminology Used in Compliance
  • Accessing the Compliance Features
  • Privileges and Roles Needed to Use the Compliance Features
• Evaluating Compliance
  • Accessing Compliance Statistics
    • Using the Compliance Dashboard Effectively
  • Viewing Compliance Summary Information
  • Viewing Target Compliance Evaluation Results
  • Viewing Compliance Framework Evaluation Results
  • Investigating Compliance Violations and Evaluation Results
    • Investigating Violations of Repository Compliance Standard Rules and Targets Causing Violations
    • Viewing All the Violations Reported for Your Enterprise
    • Examples of Viewing Violations
  • Investigating Evaluation Errors
  • Analyzing Compliance Reports
  • Overview of Compliance Score and Importance
    • Compliance Score of a Compliance Standard Rule -Target
    • Real-time Monitoring Rule Compliance Score
    • Compliance Score of a Compliance Standard for a Target
    • Compliance Framework Compliance Score
    • Parent Node Compliance Score
• Investigating Real-time Observations
  • Viewing Observations
    • Viewing Observations By Systems
    • Viewing Observations By Compliance Framework
    • Viewing Observations By Search
    • Viewing Details of an Incident
  • Operations on Observations During Compliance Evaluation
    • Manually Setting an Observation As Authorized Or Not Authorized
    • Notifying a User When an Observation Occurs
    • Notifying a User When an Authorized Observation Occurs
• Configuring Compliance Management
  • About Compliance Frameworks
  • Operations on Compliance Frameworks
    • Creating a Compliance Framework
    • Creating Like a Compliance Framework
    • Editing a Compliance Framework
    • Deleting a Compliance Framework
    • Exporting a Compliance Framework
    • Importing a Compliance Framework
    • Browsing Compliance Frameworks
    • Searching Compliance Frameworks
    • Browsing Compliance Framework Evaluation Results
    • Searching Compliance Framework Evaluation Results
    • Browsing Compliance Framework Errors
    • Searching Compliance Framework Errors
    • Verifying Database Targets Are Compliant with Compliance Frameworks
  • About Compliance Standards
  • Operations on Compliance Standards
    • Creating a Compliance Standard
    • Creating Like a Compliance Standard
    • Editing a Compliance Standard
    • Deleting a Compliance Standard
    • Exporting a Compliance Standard
    • Importing a Compliance Standard
    • Browsing Compliance Standards
    • Searching Compliance Standards
    • Browsing Compliance Standard Evaluation Results
    • Searching Compliance Standard Evaluation Results
    • Browsing Compliance Standard Errors
    • Searching Compliance Standard Errors
    • Associating a Compliance Standard with Targets
    • Viewing Real-time Monitoring Compliance Standard Warnings
    • Enabling Security Metrics
    • Considerations When Creating Compliance Standards
  • About Compliance Standard Rule Folders
    • Creating Rule Folders
    • Managing Rule Folders in a Compliance Standard
  • About Compliance Standard Rules
  • Operations on Compliance Standards Rules
    • Creating a Repository Compliance Standard Rule
    • Creating a WebLogic Server Signature Compliance Standard Rule
    • Creating a Real-time Monitoring Compliance Standard Rule
    • Creating Like a Compliance Standard Rule
    • Editing a Compliance Standard Rule
    • Deleting a Compliance Standard Rule
    • Exporting a Compliance Standard Rule
    • Importing a Compliance Standard Rule
    • Browsing Compliance Standard Rules
    • Searching Compliance Standard Rules
    • Compliance Standard Rules Provided by Oracle
• Real-time Monitoring Facets
  • About Real-time Monitoring Facets
    • Facet Entity Types
    • Facet Patterns
  • Operations on Facets
    • Viewing the Facet Library
    • Creating and Editing Facets
    • Creating and Editing Facet Folders
    • Deleting a Facet
    • Using Create Like to Create a New Facet
    • Importing and Exporting Facets
    • Changing Base Facet Attributes Not Yet Used In a Rule
• Example of Creating Repository Rule Based on Custom Configuration Collections

31 Managing Database Configuration Changes

• Overview of Change Management for Databases
• Overview of Schema Baselines
  • Overview of Scope Specification
  • Capturing a Schema Baseline Version
  • Working With A Schema Baseline Version
  • Working With Multiple Schema Baseline Versions
  • Exporting and Importing Schema Baselines
    • Creating Directory Objects for Export and Import
• Overview of Schema Comparisons
  • Defining Schema Comparisons
  • Working with Schema Comparison Versions
• Overview of Schema Synchronizations
  • Defining Schema Synchronizations
  • Creating a Synchronization Definition from a Comparison
  • Working with Schema Synchronization Versions
    • The Schema Synchronization Cycle
  • Creating Additional Synchronization Versions
• Overview of Change Plans
  • Working with Change Plans
  • Creating a Change Plan
    • Creating and Applying a Change Plan From a Schema Comparison
    • Using External Clients to Create and Access Change Plans in Cloud Control
  • Submitting Schema Change Plans From SQL Developer Interface
• Overview of Data Comparison
  • Requirements for Data Comparisons
  • Comparing Data and Viewing Results

32 Additional Setup for Real-time Monitoring

• Overview of Real-Time Monitoring
• Overview of Resource Consumption Considerations
  • OS File Monitoring Archiving
  • OS File Read Monitoring
  • Creating Facets That Have Very Broad Coverage
  • Cloud Control Repository Sizing
• Configuring Monitoring Credentials
• Preparing To Monitor Linux Hosts
  • OS File Monitoring
  • Debugging Kernel Module Or Other File Monitoring Issues
• Preparing To Monitor Windows Hosts
  • Verifying Auditing Is Configured Properly
  • Subinacl External Requirements
• Preparing To Monitor Solaris Hosts
  • Enabling BSM Auditing
    • Using Solaris Versions 9 and 10
    • Using Solaris 11
  • Managing Audit Log Files
• Preparing to Monitor AIX Hosts
  • Installation Prerequisite for AIX 5.3
  • Administering AIX Auditing
  • Verifying AIX System Log Files for the OS User Monitoring Module
• Preparing To Monitor the Oracle Database
  • Setting Auditing User Privileges
  • Specifying Audit Options
• Setting Up Change Request Management Integration
  • BMC Remedy Action Request System 7.1 Integration
    • Remedy Installation and Customization
• Overview of the Repository Views Related to Real-time Monitoring Features
• Modifying Data Retention Periods
• Real-time Monitoring Supported Platforms
  • OS User Monitoring
  • OS Process Monitoring
  • OS File Monitoring
  • OS Windows Registry Monitoring
  • OS Windows Active Directory User Monitoring
  • OS Windows Active Directory Computer Monitoring
  • OS Windows Active Directory Group Monitoring
  • Oracle Database Table Monitoring
  • Oracle Database View Monitoring
  • Oracle Database Materialized View Monitoring
  • Oracle Database Index Monitoring
  • Oracle Database Sequence Monitoring
  • Oracle Database Procedure Monitoring
  • Oracle Database Function Monitoring
  • Oracle Database Package Monitoring
  • Oracle Database Library Monitoring
  • Oracle Database Trigger Monitoring
  • Oracle Database Tablespace Monitoring
  • Oracle Database Cluster Monitoring
  • Oracle Database Link Monitoring
  • Oracle Database Dimension Monitoring
  • Oracle Database Profile Monitoring
  • Oracle Database Public Link Monitoring
  • Oracle Database Public Synonym Monitoring
  • Oracle Database Synonym Monitoring
  • Oracle Database Type Monitoring
  • Oracle Database Role Monitoring
  • Oracle Database User Monitoring
  • Oracle Database SQL Query Statement Monitoring

Part IX Oracle Site Guard and Change Activity Planner

33 Overview of Change Activity Planner

• Before Getting Started
  • Change Activity Planner Roles and Privileges
  • Change Activity Planner Terminology
    • Plan
    • Task Definition
    • Task
• Creating a Change Activity Plan
  • Adding a Task Definition
  • Adding a Task Group
• Operations on Change Activity Plans
  • Creating a Plan Like Another Plan
  • Editing a Plan
  • Deleting a Plan
  • Deactivating a Plan
  • Exporting Plans
  • Printing Plans
  • Changing the Owner of a Plan
• Managing a Change Activity Plan
  • Summary Tab
  • Tasks Tab
  • Comments and Audit Trail Tab
• Viewing My Tasks
• Example of Using Change Activity Planner
  • Automating Activity Planning
  • Additional Steps in Automating Activity Planning
  • Using Change Activity Planner for Patching

34 Using Oracle Site Guard

• What is New in Oracle Site Guard for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Release 2
• Important Notes Before You Begin
• Overview of Oracle Site Guard
  • Benefits of Oracle Site Guard
  • Oracle Site Guard Operations
  • Site Representation in Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
• Terminology Used in Oracle Site Guard
• Using Oracle Site Guard: Overview
  • Task Overview
  • Task Roadmap
• Installing Oracle Site Guard
• Prerequisites for Configuring Oracle Fusion Middleware Products on Oracle Site Guard
  • Discovering Targets on the Primary Site and the Standby Site
  • Creating Primary and Standby Sites
    • Creating a Generic System Using Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Console
    • Creating a Generic System Using EMCLI Commands
  • Creating Credentials
    • Creating Named Credentials Using Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Console
    • Creating Named Credentials Using EMCLI Commands
    • Setting Preferred Credentials Using Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Console
    • Setting Preferred Credentials Using EMCLI Commands
  • Configuring the Software Library
    • Configuring Storage Location for Software Library Using Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Console
    • Configuring Storage Location for Software Library Using Enterprise Manager Command-Line Interface
• Creating Scripts
• Configuring Oracle Site Guard
  • Configuring Sites
  • Associating Credentials
    • Associating Credentials Using Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Console
    • Associating Credentials Using EMCLI Commands
  • Associating Pre-Scripts and Post-Scripts
    • Associating Pre-Scripts and Post-Scripts Using Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Console
  • Associating Storage Scripts
    • Associating Storage Scripts Using Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Console
    • Associating Storage Scripts Using EMCLI Commands
• Executing Oracle Site Guard Operations
  • Creating an Operation Plan
  • Updating an Operation Plan
    • Changing Execution Orders
    • Updating Execution Modes
    • Disabling a Step
    • Deleting a Step
    • Updating Error Modes
  • Running Precheck Utility
    • Running Precheck Utility Using Command-Line Interface
    • Running Precheck Utility Using Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Console
  • Submitting an Operation Plan
    • Submitting an Operation Plan Using EMCLI Command
    • Submitting an Operation Plan Using Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Console
  • Monitoring an Operation Plan
    • Monitoring an Operation Plan Using Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Console
    • Monitoring an Operation Plan Using EMCLI Command
• Error Management Framework
  • Error Modes
    • Stop Error Mode
    • Continue Error Mode
  • Updating Error Modes in an Operation Plan
    • Updating an Error Mode in an Operation Plan Using EMCLI Commands
    • Updating an Error Mode in an Operation Plan Using Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Console
  • Retrying a Failed Operation Using Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Console
• Managing a Site Using Oracle Site Guard
  • Stopping a Site
    • Stopping a Site Using EMCLI Command
    • Stopping a Site Using Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Console
  • Starting a Site
    • Starting a Site Using EMCLI Command
    • Starting a Site Using Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Console
  • Performing Site Switchover
    • Performing a Site Switchover Using EMCLI Command
    • Performing a Site Switchover Using Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Console
  • Performing Site Failover
    • Performing a Site Failover Using EMCLI Command
    • Performing a Site Failover Using Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Console

35 Example Scenario: Using Oracle Site Guard

• Task 1: Setting Up Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Deployment
• Task 2: Discovering Targets for the Primary Site and the Standby Site
• Task 3: Creating Production and Standby Systems for Oracle Business Intelligence
• Task 4: Creating Credentials
• Task 5: Configuring the Software Library
• Task 6: Creating Oracle Site Guard Configuration
  • Associating Oracle Business Intelligence Sites Using Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Console
  • Associating Oracle Business Intelligence Sites Using EMCLI Commands
• Task 7: Associating Credentials for Site
  • Associating Credentials for Oracle Business Intelligence Sites Using Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Console
  • Associating Credentials for Oracle Business Intelligence Sites Using EMCLI Commands
• Task 8: Creating Pre-Scripts and Post-Scripts
  • Creating Pre-Scripts and Post-Scripts for Start or Stop Operations
  • Creating Pre-Scripts and Post-Scripts for Switchover or Failover Operations
    • Pre-Script for Switchover Operation on BISystem1
    • Post-Script for Switchover Operation on BISystem1
    • Post-Script for Failover Operation on BISystem1
    • Pre-Script for Switchover Operation on BISystem2
    • Post-Script for Switchover Operation on BISystem2
    • Post-Script for Failover Operation on BISystem2
• Task 9: Associating Storage Scripts
  • Associating Storage Scripts for Oracle Business Intelligence Sites Using Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Console
  • Associating Storage Scripts for Oracle Business Intelligence Sites Using EMCLI Commands
• Task 10: Creating Operation Plans
  • Operation Plan to Start Operation on BISystem1
  • Operation Plan to Stop Operation on BISystem1
  • Operation Plan to Start Operation on BISystem2
  • Operation Plan to Stop Operation on BISystem2
  • Operation Plan to Switchover Operation on BISystem2
  • Operation Plan to Switchover Operation on BISystem1
  • Operation Plan for Failover Operation on BISystem2
  • Operation Plan to Failover Operation on BISystem1
  • Listing Operation Plan
  • Listing Operation Plan Detail
• Task 11: Updating an Operation Plan
  • Update an Operation Plan Using EMCLI
  • Update an Operation Plan Using Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Console
• Task 12: Starting BISystem1
• Task 13: Stopping BISystem1
• Task 14: Running the Oracle Site Guard Pre-Check Utility
• Task 15: Performing Site Switchover
  • Switchover to BISystem1
  • Switchover to BISystem2
• Task 16: Performing Site Failover
  • Failover to BISystem1
  • Failover to BISystem2

Part X Deployment Procedures

36 About Deployment Procedures

• Overview of the Procedure Management Solution
  • Overview of the Provisioning Page
  • Comparison Between the Existing Design and the New Design for Procedure Instance Execution Page
  • Overview of the Procedure Instance Execution Page
• Granting Roles and Privileges to Administrators
  • Granting Roles and Privileges to Administrators on the Deployment Procedure
  • Granting Roles and Privileges to Administrators on Software Library
• Components of a Procedure
  • Target List
  • Procedure Variables
  • Phases and Steps
• Creating, Saving, and Launching User Defined Deployment Procedure (UDDP)
  • Step 1: Creating User Defined Deployment Procedure
  • Step 2: Saving and Launching User Defined Deployment Procedure with Default Inputs
    • Saving and Launching the Deployment Procedure with Lock Down
  • Step 3: Launching and Running the Saved User Defined Deployment Procedure
  • Step 4: Tracking the Submitted User Defined Deployment Procedure
• Managing Deployment Procedures
  • Viewing, Editing, Deleting a Procedures
  • Editing and Saving Permissions of a Procedures
  • Tracking the Procedure Execution and Status of Deployment Procedures
• Executing Procedure Instance Tasks
  • Investigating a Failed Step for a Single or a Set of Targets
  • Retrying a Failed Step
  • Creating an Incident
  • Viewing the Execution Time of a Deployment Procedure
  • Searching for a Step
  • Downloading a Step Output
  • Accessing the Job Summary Page

37 Customizing Deployment Procedures

• Understanding Customization Types
• Customizing a Deployment Procedure
  • Adding Phases or Steps
    • Adding Rolling or Parallel Phase
    • Adding Job Step
    • Adding Directive Step
    • Adding Component Step
    • Adding File Transfer Step
    • Adding Host Command Step
    • Adding Manual Step
  • Adding Target Lists
  • Adding Procedure Variables
  • Deleting Phases or Steps
  • Enabling or Disabling Phases or Steps
  • Setting Step Level Grace Period
• Editing a Custom Deployment Procedure
• Assigning Variable Values at Runtime
• Changing Error Handling Modes
• Setting Up E-Mail Notifications
  • Configuring an Outgoing Mail (SMTP)) Server Within Enterprise Manager
  • Providing the Administrator Enterprise Manager E-mail and Password
• Copying Customized Provisioning Entities from One Enterprise Manager Site to Another
• Customizing Directive WorkFlow Example
  • Creating and Uploading Copy of a Default Directive
  • Customizing Deployment Procedure to Use the New Directive
  • Running the Customized Deployment Procedure

Part XI Additional Information

A Using Enterprise Manager Command Line Interface

• Overview
• Prerequisites
• Enterprise Manager Command Line Interface Verbs
  • Provisioning EM CLI Verbs
    • New Enterprise Manager Command Line Interface Verbs
    • Obsolete Enterprise Manager Command Line Interface Verbs
    • Enterprise Manager Command Line Interface Verbs for Running Procedures
  • Patching EM CLI Verbs
  • Software Library EM CLI Verbs
• Provisioning Using EM CLI
  • Creating the Properties File to Submit a Deployment Procedure
  • Using Properties File from an Existing Execution of a Deployment Procedure
  • Launching a Procedure using an Existing Saved Procedure
    • Saving a Procedure Configuration of a Procedure
    • Updating the Procedure Configuration of a Procedure
  • Provisioning Pluggable Databases
    • Creating a Pluggable Database
    • Migrating a Non-Container Database as a Pluggable Database
    • Unplugging and Dropping a Pluggable Database
• Patching Using EM CLI
  • Before You Begin
  • Patching Using EM CLI
    • Creating a New Properties File for Patching Targets
    • Using the Properties File of an Existing Patch Plan to Patch the targets
• WorkFlow Examples Using EM CLI Commands
  • Provisioning Oracle Database Software
  • Provisioning Oracle WebLogic Server
  • Provisioning User Defined Deployment Procedure
    • Prerequisites
    • Adding Steps and Phases to User Defined Deployment Procedure Using GUI
    • Using EM CLI commands to Run an Instance of the Procedure
  • Patching WebLogic Server Target
  • Creating a New Generic Component by Associating a Zip File
    • Step 1: Identifying the Parent Folder in Software Library
    • Step 2: Creating a Generic Component Entity
    • Step 3: Associating a Zip File to the Generic Component
    • Step 4: Verifying the Newly Created Entity
  • Migrate and Remove a Software Library storage location
    • Step 1: Adding a Destination Storage Location for Migrating Files
    • Step 2: Migrate and Remove an existing storage location
• Limitations of Using Enterprise Manager Command Line Interface

B Checking Host Readiness

• Setting Up User Accounts
  • Configuring SSH
• Shell Limits
• Root Setup (Privilege Delegation)
• Environment Settings
  • Kernel Requirements
  • Node Time Requirements
  • Package Requirements
  • Memory and Disk Space Requirements
  • Network & IP Address Requirements
• Storage Requirements
• Installation Directories and Oracle Inventory

C Using emctl partool Utility

• Overview of Provisioning Archive Files
• Overview of emctl partool Utility
• Checking Oracle Software Library
• Exporting Deployment Procedures
  • Obtaining Deployment Procedure's GUID
  • Creating PAR File
• Importing PAR Files
  • Importing Using Command Line Interface
    • Importing Specific PAR File
    • Importing All PAR Files
  • Importing Using Cloud Control Console

D Understanding PXE Booting and Kickstart Technology

• About PXE Booting and Kickstart Technology
• Subnet Provisioning Usecases

E Troubleshooting Issues

• Troubleshooting Database Provisioning Issues
  • Grid Infrastructure Root Script Failure
  • SUDO Error During Deployment Procedure Execution
  • Prerequisites Checks Failure
  • Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM) Disk Creation Failure
  • Oracle ASM Disk Permissions Error
  • Specifying a Custom Temporary Directory for Database Provisioning
  • Incident Creation When Deployment Procedure Fails
  • Reading Remote Log Files
  • Retrying Failed Jobs
• Troubleshooting Patching Issues
  • Oracle Software Library Configuration Issues
    • Error Occurs While Staging a File
    • Error Occurs While Uploading a Patch Set
    • OPatch Update Job Fails When Duplicate Directories Are Found in the Software Library
  • My Oracle Support Connectivity Issues
    • Error Occurs While Testing the Proxy Server That Supports Only Digest Authentication
  • Host and Oracle Home Credential Issues
    • Cannot Create Log Files When You Set Privileged Credentials as Normal Oracle Home Credentials
  • Collection Issues
    • Missing Details in Plan Wizard
    • Cannot Add Targets to a Patch Plan
  • Patch Recommendation Issues
    • Patch Recommendations Do Not Appear After Installing Oracle Management Agent on Oracle Exadata Targets
  • Patch Plan Issues
    • Patch Plan Becomes Nondeployable and Fails
    • Instances Not to Be Migrated Are Also Shown as Impacted Targets for Migration
    • Cluster ASM and Its Instances Do Not Appear as Impacted Targets While Patching a Clusterware Target
    • Recovering from a Partially Prepared Plan
    • Error #1009 Appears in the Create Plan Wizard While Creating or Editing a Patch Plan
    • Analysis Succeeds But the Deploy Button is Disabled
    • Patch Plan Fails When Patch Plan Name Exceeds 64 Bytes
    • Out-of-Place Patching Fails for 11.2.0.3 Exadata Clusterware
  • Patch Plan Analysis Issues
    • Patch Plan Remains in Analysis State Even After the Deployment Procedure Ends
    • Patch Plan Analysis Fails When the Host's Node Name Property Is Missing
    • Link to Show Detailed Progress on the Analysis Is Not Actionable
    • Raising Service Requests When You Are Unable to Resolve Analysis Failure Issues
  • User Account and Role Issues
    • Out-of-Place Patching Errors Out If Patch Designers and Patch Operators Do Not Have the Required Privileges
• Troubleshooting Linux Patching Issues
• Troubleshooting Linux Provisioning Issues
• Troubleshooting Oracle Site Guard Issues
  • Operation Plan Failure
  • Switchover or Failover Operations Failure
  • Precheck Failure
  • Oracle WebLogic Server Failure
  • Database Failure
• Frequently Asked Questions on Linux Provisioning
• Refreshing Configurations
  • Refreshing Host Configuration
  • Refreshing Oracle Home Configuration
• Reviewing Log Files
  • OMS-Related Log Files
  • Management Agent-Related Log Files
  • Advanced Options
    • On the OMS Side
    • On the Management Agent Side

F Oracle Site Guard Command-Line Interface Reference

• add_siteguard_script_hosts
• create_operation_plan
• create_siteguard_configuration
• create_siteguard_credential_association
• create_siteguard_script
• delete_operation_plan
• delete_siteguard_configuration
• delete_siteguard_credential_association
• delete_siteguard_script
• delete_siteguard_script_hosts
• get_operation_plan_details
• get_operation_plans
• get_siteguard_configuration
• get_siteguard_credential_association
• get_siteguard_script_hosts
• get_siteguard_scripts
• get_siteguard_supported_targets
• run_prechecks
• submit_operation_plan
• update_operation_plan
• update_siteguard_configuration
• update_siteguard_credential_association
• update_siteguard_script

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