This chapter describes the licensed features and access points for each of the following categories of other Enterprise Manager infrastructure management:
The Configuration Management Pack for Applications automates the time-consuming and often error-prone process of managing host software and hardware configurations and deployments for Oracle and non-Oracle software, excluding the Oracle Database. This pack provides capabilities such as search and compare across all systems, configuration monitoring, and compliance management, ensuring consistency across deployments.
You can access the Configuration Management Pack for Applications functionality through the following Enterprise Manager Cloud Control licensed links. These components comprise the features provided by the Configuration Management Pack for Applications.
The Configuration Management Pack for Applications includes the following:
Discovery and Inventory tracking: the ability to discover your assets, and track them.
Configuration Management: track inventory, configuration drift and detailed configuration search.
Compliance Management: reporting and management of industry and regulatory compliance standards.
The following sections describe the licensed features and links of this management pack offered by Enterprise Manager:
Accessing Configuration Management Pack for Applications Licensed Links
Configuration Management Pack for Applications Licensed CLI Verbs
Configuration Management Pack for Applications Licensed Reports
Configuration Management Pack for Applications Licensed Repository Views
The following features and functions can be use with an existing Configuration Management Pack for Applications License:
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Client System Analyzer | Enable your system administrators to collect and analyze configuration information and data from end-user systems. Using the pre-installed application enables you to collect end-user configuration information without setting up a separate Web server. The Management Agents collect, analyze, and upload the end-user configuration information to the Management Repository. |
| Compliance | Compliance Frameworks, standards, and extensibility to meet industry and regulatory compliance requirements |
| Configuration Collection Extensibility | Create custom configuration collections and extend current collections |
| Configuration Compare | Compare configurations, one-to-one, one-to-many. |
| Configuration History | Report on configuration or relations changes during a specific time frame. |
| Configuration Instance Browser | View Configuration Items and associations associated with a target. |
| Configuration Save | Save configurations for reference, baselines, or Gold Standards. |
| Configuration Search | Search for Configuration Items on a specific target or across relationships. |
| Configuration Topology | View topology for a specified target and its dependencies along with other targets that are dependent on it. |
| File Synchronization | Synchronize configuration file differences during a comparison. |
| Real-time configuration change detection | Provide real-time configuration change detection and automation of compliance frameworks. |
| Disaster Recovery via Site Guard | Automate complete site failover of Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Database and extend to include other data center components.
Note: Available for non-Oracle software only. For Oracle software, usage of Site Guard requires licenses for either WebLogic Server Management Pack Enterprise Edition or Database Lifecycle Management Pack for Oracle Database. |
| User Defined Deployment Procedures (UDDP) | Automate custom processes by creating a procedure from the start by inserting the required phases, steps, and variables. |
With the purchase of the Configuration Management Pack for Applications you also are entitled to the features described in the following sections. These features are restricted to the host software and hardware configurations and deployments for Oracle and non-Oracle software, excluding the Oracle Database.
| Licensed Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Self Update | From the Enterprise Manager home page, click the Setup menu, then Extensibility and Self Update. The downloading and applying any updates associated with, host, Oracle and non-Oracle software, excluding the Oracle Database, for Configuration and Compliance are licensed as part of the Configuration Management Pack for Applications. |
The following licensed pages, links, features and functions of this pack apply to host software, platform, Oracle software, and non-Oracle software excluding the Oracle Database. For management of the Oracle Database or to extend these features and functions to the Oracle Database, you must purchase the Database Lifecycle Management Pack for Oracle Database.
The following are the licensed pages, links, features and functions that can be use with an existing Configuration Management Pack for Applications License:
| Licensed Page/Link | How to Access |
|---|---|
| Client System Analyzer | From the Enterprise Manager home page, click the Enterprise menu, then Configuration. The Client System Analyzer and Client Configurations items are licensable as part of the WebLogic Server Management Pack Enterprise Edition. |
| Configuration Search | From the Enterprise Manager home page, click the Enterprise menu, then Configuration and Search. All features, functions, links, buttons and drill-downs on this page, excluding features and functions that apply to the Oracle Database, are licensed as part of the Configuration Management Pack for Applications. |
| Configuration Instance Browser | From the Enterprise Manager home page Targets link. Select a Target excluding the Oracle Database. From the Target home page, select the drop-down under the Target Type and Configuration. All features, functions, links, buttons and drill-downs on this page, excluding features and functions that apply to the Oracle Database, are licensed as part of the Configuration Management Pack for Applications.
If the Target Home Page is accessed directly or by other paths: From the Target home page, select the drop-down under the Target Type and Configuration. All features, functions, links, buttons and drill-downs on this page, excluding features and functions that apply to the Oracle Database, are licensed as part of the Configuration Management Pack for Applications |
| Configuration History | From the Enterprise Manager home page, click the Enterprise menu, then Configuration and History. All features, functions, links, buttons and drill-downs on this page, excluding features and functions that apply to the Oracle Database, are licensed as part of the Configuration Management Pack for Applications. |
| Configuration Compare | From the Enterprise Manager home page, click the Enterprise menu, then Configuration and Compare. All features, functions, links, buttons and drill-downs on this page, excluding features and functions that apply to the Oracle Database, are licensed as part of the Configuration Management Pack for Applications. |
| File Synchronization | When viewing comparison results differences as described in the Configuration Compare feature, select the configuration specification in the tree on the left. Select Enable File Synchronization. All features, functions, links, buttons, and drill-downs on this page are licensed as part of the Configuration Management Pack for Applications. |
| Configuration Topology | From the Enterprise Manager home page Targets link. Select a Target, excluding the Oracle Database, from the Target home page. Select the drop-down under the Target Type and Configuration, Topology. In the View drop-down, Used By is licensed as part of the Configuration Management Pack for Applications.
From the Enterprise Manager home page Targets link. Select a Target, excluding the Oracle Database, from the Target home page. Select the drop-down under the Target Type and Configuration, Topology and Customization. All features, functions, links, buttons and drill-downs on this page are licensed as part of the Configuration Management Pack for Applications. If the Target Home Page is accessed directly or by other paths:
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| Configuration Save | From the Enterprise Manager home page, click the Enterprise menu, then Configuration and Save. All features, functions, links, buttons and drill-downs on this page, excluding features and functions that apply to the Oracle Database, are licensed as part of the Configuration Management Pack for Applications. |
| Configuration Collection Extensibility | From the Enterprise Manager home page, click the Enterprise menu, Configuration and Custom. All features, functions, links, buttons and drill-downs on this page, excluding features and functions that apply to the Oracle Database, are licensed as part of the Configuration Management Pack for Applications. |
| Compliance | From the Enterprise Manager home page, click the Enterprise menu, then Compliance. All features, functions, links, buttons and drill-downs on this page, excluding features and functions that apply to the Oracle Database, are licensed as part of the Configuration Management Pack for Applications. |
| Real-time Configuration Change Detection | From the Enterprise Manager home page, click the Enterprise menu, then Compliance. All features, functions, links, buttons and drill-downs on this page, excluding features and functions that apply to the Oracle Database, are licensed as part of the Configuration Management Pack for Applications. |
| User Defined Deployment Procedures (UDDP) | From the Enterprise Manager home page, click the Enterprise menu, Provisioning and Patching, then Procedure Library. On the Provisioning Library page, from the list of actions, the Create New option is licensed as part of the Configuration Management Pack for Applications. |
The following Enterprise Manager Command Line Interface (CLI) verbs are licensed as part of the Configuration Management Pack for Applications:
confirm_instance describe_instance describe_procedure_input get_executions get_instance_data get_instance_status get_instances get_procedure_types get_procedure_xml get_procedures |
get_retry_argument ignore_instance reschedule_instance resume_instance save_procedure stop_instance submit_procedure suspend_instance update_and_retry_step update_procedure_input |
The following reports are part of the Configuration Management Pack for Applications. All reports, excluding reports associated with, or for the Oracle Database, are licensed for Configuration Management Pack for Applications. To access the reports go to the Enterprise Manager home page, click the Reports, then Information Publisher Reports or BI Publisher Enterprise Reports.
The following reporting areas, reports and sub-reports under Information Publisher Reports are licensed as part of the Configuration Management Pack for Applications:
Compliance
Configuration
The following reporting areas, reports and sub-reports under BI Publisher Enterprise Reports are licensed as part of the Configuration Management Pack for Applications:
Compliance
Configuration
The following repository views are part of the Configuration Management Pack for Applications:
| Configuration Views | |
|---|---|
MGMT$CCS_DATA MGMT$CCS_DATA_SOURCE MGMT$CCS_DATA_SOURCE_VISIBLE MGMT$CCS_DATA_VISIBLE MGMT$CS_ASM_DISKGRP_SETTINGS MGMT$CS_DB_CONTROL_FILE_COUNT MGMT$CS_DB_INIT_PARAMS MGMT$CS_DB_RBS_IN_SYSTEM MGMT$CS_DB_REC_SEG_SETTINGS MGMT$CS_DB_REC_TS_SETTINGS MGMT$CS_DB_REC_USER_SETTINGS MGMT$CS_DB_REDO_LOG_COUNT MGMT$CS_DB_REDO_LOGS MGMT$CS_DB_TABLESPACES MGMT$CS_DB_TBSP_SEGSPACE_MGMT |
MGMT$CS_FEATURE_USAGE MGMT$CS_HA_INFO MGMT$ECM_CURRENT_SNAPSHOTS MGMT$ECM_VISIBLE_SNAPSHOTS MGMT$HW_CPU_DETAILS MGMT$HW_IO_DEVICES MGMT$HW_NIC_BONDS MGMT$J2EE_APPLICATION MGMT$J2EEAPP_EJBCOMPONENT MGMT$J2EEAPP_JRFWS MGMT$J2EEAPP_JRFWSOPER MGMT$J2EEAPP_JRFWSPOLICY MGMT$J2EEAPP_JRFWSPORT MGMT$J2EEAPP_WEBAPPCOMPONENT MGMT$J2EEAPP_WSCONFIG |
| Oracle Home Patching Views | |
|---|---|
MGMT$OH_CLONE_PROPERTIES MGMT$OH_COMPONENT MGMT$OH_COMP_DEP_RULE MGMT$OH_COMP_INST_TYPE MGMT$OH_CRS_NODES MGMT$OH_DEP_HOMES MGMT$OH_FILE MGMT$OH_HOME_INFO MGMT$OH_INSTALLED_TARGETS MGMT$OH_INV_SUMMARY MGMT$OH_PATCH MGMT$OH_PATCHED_COMPONENT |
MGMT$OH_PATCHED_FILE MGMT$OH_PATCHSET MGMT$OH_PATCH_FIXED_BUG MGMT$OH_VERSIONED_PATCHV MGMT$CPF_ADVISORY_INFO MGMT$CPF_HOMES_INFO MGMT$CPF_PATCH_INFO MGMT$EM_HOMES_PLATFORM MGMT$HOMES_AFFECTED MGMT$PATCH_ADVISORIES MGMT$APPL_PATCH_AND_PATCHSET MGMT$APPLIED_PATCHES MGMT$APPLIED_PATCHSETS |
| Compliance Views | |
|---|---|
MGMT$COMPLIANCE_STANDARD_RULE MGMT$COMPLIANCE_STANDARD MGMT$COMPLIANCE_STANDARD_GROUP MGMT$CS_EVAL_SUMMARY MGMT$COMPOSITE_CS_EVAL_SUMMARY MGMT$CS_ASM_DISKGRP_SETTINGS MGMT$CS_DB_CONTROL_FILE_COUNT MGMT$CS_DB_INIT_PARAMS MGMT$CS_DB_RBS_IN_SYSTEM MGMT$CS_DB_REC_SEG_SETTINGS MGMT$CS_DB_REC_TS_SETTINGS MGMT$CS_DB_REC_USER_SETTINGS MGMT$CS_DB_REDO_LOG_COUNT |
MGMT$CS_DB_REDO_LOGS MGMT$CS_DB_TABLESPACES MGMT$CS_DB_TBSP_SEGSPACE_MGMT MGMT$CS_FEATURE_USAGE MGMT$CS_HA_INFO MGMT$CS_GROUP_EVAL_SUMMARY MGMT$CS_RULE_EVAL_SUMMARY MGMT$CS_TARGET_ASSOC MGMT$CCC_ALL_OBSERVATIONS MGMT$CCC_ALL_OBS_BUNDLES MGMT$CCC_DIAG_ANALYTICS MGMT$CCC_DIAG_QUEUEBACKLOG |
| Client Configuration Views | |
|---|---|
MGMT$CSA_COLLECTIONS MGMT$CSA_FAILED MGMT$CSA_HOST_OS_COMPONENTS MGMT$CSA_HOST_SW MGMT$CSA_HOST_COOKIES MGMT$CSA_HOST_CUSTOM MGMT$CSA_HOST_RULES |
MGMT$CSA_HOST_CPUS MGMT$CSA_HOST_IOCARDS MGMT$CSA_HOST_NICS MGMT$CSA_HOST_OS_PROPERTIES MGMT$CSA_HOST_OS_FILESYSEMS MGMT$ECM_CONFIG_HISTORY |
If you have an older Configuration Management pack including:
Configuration Management Pack
Configuration Management Pack for Oracle Middleware
Configuration Management Pack for Non-Oracle Systems
You may use all of the features licensed as part of the Configuration Management Pack for Applications only against the previously licensed targets except for the following:
Application Configuration Console
Configuration Collection Extensibility
Creating a custom Comparison Template
Using a Comparison Template as part of a Configuration Comparison specification
This pack improves the availability and performance of Java applications with low overhead deployed on Non-Oracle Middleware (such as, IBM WebSphere Application Server, JBoss Application Server, and Apache Tomcat), and provides in-depth diagnostics.
The Management Pack for Non-Oracle Middleware includes the following components:
Enterprise Manager system monitoring functionality for IBM WebSphere Application Servers, JBoss Application Servers, and Apache Tomcat.
Enterprise Manager monitoring plug-ins for Microsoft Internet Information Services, Microsoft .NET Framework, and Microsoft BizTalk Server.
Application Dependency and Performance, which can model Java Enterprise Edition applications based on the metadata present and gather metrics on standard Java Enterprise Edition components. The high-level metrics are organized based on their URI mappings, and the lower-level metrics are organized based on their method-level call graph.
Business Transaction Management features only for non-Oracle platforms which can be proxied through the limited use license of Oracle Service Bus.
JVM Diagnostics, which is applicable for Application Servers and standalone Java applications running on supported JVMs. This diagnoses the root cause of Java application performance problems in Java applications with very low performance overhead. See the following My Oracle Support site for the latest information about supporting JVMs and platforms:
https://support.oracle.com/rs?type=doc&id=1415144.1
Java Mission Control (JMC), which is applicable for Application Servers and standalone Java applications.
Configuration Management: track inventory, configuration drift and detailed configuration search.
The following sections describe the licensed features and links of this management pack offered by Enterprise Manager:
Accessing Management Pack for Non-Oracle Middleware Licensed Links
Management Pack for Non-Oracle Middleware Restricted Use License
The Management Pack for Non-Oracle Middleware includes the following features:
The following pages are licensed features of the Management Pack for Non-Oracle Middleware:
| Licensed Page/Link | How to Access |
|---|---|
| Page Performance tab | From the Enterprise Summary page, select the Targets tab, then the Web Applications sub-tab. Click any Web Application Name in the table. On the Web Application page, this tab is licensed. |
| Page Performance page | From the Enterprise Summary page, click the Page Performance property page. All links, buttons, and drill-downs on this page are licensed. |
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From the Enterprise Summary page, click the Page Performance property page. On the Page Performance page, these links in the Related Links section are licensed. |
| Oracle JVM Diagnostics pages | All pages in Oracle JVM Diagnostics are licensed.
All the links under Oracle JVM Diagnostics in the Oracle Application Diagnostics for Java (AD4J) are licensed. |
| Availability link | From the Enterprise Summary page, click Targets, then Middleware. On the Middleware page, click an IBM WebSphere Application Server link. On the IBM WebSphere Application Server page, this link in the General section is licensed.
From the Enterprise Summary page, click Targets, then Middleware. On the Middleware page, click a JBoss Application Server link. On the JBoss Application Server page, this link in the General section is licensed. From the Enterprise Summary page, click Targets, then Middleware. On the Middleware page, click an Apache Tomcat Application Server link. On the Apache Tomcat Application Server page, this link in the General section is licensed. |
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From the Enterprise Summary page, click Targets, then Middleware. On the Middleware page, click an IBM WebSphere Application Server link. On the IBM WebSphere Application Server page, these links in the Related links section are licensed.
From the Enterprise Summary page, click Targets, then Middleware. On the Middleware page, click a JBoss Application Server link. On the JBoss Application Server page, these links in the Related links section are licensed. From the Enterprise Summary page, click Targets, then Middleware. On the Middleware page, click an Apache Tomcat Application Server link. On the Apache Tomcat Application Server page, these links in the Related links section are licensed. |
| Performance Links section | From the Enterprise Summary page, click the Targets, then Middleware. On the Middleware page, click an IBM WebSphere Application Server link. On the IBM WebSphere Application Server page, click the Performance tab. On the IBM WebSphere Application Server Performance page, all links in this section are licensed.
From the Enterprise Summary page, click the Targets, then Middleware. On the Middleware page, click a JBoss Application Server link. On the JBoss Application Server page, click the Performance tab. On the JBoss Application Server Performance page, all links in this section are licensed. |
| Reports Links section | From the Enterprise Summary page, click the Targets, then Middleware. On the Middleware page, click an Apache Tomcat Application Server link. On the Apache Tomcat Application Server page, click the Reports tab. All links in this section are licensed. |
| Configuration Collection Extensibility | From the Enterprise Manager home page, click the Enterprise menu, Configuration and Custom. All features, functions, links, buttons and drill-downs on this page, excluding features and functions that apply to the Oracle Database, are licensed. |
| Configuration Compare | From the Enterprise Manager home page, click the Enterprise menu, then Configuration and Compare. All features, functions, links, buttons and drill-downs on this page, excluding features and functions that apply to the Oracle Database, are licensed. |
| Configuration History | From the Enterprise Manager home page, click the Enterprise menu, then Configuration and History. All features, functions, links, buttons and drill-downs on this page, excluding features and functions that apply to the Oracle Database, are licensed. |
| Configuration Instance Browser | From the Enterprise Manager home page Targets link. Select a Target excluding the Oracle Database. From the Target home page, select the drop-down under the Target Type and Configuration. All features, functions, links, buttons and drill-downs on this page, excluding features and functions that apply to the Oracle Database, are licensed.
If the Target Home Page is accessed directly or by other paths: From the Target home page, select the drop-down under the Target Type and Configuration. All features, functions, links, buttons and drill-downs on this page, excluding features and functions that apply to the Oracle Database, are licensed |
| Configuration Save | From the Enterprise Manager home page, click the Enterprise menu, then Configuration and Save. All features, functions, links, buttons and drill-downs on this page, excluding features and functions that apply to the Oracle Database, are licensed. |
| Configuration Search | From the Enterprise Manager home page, click the Enterprise menu, then Configuration and Search. All features, functions, links, buttons and drill-downs on this page, excluding features and functions that apply to the Oracle Database, are licensed. |
| Configuration Topology | From the Enterprise Manager home page Targets link. Select a Target, excluding the Oracle Database, from the Target home page. Select the drop-down under the Target Type and Configuration, Topology. In the View drop-down, Used By is licensed.
From the Enterprise Manager home page Targets link. Select a Target, excluding the Oracle Database, from the Target home page. Select the drop-down under the Target Type and Configuration, Topology and Customization. All features, functions, links, buttons and drill-downs on this page are licensed. If the Target Home Page is accessed directly or by other paths:
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Oracle Application Dependency and Performance models and monitors Java EE and Web Services applications. This is restricted to Java EE and web services within the Management Pack for Non-Oracle Middleware.
The following sections describe the licensed features and links of this part of the management pack offered by Enterprise Manager:
Oracle Application Dependency and Performance within the Management Pack for Non-Oracle Middleware includes the following features:
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Automatic modeling and discovery | Automatically model and discover management applications displaying multiple views of the application, including the topology, function/flow, and architectural views. |
| Contextual visibility into J2EE and web service metrics | Provide drill-down contextual visibility into Java EE and web service metrics. |
| Metrics visibility at any layer | Automatically generate customized dashboards and views to view metrics at any layer in the application through graphs and tables. |
| Transaction tracing | Trace transactions for Java EE metrics both vertically through the application stack and horizontally across containers. |
Note:
Within the Management Pack for Non-Oracle Middleware, Application Dependency and Performance licensing is restricted to Java EE and web service components for IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS), and does not include BPEL, ESB, AIA, Portal, or Pageflow components, nor cover the Oracle WebLogic or OC4J (iAS) platforms.From the Application Dependency and Performance user interface default view, the following links and menu items are licensed features of the Management Pack for Non-Oracle Middleware:
| Licensed Page/Link | How to Access |
|---|---|
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From the upper-left navigation pane, click the Monitor tab. These links, including all of the associated links in the right-hand pane, and any pages, views, or links and the items they contain are licensed. All tabbed pane links and data available in the right-hand pane and all links available from any of the items in the tool bar or by double-clicking an item in the right-hand pane are licensed. |
| Custom Views tab link | From the upper-left navigation area, click the Custom Views tab link. All navigation tree nodes in the lower-left navigation tree and all tabbed pane links and data available in the right pane are licensed. |
| Dashboard tab link | From the lower-left navigation area, click the Dashboard tab link. All navigation tree nodes in the lower-left navigation tree and all tabbed pane links and data available in the right pane are licensed. |
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All drop-down menu items and sub-items, navigation bars, lower information bar (bottom of interface), and time frame modification features at the top of the Application Dependency and Performance user interface are licensed, including the accessible links from these drop-down menus. |
Management Pack for Non-Oracle Middleware includes the full capabilities of Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Service Level Management.
See Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Service Level Management in Chapter 7 for more information.
The Management Pack for Non-Oracle Middleware includes Business Transaction Management (BTM) features only for non-Oracle platforms which can be proxied through the limited use license of Oracle Service Bus.
BTM within Management Pack for Non-Oracle Middleware Application Dependency and Performance includes the following features:
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Contextual visibility into Java EE and .NET metrics | Provide drill-down contextual visibility into Java EE and .NET metrics. |
| Exception management | Provide transaction alerting and searching to locate exceptions and errors in transactions that span multiple application components. |
| Transaction discovery | Discover, record, and correlate transactions as they flow across components that may span multiple JVMs, containers, and platforms. |
| Transaction-level agreements | Provide transaction-level objectives (TLOs) that span multiple interacting components. |
Oracle includes a restricted-use license of Oracle Service Bus (and its subcomponents) for the express purpose of monitoring endpoints for Enterprise Manager Business Transaction Management, covering creation of Proxy and Business Service in pass-through mode only. Oracle Service Bus may be configured with the Business Transaction Management observer agent in single instance and an additional instance of Oracle Service Bus may be configured for Proxy failover purposes.
The Enterprise Manager System Monitoring Plug-ins for Non-Oracle Middleware provide performance and availability data collection, real-time and historical monitoring, event management/monitoring, notifications, and reporting for Non-Oracle Middleware.
The following System Monitoring plug-ins for non-Oracle middleware are available:
Apache HTTP Server
IBM WebSphere MQ
Microsoft Active Directory
For details on adding the above mentioned non-Oracle middleware targets to Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c, refer to the following documents:
| Non-Oracle Middleware Target | Documentation |
|---|---|
| Apache HTTP Server | See the "Discovering and Monitoring Apache HTTP Server" chapter in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Oracle Fusion Middleware Management Guide:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E24628_01/install.121/e24215/apache.htm |
| IBM WebSphere MQ | See the "Discovering and Monitoring IBM WebSphere MQ" chapter in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Oracle Fusion Middleware Management Guide:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E24628_01/install.121/e24215/wmq.htm |
| Microsoft Active Directory | Oracle Enterprise Manager System Monitoring Plug-in Installation Guide for Microsoft Active Directory:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E24628_01/install.121/e28548/toc.htm |
The following sections describe the licensed features and links of system-monitoring plug-ins offered by Enterprise Manager:
System Monitoring Plug-Ins for Non-Oracle Middleware Features
Accessing System Monitoring Plug-Ins for Non-Oracle Middleware Licensed Links
System Monitoring Plug-Ins for Non-Oracle Middleware Licensed CLI Verbs
The following features are available for Apache HTTP Server management:
Real-time and historical availability monitoring
Event management/monitoring
Event/alert notifications: notification methods, rules and schedules
Event/alert history/metric history
Metric extensions
Blackouts/planned outages
Monitoring templates
Availability and event reports
Repository tables and views that store or expose the above data
Configuration Management: Configuration Collection Extensibility, Configuration Compare (not including the use of Comparison Templates), Configuration History, Configuration Instance Browser, Configuration Save, and Configuration Search
The following features are available for the IBM WebSphere MQ and Microsoft Active Directory plug-ins:
Real-time and historical performance monitoring and trending
Event/alert notifications: notification methods, rules and schedules
Event/alert history/metric history
Repository tables and views that store or expose the above data
Distributed management through groups and systems
Configuration Extensions to allow for addition of custom configuration files.
To use the features above, you must license the System Monitoring Plug-in for Non-Oracle Middleware.
A list of links and navigation, which are licensed as part of the System Monitoring plug-ins for Non-Oracle Middleware, is provided for the following plug-ins:
The following list of links and navigation to them correspond with managing Apache HTTP Server in Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c and are licensed as part of the System Monitoring Plug-in for Non-Oracle Middleware.
| Licensed Page/Link | How to Access |
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| The following pages/links are related to general monitoring features and are accessed from the Enterprise Summary page: | |
| Home page | From the Targets menu, select All Targets and then select Apache HTTP Server target type to display all Apache HTTP Server targets. Select an Apache HTTP Server target to navigate to its home page. On this page, all links are licensed. |
| Create Blackout | From the Targets menu, select All Targets and then select Apache HTTP Server target type to display all Apache HTTP Server targets. Select an Apache HTTP Server target to navigate to its home page. On this page, select Blackout. All links, menu items, tabs, and sections on this page are licensed.
From the Targets menu, select All Targets and then select Apache HTTP Server target type to display all Apache HTTP Server targets. Select an Apache HTTP Server target to navigate to its home page. On this page, select the Target menu, then Control, and finally Create Blackout. All links, menu items, tabs, and sections on this page are licensed |
| End Blackout | From the Targets menu, select All Targets and then select Apache HTTP Server target type to display all Apache HTTP Server targets. Select an Apache HTTP Server target to navigate to its home page. On this page, select End Blackout. All links, menu items, tabs, and sections on this page are licensed.
From the Targets menu, select All Targets and then select Apache HTTP Server target type to display all Apache HTTP Server targets. Select an Apache HTTP Server target to navigate to its home page. On this page, select the Target menu, then Control, and finally End Blackout. All links, menu items, tabs, and sections on this page are licensed. |
| All Metrics | From the Targets menu, select All Targets and then select Apache HTTP Server target type to display all Apache HTTP Server targets. Select an Apache HTTP Server target to navigate to its home page. On this page, select the Target menu, then Monitoring, and finally All Metrics. All links, menu items, tabs, and sections on this page are licensed. |
| Status History | From the Targets menu, select All Targets and then select Apache HTTP Server target type to display all Apache HTTP Server targets. Select an Apache HTTP Server target to navigate to its home page. On this page, select the Target menu, then Monitoring, and finally Status History. All links, menu items, tabs, and sections on this page are licensed. |
| Alert History | From the Targets menu, select All Targets and then select Apache HTTP Server target type to display all Apache HTTP Server targets. Select an Apache HTTP Server target to navigate to its home page. On this page, select the Target menu, then Monitoring, and finally Alert History. All links, menu items, tabs, and sections on this page are licensed. |
| Blackouts | From the Targets menu, select All Targets and then select Apache HTTP Server target type to display all Apache HTTP Server targets. Select an Apache HTTP Server target to navigate to its home page. On this page, select the Target menu, then Monitoring, and finally Blackouts. All links, menu items, tabs, and sections on this page are licensed. |
| The following pages/links are related to configuration management features and are accessed from the Enterprise Summary page: | |
| Last Collected | From the Targets menu, select All Targets and then select Apache HTTP Server target type to display all Apache HTTP Server targets. Select an Apache HTTP Server target to navigate to its home page. On this page, select the Target menu, then Configuration, and finally Last Collected. All links, menu items, tabs, and sections on this page are licensed. |
| Compare | From the Targets menu, select All Targets and then select Apache HTTP Server target type to display all Apache HTTP Server targets. Select an Apache HTTP Server target to navigate to its home page. On this page, select the Target menu, then Configuration, and finally Compare. All links, menu items, tabs, and sections on this page are licensed. |
| Search | From the Targets menu, select All Targets and then select Apache HTTP Server target type to display all Apache HTTP Server targets. Select an Apache HTTP Server target to navigate to its home page. On this page, select the Target menu, then Configuration, and finally Search. All links, menu items, tabs, and sections on this page are licensed. |
| History | From the Targets menu, select All Targets and then select Apache HTTP Server target type to display all Apache HTTP Server targets. Select an Apache HTTP Server target to navigate to its home page. On this page, select the Target menu, then Configuration, and finally History. All links, menu items, tabs, and sections on this page are licensed. |
| Save… | From the Targets menu, select All Targets and then select Apache HTTP Server target type to display all Apache HTTP Server targets. Select an Apache HTTP Server target to navigate to its home page. On this page, select the Target menu, then Configuration, and finally Save…. All links, menu items, tabs, and sections on this page are licensed. |
| Saved | From the Targets menu, select All Targets and then select Apache HTTP Server target type to display all Apache HTTP Server targets. Select an Apache HTTP Server target to navigate to its home page. On this page, select the Target menu, then Configuration, and finally Saved. All links, menu items, tabs, and sections on this page are licensed. |
| Topology | From the Targets menu, select All Targets and then select Apache HTTP Server target type to display all Apache HTTP Server targets. Select an Apache HTTP Server target to navigate to its home page. On this page, select the Target menu, then Configuration, and finally Topology. All links, menu items, tabs, and sections on this page are licensed. |
| The following pages/links are related to compliance management features and are accessed from the Enterprise Summary page: | |
| Results | From the Targets menu, select All Targets and then select Apache HTTP Server target type to display all Apache HTTP Server targets. Select an Apache HTTP Server target to navigate to its home page. On this page, select the Target menu, then Compliance, and finally Results. All links, menu items, tabs, and sections on this page are licensed. |
| Standard Associations | From the Targets menu, select All Targets and then select Apache HTTP Server target type to display all Apache HTTP Server targets. Select an Apache HTTP Server target to navigate to its home page. On this page, select the Target menu, then Compliance, and finally Standard Associations. All links, menu items, tabs, and sections on this page are licensed. |
The following list of links and navigation to them correspond with managing IBM WebSphere MQ Queue Manager in Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c and are licensed as part of the System Monitoring Plug-in for Non-Oracle Middleware.
| Licensed Page/Link | How to Access |
|---|---|
| IBM WebSphere MQ Queue Manager plug-in | From the Enterprise Manager home page, click the Setup menu, then Agents. All links and subordinate pages of the IBM WebSphere MQ Queue Manager plug-in are licensed. |
The following command line interface (CLI) verb (as it relates to adding non-Oracle middleware) is licensed as part of the System Monitoring Plug-in for Non-Oracle Middleware:
Note:
There are no EM CLI verbs associated with Apache HTTP Server that are licensable.add_target
The internal names to be used with the add_target verb are:
wmq (See note below.)
active_directory
Note:
Forwmq, another jar file is needed after executing theadd_target command. After adding the target, modify the jar path property from the "Monitoring Configuration link" by appending the following path:
/scratch/mqjars/com.ibm.mq.jar
Use a colon as a separator between the two jar files if the agent is Linux-based, and a semicolon if the Agent is Windows-based.
The following plug-ins for non-Oracle databases are available:
Oracle System Monitoring Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server
Oracle System Monitoring Plug-in for IBM DB2
Oracle System Monitoring Plug-in for Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise
The following sections describe the licensed features and links of system-monitoring plug-ins offered by Enterprise Manager:
System Monitoring Plug-Ins for Non-Oracle Databases Features
Accessing System Monitoring Plug-Ins for Non-Oracle Databases Licensed Links
System Monitoring Plug-Ins for Non-Oracle Databases Licensed CLI Verbs
The following features are available for these plug-ins:
Helpdesk (ticketing) and event connectors
Metric alert management: metric history and associated drill-downs, alert history and associated drill-downs, event history and associated drill-downs
Event/alert notifications: different notification methods including e-mail, running custom OS scripts, PL/SQL procedures and SNMP traps; repeat notifications, use of notification-related actions in incident rule sets, administrator notification schedules
Monitoring templates, template collections with administration groups, and metric extensions
Configuration Management: Configuration Collection Extensibility for licensed target types, Configuration Compare (not including the use of Comparison Templates), Configuration History, Configuration Instance Browser, Configuration Save, and Configuration Search for licensed target types
Repository tables/views that store/expose the above data
User Defined Deployment Procedures (UDDP): Automate custom processes by creating a procedure from the start by inserting the required phases, steps, and variables.
To use these features, you must license the System Monitoring Plug-ins for Non-Oracle Database.
The list that follows itemizes the links that require licensing of the plug-ins. You can navigate to these features in several ways. The list that follows assumes that you begin from the main Enterprise Manager Cloud Control home page.
In the upper right corner of the page, click Setup, then select Add Target, and finally Add Targets Manually. On this page, select the Add Non-Host Targets by Specifying Target Monitoring Properties option. The following selections from the Target Type drop-down menu are licensed features of the System Monitoring Plug-in for Non-Oracle Databases:
Microsoft SQL Server
IBM DB2 Database
Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise
The following command line interface (CLI) verb is licensed as part of the System Monitoring Plug-in for Non-Oracle Databases:
add_target
The internal names to be used with the add_target verb are:
microsoft_sqlserver_database
ibm_db2_database
sybase_ase