Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Purpose of the Document
• Documentation Accessibility
• Conventions

Part I Preinstallation Requirements for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control

1 Hardware Requirements for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control

• 1.1 CPU, RAM, Heap Size, and Hard Disk Space Requirements for Oracle Management Service
• 1.2 CPU, RAM, and Hard Disk Space Requirements for Oracle Management Agent, Hybrid Cloud Agent, Hybrid Cloud Gateway Agent
• 1.3 CPU, RAM, and Hard Disk Space Requirements for Oracle Management Repository

2 Package, Kernel Parameter, and Library Requirements for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control

• 2.1 Package Requirements for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
  • 2.1.1 About the Logic Used by the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Installation Wizard to Verify the Packages
  • 2.1.2 Identifying the Installed Packages
  • 2.1.3 Package Requirements for Oracle Management Service
  • 2.1.4 Package Requirements for Oracle Management Agent
• 2.2 Kernel Parameter Requirements for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
  • 2.2.1 Kernel Parameter Requirements for Oracle Management Service
    • 2.2.1.1 Verifying UDP and TCP Kernel Parameters
    • 2.2.1.2 Setting Up kernel.shmmax Kernel Parameter
  • 2.2.2 Kernel Parameter Requirements for Oracle Management Agent
• 2.3 Library Requirements for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
  • 2.3.1 Library Requirements for Oracle Management Service
  • 2.3.2 Library Requirements for Oracle Management Agent

3 Creating Operating System Groups and Users for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control

• 3.1 About the Operating System Groups and Users Required for Installing Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
• 3.2 Creating the Operating System Groups and Users Required for Installing Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
  • 3.2.1 Creating the Oracle Inventory Group for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
    • 3.2.1.1 Determining Whether the Oracle Inventory Group Already Exists for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
    • 3.2.1.2 Creating the Oracle Inventory Group for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
  • 3.2.2 Creating the Oracle Software Owner User for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
    • 3.2.2.1 Determining Whether an Oracle Software Owner User Already Exists for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
    • 3.2.2.2 Creating an Oracle Software Owner User for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
    • 3.2.2.3 Modifying an Oracle Software Owner User for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control

4 Installing Cygwin and Starting the SSH Daemon

• 4.1 About the Cygwin Requirement for Installing Management Agents
• 4.2 Before You Begin Installing Cygwin
• 4.3 Installing Cygwin
• 4.4 Configuring SSH
• 4.5 After Installing Cygwin and Configuring SSH

Part II Installation of Enterprise Manager Cloud Control

5  Installing Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control

• 5.1 Introduction to Installing an Enterprise Manager System
  • 5.1.1 Overview of the Installation Types Offered for Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
  • 5.1.2 Overview of the Core Components Installed and Configured with an Enterprise Manager System
  • 5.1.3 Overview of the Directories Created for an Enterprise Manager System
    • 5.1.3.1 Overview of the Directories Created for OMS Installation
    • 5.1.3.2 Overview of the Directories Created for Management Agent Installation (Central Agent)
• 5.2 Before You Begin Installing an Enterprise Manager System
• 5.3 Prerequisites for Installing an Enterprise Manager System
• 5.4 Installing an Enterprise Manager System for a Demonstration Site (Simple Configuration)
• 5.5 Installing an Enterprise Manager System for a Production Site (Advanced Configuration)
  • 5.5.1 Advanced Installer Options Supported for Installing an Enterprise Manager System for a Production Site (Advanced Installation)
  • 5.5.2 Limitations with the Advanced Options Supported for Installing an Enterprise Manager System for a Production Site (Advanced Installation)
  • 5.5.3 Automatically Setting Database Parameters and Converting the Management Repository to Support a Deployment Size (Large, Medium, or Small)
• 5.6 Enabling Hybrid Cloud Management
• 5.7 Performing Postinstallation Tasks After Installing an Enterprise Manager System

6 Installing Oracle Management Agents

• 6.1 Overview of Installing Management Agents Using Agent Gold Images
  • 6.1.1 Overview of Agent Gold Images
  • 6.1.2 Components of an Agent Gold Image Version
  • 6.1.3 Advantages of Provisioning, Upgrading, and Updating Management Agents Using a Gold Image Version
• 6.2 Installing Management Agents Using Agent Gold Images
  • 6.2.1 Getting Started with Installing Management Agents Using an Agent Gold Image Version
  • 6.2.2 Installing a Standalone Oracle Management Agent Using Add Host Targets Wizard or EM CLI
    • 6.2.2.1 Overview of Installing Standalone Management Agents Using Add Host Targets Wizard or EM CLI
    • 6.2.2.2 Before You Begin Installing Standalone Management Agents Using Add Host Targets Wizard or EM CLI
    • 6.2.2.3 Meeting the Generic Prerequisites for Installing Standalone Management Agents Using Add Host Targets Wizard or EM CLI
    • 6.2.2.4 Meeting the Management Agent Software Prerequisites for Installing Standalone Management Agents Using Add Host Targets Wizard or EM CLI
      • 6.2.2.4.1 Acquiring the Management Agent Software in Online Mode
      • 6.2.2.4.2 Acquiring the Management Agent Software in Offline Mode
    • 6.2.2.5 Installing Standalone Management Agents Using Add Host Targets Wizard or EM CLI
      • 6.2.2.5.1 Installing Standalone Management Agents Using Add Host Targets Wizard
      • 6.2.2.5.2 Format of the Host List File
      • 6.2.2.5.3 Installing Standalone Management Agents Using EM CLI
      • 6.2.2.5.4 Installing 12c Standalone Management Agents Using EM CLI
      • 6.2.2.5.5 Supported Additional Parameters for Installing Standalone Management Agents Using Add Host Targets Wizard or EM CLI
    • 6.2.2.6 After Installing Standalone Management Agents Using Add Host Targets Wizard or EM CLI
    • 6.2.2.7 Creating an Agent Gold Image
      • 6.2.2.7.1 Creating an Agent Gold Image Using Gold Agent Images Home Page
      • 6.2.2.7.2 Creating an Agent Gold Image Using EM CLI
  • 6.2.3 Creating an Agent Gold Image Version
    • 6.2.3.1 Creating an Agent Gold Image Version Using Gold Agent Images Home Page
    • 6.2.3.2 Creating an Agent Gold Image Version Using EM CLI
  • 6.2.4 Setting a Particular Agent Gold Image Version as the Current Version
    • 6.2.4.1 Setting a Particular Agent Gold Image Version as the Current Version Using Gold Agent Images Home Page
    • 6.2.4.2 Setting a Particular Agent Gold Image Version as the Current Version Using EM CLI
  • 6.2.5 Installing Management Agents Using an Agent Gold Image
    • 6.2.5.1 Installing Management Agents Using an Agent Gold Image Using Add Host Targets Wizard
    • 6.2.5.2 Installing Management Agents Using an Agent Gold Image Using EM CLI
• 6.3 Troubleshooting Management Agents
  • 6.3.1 Troubleshooting Management Agent Crashes That Occur Due to java.lang.OutOfMemoryError Errors

7 Adding Additional Oracle Management Services

• 7.1 Introduction to Adding an Additional Oracle Management Service
• 7.2 Before You Begin Adding an Additional Oracle Management Service
• 7.3 Prerequisites for Adding an Additional Oracle Management Service
• 7.4 Adding an Additional Oracle Management Service
  • 7.4.1 Selecting Credentials
• 7.5 Performing Postinstallation Tasks After Adding an Additional Oracle Management Service

8 Installing JVM Diagnostic Agents

• 8.1 Overview of Java Virtual Machine Diagnostics
• 8.2 Overview of Deploying a JVMD Agent on an Oracle Cloud Target
• 8.3 Before you Begin Installing JVMD Agents
• 8.4 Prerequisites for Installing JVMD Agents
• 8.5 Deploying JVMD Agents on Monitored WebLogic Domains
• 8.6 After You Install JVMD Agents

Part III Setting Up Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 13c Release

9 Setting Up Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Using the Initial Setup Console

• 9.1 Configuring Oracle Software Library Using the Initial Setup Console to Store Software Entities
• 9.2 Configuring Proxies for OMS-to-Management Agent Communication
• 9.3 Configuring Proxies Using the Initial Setup Console for OMS-My Oracle Support Communication
• 9.4 Adding Additional Oracle Management Service Using the Initial Setup Console
• 9.5 Configuring Outgoing Mail Servers (SMTP Servers) Using the Initial Setup Console
• 9.6 Registering My Oracle Support Credentials Using the Initial Setup Console
• 9.7 Creating Users Using the Initial Setup Console
• 9.8 Creating Roles Using the Initial Setup Console

Part IV Appendix

A Overview of the EM Prerequisite Kit

• A.1 About EM Prerequisite Kit
• A.2 Running the EM Prerequisite Kit
  • A.2.1 Running the EM Prerequisite Kit on GUI
• A.3 Viewing the Log Files Created by the EM Prerequisite Kit
• A.4 Repository Prerequisite Checks Run by the EM Prerequisite Kit

B Validating Command Locations

• B.1 Overview of Property Files
• B.2 Validating the Command Locations

C Creating a Database Instance with Preconfigured Repository Using Database Templates

• C.1 About Preconfiguring the Management Repository in Your Database
• C.2 Creating a Database Instance with Preconfigured Repository Using Database Templates
• C.3 Creating a Database Instance with Preconfigured Repository Using Database Templates for CDB and PDB

D Accessing the Enterprise Manager Certification Matrix

• D.1 Accessing the Enterprise Manager Certification Matrix

E Installing Management Agents on Microsoft Windows Target Hosts Without Using Cygwin

• E.1 Installing Management Agents Using PsExec when the OMS Platform is Unix-based
• E.2 Installing Management Agents Using PsExec when the OMS Platform is Microsoft Windows

F Installing Browser Certificates

• F.1 Installing Browser Certificates to Google Chrome Version 44+

Index