Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Structure
• Conventions

1 Overview of Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c

• 1.1 About Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c
• 1.2 Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Architecture
• 1.3 Enterprise Manager Management Focus Areas
  • 1.3.1 Framework and Infrastructure
  • 1.3.2 Enterprise Monitoring
  • 1.3.3 Application Management
  • 1.3.4 Database Management
  • 1.3.5 Middleware Management
  • 1.3.6 Hardware and Virtualization Management
  • 1.3.7 Heterogeneous (Non-Oracle) Management
  • 1.3.8 Cloud Management
  • 1.3.9 Lifecycle Management
  • 1.3.10 Application Performance Management
  • 1.3.11 Application Quality Management

2 New Features In Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c

• 2.1 What's New in Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Release 5 (12.1.0.5)
• 2.2 Oracle Cloud Management (Hybrid Cloud)
• 2.3 Framework and Infrastructure
  • 2.3.1 Robust and Extensible Architecture
    • 2.3.1.1 Management Features Now Provided through Plug-ins
    • 2.3.1.2 Self Update
    • 2.3.1.3 Software Library
    • 2.3.1.4 Improved Loader and Redesigned Agent
    • 2.3.1.5 Simplified Management of Enterprise Manager Components
    • 2.3.1.6 Target Prioritization
    • 2.3.1.7 Simplified OMS Disaster Recovery
  • 2.3.2 Cloud Control Console Enhancements
  • 2.3.3 Group and System Enhancements
    • 2.3.3.1 Dynamic Groups
    • 2.3.3.2 System Dashboard Enhancements
    • 2.3.3.3 Incident Management Actions in System Dashboard
  • 2.3.4 Reporting Enhancements
    • 2.3.4.1 BI Publisher 11.1.1.7 Integration
    • 2.3.4.2 Integrated Installation of Business Information Publisher with Enterprise Manager 12c
  • 2.3.5 Security
    • 2.3.5.1 Authentication Enhancements
    • 2.3.5.2 Improved Credential Management
    • 2.3.5.3 Fine-grained Privileges and Out-of-Box Roles
    • 2.3.5.4 Administrator Entitlement Summary Page
    • 2.3.5.5 Auditing
    • 2.3.5.6 Better Support for Changing WebLogic Server Demonstration Certificates
    • 2.3.5.7 Security Console
    • 2.3.5.8 SSH Key Credential Support in Preferred Credentials
    • 2.3.5.9 Global Preferred Credentials
    • 2.3.5.10 Private Roles
    • 2.3.5.11 Default and Bulk Apply Privilege Delegation Template
    • 2.3.5.12 Fine Grained Aggregate Target Type Privilege Enhancement
  • 2.3.6 Enterprise Manager Command Line Interface With Scripting Option
  • 2.3.7 EM CLI Tracking and Setup
  • 2.3.8 Support for Properties for Enterprise Manager Administrators
  • 2.3.9 Job System Enhancements
  • 2.3.10 Deployment Procedures
    • 2.3.10.1 Enhanced Customization of Patching Procedures
  • 2.3.11 Agent-Side Check Based Rule and Secure Technical Implementation Guide Compliance
    • 2.3.11.1 Manual Rules
    • 2.3.11.2 Violation Suppression and Unsuppression
    • 2.3.11.3 Agent-Side Rules
  • 2.3.12 Plug-in Management
• 2.4 Services Management
  • 2.4.1 New Create Wizard for Services
  • 2.4.2 Support for REST and WADL for Web Service Beacon Tests
  • 2.4.3 Service Target Dashboard
  • 2.4.4 SLA Management Enhancements
• 2.5 Enterprise Monitoring and Incident Management Features
  • 2.5.1 Administration Groups and Template Collections
    • 2.5.1.1 Search in Administration Group Hierarchy
    • 2.5.1.2 Flexible Editing of Administration Group Hierarchy
    • 2.5.1.3 Monitoring Templates and Template Collections Enhancements
  • 2.5.2 Blackout Enhancements
  • 2.5.3 Metrics Enhancements
    • 2.5.3.1 Advanced Thresholds Management
    • 2.5.3.2 Metric Alert Message Customization
    • 2.5.3.3 Metric Collection Schedule Enhancements
    • 2.5.3.4 Time-Based Static Thresholds
  • 2.5.4 Metric Extensions
    • 2.5.4.1 Grant Edit or Full Privileges on Metric Extensions
    • 2.5.4.2 Metric Extensions Enhancements
    • 2.5.4.3 Repository-Side Metric Extensions
  • 2.5.5 All Metrics Chart Enhancements
  • 2.5.6 Incident Management
    • 2.5.6.1 Incident Management Updates in 12.1.0.2
    • 2.5.6.2 Incident Management Updates in 12.1.0.3
    • 2.5.6.3 Incident Management Updates in 12.1.0.4
  • 2.5.7 Notification Enhancements
    • 2.5.7.1 SNMP Version 3 Support in Notification Methods
  • 2.5.8 Enhanced Target Down Detection
    • 2.5.8.1 Faster Target Down Detection and Notification
    • 2.5.8.2 Enhanced Agent Down and Host Down Detection
• 2.6 Fusion Application Management
  • 2.6.1 Oracle Fusion Applications Plug-in 12.1.0.1 Features
    • 2.6.1.1 Oracle Fusion Applications Management Support
    • 2.6.1.2 Support Workbench Enhancements for Oracle Fusion Applications
    • 2.6.1.3 Oracle Fusion Applications Installation Backup and Recovery
    • 2.6.1.4 Enterprise Scheduler Service
  • 2.6.2 Oracle Fusion Applications Plug-in 12.1.0.2 Features
    • 2.6.2.1 Oracle Fusion Applications Management Support
    • 2.6.2.2 Streamlining Whole Server Migration
  • 2.6.3 Oracle Fusion Applications Plug-in 12.1.0.3 Features
    • 2.6.3.1 Fusion Applications Backup and Restore Enhancements
  • 2.6.4 Oracle Fusion Applications Plug-in 12.1.0.4 Features
    • 2.6.4.1 Fusion Application Provisioning Based on T2P
    • 2.6.4.2 Fusion Applications Discovery Diagnostics
    • 2.6.4.3 New Configuration Standards
    • 2.6.4.4 Create Additional Associations
    • 2.6.4.5 EM CLI for Packaging Fusion Applications Incidents
    • 2.6.4.6 Continued Improvement in Fusion Applications Scale-Out Capabilities
  • 2.6.5 Oracle Fusion Applications Plug-in 12.1.0.6 Features
    • 2.6.5.1 Problem Analysis
• 2.7 Database Management
  • 2.7.1 Database System Discovery Enhancements
  • 2.7.2 Configuration Management Enhancements
  • 2.7.3 Configuration Compliance
  • 2.7.4 Database System and Associations
  • 2.7.5 Database Patching and Upgrade
  • 2.7.6 Simplified EM CLI verbs for Deployment Procedures
  • 2.7.7 Performance Diagnostics Enhancements
  • 2.7.8 Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance Plug-in 12.1.0.1 Features
  • 2.7.9 Database Plug-in 12.1.0.1 Features
    • 2.7.9.1 Oracle Real Applications Clusters Management Enhancements
    • 2.7.9.2 Manage Automatic Storage Management Clusters as a Target
    • 2.7.9.3 Backup and Restore Enhancements
    • 2.7.9.4 Streams and XStreams Support
    • 2.7.9.5 Schema Change Management Enhancements
    • 2.7.9.6 Active Session History Analytics
    • 2.7.9.7 Emergency Monitoring
    • 2.7.9.8 Real-time Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor
    • 2.7.9.9 Compare Period ADDM
    • 2.7.9.10 New Active Reports
    • 2.7.9.11 Application Data Model
    • 2.7.9.12 Data Subsetting
    • 2.7.9.13 Reversible Data Masking
    • 2.7.9.14 Real Application Testing and Data Masking Integration
    • 2.7.9.15 Application Templates for Data Masking and Data Subsetting
    • 2.7.9.16 Segregation of Duties
    • 2.7.9.17 Provisioning Profiles
    • 2.7.9.18 Input Lockdown
    • 2.7.9.19 Provisioning Bundle Updates through the Self Update Feature
    • 2.7.9.20 Default Variable Values in Deployment Procedures
    • 2.7.9.21 Customizable User-Defined Deployment Procedures
    • 2.7.9.22 Software Library Entities
    • 2.7.9.23 Improved Troubleshooting for Deployment Procedures
  • 2.7.10 Database Plug-in 12.1.0.2 Features
    • 2.7.10.1 Synchronizing the Software Library
    • 2.7.10.2 Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System Support
  • 2.7.11 Database Plug-in 12.1.0.3 Features
    • 2.7.11.1 Support for Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1)
    • 2.7.11.2 Support for Pluggable Databases and Container Databases
    • 2.7.11.3 Support for Container Database Backup and Recovery
    • 2.7.11.4 New Pluggable Database Target Type to Support Container Based Databases in Oracle Database 12c
    • 2.7.11.5 Enhancements to Expose Navigation Between Containers in a Container Database
    • 2.7.11.6 Support for Oracle ASM Features
    • 2.7.11.7 Support for Oracle ACFS New Features
    • 2.7.11.8 Database Replay Support for Database Consolidation Using Pluggable Databases
    • 2.7.11.9 Data Masking Support
    • 2.7.11.10 Real-Time Database Operations Monitoring
  • 2.7.12 Database Plug-in 12.1.0.5 Features
    • 2.7.12.1 Application Data Model Enhancements
    • 2.7.12.2 Enterprise Manager ASM Monitoring and Management Enhancements
    • 2.7.12.3 Enterprise Manager Support for Golden Gate and Streams Integration for Replication Management
    • 2.7.12.4 SQL Performance Analyzer Quick Check
    • 2.7.12.5 Enhancements for Database Replay Consolidation
    • 2.7.12.6 Support for Data Guard Rolling Upgrade
    • 2.7.12.7 Support for Global Data Services
    • 2.7.12.8 Masking Enhancements for Fusion Middleware, E-Business Suite, and PeopleSoft Applications
    • 2.7.12.9 Subset Enhancements
    • 2.7.12.10 Support for Database Replay Capacity Planning and Scale-up Testing
    • 2.7.12.11 Patching for RAC and Grid Infrastructure Databases
    • 2.7.12.12 Upgrade RAC Clusters from Older Versions up to Later Versions
    • 2.7.12.13 Compression Central and Compression Advisor
    • 2.7.12.14 Out of Box Support for Information Lifecycle Management
    • 2.7.12.15 Support for Oracle Data Vault Privilege Analysis
    • 2.7.12.16 Database Discovery Enhancements
  • 2.7.13 Database Plug-in 12.1.0.6 Features
    • 2.7.13.1 Lifecycle Management Support for Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.2.0)
    • 2.7.13.2 Complete Patching Orchestration of Data Guard Protected Databases
    • 2.7.13.3 Support for Out of Place Patching for Data Guard Databases
    • 2.7.13.4 Oracle Database 11g STIG Compliance Standard
    • 2.7.13.5 PDB Creation from PDB Snapshot Profiles
    • 2.7.13.6 Switchback for Single Instance Databases Patched Out of Place
  • 2.7.14 Database Plug-in 12.1.0.7 Features
    • 2.7.14.1 Transparent Data Encryption Enhancements
    • 2.7.14.2 Support for Sensitive Column Types and Custom Data Redaction Formats in Oracle Data Redaction Policies
    • 2.7.14.3 Out of Place Patching for DBaaS and Software Standardization for the Data Center
    • 2.7.14.4 DBaaS Pool Patching Mechanism
    • 2.7.14.5 Software Standardization Advisor
    • 2.7.14.6 Data Lifecycle Management
  • 2.7.15 Database Plug-in 12.1.0.8 Features
    • 2.7.15.1 Snap Clone Leveraging Sparse Clones on Exadata
    • 2.7.15.2 Data Cloning to Oracle Cloud
• 2.8 Middleware Management
  • 2.8.1 Fusion Middleware Plug-in 12.1.0.1 Features
    • 2.8.1.1 Topology Views of the Fusion Middleware Environment
    • 2.8.1.2 Oracle Exalogic Management Enhancements
    • 2.8.1.3 Oracle Fusion Middleware Provisioning Enhancements
    • 2.8.1.4 Management Support for Identity and Access Management Mobile and Social Features
    • 2.8.1.5 Platform-as-a-Service and Infrastructure-as-a-Service Environment Enhancements
    • 2.8.1.6 Monitoring and Diagnostics
    • 2.8.1.7 Cache Administration
    • 2.8.1.8 Coherence Provisioning
    • 2.8.1.9 Configuration Management
    • 2.8.1.10 Performance Summary Baseline Support
    • 2.8.1.11 Composite Application Dashboard
    • 2.8.1.12 Enterprise-Wide Web Service Policy Dashboard
    • 2.8.1.13 Middleware Diagnostic Advisor
    • 2.8.1.14 WebLogic and Fusion Middleware Log Viewer
    • 2.8.1.15 Integration of BEA Guardian
    • 2.8.1.16 Application Replay
  • 2.8.2 Fusion Middleware Plug-in 12.1.0.2 Features
    • 2.8.2.1 Enhanced Deploy/Undeploy Java EE Application Deployment Procedure
    • 2.8.2.2 Enhancements to Oracle Fusion Middleware WebLogic Domain Target Discovery
    • 2.8.2.3 Request Instance Diagnostics
    • 2.8.2.4 Support for Patching a WebLogic Domain
    • 2.8.2.5 Disaster Recovery Operations
  • 2.8.3 Fusion Middleware Plug-in 12.1.0.3 Features
    • 2.8.3.1 Monitoring and Diagnostics Features
    • 2.8.3.2 Business Application Target Features
    • 2.8.3.3 Lifecycle Management Features
    • 2.8.3.4 Oracle Site Guard Features
    • 2.8.3.5 Identity Management Features
    • 2.8.3.6 Other Features
    • 2.8.3.7 Oracle Exalogic Management Enhancements
  • 2.8.4 Fusion Middleware Plug-in 12.1.0.4 Features
    • 2.8.4.1 SOA Management Features
    • 2.8.4.2 Monitoring and Diagnostics Features
    • 2.8.4.3 Exalytics Management
    • 2.8.4.4 JVM Diagnostics/ADP Installation and Upgrade
    • 2.8.4.5 Updates to the Middleware Summary Page
    • 2.8.4.6 Monitor Oracle Jolt Performance Metrics
    • 2.8.4.7 WebLogic Cluster Performance Summary Page Supported for Non-Oracle JRF Enabled Clusters
    • 2.8.4.8 Oracle Exalogic Management Enhancements
    • 2.8.4.9 Diagnostic Snapshot Enhancements
    • 2.8.4.10 Archived Log Files Supported in Log Viewer
    • 2.8.4.11 Lifecycle Management Features
    • 2.8.4.12 Administration Features
    • 2.8.4.13 User Interface Updates for Site Guard Operations
    • 2.8.4.14 RUEI Metric Page
    • 2.8.4.15 JVM Real-Time Thread State
    • 2.8.4.16 JVM Active Threads
    • 2.8.4.17 Enhancements to the RUEI Data page
    • 2.8.4.18 Enhancements to the RUEI Session Diagnostics
  • 2.8.5 Fusion Middleware Plug-in 12.1.0.5 Features
    • 2.8.5.1 Exalytics Management
    • 2.8.5.2 Process Control Enhancements
    • 2.8.5.3 RESTful Services Monitoring
    • 2.8.5.4 Siteguard Enhancements
    • 2.8.5.5 Web Service Policy Attachment and Configuration Support
    • 2.8.5.6 Enhancement to the Creation of Middleware Home Gold Images in the Software Library
    • 2.8.5.7 Enhancements to Standalone Oracle HTTP Server Management
    • 2.8.5.8 JVM Performance Page for GlassFish Server
    • 2.8.5.9 Schedule and Track Execution of WLST Commands Through New WLST Script Job
    • 2.8.5.10 Coherence Management Enhancements
    • 2.8.5.11 JBoss Monitoring Enhancements
    • 2.8.5.12 Automated Provisioning of Oracle Service Bus
    • 2.8.5.13 JVM Diagnostics Enhancements
    • 2.8.5.14 Identity Management Compliance
    • 2.8.5.15 Application Replay Enhancements
  • 2.8.6 Fusion Middleware Plug-in 12.1.0.6 Features
    • 2.8.6.1 Middleware as a Service Enhancements
    • 2.8.6.2 Target Management Best Practices
    • 2.8.6.3 Diagnostics Pre-check for Oracle Fusion Middleware
    • 2.8.6.4 Enhancements to Non-Oracle Middleware
    • 2.8.6.5 Coherence
    • 2.8.6.6 Enhanced WebLogic Domain Discovery from EM CLI
    • 2.8.6.7 Enhanced Middleware Summary Page
    • 2.8.6.8 Enhancements for Exalogic Hardware Management
    • 2.8.6.9 Ability to Perform More Administration Operations Against Fusion Middleware
    • 2.8.6.10 Identity And Access Management Patching
    • 2.8.6.11 Automated Provisioning from Installation Media-Based Provisioning Profiles
    • 2.8.6.12 Gold Image Provisioning for SOA and WebCenter
    • 2.8.6.13 Enhancements to Fusion Middleware Provisioning
    • 2.8.6.14 Support for Standalone Oracle HTTP Server Release 12.1.2
    • 2.8.6.15 Enhancements to Fusion Middleware Process Control Job
    • 2.8.6.16 Faster Notification of Down Target Status
    • 2.8.6.17 Middleware Diagnostics Advisor
    • 2.8.6.18 Top Requests Region Added to Java Virtual Machine and Java Virtual Machine Pool Target Home Pages
    • 2.8.6.19 JVM Diagnostics Updates
  • 2.8.7 Fusion Middleware Plug-in 12.1.0.7 Features
    • 2.8.7.1 Fusion Middleware Provisioning Enhancements
    • 2.8.7.2 Support for SOA as a Service and OSB as a Service
    • 2.8.7.3 Common Self Service Framework
    • 2.8.7.4 Oracle Site Guard Enhancement
  • 2.8.8 Fusion Middleware Plug-in 12.1.0.8 Features
    • 2.8.8.1 Generic JVM Provisioning for Private Cloud
    • 2.8.8.2 JVMD Support for PaaS
    • 2.8.8.3 Middleware Self Service Portal Support for Virtual Java as a Service with Exalogic Systems
    • 2.8.8.4 MWaaS on Solaris SPARC
• 2.9 Exadata Management
  • 2.9.1 Exadata Plug-in 12.1.0.3
    • 2.9.1.1 Oracle Exadata Database Machine Management Enhancements
  • 2.9.2 Exadata Plug-in 12.1.0.4
    • 2.9.2.1 Exadata Database Machine Support for SuperClusters
    • 2.9.2.2 Enhanced I/O Resource Management in Oracle Exadata Database Machines
    • 2.9.2.3 Oracle Exadata Database Machines Management
  • 2.9.3 Exadata Plug-in 12.1.0.5
    • 2.9.3.1 Supported Hardware and Software Configurations
    • 2.9.3.2 Database Machine Management Improvements
    • 2.9.3.3 IORM Configurations Metric Improvement
    • 2.9.3.4 InfiniBand Network and Switch Improvements
    • 2.9.3.5 Metrics Improvements
  • 2.9.4 Exadata Plug-in 12.1.0.6
    • 2.9.4.1 Enhanced Enterprise Manager Exadata Storage Server Grid Home and Performance Pages
    • 2.9.4.2 Enhanced Enterprise Manager Exadata Storage Server Cell Home and Performance Pages
    • 2.9.4.3 Newly Supported Hardware and Software Configurations
    • 2.9.4.4 Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Support for Oracle Multitenant Databases on Exadata
• 2.10 Siebel Management
  • 2.10.1 Siebel Plug-in 12.1.0.3 Features
    • 2.10.1.1 Siebel Discovery Available through EM CLI
    • 2.10.1.2 Siebel Discovery Precheck Wizard
    • 2.10.1.3 Siebel Partial Discovery
    • 2.10.1.4 UpdateNow
    • 2.10.1.5 Log Analyzer Metric
  • 2.10.2 Siebel Plug-in 12.1.0.4 Features
    • 2.10.2.1 Additional Discovery Precheck Validations
    • 2.10.2.2 Compliance Rules for Siebel
    • 2.10.2.3 Siebel EM CLI Enhancements
    • 2.10.2.4 Automatic Association of the Siebel Database with the Siebel Enterprise
    • 2.10.2.5 Enterprise Level Monitoring Credential Referencing
• 2.11 Extensibility
  • 2.11.1 Extensibility Developers Kit
  • 2.11.2 Plug-in and Connector Lifecycle Management
  • 2.11.3 Event and Help Desk Connectors
  • 2.11.4 Metric Extensions
  • 2.11.5 Custom Configuration Collections
  • 2.11.6 User-defined Deployment Procedures
  • 2.11.7 Metadata Plug-In Support
    • 2.11.7.1 System Support
    • 2.11.7.2 Custom Discovery Support
    • 2.11.7.3 Localization Support
    • 2.11.7.4 Support for SQL Server 2012 (32-bit / 64-bit)
  • 2.11.8 Plug-in Builder
• 2.12 Cloud Management
  • 2.12.1 Cloud Management Plug-in 12.1.0.1 Features
  • 2.12.2 Cloud Management Plug-in 12.1.0.2 Features
    • 2.12.2.1 Scaling Up and Scaling Down Tier Targets
    • 2.12.2.2 Purging Deployment Requests
    • 2.12.2.3 Notification for Request Statuses
    • 2.12.2.4 RESTful Web Services Support
    • 2.12.2.5 Middleware as a Service Features
  • 2.12.3 Cloud Management Plug-in 12.1.0.4 Features
  • 2.12.4 Cloud Management Plug-in 12.1.0.5 Features
    • 2.12.4.1 Schema as a Service
    • 2.12.4.2 Database Cloning Using Snap Clone
    • 2.12.4.3 Database Cloning using RMAN Backup
    • 2.12.4.4 Testing Cloud Self Service Portal
  • 2.12.5 Cloud Management Plug-in 12.1.0.6 Features
    • 2.12.5.1 Infrastructure as a Service
    • 2.12.5.2 Database as a Service
  • 2.12.6 Cloud Management Plug-in 12.1.0.7 Features
    • 2.12.6.1 TaaS Reporting Enhancements
    • 2.12.6.2 Support for the Oracle Functional Testing Test Driver
    • 2.12.6.3 Oracle Load Testing Test Driver Agent Calibration
    • 2.12.6.4 TaaS External API
    • 2.12.6.5 Identity And Access Management Patching
    • 2.12.6.6 Pluggable Database as a Service
    • 2.12.6.7 Middleware as a Service Updates
  • 2.12.7 Cloud Management Plug-in 12.1.0.8 Features
    • 2.12.7.1 Snap Clone Enhancements
    • 2.12.7.2 CloneDB in DBaaS
    • 2.12.7.3 DBaaS Rapid Start Kit
    • 2.12.7.4 DBaaS: Provision StandBy Databases from SSA Portal
    • 2.12.7.5 New REST Admin APIs for MWaaS
  • 2.12.8 Cloud Management Plug-in 12.1.0.9 Features
    • 2.12.8.1 PDB as a Service Custom Placement Option
    • 2.12.8.2 Data Lifecycle Management
    • 2.12.8.3 Ability to Add and Remove Physical Stand By Databases from the SSA Target Homepage
    • 2.12.8.4 Ability to Specify Various Database Sizes for Provisioning
    • 2.12.8.5 Live Clone
    • 2.12.8.6 Service Template Changes
  • 2.12.9 Cloud Management Plug-in 12.1.0.10 Features
    • 2.12.9.1 Dynamic Scaling of PaaS Zone Through Integration with the Sun Solaris SPARC Ops Center 12c Adapter
    • 2.12.9.2 DBaaS PaaS Provider Pools Integration with Ops Center
    • 2.12.9.3 Clone to Oracle Cloud
  • 2.12.10 Chargeback and Consolidation Planner Plug-in 12.1.0.1 Features
  • 2.12.11 Chargeback and Consolidation Planner Plug-in 12.1.0.2 Features
  • 2.12.12 Chargeback and Consolidation Planner Plug-in 12.1.0.4 Features
    • 2.12.12.1 Chargeback Enhancements
    • 2.12.12.2 Consolidation Planner Support for Exalogic
    • 2.12.12.3 Improved Support for Middleware Consolidation
    • 2.12.12.4 Improved Support for Virtual Machine Consolidation
  • 2.12.13 Chargeback and Consolidation Planner Plug-in 12.1.0.5 Features
  • 2.12.14 Chargeback and Consolidation Planner Plug-in 12.1.0.6 Features
    • 2.12.14.1 Additional EM CLI Verbs
    • 2.12.14.2 Extensibility
    • 2.12.14.3 Support for Custom Target Types
  • 2.12.15 Chargeback and Consolidation Planner Plug-in 12.1.0.7 Features
    • 2.12.15.1 Host Consolidation Support for Oracle Cloud Shapes
  • 2.12.16 Virtualization Management Plug-in 12.1.0.1 Features
  • 2.12.17 Virtualization Management Plug-in 12.1.0.2 Features
    • 2.12.17.1 Patching the Oracle Virtual Machine Server
    • 2.12.17.2 Acknowledging Oracle Virtual Machine Events
  • 2.12.18 Virtualization Management Plug-in 12.1.0.3 Features
    • 2.12.18.1 Support for Oracle Virtual Machine 3.1.1 Management
  • 2.12.19 Virtualization Management Plug-in 12.1.0.4 Features
    • 2.12.19.1 Support for Oracle Virtual Machine 3.2.2 Management
    • 2.12.19.2 Virtual Server Roles
    • 2.12.19.3 Virtual Server Pool Enhancements
    • 2.12.19.4 Managing Multiple Virtual Servers
    • 2.12.19.5 Storage Repository
    • 2.12.19.6 Cluster Timeout Period
    • 2.12.19.7 Virtual Machine Administration
    • 2.12.19.8 Virtual Machine Tagging
  • 2.12.20 Virtualization Management Plug-in 12.1.0.5 Features
    • 2.12.20.1 Support for Oracle Virtual Machine 3.2.1 Integration
  • 2.12.21 Virtual Infrastructure Plug-in 12.1.0.1
  • 2.12.22 Virtual Infrastructure Plug-in 12.1.0.2
    • 2.12.22.1 Dynamic Resource Provisioning Support
  • 2.12.23 Cloud Framework Plug-in 12.1.0.1 Features
  • 2.12.24 Cloud Framework Plug-in 12.1.0.2 Features
• 2.13 Lifecycle Management
  • 2.13.1 Target Monitoring and Discovery Enhancements
    • 2.13.1.1 Automatic Target Discovery
    • 2.13.1.2 Out-of-Box and User-Defined Systems Support
  • 2.13.2 Configuration Discovery and Collection Enhancements
    • 2.13.2.1 Relationships Dependency Collection
    • 2.13.2.2 Extensible Configuration Collection
    • 2.13.2.3 Inventory Reporting
    • 2.13.2.4 Configuration Topology View
  • 2.13.3 Configuration Management Enhancements
    • 2.13.3.1 Comparison Templates
    • 2.13.3.2 System Comparisons
    • 2.13.3.3 Graphical Configuration Search
    • 2.13.3.4 Relationship History
  • 2.13.4 Compliance Enhancements
    • 2.13.4.1 Compliance Framework
    • 2.13.4.2 Out-of-Box Compliance Standards
    • 2.13.4.3 Self-Updatable Compliance Standards
    • 2.13.4.4 Real-Time Change Detection
    • 2.13.4.5 Integration of BEA Guardian
  • 2.13.5 Database Provisioning Enhancements
  • 2.13.6 Patch Management Enhancements
    • 2.13.6.1 Out-of-Place Patching
    • 2.13.6.2 Patch Templates
    • 2.13.6.3 Target Patching Enhancements
    • 2.13.6.4 Scheduling Patch Preparation, Deployment, and Switchback
  • 2.13.7 Database Upgrade Enhancements
  • 2.13.8 Database Change Management Enhancements
    • 2.13.8.1 Change Plans
    • 2.13.8.2 Data Comparison
    • 2.13.8.3 Synchronization of init.ora Parameters
  • 2.13.9 Data Comparison
  • 2.13.10 Bare Metal Provisioning
  • 2.13.11 File Update (Make-It-So) Support for Enterprise Configuration Manager and Control Compliance Suite Configuration Data
  • 2.13.12 Enhanced Provisioning of Java EE Applications
  • 2.13.13 New Procedure Activity page
  • 2.13.14 Change Activity Planner
  • 2.13.15 Offline Patching - Uploading Patches to the Software Library Directly from Remote Patch Repositories
• 2.14 Application Performance Management
  • 2.14.1 Java Virtual Machine Monitoring and Diagnostics Enhancements
  • 2.14.2 JVM Diagnostic Integration With ADDM
  • 2.14.3 Simplified Middleware Diagnostics Deployment and Configuration
  • 2.14.4 Diagnostic Snapshot Support
• 2.15 Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Mobile
  • 2.15.1 Manage and Monitor Targets and Incidents
• 2.16 My Oracle Support Integration
  • 2.16.1 View Service Requests
  • 2.16.2 View Patch Recommendations
  • 2.16.3 Provide Network Access to My Oracle Support
• 2.17 Big Data Appliance Management
  • 2.17.1 Big Data Appliance 12.1.0.3
• 2.18 Engineered Systems Health Checks
  • 2.18.1 Engineered Systems Health Checks 12.1.0.4
• 2.19 Oracle Storage Management Framework
  • 2.19.1 Oracle Storage Management Framework Plug-in 12.1.0.3 Features
  • 2.19.2 Oracle Storage Management Framework Plug-in 12.1.0.4 Features
    • 2.19.2.1 Support for Snap Clone on Oracle SuperClusters
    • 2.19.2.2 Support for the Solaris ZFS File System
  • 2.19.3 Oracle Storage Management Framework Plug-in 12.1.0.5 Features
    • 2.19.3.1 Support for Snap Clone on EMC Storage
    • 2.19.3.2 NetApp 8 Cluster Mode Hardware Support for Snap Clone
• 2.20 Audit Vault and Database Firewall
  • 2.20.1 Audit Vault and Database Firewall Plug-in 12.1.0.1 Enhancements
  • 2.20.2 Audit Vault and Database Firewall Plug-in 12.1.0.3 Enhancements

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