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Contents
Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Related Documents
Conventions
Part I Getting Started
1
Introduction
1.1
Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center in Your Datacenter
1.2
About This Document
1.3
About the Document Library
1.4
User Preferences and Role Preferences
1.4.1
About the Current User Interface Preferences
1.4.2
Preferences By Role
1.4.3
Sign In and Start Page Preferences
1.4.4
Membership Graph Preferences
1.4.5
Time Interval Preferences
2
Asset Management
2.1
Introduction to Asset Management
2.2
Roles for Asset Management
2.3
Actions for Asset Management
2.4
Location of Asset Management Information in the User Interface
2.5
Discovering and Managing Assets
2.5.1
Managing Proxy Controllers for Asset Discovery
2.5.2
Declaring Servers for OS Provisioning
2.5.3
Declaring Servers for Service Processor Configuration
2.5.4
Adding Assets Using a Discovery Profile
2.5.5
Finding Assets
2.5.6
Service Tag Discovery
2.5.7
Creating a Discovery Profile
2.5.8
Editing a Discovery Profile
2.5.9
Copying a Discovery Profile
2.5.10
Deleting a Discovery Profile
2.5.11
Installing Agent Controllers From the Command Line
2.5.12
Using Management Credentials
2.5.12.1
Upgrading Management Credentials From a Prior Version
2.5.12.2
Updating Management Credentials
2.5.12.3
Creating Management Credentials
2.5.12.4
Creating Credentials for Access to the Serial Console or SSH Tunnel
2.5.12.5
Using Custom SSH Keys for OS Discovery
2.5.12.6
Editing Management Credentials
2.5.12.7
Copying Management Credentials
2.5.12.8
Deleting Management Credentials
2.5.13
Editing Asset Attributes
2.5.14
Using Access Points
2.5.15
Deleting Assets
2.5.16
Special Discovery and Management Procedures
2.5.16.1
Windows Systems
2.5.16.2
Servers
2.5.16.3
Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance
2.5.16.4
Oracle Solaris Cluster
2.6
Using Tags
2.6.1
Adding Tags
2.6.2
Viewing Tags
2.6.3
Grouping Assets Using Tags
2.6.4
Deleting Tags
2.7
Using Groups
2.7.1
Types of Groups
2.7.1.1
System Groups
2.7.1.2
User-Defined Groups
2.7.2
Viewing Group Data
2.7.3
Creating a Group
2.7.4
Editing a Group
2.7.5
Adding Assets to a Group
2.7.6
Removing Assets from a Group
2.7.7
Moving Assets to a Group
2.7.8
Moving a Group
2.7.9
Deleting a Group
2.8
Related Resources for Asset Management
3
Jobs
3.1
Introduction to Jobs
3.2
Roles for Job Management
3.3
Job Management
3.4
Viewing Jobs
3.4.1
Viewing All Jobs and Jobs With Specific Status
3.4.2
Viewing Job Details
3.4.3
Monitoring Jobs for an Asset
3.4.4
Search for Jobs
3.5
Taking Actions on a Job
3.5.1
Answering Questions for a Job
3.5.2
Stopping a Job
3.5.3
Re-running a Completed Job
3.5.4
Re-running a Job on Failed Targets
3.5.5
Copying a Job
3.5.6
Deleting a Job
3.5.7
Debugging a Job Using the OCDoctor
3.6
Changing the Job Properties
3.7
Events for Job Management
3.8
Viewing Audit Logs
3.9
Related Resources for Job Management
Part II Configure
4
Monitoring Rules and Policies
4.1
Introduction to Monitoring Rules and Policies
4.2
Roles for Monitoring Rules and Policies
4.3
Actions for Monitoring Rules and Policies
4.4
Location of Monitoring Rules and Policies in the User Interface
4.5
Monitoring Rules
4.5.1
User-Defined Rule Parameters
4.5.2
Enabled and Active Rules
4.5.3
Editing Monitoring Rules
4.5.4
Using Historical Data to Determine Threshold Limits for a Specific Asset
4.5.5
Adding Monitoring Rules
4.6
Monitoring Policies
4.6.1
System and User Defined Monitoring Policies
4.6.2
Monitoring Policy Details
4.6.3
Copying or Creating a Monitoring Policy
4.6.4
Extracting a Monitoring Policy
4.6.5
Editing the Monitoring Configuration of an Asset Bound to a Monitoring Policy
4.6.6
Applying a Monitoring Policy to a Group
4.6.7
Creating a Group of Assets According to Monitoring Policy
4.6.8
Deleting a Monitoring Policy
4.7
Disabling and Enabling Monitoring Policies
4.8
Related Resources for Monitoring Rules and Policies
5
Software Libraries
5.1
Introduction to Software Libraries and Repositories
5.2
Roles for Software Libraries
5.3
Actions for Software Libraries
5.4
Location of Software Library Information in the User Interface
5.5
Knowledge Base and Parent Repository
5.5.1
EC Library
5.5.2
Publishers and Parent of the Oracle Solaris 11 Repository
5.6
Using Software Libraries
5.6.1
Viewing the Contents of a Software Library
5.6.2
Creating a Software Library
5.7
Libraries for Oracle Solaris 11
5.7.1
Oracle Solaris 11 Software Update Library
5.7.1.1
Options for Configuring the Oracle Solaris 11 Software Update Library
5.7.1.2
Library States
5.7.2
Summary of Oracle Solaris 11 Software Update Library
5.7.3
Content of the Oracle Solaris 11 Software Update Library
5.7.4
Configuring Parent Repositories to Synchronize
5.7.5
Using an Alternate IPS Repository
5.7.6
Adding Content
5.7.7
Deleting Oracle Solaris 11 Software Update Library
5.8
Libraries for Oracle Solaris 10, 9, 8 and Linux
5.9
Images
5.9.1
Images for OS Provisioning
5.9.2
Images for Firmware Updates
5.9.3
Uploading or Importing Images
5.9.3.1
Importing an Image
5.9.3.2
Uploading an Image
5.9.4
Uploading Firmware Images
5.9.5
Working with Firmware for Power Distribution Units
5.9.5.1
Uploading Firmware With Metadata
5.9.5.2
Uploading Firmware Without Metadata
5.9.5.3
Creating a Firmware Profile for PDU Firmware Updates
5.10
Local Content
5.10.1
Local Categories
5.10.2
Uploading a Local Action
5.10.3
Uploading a Local Software Package
5.10.4
Uploading a Local Configuration File
5.10.5
Uploading Software in Bulk
5.10.5.1
Uploading Local Software in Bulk
5.10.5.2
Viewing Results of a Bulk Upload Operation
5.10.6
Using Local Content
5.10.7
Editing Local Content
5.10.8
Deleting Local Content
5.11
Backing Up Images and Local Content
5.12
Related Resources for Software Libraries
6
Storage
6.1
Introduction to Storage
6.2
Roles for Storage
6.3
Actions for Storage
6.4
Location of Storage Information in the User Interface
6.5
Storage Libraries
6.5.1
Network Attached Storage (NAS) Storage Libraries
6.5.2
Storage Libraries for Server Pools
6.5.3
Storage Libraries for a Virtual Datacenter
6.5.4
Storage Libraries for Oracle Solaris Zones
6.5.5
Storage Libraries for Oracle VM Server for SPARC
6.5.6
Storage Libraries and Repositories for Oracle VM Server for x86
6.6
Types of Storage for Libraries
6.6.1
File Systems Libraries
6.6.1.1
Viewing Local Libraries
6.6.1.2
Editing the Attributes of a Local Library
6.6.1.3
Creating a Local Library
6.6.1.4
Deleting a Local Library
6.6.2
Block Storage
6.6.2.1
Dynamic Block Storage
6.6.2.2
Static Block Storage
6.6.2.3
Selecting LUNs For the Block Storage Library
6.6.2.4
Adding Capacity to Dynamic Block Storage Libraries
6.6.2.5
Adding Storage to a Logical Domain
6.6.2.6
Creating a LUN
6.6.2.7
Cloning a LUN
6.7
Oracle VM Storage Connect Plug-ins
6.7.1
Displaying Storage Connect Plugins
6.7.2
Adding a Storage Connect Plugin
6.8
Storage Hardware
6.8.1
RAID Controller
6.8.2
NAS Storage Appliance
6.8.2.1
Setting Up a Share on an NFS Server
6.8.2.2
Setting Up an NFS Client
6.8.3
File Server
6.8.4
Storage Array
6.8.5
Storage Server: Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance
6.8.5.1
Managing an Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance
6.8.5.2
Displaying Volume Capacity
6.8.5.3
Auto Service Requests for the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance
6.8.5.4
Provisioning and Updating an Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance
6.8.6
Storage Server: Exadata
6.9
Opaque Storage and Opaque Filesystems
6.10
Storage Profiles
6.11
Multipath Storage for Logical Domains
6.12
High Availability for Storage Resources
6.13
Related Resources for Storage
7
Networks
7.1
Introduction to Networks
7.2
Roles Required for Networks
7.3
Actions for a Networks
7.4
Location of Network Information in the User Interface
7.5
Fabrics
7.6
Network Domains
7.6.1
Default Network Domain
7.6.2
User-Defined Network Domains
7.6.3
Editing Attributes of a User-Defined Network Domain
7.7
Networks
7.7.1
Requirements for a Network
7.7.2
Limitations of Networks
7.7.3
Public Networks and Private Networks
7.7.4
Assigning Networks to a User-Defined Network Domain
7.7.5
Bandwidth Management
7.7.5.1
Managing the Bandwidth Flows for a Data Link
7.7.5.2
Properties of Bandwidth Flow
7.7.6
Creating IPMP Groups
7.7.7
Creating Link Aggregation
7.8
Properties of a Network
7.8.1
IPv4 and IPv6 Protocols
7.8.2
Routing Mode
7.8.3
Static Route for the Network
7.8.4
Address Allocation Method
7.8.5
Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU)
7.9
Network Utilization
7.10
Network Connectivity
7.11
Network Hardware
7.11.1
PCIe Endpoints
7.11.2
Single Root I/O Virtualization
7.11.3
Network Interface Card (NIC)
7.11.4
Network Switches
7.11.5
Virtual Network Switches
7.12
Network Profiles
7.13
Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center's Networks
7.13.1
Network Switch Configuration
7.13.2
Separate Networks for LOM Management, Enterprise Manager Ops Center, and Applications
7.13.3
DHCP Servers on Proxy Controllers
7.13.4
Types of Network Configurations for Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center
7.13.4.1
Simplest Configuration: Test System
7.13.4.2
Simple Configuration: Datacenter on Same Network
7.13.4.3
Good Practice: Separated Networks and Security
7.14
Related Resources for Networks
8
Plans and Profiles
8.1
Introduction to Plans and Profiles
8.2
Roles for Plans and Profiles
8.3
Actions for Plans and Profiles
8.4
Location of Plans and Profiles in the User Interface
8.5
Overview of Version Control
8.6
Operational Plans and Profiles
8.6.1
Creating an Operational Profile and Plan
8.6.2
Editing an Operational Profile or Plan
8.6.3
Copying an Operational Profile
8.6.4
Copying an Operational Plan
8.6.5
Deleting an Operational Profile or Plan
8.7
Profiles and Policies
8.7.1
About Profiles
8.7.2
Viewing Profile Details and Associated Plans
8.7.3
Creating a Profile
8.7.4
Copying a Profile
8.7.5
Editing a Profile
8.7.6
About Policies
8.8
Deployment Plans
8.8.1
About Simple Deployment Plans
8.8.2
About Multi-Step Deployment Plans
8.8.3
About Complex Deployment Plans
8.9
Managing Deployment Plans
8.9.1
Copying a Deployment Plan
8.9.2
Editing a Deployment Plan
8.9.3
Deleting a Deployment Plan
8.10
Applying a Deployment Plan
8.11
Related Resources for Plans and Profiles
Part III Operate and Maintain
9
Incidents
9.1
Introduction to Incidents
9.2
Roles for Incidents
9.3
Actions for Incidents
9.3.1
Actions for Incidents
9.3.2
Actions for Service Requests
9.3.3
Actions for Incidents Knowledge Base
9.4
Location of Incident and Service Request Information in the User Interface
9.5
Using the Message Center
9.5.1
Incidents Dashboards in the Message Center
9.5.2
About Incident Severity Badges
9.6
Using Annotations
9.7
Building an Incidents Knowledge Base
9.8
Using Annotations in the Incidents Knowledge Base
9.9
Managing Incidents
9.9.1
Methods of Incident Management
9.9.2
Viewing Unresolved Incidents
9.9.3
Viewing Incident Details
9.9.4
Assigning an Incident
9.9.5
Acknowledging Incidents
9.9.6
Adding an Annotation
9.9.7
Displaying Annotations
9.9.8
Viewing Comments
9.9.9
Taking Action on a Incident
9.9.10
Marking an Incident Repaired
9.9.11
Closing an Incident
9.10
Disabling and Enabling Incidents and Alerts
9.10.1
Using Maintenance Mode
9.10.2
Disabling and Enabling Alert Monitoring
9.11
Using Oracle Services and Service Requests
9.11.1
Requirements for Oracle Services
9.11.2
Viewing Contract and Warranty Information
9.11.3
Viewing Service Requests
9.11.4
Filing a Service Request
9.11.5
Auto Service Requests
9.12
Related Resources for Incidents
10
Reports
10.1
Introduction to Reports
10.1.1
Types of Reports
10.1.2
Scheduling Reports
10.1.3
Output of Reports
10.2
Roles for Reports
10.3
Actions for Reports
10.4
Location of Report Information in the User Interface
10.5
Creating Templates
10.6
Generating a Report from a Report Template
10.7
Deleting a Report
10.8
Updating a Report Template
10.9
Viewing a Report Result
10.10
Saving a Report Result
10.11
Creating an Operating System Report
10.11.1
Update Compliance Reports
10.11.2
Oracle Linux and Oracle Solaris OS Update Reports
10.11.3
Creating a Change History Report
10.11.4
Creating a Baseline Analysis Report
10.11.5
Creating a Profile Analysis Report
10.11.6
Creating a Recommended Software Configuration Report
10.11.7
Creating an Oracle Solaris Update Compliance Report
10.11.8
Creating an Incident Compliance Report
10.11.8.1
Incident Compliance Report for Oracle Solaris or Linux
10.11.8.2
Creating an Incident Compliance Report for Microsoft Windows
10.11.9
Creating a Host Compliance Report
10.11.9.1
Host Compliance Report for Oracle Solaris or Linux
10.11.9.2
Creating Host Compliance Report for Microsoft Windows
10.11.10
Creating a Common Vulnerability and Exposure (CVE) Report
10.11.11
Creating a System Catalog Report
10.12
Creating System Information Reports
10.13
Creating Oracle Engineered Systems Reports
10.14
Creating Incident Reports
10.15
Creating a Firmware Report
10.16
Creating Additional Operating System Reports
10.16.1
Creating a Distribution Update Report
10.16.2
Creating a Service Pack Compliance Report
10.16.3
Creating a Package Compliance Report
10.17
Related Resources for Reports
11
Hardware
11.1
Introduction to Managing Hardware Assets
11.1.1
Configuring Hardware Assets
11.1.2
Monitoring Hardware Assets
11.1.3
Maintaining Hardware Assets
11.2
Roles for Hardware Management
11.3
Actions for Hardware Management
11.4
Location of Hardware Information in the User Interface
11.5
Profiles for Hardware Management
11.5.1
Hardware Resource Profiles
11.5.2
Firmware Provisioning Profiles
11.6
Configuring the Service Processor
11.6.1
Creating a Service Processor Configuration Profile and Plan
11.6.2
Creating a BIOS Configuration Profile and Plan
11.6.3
Creating a Snapshot of a Service Processor Configuration
11.6.4
Applying a Snapshot of a Server Processor Configuration
11.7
Configuring a RAID Controller
11.8
Configuring a Dynamic System Domain
11.9
Configuring a Rack and Placing Components
11.10
Hardware Monitoring
11.10.1
Hardware Status
11.10.2
Groups of Hardware Assets
11.10.3
Connectivity Status
11.10.4
Service Processor Details
11.10.5
RAID Controller Details
11.10.6
Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Details
11.10.7
ALOM and ILOM Servers Details
11.10.8
M-Series Servers Details
11.10.9
Switch Details
11.10.10
Rack Details
11.10.11
PDU Details
11.10.12
Oracle Solaris Cluster Details
11.11
Monitoring Power Utilization
11.11.1
Energy Tab
11.11.2
Charts Tab
11.12
Maintaining Hardware Assets
11.12.1
Setting and Changing the Power Policy
11.12.2
Replacing a Failed Power Distribution Unit in a Rack
11.12.3
Installing and Upgrading Oracle Solaris Cluster
11.13
Firmware Provisioning
11.13.1
Firmware Profiles
11.13.2
Firmware Compliance Reports
11.13.3
Updating Firmware
11.13.4
Launching LOM and XSCF Browser User Interfaces
11.14
Related Resources for Hardware Management
12
Operating System Management
12.1
Introduction to Operating System Management
12.2
Roles for Operating System Management
12.3
Actions for Operating System Management
12.4
Location of Operating System Management Information in the User Interface
12.5
Viewing Operating Systems
12.6
Operating System Profiles
12.7
Using Agent Management for Operating Systems
12.7.1
Virtualization Agent Controllers
12.7.2
Functionality With and Without Agent Controllers
12.7.3
Switching Between Agent Controllers or Agent and Agentless
12.8
Monitoring Operating Systems
12.9
Using Analytics
12.9.1
Displaying Analytics Information
12.9.2
Displaying the Analytics Summary
12.9.3
Displaying the Processes View
12.9.4
Displaying the Services View
12.9.5
Displaying Thresholds
12.9.6
Displaying Historical Data
12.9.7
Displaying Metrics
12.9.8
Displaying and Creating Charts
12.9.9
Displaying Virtualization Analytics
12.9.10
Customizing the Analytics View
12.10
Overview of Oracle Solaris Boot Environments
12.10.1
Understanding the Differences Between Oracle Solaris 11 and Oracle Solaris 10 Boot Environments
12.10.2
Monitoring Boot Environments
12.10.3
Viewing Boot Environments
12.10.4
Managing Boot Environments
12.10.4.1
Activating and Reboot a Boot Environment
12.10.4.2
Deleting a Boot Environment
12.11
Overview of Oracle Solaris 11 Boot Environments
12.11.1
Displaying Oracle Solaris 11 Boot Environment Details
12.11.1.1
Displaying Total ZPools Utilization for Oracle Solaris 11 Boot Environments
12.11.1.2
Displaying Oracle Solaris 11 Boot Environments
12.11.1.3
Displaying Snapshots for Oracle Solaris 11 Boot Environments
12.11.1.4
Displaying File Systems for Oracle Solaris 11 Boot Environments
12.11.1.5
Displaying Associated Zone Boot Environments
12.11.2
About Boot Environment Profiles and Plans for Oracle Solaris 11
12.11.3
Creating an Oracle Solaris 11 Boot Environment
12.12
Overview of Oracle Solaris 10 Boot Environments
12.12.1
Requirements for Oracle Solaris 10 Live Upgrade and Oracle Solaris Zones
12.12.2
Displaying Boot Environment Details for Oracle Solaris 10
12.12.2.1
Displaying Total ZPools Utilization for Oracle Solaris 10 and Earlier Boot Environments
12.12.2.2
Displaying Boot Environments for Oracle Solaris 10 and Earlier
12.12.2.3
Displaying File Systems for Oracle Solaris 10 and Earlier Boot Environments
12.12.3
About Boot Environment Profiles and Plans for Oracle Solaris 10 and Earlier
12.12.3.1
Determining Your Boot Environment Policy
12.12.3.2
Determining Your Live Upgrade Feature Requirements and Options
12.12.3.3
Overview of Boot Environments Profiles and Plans
12.12.4
Creating an Oracle Solaris 10 Boot Environment
12.12.4.1
Defining Deployment Options for Oracle Solaris 10
12.12.4.2
Creating an Oracle Solaris 10 Boot Environment From a Deployment Plan
12.12.4.3
Creating an Oracle Solaris 10 Boot Environment from an Operational Plan
12.12.4.4
Creating an Update Profile for Oracle Solaris 10 Boot Environment
12.12.4.5
Creating an Oracle Solaris 10 Boot Environment From an Update Profile
12.12.4.6
Creating an Oracle Solaris 10 Boot Environment With an OS Update Job
12.12.5
Synchronizing Oracle Solaris 10 Boot Environments
12.12.6
Activating a Boot Environment
12.13
Related Resources for Operating System Management
13
Operating System Provisioning
13.1
Introduction to Operating System Provisioning
13.1.1
Default Profiles and Plans
13.1.2
Deployment Plans
13.2
Roles for Operating System Provisioning
13.3
Actions for Operating System Provisioning
13.4
Location of Operating System Provisioning Information in the UI
13.5
Planning for Operating System Provisioning
13.5.1
Enterprise and Proxy Controller Requirements for OS Provisioning
13.5.2
Networking for OS Provisioning
13.5.3
Using WAN Boot for Oracle Solaris Operating Systems
13.5.3.1
Overview of WAN Boot
13.5.3.2
Requirements for a WAN Boot Connection
13.5.3.3
Checking OBP Support for WAN Boot on the Client
13.5.3.4
Setting Up a WAN Boot Connection
13.5.3.5
Disabling and Enabling WAN Boot
13.5.4
Using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
13.5.5
Determining the Network Interface to Use
13.5.6
Provisioning an OS Using a User-Defined MAC Address
13.5.7
Defining IPMP in an OS Configuration Profile
13.5.8
Defining Link Aggregation in an OS Configuration Profile
13.5.9
Adding Images to Local Software Libraries
13.5.10
Using the Latest Firmware Version
13.5.11
About NVRAC When Provisioning an OS on a SPARC Platform
13.5.12
Creating Custom Scripts
13.5.13
Determining Agent Management Mode
13.6
About OS Provisioning Profiles
13.6.1
About Oracle Solaris OS Provisioning Profiles
13.6.2
About Linux Provisioning Profiles
13.7
About OS Configuration Profiles
13.7.1
Defining Link Aggregation in an OS Configuration Profile
13.7.2
Defining IPMP in an OS Configuration Profile
13.8
Migrating OS Provisioning Profiles to the New Format
13.9
About Deployment Plans That Provision an Operating System
13.10
Provisioning Oracle Solaris 11
13.10.1
About Oracle Solaris 11 and Provisioning
13.10.2
Steps for Oracle Solaris 11 Provisioning Plan
13.10.3
Specifying Common Oracle Solaris 11 Parameters
13.10.4
Creating an Oracle Solaris 11 OS Provisioning Profile
13.10.5
Creating an Oracle Solaris 11 OS Configuration Profile
13.11
Provisioning Oracle Solaris 9 and 10
13.11.1
Specifying Common Oracle Solaris 9 and 10 Parameters
13.11.2
About JumpStart Enterprise Toolkit (JET) for Oracle Solaris
13.11.3
Creating an Oracle Solaris 9 or 10 OS Provisioning Profile
13.11.4
Creating an Oracle Solaris 9 or 10 OS Configuration Profile
13.12
Provisioning an Operating System on Logical Domains
13.13
Provisioning an Operating System on an Oracle Solaris Cluster
13.14
Provisioning Linux
13.15
Related Resources for Operating System Provisioning
14
Operating System Updates
14.1
Introduction to Operating System Updates
14.1.1
Requirements for Updating Operating Systems
14.1.2
Methods of Running an Update Job
14.1.3
Options Available When Running an Update Job
14.2
Roles for Operating System Updates
14.3
Actions for Operating System Updates
14.4
Location of Operating System Updates in the User Interface
14.5
Using System Catalogs
14.5.1
Viewing and Modifying a Catalog
14.5.2
Comparing System Catalogs
14.6
About Operating System Update Reports
14.7
Creating Update Policies
14.8
Creating Update Profiles
14.9
Updating Oracle Solaris 11 Operating Systems
14.10
Updating Oracle Solaris 8, 9, and 10 and Linux Operating Systems
14.10.1
About Operating System Update Jobs
14.10.2
Updating an Operating System From a Deployment Plan
14.10.3
Updating an Operating System by Modifying a System Catalog
14.10.4
Updating an Operating System From an Operating System Report Result
14.10.5
Using a System Catalog
14.11
Updating Linux Operating Systems
14.11.1
Determining if the Latest RPM Package Manager is Installed
14.11.2
Uploading RPMs
14.12
Updating an Oracle Solaris Boot Environment
14.13
Updating Microsoft Windows Operating Systems
14.13.1
About Windows OS Update Jobs
14.13.2
Modify the Registry
14.13.3
Configure Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center for Updating the Windows Operating System
14.13.4
Creating an Update Job for the Windows Operating System
14.14
Related Resources for Operating System Updates
Part IV Virtualize and Cloud Management
15
Getting Started with Virtualization
15.1
Introduction to Virtualization
15.2
Concepts for Virtualization
15.3
Preparing for Virtualization
15.4
Virtualization Agent Controllers
15.5
Changing the Type of Agent Controller
15.6
Introduction to Virtualization Management
15.7
Introduction to Cloud Management
15.8
Related Resources for Getting Started with Virtualization
16
Storage Libraries for Virtualization
16.1
Introduction to Storage Libraries for Virtualization
16.2
Discovering Storage Servers
16.3
Storage Types
16.4
Using the Storage Libraries
16.5
Storage Library Setup
16.6
Roles for Storage Libraries for Virtualization
16.7
Actions for Storage Libraries for Virtualization
16.8
Location of Storage Information in the User Interface
16.9
Storage Libraries for Oracle Solaris Zones
16.10
Storage Libraries for Oracle VM Server for SPARC
16.10.1
Virtual Disk Multipathing
16.10.2
Opaque Storage
16.10.3
Moving Metadata
16.10.4
Associating Storage Libraries
16.10.5
Adding Storage to Logical Domains
16.11
Storage Libraries for Oracle VM Server for x86
16.12
Storage Libraries for Virtual Datacenters
16.13
Related Resources for Storage Libraries
17
Networks for Virtualization
17.1
Introduction to Networks for Virtualization
17.2
Roles for Networks for Virtualization
17.3
Actions for Networks for Virtualization
17.4
Location of Network Information in the User Interface
17.5
Manage Networks
17.6
Physical Fabrics Management
17.7
Networks and Network Domains
17.8
Properties of a Network
17.9
VLAN and VLAN Tags
17.10
IP Multipathing Groups
17.11
Link Aggregation
17.12
Networking for Virtualization and Virtual Datacenter
17.12.1
Networking for Server Pools
17.12.2
Networking for Zones
17.12.3
Networking for Oracle VM Server for SPARC
17.12.3.1
SR-IOV Enabled Networks
17.12.3.2
Attach Networks to Oracle VM Server for SPARC Server Pool
17.12.3.3
Connect Networks to Logical Domains
17.12.4
Networking for Oracle VM Server for x86
17.12.5
Networking for Virtual Datacenters
17.13
Related Resources for Networks
18
Oracle Solaris Zones
18.1
Introduction to Oracle Solaris Zones
18.1.1
Global and Non-global Zones
18.1.2
Types of Non-Global Zones
18.1.3
Zones and Virtual Machines
18.2
Roles for Oracle Solaris Zones
18.3
Actions Available for Oracle Solaris Zones
18.4
Location of Oracle Solaris Zones Information in the User Interface
18.5
Preparing Your Global Zone
18.5.1
Associating a Storage Library with a Global Zone
18.5.2
Managing Global Zone Networks
18.5.3
Creating IPMP Groups
18.5.4
Creating Link Aggregation
18.5.5
Modifying and Detaching a Network from the Global Zone
18.6
Discovering and Managing Existing Zones
18.6.1
Deleting or Unmanaging a Global Zone
18.6.2
Unmanaged Zone Storage Information
18.7
Outline of Zone Creation
18.8
Determining Zone Requirements
18.8.1
Requirements for Zones on Oracle Solaris 10 OS
18.8.2
Requirements for Zones on Oracle Solaris 11 OS
18.9
Zone Configuration Parameters
18.10
Creating a Zone Profile
18.11
Creating and Deploying Zone Plans
18.11.1
Zpool and File System of Zones
18.11.2
Modify Zone Configuration
18.12
Creating and Deploying Zones on a Logical Domain
18.13
Managing Zones
18.13.1
Replicating Zones
18.13.2
Adding Storage to Zones
18.13.3
Moving Zone Storage
18.13.4
Adding File Systems to Zones
18.13.5
Connect and Disconnect Networks
18.13.6
Enabling Automatic Recovery for Zones
18.14
Migrating Zones
18.14.1
Disabling the Automatic Router Assignment
18.14.2
Migrating a Physical Oracle Solaris System into a Zone
18.14.3
Migrating Zones to a Different Machine
18.14.4
Script to Migrate a Zone With Dependencies
18.14.5
Script Requirements
18.15
Recovering Zones
18.16
Zones Server Pool
18.17
Updating Zones
18.17.1
Install Packages and Patches on Zones
18.17.2
Configure patchadd and pkgadd Commands
18.17.3
Editing the .uce.rc File
18.17.4
Updating a Global Zone
18.17.5
Updating a Non-Global Zones
18.17.6
Zone Parallel Patching
18.18
Related Zone Operations
18.19
Related Resources for Oracle Solaris Zones
19
Oracle VM Server for SPARC
19.1
Introduction to Oracle VM Server for SPARC
19.2
Domain Types and Representation on the UI
19.3
Roles for Oracle VM Server for SPARC
19.4
Actions for Oracle VM Server for SPARC
19.5
Location of Oracle VM Server for SPARC Information in the User Interface
19.6
Discovering Existing Oracle VM Server for SPARC Environments
19.6.1
Supported Logical Domain Configurations
19.6.2
Limitations of Discovering an Existing Oracle VM Server for SPARC System with Logical Domains
19.6.3
Discover and Manage Existing Oracle VM Server for SPARC Servers
19.7
Provisioning Oracle VM Server for SPARC
19.7.1
Prerequisites for Provisioning Oracle VM Server for SPARC
19.7.2
Recommended Minimum Configuration
19.7.2.1
CPU Resource Allocation
19.7.2.2
Crypto Units
19.7.2.3
RAM
19.7.2.4
NVRAMRC Value
19.7.3
Profiles for Provisioning and Configuring Oracle VM Server for SPARC
19.7.4
Creating an OS Provisioning Profile for Oracle VM Server for SPARC
19.7.5
Creating an OS Configuration Profile for Oracle VM Server for SPARC
19.7.6
Creating a Link Aggregation in Oracle VM Server for SPARC
19.7.7
Creating IPMP Group in Oracle VM Server for SPARC
19.7.8
Deployment Plans for Oracle VM Server for SPARC
19.7.8.1
Applying a Deployment Plan for Oracle VM Server for SPARC
19.7.9
Overview of Oracle VM Server for SPARC Installation
19.7.9.1
Selection of Oracle VM Server Version
19.7.9.2
Important Notes for Installation
19.7.9.3
Manual Net Boot Initiation
19.7.9.4
Additional Configurations
19.8
Manage Oracle VM Server for SPARC
19.8.1
Virtual Services in Control Domain
19.8.2
View I/O Resources
19.8.3
Modify Configuration and Tags
19.8.3.1
Delayed Reconfiguration Mode
19.8.4
Reboot Oracle VM Server
19.8.5
Performance Management
19.9
Managing Storage Resources in Oracle VM Server for SPARC
19.9.1
Associating Storage Library with the Domains
19.9.2
Disassociating Storage Libraries
19.10
Managing Network Resources in Oracle VM Server for SPARC
19.10.1
Network Tagging Mode Conditions
19.10.2
Attaching Networks to Oracle VM Server for SPARC
19.10.3
SR-IOV Enabled Networks
19.10.4
Network Options
19.10.5
Unbinding Networks from Oracle VM Server for SPARC
19.10.6
Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) Size
19.11
About Logical Domains
19.11.1
Selection of Domains Types
19.12
Create Logical Domains
19.12.1
Plan Your Domain Configuration
19.12.2
About Root Domains
19.12.3
Creating a Root Domain Profile
19.12.4
Applying Deployment Plan for Creating a Root Domain
19.12.5
Creating a Physical I/O Domain Profile
19.12.6
Applying Deployment Plan for Creating an I/O Domain
19.12.7
Creating a Guest Domain Profile
19.12.8
Applying Deployment Plan for Creating a Guest Domain
19.12.9
Creating HA Guest Domain Profile
19.12.10
Applying Deployment Plan for Creating a HA Guest Domain
19.12.11
Selection of CPU Architecture
19.12.12
Creating a Deployment Plan for Installing Logical Domain
19.13
Logical Domains Created Using CLI
19.14
Provisioning OS on Logical Domains
19.14.1
Plan Your Network and Storage Resources
19.14.2
Profiles and Deployment Plans for OS Provisioning
19.14.3
Creating an OS Provisioning Profile
19.14.4
Creating an OS Configuration Profile
19.14.5
Creating Link Aggregation in Logical Domains
19.14.6
Creating IPMP Groups in Logical Domains
19.14.7
Apply the OS Deployment Plan for Logical Domains
19.14.7.1
Creation of Virtual Functions
19.15
Manage Logical Domains
19.15.1
View I/O Resources
19.15.2
View Virtual Services
19.15.3
Edit Logical Domain Configuration
19.15.4
Shut Down a Logical Domain
19.15.5
Starting a Logical Domain
19.15.6
Add Storage to Logical Domain
19.15.7
Moving Metadata to Another Library
19.15.8
Enabling Shared Access for Opaque Storage Disks
19.15.9
Connect to Logical Domain Console
19.15.10
Delete a Logical Domain
19.15.11
Cancel Delayed Reconfiguration
19.16
Managing Logical Domain Networks
19.16.1
VLAN Tagging Support
19.16.2
Alternate MAC Addresses
19.16.3
Connecting to Network
19.16.4
Port Connectivity
19.17
Migrate Logical Domains
19.17.1
Setting User Accounts for Migration
19.17.2
Migration Requirements
19.17.3
Migrating a Logical Domain
19.17.4
Migrating Multiple Logical Domains
19.18
Automatic Recovery of Logical Domains
19.18.1
Virtual Disk Multipathing and Automatic Recovery Process
19.18.2
Recovering Logical Domains
19.18.3
Re-introducing the Failed Server
19.19
Layered Virtualization
19.20
Server Pools
19.21
Related Resources for Oracle VM Server for SPARC
20
Oracle VM Server for x86
20.1
Introduction to Oracle VM Server for x86
20.2
Roles for Oracle VM Server for x86
20.3
Integration of Oracle VM Server for x86 with Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center
20.4
Location of Oracle VM Server for x86 Information in the User Interface
20.5
Installing Oracle VM Manager
20.6
Discovering Oracle VM Manager
20.7
Discover Oracle VM Servers
20.7.1
Discovery Profile for Oracle VM Server
20.7.2
Discovering Oracle VM Servers Using SSH
20.8
Installing Oracle VM Servers
20.8.1
Creating OS Provisioning Profile for Oracle VM Server
20.8.2
Applying Deployment Plan for Oracle VM Server
20.9
Administration of Oracle VM Manager
20.9.1
Manage Ownership of Oracle VM Servers
20.9.2
Discover Storage Resources
20.9.3
Manage Storage Resources
20.9.4
Manage Networks
20.9.5
Attaching Networks
20.10
Manage Oracle VM Servers
20.10.1
Edit Oracle VM Server Information
20.10.2
Editing IPMI Configuration
20.10.3
Placing Oracle VM Server in Maintenance Mode
20.10.4
Updating Oracle VM Server
20.11
Create Server Pool
20.11.1
Server Pool Policies
20.11.2
Creating Oracle VM Server for x86 Server Pools
20.12
Create Virtual Machines
20.12.1
Virtualization Types
20.12.2
Creating Virtual Machine Profile
20.12.3
Deploying Virtual Machine Plan
20.12.4
Provisioning OS on Virtual Machines
20.13
Manage Virtual Machines
20.13.1
Edit Boot Order
20.13.2
Automatic Recovery
20.14
Related Resources for Oracle VM Server for x86
21
Server Pools
21.1
Introduction to Server Pools
21.2
Roles for Server Pools
21.3
Actions for Server Pools
21.4
Location of Server Pool Information in the User Interface
21.5
Server Pool Capabilities
21.5.1
Mixing Virtualization Technology in a Server Pool
21.5.2
Performing Maintenance When Using a Server Pool
21.6
Server Pool Policies
21.6.1
Placement Policy
21.6.2
Minimize Power Consumption Policy
21.6.3
Automatic Load Balancing Policy
21.7
Automatic Recovery
21.8
Server Pool Libraries
21.9
Server Pool Networks
21.10
Oracle VM Server for SPARC Server Pool
21.10.1
Enhancements in Oracle VM Server for SPARC Server Pool
21.10.2
Server Pool Policies
21.10.3
Automatic Recovery
21.10.4
Network Tagging Mode Conditions
21.10.5
Mixed Network Tagging Mode Configurations in Server Pool
21.10.6
Creating an Oracle VM Server for SPARC Server Pool
21.11
Oracle Solaris Zones Server Pool
21.11.1
IP Stack in Server Pool
21.11.2
Network Tagging Mode Conditions
21.11.3
Mixed Network Tagging Mode Configuration
21.11.4
Server Pool Policies
21.11.5
Creating a Zones Server Pool
21.12
Oracle VM Server for x86 Server Pool
21.12.1
Server Pool Policies
21.12.2
Creating an Oracle VM Server for x86 Server Pool
21.13
Manage Server Pools
21.13.1
Editing Server Pool Parameters
21.13.2
Adding Virtualization Hosts
21.13.3
Associating Network Domains
21.13.4
Attaching Networks
21.13.5
Associating Libraries
21.13.6
Creating Guests
21.13.7
Migrating Multiple Guests
21.13.8
Migrating Zones
21.13.9
Migrating Logical Domains
21.13.10
Migrating Virtual Machines
21.13.11
Balancing Resources
21.13.12
Monitoring Server Pool Incidents
21.13.13
Deleting Server Pool
21.14
Related Resources for Server Pools
22
Virtual Datacenters
22.1
Introduction to Cloud Management
22.2
Oracle Engineered Systems
22.3
Roles for Managing Virtual Datacenter
22.4
Actions Available in vDC Management
22.5
Location of Virtual Datacenter Information in the User Interface
22.6
Overview of Virtual Datacenter
22.7
Creating Virtual Datacenters
22.7.1
Setting Up the Server Pool
22.7.2
Setting Up Storage Resources
22.7.3
Setting Up Network Resources
22.7.4
CPU Oversubscription
22.7.5
Creating a Virtual Datacenter
22.8
Managing a Virtual Datacenter
22.8.1
Updating the Configuration
22.8.2
Managing Resources
22.8.3
Deleting a Virtual Datacenter
22.9
Creating and Managing Cloud Users
22.9.1
Adding and Removing Cloud Users to an Account
22.9.2
Managing Roles for Cloud User
22.10
Creating Accounts
22.11
Managing Accounts
22.11.1
Updating Accounts
22.11.2
Managing Account Resources
22.11.3
Maintaining OS Images
22.11.4
Deleting an Account
22.12
Creating and Managing vServer Types
22.12.1
Creating a vServer Type
22.12.2
Updating vServer Types
22.12.3
Deleting vServer Type
22.13
Overview of Cloud Users
22.14
Roles for Cloud User Tasks
22.15
Actions Available for a Cloud User
22.16
Location of Account Quotas and Virtual Resources in the User Interface
22.17
Creating vServers
22.18
Managing vServers
22.19
Creating Server Templates
22.19.1
Uploading Server Templates
22.19.2
Creating a Server Template
22.20
Managing Server Templates
22.21
Creating vNets
22.22
Managing vNets
22.23
Creating Volumes
22.24
Managing Volumes
22.25
Creating Snapshots
22.26
Managing Snapshots
22.27
Creating Distribution Groups
22.28
Managing Distribution Groups
22.29
Related Resources for Virtual Datacenters
Part V Engineered Systems
23
Oracle Engineered Systems
23.1
Introduction to Oracle Engineered Systems
23.2
Understanding User Roles
23.2.1
Ops Center Administrator Role
23.2.2
SuperCluster Systems Admin Role
23.2.2.1
Creating a SuperCluster Systems Administrator Role
23.2.2.2
Assign Permissions to the Role
23.2.2.3
SuperCluster Systems Admin Role Permissions
23.2.3
Cloud Admin
23.2.4
Cloud User
23.3
Oracle Engineered Systems Management
23.3.1
Configuring Oracle Engineered Systems
23.3.1.1
Overlapping IB Networks Enabled
23.3.1.2
Overlapping IB Networks not Enabled
23.3.1.3
Limitations
23.3.1.4
Example Oracle SuperCluster Network Configurations
23.3.1.5
Oracle Solaris 11 Software Library Setup
23.3.1.6
Deploy Proxy Controller
23.3.1.7
Prepare Setup for Oracle Engineered Systems Discovery
23.3.1.8
Ports for Oracle SuperCluster
23.3.2
Discovering Oracle Engineered Systems
23.3.3
Asset Protection
23.3.3.1
Disable Asset Protection
23.3.4
Adding Multiple Racks
23.3.5
Adding Oracle SuperCluster M6-32 Server
23.3.6
Adding Additional Hardware to the Rack
23.3.7
Viewing the Oracle Engineered Systems
23.3.8
Creating Oracle Engineered Systems Report
23.4
Oracle SuperCluster
23.4.1
Viewing the Oracle SuperCluster System
23.4.1.1
Dashboard Tab
23.4.1.2
Details Tab
23.4.1.3
Networks Tab
23.4.1.4
Incidents Tab
23.4.2
Viewing the Oracle SuperCluster System Rack
23.4.3
Viewing the Exadata Storage Server
23.4.4
Discovering an Oracle SuperCluster Component
23.5
Embedded Engineered Systems Management
23.5.1
Finding Assets
23.5.2
Adding Embedded Engineered System Assets
23.5.2.1
Creating a Discovery Profile
23.5.2.2
Adding Assets Using a Discovery Profile
23.5.3
Viewing the Embedded Engineered Systems
23.5.4
Viewing Relayed Incidents
23.5.5
Viewing Relayed Service Requests
23.5.6
Baseline Check
23.6
Related Resources for Engineered Systems
Part VI Reference
A
Oracle Solaris Cluster
A.1
Upgrading an Oracle Solaris Cluster
A.2
Cluster Profiles
A.2.1
Obtaining the Cluster Profiles and Scripts
A.2.2
Uploading the Cluster Profiles and Scripts
A.2.3
Importing Cluster Profiles and Scripts
A.2.4
Editing the Core Profile for Provisioning
B
Logs and Directories
B.1
Installation
B.2
Upgrades
B.3
Connection, Job, and User Account Activity
B.3.1
Performance and Security
B.3.2
Diagnosing Problems
B.4
High Availability
B.5
Software Update Component
B.6
Agents
B.7
Local Database
B.8
Controlling the Number of Common Agent Container Log Files
C
JumpStart Enterprise Toolkit
C.1
JumpStart Enterprise Toolkit Configuration File Location
C.2
SUNWjet Parameters
C.3
Downloading Additional JET Packages
Glossary
Index
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