This chapter covers the following topics:
The Oracle Application Management Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite extends Oracle Enterprise Manager 13c Cloud Control to help monitor and manage Oracle E-Business Suite systems more effectively. This plug-in integrates Oracle Applications Manager with Cloud Control to provide a consolidated, end-to-end Oracle E-Business Suite management solution. The plug-in can be used to manage both Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i systems and Release 12 systems.
For a list of supported versions, see My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 2045552.1, Getting Started with Oracle Application Management Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite, Release 13.1.1.1.0.
For a list of prerequisites, see My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 2045552.1, Getting Started with Oracle Application Management Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite, Release 13.1.1.1.0.
Ensure that the following OS/User Group requirement has been met: It is recommended that the Oracle E-Business Suite OS user and the Enterprise Manager Agent OS user are the same. If they are different, then they must belong to the same OS group.
You can download plug-ins in online or offline mode. Online mode refers to an environment where you have Internet connectivity and can download the plug-in directly through Enterprise Manager from My Oracle Support. Offline mode refers to an environment where you do not have Internet connectivity or where the plug-in is not available from My Oracle Support.
See the Managing Plug-ins chapter in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Administrator's Guide for details on downloading the plug-in in either mode:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E24628_01/doc.121/e24473/plugin_mngr.htm#CHDBGHFE
The following details of the Oracle E-Business Suite plug-in can be used for searching in the Self Update feature of the Enterprise Manager console:
Plug-in Name: Oracle E-Business Suite Description: Enterprise Manager for Oracle E-Business Suite consists of System Management and Change Management Feature Sets Version: 13.1.1.1.0
You can deploy the plug-in to an Oracle Management Service instance using the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control console, or using the EM Command Line Interface (EM CLI). While the console enables you to deploy one plug-in at a time, the command line interface mode enables you to deploy multiple plug-ins at a time, thus saving plug-in deployment time and downtime, if applicable.
See the "Managing Plug-ins" chapter in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Administrator's Guide for instructions on deploying the plug-in:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E63000_01/EMADM/plugin_mngr.htm#EMADM109
A Management Agent must be present on all hosts containing targets that will be monitored/managed by the plug-in.
This step is required only if a Management Agent is not already present on a host containing targets to be managed.
See the "Installing Oracle Management Agents" chapter in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Basic Installation Guide for instructions on deploying a Management Agent to a host machine:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E63000_01/EMBSC/install_agent_new.htm#EMBSC181
To monitor and manage Oracle E-Business Suite instances running on Oracle Cloud, you must deploy Hybrid Cloud Agents onto the Oracle Cloud virtual hosts.
For more information on Hybrid Cloud Management and for instructions to enable the feature, see the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Administrator's Guide.
After the plug-in is deployed, targets that will be managed/monitored by the plug-in must be "discovered" by Enterprise Manager.
For information on discovery, see the chapter Discovering Oracle E-Business Suite with Cloud Control.
See the Oracle Application Management Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite Metric Reference Manual.
The Self Update feature allows you to expand Oracle Enterprise Manager's capabilities by updating Enterprise Manager components whenever new or updated features become available. Updated plug-ins are made available through the Enterprise Manager Store, an external site that is periodically checked by Enterprise Manager Cloud Control to obtain information about updates ready for download. See the "Updating Cloud Control" chapter in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Administrator's Guide for steps to update the plug-in:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E63000_01/EMADM/self_update.htm#EMADM13221
Note that if you had installed the plug-in on an agent without a discovered Oracle E-Business Suite target, the plug-in will not be upgraded on that agent. For example, say in Release 4.0 you had installed the plug-in on an agent exclusively for performing check-in and check-out from source control for Customization Manager. There is no Oracle E-Business Suite target that is being monitored by this agent. During an upgrade to Release 12.1.0.4.0, this agent will not be upgraded to this latest release. You will have to upgrade this agent manually from the Oracle Management Service user interface.
Note: For a list of supported upgrade paths, refer to My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 2045552.1, Getting Started with Oracle Application Management Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite, Release 13.1.1.1.0.
Only Smart Clone procedures are supported in this release. As a prerequisite to running a Smart Clone procedure, the target Oracle E-Business Suite database must be cloned and discovered in the Enterprise Manager.
Clone transaction data created in previous releases will not be usable in this release. After you upgrade from an earlier release, the old cloning transactions will not be available.
Before upgrading from a prior release, you should ensure that all patching runs have completed or are in a state in which they are no longer being used. After the upgrade to Release 12.1.0.4.0, these old patch runs will no longer be visible in Patch Manager. For example, say you have a patch run in a "Pending Approval" or "Approved" state in Release 4.0. After you upgrade, you will not be able to use this patch run.
See the "Managing Plug-ins" chapter in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Administrator's Guide for steps to undeploy the plug-in:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E63000_01/EMADM/plugin_mngr.htm#EMADM109