Enterprise Manager Grid ControlNew Features and Case Study

Kevin CrowleyPacific DBMS Pty Ltd

16 – AUG - 2010

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Overview

Certification

OEM Install

First DB server

Data Guard setup

Data Guard Case study

Time to create a database

So, we decided to build one

manually

Further manual steps:

1)Add Agent2)Establish communications with OEM

<OMS HOME>/sysman/agent_download/11.1.0.1.0/linux_x64/agentDownload.linux_x64

Installing Oracle Management Agent Using agentDownload Script

aka Agent Pull method

References

1. Oracle® Enterprise Manager Grid Control Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide 11g Release 1 (11.1.0.1.0) Part Number E16847-07

See: 13 Installing Oracle Management Agent Using agentDownload Script

URL: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11857_01/install.111/e16847/install_agent_agtdwnld.htm

New Features - 11g Grid Control Release 1

Database Management

Supports the new features available in Oracle Database 11g Release 2.

Performance Diagnostics

Enhanced Database Performance page

Significant improvements in ADDM – including RAC capability

Diagnostic Pack

New Features - 11g Grid Control Release 1

Database Management

SQL Tuning

Active Reports support for Realtime SQL Monitoring and SQL Detail

PL/SQL execution monitoring in SQL Monitoring

Alternate execution plan identification in SQL Tuning Advisor based on real-time or historical   performance.

Parallel SQL Profile recommendation in SQL Tuning Advisor to enable parallel execution of a  long-running query.

New Features - 11g Grid Control Release 1

Database Management

Real Application Clusters

Complete support for 11.2 policy managed clustered databases

Auto-discovery of policy managed instances when:

new instances are added or

existing instances relocated

Conversion of single instance database to policy managed clustered databases

New Features - 11g Grid Control Release 1

Database Management

High Availability

Expanded automation for implementation of Oracle's MAA best practice configuration

Enhanced Oracle Streams and Advanced Queuing management and monitoring

New Features - 11g Grid Control Release 1

Database Management

Oracle Clusterware

Monitoring and administration of application resource types and resources

Configuration and management of Server Pools

Push based alerts to Enterprise Manager about Oracle Clusterware resources

Startup and shutdown of Oracle Clusterware

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New Features - 11g Grid Control Release 1

Single Stack Approach

management solutions for Oracle stack

heterogeneous management in one console

* Application Performance Management

* Lifecycle Management

* Configuration and Change Management

* Application Quality Management

Source: http://www.oracle.com/us/products/enterprise-manager/index.htm

New Features - 11g Grid Control Release 1

Oracle Weblogic Server

Oracle EM commenced Weblogic Support in 2006

http://www.appmanagementblog.com/2009/03/oracle-enterprise-manager-10gr5-is-here.html

OEM 11g based on Weblogic server

WebLogic Server Management Pack EE

Document: www.oracle.com/technology/products/oem/pdf/ds_wls_mgmt.pdf

Case Study Oracle EM managed Data Guard

Case StudySwingbench

Swingbench is a free load generator (and benchmarks) designed to stress test an Oracle database (9i,10g,11g).

Source: http://dominicgiles.com/index.html

Case Study

New Features - 11g Grid Control Release 1

Oracle Snapshot Standby Database

alter database convert to snapshot standby;

Logs are still sent to standby but they are not applied. DB is opened READ-WRITE.

Use for testing eg RAT workload replay

alter database convert to physical standby;

Any operation that cannot be reversed using the Flashback Database technology will prevent a snapshot database being converted back to a physical standby.

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