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Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Audience
Scope and Coverage
Documentation Accessibility
Related Documents
Conventions
What's New in This Book Revision
Changes Incorporated in the Latest Revision (Published)
Changes Incorporated in the Previous Revisions (Archived)
Part I Overview and Setup Details
1
Introduction to Lifecycle Management
1.1
Overview of the New Lifecycle Management Solutions
1.2
Information Map for Lifecycle Management Solutions
2
Setting Up Your Infrastructure
2.1
Getting Started with Setting Up Your Infrastructure
2.2
Setting Up Oracle Software Library
2.3
Setting Up Credentials
2.4
Creating Enterprise Manager User Accounts
2.4.1
Overview of User Accounts
2.4.2
Creating Designer User Account
2.4.3
Creating Operator User Account
2.5
(Optional) Setting Up My Oracle Support
2.6
(Optional) Configuring Self-Update
2.7
(Optional) Setting Up E-mail Notifications
Part II Discovery
3
Discovering Hosts and Software Deployments
3.1
Discovering Hosts and Targets Automatically
3.2
Discovering Hosts and Targets Manually
Part III Database Provisioning
4
Overview of Database Provisioning
4.1
Introduction to Database Provisioning
4.2
Supported Use Cases and Targets Provisioned Using Database Provisioning Procedures
4.3
Setting Up Database Provisioning
4.3.1
Meeting Basic Infrastructure and Host Requirements
4.3.2
Understanding Administrator Privileges for Provisioning Database
4.3.3
Prerequisites for Designers
4.3.4
Prerequisites for Operators
4.3.5
Creating Database Provisioning Profiles
4.3.6
Describing, Creating, and Deleting Database Provisioning Profiles Using EMCLI
4.3.6.1
Describing Database Provisioning Profiles Using EMCLI
4.3.6.2
Creating Database Provisioning Profiles Using EMCLI
4.3.6.3
Deleting Database Provisioning Profiles Using EMCLI
4.3.7
Creating Installation Media
4.3.8
Creating Database Templates
4.3.9
Uploading Database Templates to Software Library
4.3.10
Creating Database Provisioning Entities
4.3.10.1
Creating an Oracle Database Clone from a Reference Home
4.3.10.2
Creating an Oracle Database Clone from an External Storage
4.3.10.3
Creating an Oracle Clusterware Clone from a Reference Home
4.3.10.4
Creating an Oracle Clusterware Clone from an External Storage
4.3.11
Downloading Cluster Verification Utility
5
Provisioning Oracle Databases
5.1
Getting Started with Provisioning Oracle Databases
5.2
Oracle Database Topology
5.3
Provisioning and Creating Oracle Databases
5.3.1
Prerequisites for Provisioning Databases
5.3.2
Procedure for Provisioning Databases
5.4
Provisioning Oracle Databases with Oracle Automatic Storage Management
5.4.1
Prerequisites for Provisioning Oracle Databases with Oracle Automatic Storage Management
5.4.2
Procedure for Provisioning Databases
5.5
Provisioning Oracle Database Software Only
5.5.1
Prerequisites for Provisioning Oracle Database Software Only
5.5.2
Procedure for Provisioning Oracle Database Software Only
5.6
Using No Root Credentials for Provisioning Oracle Databases
6
Provisioning Oracle Grid Infrastructure for Oracle Databases
6.1
Getting Started with Provisioning Oracle Grid Infrastructure for Oracle Databases
6.2
Provisioning Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Databases with Oracle Automatic Storage Management
6.2.1
Prerequisites for Provisioning Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Databases with Oracle ASM
6.2.2
Procedure for Provisioning Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Databases with Oracle ASM
6.3
Provisioning Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database Software Only
6.3.1
Prerequisites for Provisioning Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database Software Only
6.3.2
Procedure for Provisioning Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database Software Only
7
Provisioning Oracle Grid Infrastructure for Oracle Real Application Clusters Databases
7.1
Getting Started with Provisioning Grid Infrastructure for Oracle RAC Databases
7.2
Oracle Real Application Clusters Database Topology
7.3
Provisioning Grid Infrastructure with Oracle Real Application Clusters Database and Configuring Database with Oracle Automatic Storage Management
7.3.1
Prerequisites for Provisioning Grid Infrastructure with Oracle RAC Database
7.3.2
Procedure for Provisioning Grid Infrastructure with Oracle RAC Database
7.3.2.1
Requirements for Grid Infrastructure Software Location Path
7.4
Provisioning Oracle Real Application Clusters Database with File System on an Existing Cluster
7.4.1
Prerequisites for Provisioning Oracle RAC Database with File System on an Existing Cluster
7.4.2
Procedure for Provisioning Oracle RAC with File System on an Existing Cluster
7.5
Provisioning Oracle Real Application Clusters Database with File System on a New Cluster
7.5.1
Prerequisites for Provisioning Oracle RAC Database with File System on a New Cluster
7.5.2
Procedure for Provisioning Oracle RAC Database with File System on a New Cluster
7.6
Using No Root Credentials for Provisioning Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) Databases
8
Provisioning Oracle Real Application Clusters One (Oracle RAC One) Node Databases
8.1
Getting Started with Provisioning Oracle RAC One Node Databases
8.2
Deployment Procedures for Provisioning Oracle RAC One Node Databases
8.3
Provisioning Oracle RAC One Node Databases
8.3.1
Prerequisites for Provisioning Oracle RAC One Node Databases
8.3.2
Procedure for Provisioning Oracle RAC One Node Databases
9
Provisioning Oracle Real Application Clusters for 10g and 11g
9.1
Getting Started with Provisioning Oracle Real Application Clusters for 10g and 11g
9.2
Core Components Deployed When Provisioning Oracle RAC
9.3
Cloning a Running Oracle Real Application Clusters
9.3.1
Prerequisites for Cloning a Running Oracle Real Application Clusters
9.3.2
Procedure for Cloning a Running Oracle Real Application Clusters
9.4
Provisioning Oracle Real Application Clusters Using Gold Image
9.4.1
Prerequisites for Provisioning Oracle Real Application Clusters Using Gold Image
9.4.2
Procedure for Provisioning Oracle Real Application Clusters Using Gold Image
9.5
Provisioning Oracle Real Application Clusters Using Archived Software Binaries
9.5.1
Prerequisites for Provisioning Oracle Real Application Clusters Using Archived Software Binaries
9.5.2
Procedure for Provisioning Oracle Real Application Clusters Using Archived Software Binaries
9.5.2.1
Sample Cluster Configuration File
9.6
Provisioning Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) Databases Using No Root Credentials
10
Extending Oracle Real Application Clusters
10.1
Getting Started with Extending Oracle Real Application Clusters
10.2
Extending Oracle Real Application Clusters
10.2.1
Prerequisites for Extending Oracle Real Application Clusters
10.2.2
Procedure for Extending Oracle Real Application Clusters
11
Deleting or Scaling Down Oracle Real Application Clusters
11.1
Getting Started with Deleting or Scaling Down Oracle Real Application Clusters
11.2
Deleting the Core Components of Oracle Real Application Clusters
11.3
Deleting the Entire Oracle RAC
11.3.1
Prerequisites for Deleting the Entire Oracle RAC
11.3.2
Procedure for Deleting the Entire Oracle RAC
11.4
Scaling Down Oracle RAC by Deleting Some of Its Nodes
11.4.1
Prerequisites for Scaling Down Oracle RAC by Deleting Some of Its Nodes
11.4.2
Procedure for Scaling Down Oracle RAC by Deleting Some of Its Nodes
12
Provisioning Oracle Database Replay Client
12.1
Getting Started with Provisioning Oracle Database Replay Client
12.2
Cloning a Running Oracle Database Replay Client
12.2.1
Prerequisites for Cloning a Running Oracle Database Replay Client
12.2.2
Procedure for Cloning a Running Oracle Database Replay Client
12.3
Provisioning an Oracle Database Replay Client Using Gold Image
12.3.1
Prerequisites for Provisioning an Oracle Database Replay Client Using Gold Image
12.3.2
Procedure for Provisioning an Oracle Database Replay Client Using Gold Image
12.4
Provisioning an Oracle Database Replay Client Using Installation Binaries
12.4.1
Prerequisites for Provisioning an Oracle Database Replay Client Using Installation Binaries
12.4.2
Procedure for Provisioning an Oracle Database Replay Client Using Installation Binaries
13
Provisioning Oracle Standby Databases
13.1
Overview of Creating a Standby Database
13.2
Creating a New Physical Standby Database (single-instance only)
13.2.1
Step 1: Determine the backup type
13.2.2
Step 2: Set up the backup options
13.2.3
Step 3: Select the Oracle home in which to create the standby database
13.2.4
Step 4: Set up the location for standby database files
13.2.5
Step 5: Provide standby database configuration parameters
13.2.6
Step 6: Review the information before clicking Finish
13.3
Creating a New Logical Standby Database (single-instance only)
13.3.1
Step 1: Determine the backup type
13.3.2
Step 2: Set up the backup options
13.3.3
Step 3: Select the Oracle home in which to create the standby database
13.3.4
Step 4: Set up the location for standby database files
13.3.5
Step 5: Provide standby database configuration parameters
13.3.6
Step 6: Review the information before clicking Finish
13.4
Managing an Existing Standby Database with Data Guard Broker
13.5
Creating a Primary Database Backup Only
14
Cloning Oracle Databases and Pluggable Databases
14.1
Creating a Full Clone Database
14.1.1
Creating a Full Clone Database Using the Clone Wizard
14.1.2
Creating a Full Clone Database Using EM CLI
14.2
Creating a Test Master Database
14.2.1
Creating a Test Master Database Using the Clone Wizard
14.2.2
Creating a Test Master Database Using EM CLI
14.3
Creating a Full Clone Pluggable Database
14.3.1
Creating a Full Clone Pluggable Database Using the Clone Wizard
14.3.2
Creating a Full Clone Pluggable Database Using EM CLI
14.4
Creating a Test Master Pluggable Database
14.4.1
Creating a Test Master Pluggable Database Using the Clone Wizard
14.4.2
Creating a Test Master Pluggable Database Using EM CLI
14.5
Cloning Databases Using the Classic Cloning Wizard
14.5.1
Overview of Classic Cloning Methods
14.5.2
Cloning an Oracle Database Using Recovery Manager (RMAN) Backup
14.5.3
Cloning an Oracle Database Using Staging Areas
14.5.4
Cloning an Oracle Database Using an Existing Backup
15
Cloning Solutions in Hybrid Cloud (Oracle PaaS)
15.1
Overview of Cloning in Oracle PaaS
15.2
Cloning in Hybrid Cloud Use Cases
15.3
Prerequisites for Cloning in Oracle PaaS
15.4
Cloning to Oracle Cloud
15.4.1
Cloning a PDB to Oracle Cloud
15.4.1.1
Cloning a PDB to Oracle Cloud Using the Clone Wizard
15.4.1.2
Cloning a PDB to Oracle Cloud Using EM CLI
15.4.2
Cloning Schema(s) to a DB or PDB on Oracle Cloud
15.4.3
Cloning a DB to a DB or PDB on Oracle Cloud
15.5
Cloning from Oracle Cloud
15.5.1
Cloning a PDB from Oracle Cloud
15.5.1.1
Cloning a PDB from Oracle Cloud Using the Clone Wizard
15.5.1.2
Cloning a PDB from Oracle Cloud Using EM CLI
15.5.2
Cloning Schema(s) from Oracle Cloud to a DB or PDB
15.5.3
Cloning a DB from Oracle Cloud to a DB or PDB
15.6
Cloning Within Oracle Cloud
15.6.1
Cloning a PDB Within Oracle PaaS
15.6.2
Cloning a DB Within Oracle PaaS
16
Creating Databases
16.1
Getting Started with Creating Databases
16.2
Creating an Oracle Database
16.2.1
Prerequisites for Creating an Oracle Database
16.2.2
Procedure for Creating an Oracle Database
16.3
Creating Oracle Real Application Clusters Database
16.3.1
Prerequisites for Creating an Oracle Real Application Clusters Database
16.3.2
Procedure for Creating an Oracle Real Application Clusters Database
16.4
Creating Oracle Real Application Clusters One Node Database
16.4.1
Prerequisites for Creating an Oracle RAC One Node Database
16.4.2
Procedure for Creating an Oracle Real Application Clusters One Node Database
17
Managing Pluggable Databases
17.1
Getting Started With Managing Pluggable Databases
17.2
Overview of Managing Pluggable Databases
17.3
Provisioning Pluggable Databases
17.3.1
Creating a New Pluggable Database
17.3.1.1
Prerequisites for Creating a New Pluggable Database
17.3.1.2
Creating a New Pluggable Database
17.3.2
Plugging In an Unplugged Pluggable Database
17.3.2.1
Prerequisites for Plugging In an Unplugged Pluggable Database
17.3.2.2
Plugging In an Unplugged Pluggable Database
17.3.3
Cloning a Pluggable Database
17.3.3.1
Prerequisites for Cloning a Pluggable Database
17.3.3.2
Cloning a Pluggable Database
17.3.4
Migrating a Non-CDB as a Pluggable Database
17.3.4.1
Prerequisites for Migrating a Non-CDB as a Pluggable Database
17.3.4.2
Migrating a Non-CDB as a Pluggable Database
17.4
Removing Pluggable Databases
17.4.1
Unplugging and Dropping a Pluggable Database
17.4.1.1
Prerequisites for Unplugging and Dropping a Pluggable Database
17.4.1.2
Unplugging and Dropping a Pluggable Database
17.4.2
Deleting Pluggable Databases
17.4.2.1
Prerequisites for Deleting Pluggable Databases
17.4.2.2
Deleting Pluggable Databases
17.5
Viewing Pluggable Database Job Details
17.5.1
Viewing Create Pluggable Database Job Details
17.5.2
Viewing Unplug Pluggable Database Job Details
17.5.3
Viewing Delete Pluggable Database Job Details
17.6
Administering Pluggable Databases
17.6.1
Switching Between Pluggable Databases
17.6.2
Altering Pluggable Database State
Part IV Database Upgrade
18
Upgrading Databases
18.1
Getting Started
18.2
Supported Releases
18.3
Upgrading Databases Using Deployment Procedure
18.3.1
About Deployment Procedures
18.3.2
Meeting the Prerequisites
18.3.3
Upgrading Oracle Cluster Database Using Deployment Procedure
18.3.4
Upgrading Oracle Clusterware Using Deployment Procedure
18.3.5
Upgrading Oracle Database Instance Using Deployment Procedure
18.4
Upgrading an Oracle Database or Oracle RAC Database Instance Using the Database Upgrade Wizard
18.4.1
Meeting the Prerequisites
18.4.2
Performing the Upgrade Procedure
Part V Database Security
19
Managing Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
20
Using Oracle Data Redaction
21
Managing Oracle Database Vault and Privilege Analysis
Part VI Middleware Provisioning
22
Overview of Middleware Provisioning
22.1
Introduction to Middleware Provisioning
22.2
Oracle Fusion Middleware Provisioning Terminology
22.3
Supported Use Cases for Middleware Provisioning Procedures
22.3.1
Provisioning Middleware Domains and Oracle Homes
22.3.2
Scaling WebLogic Server, SOA, Oracle Service Bus, and WebCenter Domains
22.3.3
Deploying / Redeploying / Undeploying Java EE Applications
22.3.4
Provisioning Coherence Nodes and Clusters
22.3.5
Provisioning SOA Artifacts
22.3.6
Provisioning Oracle Service Bus Resources
22.3.7
Provisioning Oracle BPEL Processes
22.3.8
Provisioning Oracle Application Server
23
Provisioning Fusion Middleware Domain and Oracle Homes
23.1
Getting Started with Fusion Middleware Provisioning
23.2
Different Approaches to Launch the Provision Fusion Middleware Deployment Procedure
23.3
High-Level Steps for Middleware Provisioning
23.3.1
Step1: Creating a Profile
23.3.2
Step2: Running Provision Fusion Middleware Procedure to Provision the Profile
23.4
Prerequisites for Provisioning from the Middleware Provisioning Profiles
23.4.1
Prerequisites for Provisioning the Installation Media Profile or the Oracle Home Profile
23.4.2
Prerequisites for Provisioning the WebLogic Domain Profile
23.4.3
Using Custom Scripts Stored in the Software Library
23.4.3.1
Using Custom Scripts with Input Parameters
23.4.3.2
Using Custom Scripts Without Inputs Parameters
23.5
Creating Middleware Provisioning Profiles
23.5.1
Creating a Provisioning Profile Based on an Installation Media
23.5.2
Creating a Provisioning Profile Based on an Oracle Home
23.5.3
Creating a Provisioning Profile Based on a WebLogic Domain
23.6
Provisioning of a new Fusion Middleware Domain from an Installation Media Based-Profile or an Oracle Home Based-Profile
23.6.1
Customizing the Destination Environment from an Installation Media Based-Profile or an Oracle Home Based-Profile.
23.7
Provisioning a Fusion Middleware Domain from an Existing Oracle Home
23.7.1
Customizing the Destination Environment from an Existing Oracle Home
23.8
Cloning from an Existing WebLogic Domain Based-Profile
23.8.1
Customizing the Destination Environment from an Existing WeLogic Domain Based-Profile
24
Provisioning the SOA Domain and Oracle Homes
24.1
Getting Started with Provisioning SOA Domain and Oracle Home
24.2
Source Environment and Destination Environment after SOA Provisioning
24.2.1
Source and Destination Environments for a Fresh SOA Provisioning Use Case
24.2.2
Source and Destination Environments for SOA Cloning Use Case
24.3
Supported Versions of SOA for Provisioning
24.4
Before you Begin Provisioning SOA Domain and Oracle Home
24.4.1
Create Middleware Roles and Assign Privileges to them
24.4.2
Setting Named Credentials and Privileged Credentials for the Middleware Targets
24.4.3
(Applicable only for a Cloning WebLogic Domain Use Case) Cloning a Database
24.5
Use Case 1: First Time Provisioning of a SOA Domain
24.6
Use Case 2: Provisioning from a SOA Oracle Home Based Provisioning Profile
24.7
Use Case 3: Cloning from a Provisioning Profile based on an Existing SOA Domain
24.8
Use Case 4: Provisioning from an Existing SOA Home
24.9
Use Case 5: Scaling Up an Existing SOA Domain
25
Provisioning the Oracle Service Bus Domain and Oracle Homes
25.1
Getting Started with Provisioning OSB Domain and Oracle Home
25.2
Supported Versions of OSB for Provisioning
25.3
Before you Begin Provisioning OSB Domain and Oracle Home
25.3.1
Create Middleware Roles and Assign Privileges to them
25.3.2
Setting Named Credentials and Privileged Credentials for the Middleware Targets
25.3.3
(Applicable only for a Cloning WebLogic Domain Use Case) Cloning a Database
25.4
Use Case 1: First Time Provisioning of a OSB Domain
25.5
Use Case 2: Provisioning from a OSB Home Based Provisioning Profile
25.6
Use Case 3: Cloning from a Provisioning Profile based on an Existing OSB Domain
25.7
Use Case 4: Provisioning from an Existing OSB Home
25.8
Use Case 5: Scaling Up an Existing OSB Domain
26
Provisioning the Oracle WebCenter Domain and Oracle Homes
26.1
Getting Started with Provisioning WebCenter Domain and Oracle Home
26.2
About WebCenter Topologies Supported in Enterprise Manager
26.3
Source Environment and Destination Environment after WebCenter Provisioning
26.3.1
Source and Destination Environments for a Fresh WebCenter Provisioning Use Case
26.3.2
Source and Destination Environments for WebCenter Cloning Use Case
26.4
Supported Versions of WebCenter for Provisioning
26.5
Before you Begin Provisioning WebCenter Domain and Oracle Home
26.5.1
Create Middleware Roles and Assign Privileges to them
26.5.2
Setting Named Credentials and Privileged Credentials for the Middleware Targets
26.5.3
(Applicable only for a Cloning WebLogic Domain Use Case) Cloning a Database
26.6
Use Case 1: First Time Provisioning of a WebCenter Portal with Lock-downs
26.7
Use Case 2: Provisioning a WebCenter Home
26.8
Use Case 3: Cloning an Existing WebCenter Portal Environment
26.9
Use Case 4: Provisioning from an Existing WebCenter Home
26.10
Use Case 5: Scaling Up an Existing WebCenter Domain
27
Middleware Provisioning using the EM CLI
27.1
Creating Middleware Provisioning Profiles
27.1.1
Creating a WebLogic Domain Profilec
27.1.2
Creating an Oracle Home Profile
27.1.3
Creating an Installation Media Profile
27.2
Submitting the Procedure using EM CLI
27.3
Listing Middleware Provisioning Profiles
27.3.1
Listing All the Profiles
27.3.2
Listing All the WebLogic Domain Profiles
27.3.3
Listing All the Oracle Home Profiles
27.3.4
Listing All the Installation Media Profiles
27.4
Describing Provisioning Profiles
27.4.1
Describing a WebLogic Domain Profile
27.4.2
Describing an Oracle Home Profile
27.4.3
Describing an Installation Media Profile
27.5
Deleting Provisioning Profiles
28
Middleware Profiles Using REST APIs
28.1
Creating Middleware Provisioning Profiles
28.1.1
Creating a WebLogic Domain Profile
28.1.2
Creating an Oracle Home Profile
28.1.3
Creating an Installation Media Profile
28.2
Listing Middleware Provisioning Profiles
28.2.1
Listing All the Profiles
28.2.2
Listing WebLogic Domain Profiles
28.2.3
Listing Oracle Home Profile
28.2.4
Listing Installation Media Profiles
28.3
Describing Provisioning Profiles
28.3.1
Describing a WebLogic Domain Profile
28.3.2
Describing an Oracle Home Profile
28.3.3
Describing an Installation Media Profile
28.4
Deleting Provisioning Profiles
28.4.1
Deleting a WebLogic Domain Profile
28.4.2
Deleting an Oracle Home Profile
28.4.3
Deleting an Installation Media Profile
29
Scaling Up / Scaling Out Fusion Middleware Domains
29.1
Getting Started
29.2
Prerequisites
29.3
Running the Scale Up / Scale Out Middleware Deployment Procedure
29.3.1
WebLogic Domain Scaling Up: Select Source Page
29.3.2
Weblogic Domain Scaling Up: Managed Servers Page
29.3.3
WebLogic Domain Scaling Up / Scaling Out: Web Tier
29.3.4
WebLogic Domain Scaling Up / Scaling Out : Credentials Page
29.3.5
Weblogic Domain Scaling Up / Scaling Out : Schedule Page
29.3.6
WebLogic Domain Scaling Up / Scaling Out : Review Page
29.4
Middleware Provisioning and Scale Up / Scale Out Best Practices
30
Deploying / Redeploying / Undeploying Java EE Applications
30.1
Getting Started with Java EE Applications
30.2
Deploying, Undeploying, or Redeploying Java EE Applications
30.3
Supported Releases for Java EE Applications
30.4
Prerequisites for Deploying/Undeploying Java EE Applications
30.5
Creating a Java EE Application Component
30.6
Java EE Applications Deployment Procedure
30.6.1
Deploying a Java EE Application
30.6.2
Redeploying a Java EE Application
30.6.3
Undeploying a Java EE Application
31
Provisioning Coherence Nodes and Clusters
31.1
Getting Started
31.2
Supported Releases
31.3
Deploying Coherence Nodes and Clusters
31.3.1
Prerequisites
31.3.2
Creating a Coherence Component
31.3.3
Deployment Procedure
31.3.3.1
Adding a Coherence Node
31.3.3.2
Sample Scripts
31.4
Troubleshooting
32
Provisioning SOA Artifacts and Composites
32.1
Getting Started with SOA Artifacts Provisioning
32.2
Understanding SOA Artifacts Provisioning
32.3
Deployment Procedures, Supported Releases, and Core Components Deployed
32.4
Provisioning SOA Artifacts
32.4.1
Provisioning SOA Artifacts from a Reference Installation
32.4.2
Provisioning SOA Artifacts from Gold Image
32.5
Deploying SOA Composites
33
Provisioning Oracle Service Bus Resources
33.1
Getting Started with Provisioning Oracle Service Bus Resources
33.2
Supported Releases
33.3
Provisioning Oracle Service Bus Resources from Oracle Service Bus Domain
33.4
Understanding the Export Modes for OSB Resources
33.5
Provisioning Oracle Service Bus Resources from Oracle Software Library
34
Provisioning Oracle BPEL Processes
34.1
Getting Started with Oracle BPEL Processes
34.2
Supported Releases for Oracle BPEL Processes
34.3
Provisioning Oracle BPEL Processes
35
Provisioning Oracle Application Server
35.1
Getting Started with Provisioning Oracle Application Server
35.2
Deployment Procedures, Supported Releases, and Core Components Deployed
35.3
Provisioning Oracle Application Server 10g Release 1 (10.1.3)
35.3.1
Cloning a Running Oracle Application Server Instance
35.3.1.1
Cloning from an Existing Cluster, Scaling Up the Existing Cluster, and Using the Same Internet Directory
35.3.1.2
Provisioning from an Existing Cluster and Creating a New Cluster Without Internet Directory
35.3.1.3
Provisioning from an Existing Cluster and Creating a New Cluster With Internet Directory
35.3.2
Provisioning a Gold Image of the Oracle Application Server
35.3.2.1
Provisioning and Creating a New Cluster Without Internet Directory
35.3.2.2
Provisioning and Creating a New Cluster With Internet Directory
35.3.2.3
Provisioning and Treating Oracle Application Server as a Standalone Instance Without Internet Directory
35.3.2.4
Provisioning and Treating Oracle Application Server as a Standalone Instance With Internet Directory
35.4
Provisioning Oracle SOA Suite 10g (10.1.3.4 and 10.1.3.5)
Part VII Bare Metal Server Provisioning
36
Provisioning Bare Metal Servers
36.1
Getting Started with Provisioning Bare Metal Servers
36.2
Overview Of Bare Metal Provisioning
36.2.1
Accessing Bare Metal Provisioning Page
36.2.2
Provisioning Environment for Bare Metals
36.2.2.1
Software Library and its Entities
36.2.2.2
Boot Server
36.2.2.3
Stage Server
36.2.2.4
Reference Host
36.2.2.5
RPM Repository
36.2.3
Provisioning Bare Metal
36.3
Supported Releases of Linux
36.4
Setting Up Infrastructure for Bare Metal Provisioning
36.4.1
Setting Up Stage Server
36.4.1.1
Prerequisites to Setup a Stage Server
36.4.1.2
Setting up a Stage Server and Accessing the Management Agent files
36.4.2
Setting Up Boot Server and DHCP Server
36.4.3
Setting Up RPM Repository
36.4.3.1
Setting UP RHEL 4 RPM Repository
36.4.3.2
Setting Up Oracle Linux 4 RPM Repository
36.4.3.3
Setting Up RHEL 5/Oracle Linux 5 RPM Repository
36.4.3.4
Exposing RPM Repository through HTTP or FTP
36.4.4
Configuring Stage Server
36.4.5
Configuring Boot Server
36.4.6
Configuring DHCP Server
36.4.7
Configuring RPM Repository
36.4.8
Checklist for Boot Server, Stage Server, RPM Repository, and Reference Host
36.4.9
Configuring Software Library Components
36.4.9.1
Creating Operating System Component
36.4.9.2
Creating Disk Layout Component
36.4.9.3
Creating an Oracle Virtual Server Component
36.5
Prerequites For Provisioning Bare Metal Servers and Oracle VM Servers
36.6
Provisioning Bare Metal Servers
36.7
Provisioning Oracle VM Servers
36.8
Viewing Saved Plans
36.9
Using Saved Plans for Provisioning Linux Operating Systems on Bare Metal Servers
Part VIII Host Management
37
Overview of Host Management
37.1
Host Statistics
37.2
Diagnosing Host Problems
37.3
Viewing Targets on the Host
37.4
Storage Statistics and History
38
Setting Up the Environment to Monitor Hosts
38.1
Required Installations
38.2
For Linux Hosts - Installing YAST
38.3
Setting Up Credentials
38.4
Setup Needed for Host Monitoring
38.4.1
Viewing Monitoring Configuration
38.4.2
Setting Up Monitoring Credentials
38.5
Target Setup Needed for Host Administration
39
Customizing Your Host Monitoring Environment
39.1
Customizing the Host Home Page
39.2
Using Groups
40
Monitoring Hosts
40.1
Overall Monitoring
40.1.1
CPU Details
40.1.2
Memory Details
40.1.3
Disk Details
40.1.4
Program Resource Utilization
40.1.5
Log File Alerts
40.1.6
Metric Collection Errors
40.2
Storage Details
40.2.1
Storage Utilization
40.2.2
Overall Utilization
40.2.3
Provisioning Summary
40.2.4
Consumption Summary
40.2.5
ASM
40.2.6
Databases
40.2.7
Disks
40.2.8
File Systems
40.2.9
Volumes
40.2.9.1
Types of Entities
40.2.9.2
Top-Level Entities
40.2.9.3
Bottom-Level Entities
40.2.9.4
Intermediate Entities
40.2.10
Vendor Distribution
40.2.11
Storage History
40.2.12
Storage Layers
40.2.13
Storage Refresh
41
Administering Hosts
41.1
Configuration Operations on Hosts
41.1.1
Configuring File and Directory Monitoring Criteria
41.1.2
Configuring Generic Log File Monitor Criteria
41.1.3
Configuring Program Resource Utilization Monitoring Criteria
41.2
Administration Tasks
41.2.1
Services
41.2.2
Default System Run Level
41.2.3
Network Card
41.2.4
Host Lookup Table
41.2.5
NFS Client
41.2.6
User and Group Administration (Users)
41.2.7
User and Group Administration (Groups)
41.3
Using Tools and Commands
41.3.1
Enabling Sudo and Power Broker
41.3.2
Executing the Host Command Using Sudo or PowerBroker
41.3.3
Remote File Editor
41.4
Adding Host Targets
41.5
Running Host Command
41.5.1
Accessing Host Command
41.5.2
Executing Host Command Using Sudo or Power Broker
41.5.3
Execute Host Command - Multiple Hosts
41.5.3.1
Target Properties
41.5.4
Execute Host Command - Group
41.5.5
Execute Host Command - Single Host
41.5.6
Load OS Script
41.5.7
Load From Job Library
41.5.8
Execution History
41.5.9
Execution Results
41.6
Miscellaneous Tasks
41.6.1
Enabling Collection of WBEM Fetchlet Based Metrics
41.6.2
Enabling Hardware Monitoring for Dell PowerEdge Linux Hosts
41.6.3
Adding and Editing Host Configuration
Part IX Patch Management
42
Patching Software Deployments
42.1
Overview of the New Patch Management Solution
42.1.1
Overview of the Current Patch Management Challenges
42.1.2
About the New Patch Management Solution
42.1.3
Overview of Patch Plans
42.1.3.1
About Patch Plans
42.1.3.2
About Types of Patch Plans
42.1.3.3
About the Create Plan Wizard
42.1.4
Overview of Patch Templates
42.1.4.1
About Patch Templates
42.1.4.2
About the Edit Template Wizard
42.1.5
Supported Targets, Releases, and Deployment Procedures for Patching
42.1.6
Overview of Supported Patching Modes
42.1.6.1
Overview of Patching in Online and Offline Mode
42.1.6.2
Overview of Patching in In-Place and Out-of-Place Mode
42.1.6.3
Overview of Patching in Rolling and Parallel Mode
42.1.7
Understanding the Patching Workflow
42.2
Setting Up Infrastructure for Patching
42.2.1
Meeting Basic Infrastructure Requirements for Patching
42.2.2
Creating Administrators with the Required Roles for Patching
42.2.3
Setting Up Infrastructure for Patching in Online Mode (Connected to MOS)
42.2.3.1
Enabling Online Mode for Patching
42.2.3.2
Registering the Proxy Details for My Oracle Support
42.2.4
Setting Up Infrastructure for Patching in Offline Mode (Not Connected to MOS)
42.2.4.1
Enabling Offline Mode for Patching
42.2.4.2
Downloading Enterprise Manager Catalog Zip File From Another Host With Internet Connectivity
42.2.4.3
Uploading Enterprise Manager Catalog Zip File from your Host With No Internet Connectivity
42.2.4.4
Uploading Patches to Oracle Software Library
42.2.5
Analyzing the Environment and Identifying Whether Your Targets Can Be Patched
42.3
Identifying Patches to Be Applied
42.3.1
About Patch Recommendations
42.3.2
About Knowledge Articles for Patching
42.3.3
About Service Requests for Patching
42.3.4
Searching for Patches on My Oracle Support
42.3.5
Searching for Patches in Oracle Software Library
42.4
Applying Patches
42.4.1
Creating a Patch Plan
42.4.2
Accessing the Patch Plan
42.4.3
Analyzing, Preparing, and Deploying Patch Plans
42.4.4
Switching Back to the Original Oracle Home After Deploying a Patch Plan
42.4.5
Saving Successfully Analyzed or Deployed Patch Plan As a Patch Template
42.4.6
Creating a Patch Plan from a Patch Template and Applying Patches
42.4.7
Patching Oracle Grid Infrastructure Targets
42.4.8
Patching Oracle Exadata
42.4.9
Patching Oracle Data Guard Targets
42.4.9.1
Oracle Data Guard Patching Workflow
42.4.9.2
Oracle Data Guard Patching Scenarios
42.4.10
Patching Oracle Identity Management Targets
42.4.11
Patching Oracle Siebel Targets
42.5
Diagnosing and Resolving Patching Issues
42.5.1
Workarounds for Target Related Errors
42.5.1.1
Workarounds for Missing Property Errors
42.5.1.2
Workarounds for Unsupported Configuration Errors
42.5.2
Common Patching Issues
42.5.3
Resolving Patching Issues
42.5.4
Rolling Back Patches
42.6
Additional Patching Tasks You Can Perform
42.6.1
Viewing or Modifying a Patch Template
42.6.2
Saving a Deployed Patch Plan as a Patch Template
42.6.3
Downloading Patches from a Patch Template
42.6.4
Deleting a Patch Plan
42.6.5
Deleting a Patch Template
42.6.6
Converting a Nondeployable Patch Plan to a Deployable Patch Plan
42.6.7
Associating Additional Targets to a Patch in a Patch Plan
42.6.8
Manually Staging the Patching Root Component
42.6.9
Restricting Root User Access for Patching
42.6.10
Resolving Patch Conflicts
42.6.11
Analyzing the Results of Patching Operations
42.6.12
Customizing Patching Deployment Procedures
42.6.12.1
Customizing a Static Patching Deployment Procedure
42.6.12.2
Customizing a Dynamic Patching Deployment Procedure
42.6.13
Pausing the Patching Process While Patching Targets in Rolling Mode
42.6.14
Rolling Back Patches
42.7
End-to-End Use Case: Patching Your Data Center
42.8
Patching Database as a Service Pools
43
Patching Linux Hosts
43.1
Overview of Patching Linux Hosts
43.2
About the Deployment Procedure for Patching Linux Hosts
43.3
Supported Linux Releases
43.4
Setting Up Infrastructure for Linux Patching
43.4.1
Prerequisites for Using the Linux Patching Feature
43.4.2
Setting Up the RPM Repository for Linux Patching
43.4.2.1
Prerequisites for Setting Up the RPM Repository
43.4.2.2
Setting Up the RPM Repository for Patching
43.4.3
Setting Up Linux Patching Group for Compliance Reporting
43.4.3.1
Prerequisites for Setting Up Linux Patching Group
43.4.3.2
Setting Up a Linux Patching Group
43.5
Patching Linux Hosts
43.5.1
Applying Patches on a Linux Patching Group Based on Compliance
43.5.2
Applying Ad Hoc or Emergency Patches on Linux Hosts
43.6
Managing Linux Configuration Files
43.6.1
Overview of Linux Configuration Files
43.6.2
Prerequisites for Managing Configuration Files
43.6.3
Creating a Linux Configuration File Channel
43.6.4
Uploading Linux Configuration Files to a Particular Channel
43.6.4.1
Prerequisites for Uploading Linux Configuration Files
43.6.4.2
Uploading Linux Configuration Files
43.6.5
Importing Linux Configuration Files from One Channel to Another
43.6.5.1
Prerequisites for Importing Linux Configuration Files
43.6.5.2
Importing Linux Configuration Files
43.6.6
Deploying Linux Configuration Files From a Particular Channel
43.6.6.1
Prerequisites for Deploying Linux Configuration Files
43.6.6.2
Deploying Linux Configuration Files
43.6.7
Deleting a Linux Configuration File Channel
43.6.7.1
Prerequisites for Deleting a Linux Configuration File Channel
43.6.7.2
Deleting Linux Configuration File Channels
43.7
Additional Linux Patching Tasks You Can Perform
43.7.1
Viewing Linux Patching Compliance History
43.7.1.1
Prerequisites for Viewing Linux Patching Compliance History
43.7.1.2
Viewing Linux Patching Compliance History
43.7.2
Patching Non-Compliant Linux Packages
43.7.2.1
Prerequisites for Patching Non-Compliant Linux Packages
43.7.2.2
Patching Non-Compliant Linux Packages
43.7.3
Rolling Back Linux Patch Update Sessions or Deinstalling Packages
43.7.3.1
Prerequisites for Rolling Back Linux Patch Update Sessions or Deinstalling Packages
43.7.3.2
Rolling Back Linux Patch Update Sessions or Deinstalling Packages
43.7.4
Registering a Custom Package Channel
43.7.4.1
Prerequisites for Registering a Custom Package Channel
43.7.4.2
Registering a Custom Package Channel
43.7.5
Cloning a Package Channel
43.7.5.1
Prerequisites for Cloning a Package Channel
43.7.5.2
Cloning a Package Channel
43.7.6
Copying Packages from One Channel to Another
43.7.6.1
Prerequisites for Copying Packages from One Channel to Another
43.7.6.2
Copying Packages from One Channel to Another
43.7.7
Adding Custom Packages to a Channel
43.7.7.1
Prerequisites for Adding Custom Packages to a Channel
43.7.7.2
Adding Custom Packages to a Channel
43.7.8
Deleting a Package Channel
43.7.8.1
Prerequisites for Deleting a Package Channel
43.7.8.2
Deleting a Package Channel
Part X Configuration, Compliance, and Change Management
44
Managing Configuration Information
44.1
Overview of Configuration Management
44.2
Overview of Configuration Searches
44.2.1
Managing Configuration Searches
44.2.2
Setting Up a Search
44.2.3
Reviewing Search Scenarios
44.3
Overview of Configuration Browser
44.3.1
Viewing Configuration Data
44.3.2
Working with Saved Configurations
44.3.3
Working with Inventory and Usage Details
44.4
Overview of Configuration History
44.4.1
Accessing Configuration History
44.4.2
Working with Configuration History
44.4.2.1
Searching History
44.4.2.2
Annotating Configuration Changes
44.4.2.3
Scheduling a History Search and Creating a Notification List
44.4.2.4
Saving History to a File
44.4.3
Viewing History Job Activity
44.5
Overview of Comparisons and Templates
44.5.1
About Comparison Templates
44.5.2
Working with Comparison Templates
44.5.2.1
Creating or Editing a Comparison Template
44.5.2.2
Managing Comparison Templates
44.5.3
Specifying Rules
44.5.3.1
Creating a Value Constraint Rule
44.5.3.2
Creating a Matching Rule
44.5.3.3
Creating an Include or Exclude Rule
44.5.4
About Rules Expression and Syntax
44.5.5
Understanding Rules by Example
44.5.5.1
Matching Rule Examples
44.5.5.2
Including or Excluding Rule Examples
44.5.6
About Comparisons
44.5.7
Understanding the Comparison Wizard
44.5.7.1
Selecting a Configuration to Compare Against
44.5.7.2
Selecting Configurations to Compare
44.5.7.3
Selecting a Template to Use in the Comparison
44.5.7.4
Mapping Members in a System Comparison
44.5.7.5
Scheduling the Comparison and Creating a Notification List
44.5.7.6
Reviewing the Comparison Parameters and Submitting the Job
44.5.8
Working with Comparison Results
44.5.8.1
About Comparisons and Job Activity
44.5.8.2
About System Comparison Results
44.5.8.3
About Standard Target Comparison Results
44.5.8.4
Synchronizing Configuration Files
44.6
Overview of Configuration Extensions and Collections
44.6.1
Working with Configuration Extensions
44.6.1.1
Creating a Custom Target Type
44.6.1.2
Creating or Editing a Configuration Extension
44.6.1.3
Using the Files & Commands Tab
44.6.1.4
Using the SQL Tab
44.6.1.5
Setting Up Credentials When Creating a Configuration Extension
44.6.1.6
Setting Up Rules
44.6.1.7
Managing Configuration Extensions
44.6.1.8
About Configuration Extensions and Versioning
44.6.1.9
About Configuration Extensions and Privileges
44.6.2
About Configuration Extensions and Deployment
44.6.2.1
Deploying and Undeploying Configuration Extensions
44.6.2.2
Editing a Deployment of Configuration Extensions
44.6.2.3
Viewing a Configuration Collection
44.6.3
Extending Configuration Data Collections
44.6.3.1
Extending Existing Target Collections
44.6.3.2
Adding New Target Data Collections
44.6.4
Using Configuration Extensions as Blueprints
44.7
Overview of Parsers
44.7.1
Managing Parsers
44.7.2
About XML Parsers
44.7.2.1
About the Default XML Parser
44.7.2.2
About the Generic XML Parser
44.7.2.3
XML Parser Examples
44.7.3
About Format-Specific Parsers
44.7.3.1
Database Query Parser Parameters
44.7.3.2
Directory Parser Parameters
44.7.3.3
E-Business Suite Parser Parameters
44.7.3.4
Galaxy CFG Parser Parameters
44.7.3.5
MQ-Series Parser Parameters
44.7.3.6
Siebel Parser Parameters
44.7.3.7
Unix Installed Patches Parser Parameters
44.7.3.8
Unix Recursive Directory List Parser Parameters
44.7.4
About Columnar Parsers
44.7.4.1
Columnar Parser Parameters
44.7.5
About Properties Parsers
44.7.5.1
Basic Properties Parser Parameters
44.7.5.2
Advanced Properties Parser Parameters
44.7.5.3
Advanced Properties Parser Constructs
44.7.6
Using Parsed Files and Rules
44.7.6.1
Sample XML File Parsing and Rule Application
44.7.6.2
Sample Non-XML File Parsing and Rule Application
44.7.6.3
Sample SQL Query Parsing and Rule Application
44.8
Overview of Client Configurations
44.8.1
About Client System Analyzer in Cloud Control
44.8.2
Deploying Client System Analyzer Independently
44.9
Overview of Relationships
44.10
Overview of Configuration Topology Viewer
44.10.1
About Configuration Topology Viewer
44.10.2
Examples of Using Topology
44.10.3
Viewing a Configuration Topology
44.10.4
Determining System Component Structure
44.10.5
Determining General Status of Target's Configuration Health
44.10.6
Getting Configuration Health/Compliance Score of a Target
44.10.7
Analyzing a Problem and Viewing a Specific Issue in Detail
44.10.8
About Dependency Analysis
44.10.9
About Impact Analysis
44.10.10
Creating a Custom Topology View
44.10.11
Deleting a Custom Topology View
44.10.12
Excluding Relationships from a Custom Topology View
44.10.13
Including Relationships to a Target in a Custom Topology View
44.10.14
Creating a Relationship to a Target
44.10.15
Deleting a Relationship from a Target
44.10.16
Controlling the Appearance of Information on a Configuration Topology Graph
45
Managing Compliance
45.1
Overview of Compliance
45.1.1
Terminology Used in Compliance
45.1.2
Accessing the Compliance Features
45.1.3
Roles and Privileges Needed to Use the Compliance Features
45.2
Evaluating Compliance
45.2.1
Accessing Compliance Statistics
45.2.1.1
Using the Compliance Dashboard Effectively
45.2.2
Viewing Compliance Summary Information
45.2.3
Viewing Target Compliance Evaluation Results
45.2.4
Viewing Compliance Framework Evaluation Results
45.2.5
Managing Violations
45.2.6
Investigating Compliance Violations and Evaluation Results
45.2.6.1
Investigating Violations of Repository Compliance Standard Rules and Targets Causing Violations
45.2.6.2
Viewing All the Violations Reported for Your Enterprise
45.2.6.3
Examples of Viewing Violations
45.2.7
Investigating Evaluation Errors
45.2.8
Analyzing Compliance Reports
45.2.9
Overview of Compliance Score and Importance
45.2.9.1
Compliance Score of a Compliance Standard Rule -Target
45.2.9.2
Real-time Monitoring Rule Compliance Score
45.2.9.3
Compliance Score of a Compliance Standard for a Target
45.2.9.4
Compliance Framework Compliance Score
45.2.9.5
Parent Node Compliance Score
45.3
Investigating Real-time Observations
45.3.1
Viewing Observations
45.3.1.1
Viewing Observations By Systems
45.3.1.2
Viewing Observations By Compliance Framework
45.3.1.3
Viewing Observations By Search
45.3.1.4
Viewing Details of an Incident
45.3.2
Operations on Observations During Compliance Evaluation
45.3.2.1
Manually Setting an Observation As Authorized Or Not Authorized
45.3.2.2
Notifying a User When an Observation Occurs
45.3.2.3
Notifying a User When an Authorized Observation Occurs
45.4
Configuring Compliance Management
45.4.1
About Compliance Frameworks
45.4.2
Operations on Compliance Frameworks
45.4.2.1
Creating a Compliance Framework
45.4.2.2
Creating Like a Compliance Framework
45.4.2.3
Editing a Compliance Framework
45.4.2.4
Deleting a Compliance Framework
45.4.2.5
Exporting a Compliance Framework
45.4.2.6
Importing a Compliance Framework
45.4.2.7
Browsing Compliance Frameworks
45.4.2.8
Searching Compliance Frameworks
45.4.2.9
Browsing Compliance Framework Evaluation Results
45.4.2.10
Searching Compliance Framework Evaluation Results
45.4.2.11
Browsing Compliance Framework Errors
45.4.2.12
Searching Compliance Framework Errors
45.4.2.13
Verifying Database Targets Are Compliant with Compliance Frameworks
45.4.3
About Compliance Standards
45.4.4
Operations on Compliance Standards
45.4.4.1
Creating a Compliance Standard
45.4.4.2
Creating Like a Compliance Standard
45.4.4.3
Editing a Compliance Standard
45.4.4.4
Deleting a Compliance Standard
45.4.4.5
Exporting a Compliance Standard
45.4.4.6
Importing a Compliance Standard
45.4.4.7
Browsing Compliance Standards
45.4.4.8
Searching Compliance Standards
45.4.4.9
Browsing Compliance Standard Evaluation Results
45.4.4.10
Searching Compliance Standard Evaluation Results
45.4.4.11
Browsing Compliance Standard Errors
45.4.4.12
Searching Compliance Standard Errors
45.4.4.13
Associating a Compliance Standard with Targets
45.4.4.14
Viewing Real-time Monitoring Compliance Standard Warnings
45.4.4.15
Enabling Security Metrics
45.4.4.16
Considerations When Creating Compliance Standards
45.4.5
About Compliance Standard Rule Folders
45.4.5.1
Creating Rule Folders
45.4.5.2
Managing Rule Folders in a Compliance Standard
45.4.6
About Compliance Standard Rules
45.4.7
Operations on Compliance Standards Rules
45.4.7.1
Creating a Repository Compliance Standard Rule
45.4.7.2
Creating a WebLogic Server Signature Compliance Standard Rule
45.4.7.3
Creating a Real-time Monitoring Compliance Standard Rule
45.4.7.4
Creating an Agent-side Rule
45.4.7.5
Creating a Manual Rule
45.4.7.6
Creating Like a Compliance Standard Rule
45.4.7.7
Editing a Compliance Standard Rule
45.4.7.8
Deleting a Compliance Standard Rule
45.4.7.9
Exporting a Compliance Standard Rule
45.4.7.10
Importing a Compliance Standard Rule
45.4.7.11
Browsing Compliance Standard Rules
45.4.7.12
Searching Compliance Standard Rules
45.4.7.13
Compliance Standard Rules Provided by Oracle
45.5
Real-time Monitoring Facets
45.5.1
About Real-time Monitoring Facets
45.5.1.1
Facet Entity Types
45.5.1.2
Facet Patterns
45.5.2
Operations on Facets
45.5.2.1
Viewing the Facet Library
45.5.2.2
Creating and Editing Facets
45.5.2.3
Creating and Editing Facet Folders
45.5.2.4
Deleting a Facet
45.5.2.5
Using Create Like to Create a New Facet
45.5.2.6
Importing and Exporting Facets
45.5.2.7
Changing Base Facet Attributes Not Yet Used In a Rule
45.6
Examples
45.6.1
Creating Repository Rule Based on Custom Configuration Collections
45.6.2
Creating Compliance Standard Agent-side and Manual Rules
45.6.3
Suppressing Violations
45.6.4
Clearing Violations
46
Managing Enterprise Data Governance
46.1
Overview of Enterprise Data Governance
46.1.1
About Enterprise Data Governance
46.1.2
What Are Protection Policies?
46.1.3
What Are Application Signatures?
46.2
Using Enterprise Data Governance
46.2.1
The Enterprise Data Governance Dashboard
46.2.2
Working with Sensitive Database Discovery Results
46.2.3
Working with Metadata Discovery Jobs
46.2.3.1
Creating a Metadata Discovery Job
46.2.3.2
Managing Automatic Metadata Discovery
46.2.3.3
Managing Metadata Discovery Results
46.2.4
Working with Data Discovery Jobs
46.2.4.1
Creating a Data Discovery Job
46.2.4.2
Managing Data Discovery Results
46.2.5
Creating Custom Application Signatures
47
Managing Database Schema Changes
47.1
Overview of Change Management for Databases
47.2
Using Schema Baselines
47.2.1
Overview of Scope Specification
47.2.2
About Capturing a Schema Baseline Version
47.2.3
About Working With A Schema Baseline Version
47.2.4
About Working With Multiple Schema Baseline Versions
47.2.5
Exporting and Importing Schema Baselines
47.2.5.1
Creating Directory Objects for Export and Import
47.3
Using Schema Comparisons
47.3.1
Defining Schema Comparisons
47.3.2
About Working with Schema Comparison Versions
47.4
Using Schema Synchronizations
47.4.1
About Defining Schema Synchronizations
47.4.2
Creating a Synchronization Definition from a Comparison
47.4.3
Working with Schema Synchronization Versions
47.4.3.1
About the Schema Synchronization Cycle
47.4.4
Creating Add itional Synchronization Versions
47.5
Using Change Plans
47.5.1
About Working with Change Plans
47.5.2
Creating a Change Plan
47.5.2.1
Creating and Applying a Change Plan From a Schema Comparison
47.5.2.2
Using External Clients to Create and Access Change Plans in Cloud Control
47.5.3
Submitting Schema Change Plans From SQL Developer Interface
47.6
Using Database Data Comparison
47.6.1
Requirements for Database Data Comparisons
47.6.2
Comparing Database Data and Viewing Results
48
Additional Setup for Real-time Monitoring
48.1
Overview of Real-Time Monitoring
48.2
Overview of Resource Consumption Considerations
48.2.1
OS File Monitoring Archiving
48.2.2
OS File Read Monitoring
48.2.3
Creating Facets That Have Very Broad Coverage
48.2.4
Cloud Control Repository Sizing
48.3
Configuring Monitoring Credentials
48.4
Preparing To Monitor Linux Hosts
48.4.1
OS File Monitoring
48.4.2
Debugging Kernel Module Or Other File Monitoring Issues
48.5
Preparing To Monitor Windows Hosts
48.5.1
Verifying Auditing Is Configured Properly
48.5.2
Subinacl External Requirements
48.6
Preparing To Monitor Solaris Hosts
48.6.1
Enabling BSM Auditing
48.6.1.1
Enabling BSM Auditing Using Solaris Versions 9 and 10
48.6.1.2
Enabling BSM Auditing Using Solaris 11
48.6.2
Managing Audit Log Files
48.7
Preparing to Monitor AIX Hosts
48.7.1
Installation Prerequisite for AIX 5.3
48.7.2
Administering AIX Auditing
48.7.3
Verifying AIX System Log Files for the OS User Monitoring Module
48.8
Preparing To Monitor the Oracle Database
48.8.1
Setting Auditing User Privileges
48.8.2
Specifying Audit Options
48.9
Setting Up Change Request Management Integration
48.9.1
BMC Remedy Action Request System 7.1 Integration
48.9.1.1
Installing and Customizing Remedy ARS
48.10
Overview of the Repository Views Related to Real-time Monitoring Features
48.11
Modifying Data Retention Periods
48.12
Real-time Monitoring Supported Platforms
48.12.1
OS User Monitoring
48.12.2
OS Process Monitoring
48.12.3
OS File Monitoring
48.12.4
OS Windows Registry Monitoring
48.12.5
OS Windows Active Directory User Monitoring
48.12.6
OS Windows Active Directory Computer Monitoring
48.12.7
OS Windows Active Directory Group Monitoring
48.12.8
Oracle Database Table Monitoring
48.12.9
Oracle Database View Monitoring
48.12.10
Oracle Database Materialized View Monitoring
48.12.11
Oracle Database Index Monitoring
48.12.12
Oracle Database Sequence Monitoring
48.12.13
Oracle Database Procedure Monitoring
48.12.14
Oracle Database Function Monitoring
48.12.15
Oracle Database Package Monitoring
48.12.16
Oracle Database Library Monitoring
48.12.17
Oracle Database Trigger Monitoring
48.12.18
Oracle Database Tablespace Monitoring
48.12.19
Oracle Database Cluster Monitoring
48.12.20
Oracle Database Link Monitoring
48.12.21
Oracle Database Dimension Monitoring
48.12.22
Oracle Database Profile Monitoring
48.12.23
Oracle Database Public Link Monitoring
48.12.24
Oracle Database Public Synonym Monitoring
48.12.25
Oracle Database Synonym Monitoring
48.12.26
Oracle Database Type Monitoring
48.12.27
Oracle Database Role Monitoring
48.12.28
Oracle Database User Monitoring
48.12.29
Oracle Database SQL Query Statement Monitoring
49
Overview of Change Activity Planner
49.1
Before Getting Started
49.1.1
Change Activity Planner Roles and Privileges
49.1.2
Change Activity Planner Terminology
49.1.2.1
Plan
49.1.2.2
Task Definition
49.1.2.3
Task Group
49.1.2.4
Task
49.2
Creating a Change Activity Plan
49.2.1
Creating a Task Definition
49.2.2
Creating a Task Group
49.3
Operations on Change Activity Plans
49.3.1
Creating a Plan Like Another Plan
49.3.2
Editing a Plan
49.3.3
Deleting a Plan
49.3.4
Deactivating a Plan
49.3.5
Exporting Plans
49.3.6
Printing Plans
49.3.7
Changing the Owner of a Plan
49.4
Managing a Change Activity Plan
49.4.1
Summary Tab
49.4.2
Tasks Tab
49.4.3
Comments and Audit Trail Tab
49.5
Viewing My Tasks
49.6
Example of Using Change Activity Planner
49.6.1
Automating Activity Planning
49.6.2
Additional Steps in Automating Activity Planning
49.6.3
Using Change Activity Planner for Patching
Part XI Deployment Procedures
50
About Deployment Procedures
50.1
Overview of the Provisioning Page
50.2
Granting Roles and Privileges to Administrators
50.2.1
Granting Roles and Privileges to Administrators on the Deployment Procedure
50.2.2
Granting Roles and Privileges to Administrators on Software Library
50.3
Components of a Procedure
50.3.1
Target List
50.3.2
Procedure Variables
50.3.3
Phases and Steps
50.3.3.1
Types of Phases
50.3.3.2
Types of Procedure Steps
50.3.3.3
Performing Tasks on Procedure Steps
50.4
Creating a Procedure
50.4.1
Adding Rolling or Parallel Phase
50.4.2
Adding Steps
50.5
Managing Deployment Procedures
50.5.1
Viewing, Editing, Deleting a Procedures
50.5.2
Editing and Saving Permissions of a Procedures
50.5.3
Tracking the Procedure Execution and Status of Deployment Procedures
50.5.4
Rescheduling a Procedure
50.5.5
Reverting a Procedure
50.5.6
Setting Step Level Grace Period
50.6
Creating, Saving, and Launching User Defined Deployment Procedure (UDDP)
50.6.1
Step 1: Creating User Defined Deployment Procedure
50.6.2
Step 2: Saving and Launching User Defined Deployment Procedure with Default Inputs
50.6.2.1
Saving and Launching the Deployment Procedure with Lock Down
50.6.3
Step 3: Launching and Running the Saved User Defined Deployment Procedure
50.6.4
Step 4: Tracking the Submitted User Defined Deployment Procedure
50.7
Procedure Instance Execution Page
50.7.1
Comparison Between the Existing Design and the New Design for Procedure Instance Execution Page
50.7.2
Overview of the Procedure Instance Execution Page
50.7.3
Investigating a Failed Step for a Single or a Set of Targets
50.7.4
Retrying a Failed Step
50.7.5
Creating an Incident
50.7.6
Viewing the Execution Time of a Deployment Procedure
50.7.7
Searching for a Step
50.7.8
Downloading a Step Output
50.7.9
Accessing the Job Summary Page
51
Customizing Deployment Procedures
51.1
About Deployment Procedure Customization Types
51.2
Customizing a Deployment Procedure
51.2.1
Editing the Rolling and Parallel Phase of a Deployment Procedure
51.2.2
Editing a Job Step of a Deployment Procedure
51.2.3
Editing a Directive Step of a Deployment Procedure
51.2.4
Editing a Component Step of a Deployment Procedure
51.2.5
Editing a File Transfer Step of a Deployment Procedure
51.2.6
Editing a Host Command Step of a Deployment Procedure
51.2.7
Editing a Manual Step of a Deployment Procedure
51.3
A Workflow Example for Assigning Values to Deployment Procedure Variables at Runtime
51.3.1
Step 1: Creating a Perl Script to Assign Values to Deployment Procedure Variables at Runtime
51.3.2
Step 2: Uploading TestPingAndDPvariable.pl to Software Library
51.3.3
Step 3: Creating a Deployment Procedure
51.3.4
Step 4: Launching the Deployment Procedure, and Providing the Variable Values at Runtime
51.3.5
Step 5: Verifying the Deployment Procedure Variable Values
51.4
Changing Deployment Procedure Error Handling Modes
51.5
Setting Up E-Mail Notifications Regarding the Status of Deployment Procedures
51.5.1
Configuring an Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server In Enterprise Manager
51.5.2
Adding E-mail Addresses for Enterprise Manager Notifications
51.6
Copying Customized Provisioning Entities from One Enterprise Manager Site to Another
51.6.1
Prerequisites for Copying Customized Provisioning Entities from One Enterprise Manager Site to Another
51.6.2
Copying Customized Provisioning Entities from One Enterprise Manager Site to Another
51.7
A Workflow Example for Customizing a Directive
51.7.1
Creating and Uploading a Copy of a Default Directive
51.7.2
Customizing a Deployment Procedure to Use the New Directive
51.7.3
Running the Customized Deployment Procedure
Part XII Additional Information
A
Using Enterprise Manager Command Line Interface
A.1
Overview
A.2
Prerequisites
A.3
Enterprise Manager Command Line Interface Verbs
A.3.1
Provisioning EM CLI Verbs
A.3.1.1
New Enterprise Manager Command Line Interface Verbs
A.3.1.2
Obsolete Enterprise Manager Command Line Interface Verbs
A.3.1.3
Enterprise Manager Command Line Interface Verbs for Running Procedures
A.3.2
Patching EM CLI Verbs
A.3.3
Software Library EM CLI Verbs
A.4
Provisioning Using EM CLI
A.4.1
Creating the Properties File to Submit a Deployment Procedure
A.4.2
Using Properties File from an Existing Execution of a Deployment Procedure
A.4.3
Launching a Procedure using an Existing Saved Procedure
A.4.3.1
Saving a Procedure Configuration of a Procedure
A.4.3.2
Updating the Procedure Configuration of a Procedure
A.4.4
Provisioning Pluggable Databases
A.4.4.1
Creating a New Pluggable Database
A.4.4.2
Provisioning a Pluggable Database Using a Snapshot Profile
A.4.4.3
Migrating a Non-Container Database as a Pluggable Database
A.4.4.4
Unplugging and Dropping a Pluggable Database
A.5
Patching Using EM CLI
A.5.1
Before You Begin Patching
A.5.2
Patching Using EM CLI
A.5.2.1
Creating a New Properties File for Patching Targets
A.5.2.2
Using the Properties File of an Existing Patch Plan to Patch the targets
A.6
WorkFlow Examples Using EM CLI Commands
A.6.1
Provisioning Oracle Database Software
A.6.2
Provisioning Oracle WebLogic Server
A.6.2.1
Prerequisites for Provisioning Oracle WebLogic Server
A.6.2.2
Provisioning Oracle WebLogic Server Using the Provisioning Profile
A.6.2.3
Scaling Up or Scaling Out Middleware Deployment Procedure
A.6.3
Provisioning User Defined Deployment Procedure
A.6.3.1
Prerequisites for Provisioning User Defined Deployment Procedure
A.6.3.2
Adding Steps and Phases to User Defined Deployment Procedure Using GUI
A.6.3.3
Using EM CLI commands to Run an Instance of the Procedure
A.6.4
Patching WebLogic Server Target
A.6.5
Creating a New Generic Component by Associating a Zip File
A.6.5.1
Step 1: Identifying the Parent Folder in Software Library
A.6.5.2
Step 2: Creating a Generic Component Entity
A.6.5.3
Step 3: Associating a Zip File to the Generic Component
A.6.5.4
Step 4: Verifying the Newly Created Entity
A.6.6
Migrate and Remove a Software Library Storage Location
A.6.6.1
Step 1: Adding a Destination Storage Location for Migrating Files
A.6.6.2
Step 2: Migrate and Remove an existing storage location
A.6.7
Adding ATS Service Test from Using EM CLI
A.6.8
Deploying / Undeploying Java EE Applications
A.7
Limitations of Using Enterprise Manager Command Line Interface
B
Checking Host Readiness Before Provisioning or Patching
B.1
Setting Up User Accounts Before Provisioning
B.1.1
Configuring SSH
B.2
Shell Limits
B.3
Root Setup (Privilege Delegation)
B.4
Environment Settings
B.4.1
Kernel Requirements
B.4.2
Node Time Requirements
B.4.3
Package Requirements
B.4.4
Memory and Disk Space Requirements
B.4.5
Network & IP Address Requirements
B.5
Storage Requirements
B.6
Installation Directories and Oracle Inventory
C
Using emctl partool Utility
C.1
Overview of Provisioning Archive Files
C.2
Overview of emctl partool Utility
C.3
Checking Oracle Software Library
C.4
Exporting Deployment Procedures
C.4.1
Obtaining Deployment Procedure's GUID
C.4.2
Creating PAR File
C.5
Importing PAR Files
C.5.1
Importing Using Command Line Interface
C.5.1.1
Importing Specific PAR File
C.5.1.2
Importing All PAR Files
C.5.2
Importing Using Cloud Control Console
D
Understanding PXE Booting and Kickstart Technology
D.1
About PXE Booting and Kickstart Technology
D.2
Subnet Provisioning Usecases
E
End-to-End Use Case: Patching Your Data Center
E.1
The Challenge of Patching Your Data Center
E.2
The Enterprise Manager Solution
E.2.1
Identify the Patches Relevant to Your Data Center
E.2.2
Prepare, Test, and Certify the Patch Rollout Plan
E.2.3
Create a Change Activity Plan to Roll Out the Patches
E.2.4
Monitor the Progress and Report the Status of the Change Activities
E.3
Executing the Example Scenario
E.3.1
Create Administrators with the Required Roles
E.3.2
Set Up the Infrastructure
E.3.3
Analyze the Environment and Identify Whether Your Targets Can Be Patched
E.3.4
Identify the Relevant Patches
E.3.5
Create a Patch Plan, Test the Patches, and Certify the Patches
E.3.6
Create a Change Activity Plan to Roll Out the Patches
E.3.7
Roll Out the Patches
E.3.8
Check and Report the Status of the Change Activities
E.3.9
Verify If the Targets Have Been Patched
F
Troubleshooting Issues
F.1
Troubleshooting Database Provisioning Issues
F.1.1
Grid Infrastructure Root Script Failure
F.1.1.1
Issue
F.1.1.2
Description
F.1.1.3
Solution
F.1.2
SUDO Error During Deployment Procedure Execution
F.1.2.1
Issue
F.1.2.2
Description
F.1.2.3
Solution
F.1.3
Prerequisites Checks Failure
F.1.3.1
Issue
F.1.3.2
Cause
F.1.3.3
Solution
F.1.4
Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM) Disk Creation Failure
F.1.4.1
Issue
F.1.4.2
Cause
F.1.4.3
Solution
F.1.5
Oracle ASM Disk Permissions Error
F.1.5.1
Issue
F.1.5.2
Description
F.1.5.3
Solution
F.1.6
Specifying a Custom Temporary Directory for Database Provisioning
F.1.7
Incident Creation When Deployment Procedure Fails
F.1.7.1
Issue
F.1.7.2
Solution
F.1.8
Reading Remote Log Files
F.1.9
Retrying Failed Jobs
F.1.9.1
Issue
F.1.9.2
Solution
F.2
Troubleshooting Patching Issues
F.2.1
Oracle Software Library Configuration Issues
F.2.1.1
Error Occurs While Staging a File
F.2.1.2
Error Occurs While Uploading a Patch Set
F.2.1.3
OPatch Update Job Fails When Duplicate Directories Are Found in the Software Library
F.2.2
My Oracle Support Connectivity Issues
F.2.2.1
Error Occurs While Testing the Proxy Server That Supports Only Digest Authentication
F.2.3
Host and Oracle Home Credential Issues
F.2.3.1
Cannot Create Log Files When You Set Privileged Credentials as Normal Oracle Home Credentials
F.2.4
Collection Issues
F.2.4.1
Missing Details in Plan Wizard
F.2.4.2
Cannot Add Targets to a Patch Plan
F.2.5
Patch Recommendation Issues
F.2.5.1
Patch Recommendations Do Not Appear After Installing Oracle Management Agent on Oracle Exadata Targets
F.2.6
Patch Plan Issues
F.2.6.1
Patch Plan Becomes Nondeployable and Fails
F.2.6.2
Instances Not to Be Migrated Are Also Shown as Impacted Targets for Migration
F.2.6.3
Cluster ASM and Its Instances Do Not Appear as Impacted Targets While Patching a Clusterware Target
F.2.6.4
Recovering from a Partially Prepared Plan
F.2.6.5
Error #1009 Appears in the Create Plan Wizard While Creating or Editing a Patch Plan
F.2.6.6
Analysis Succeeds But the Deploy Button is Disabled
F.2.6.7
Patch Plan Fails When Patch Plan Name Exceeds 64 Bytes
F.2.6.8
Out-of-Place Patching Fails for 11.2.0.3 Exadata Clusterware
F.2.7
Patch Plan Analysis Issues
F.2.7.1
Patch Plan Remains in Analysis State Even After the Deployment Procedure Ends
F.2.7.2
Patch Plan Analysis Fails When the Host's Node Name Property Is Missing
F.2.7.3
Link to Show Detailed Progress on the Analysis Is Not Actionable
F.2.7.4
Raising Service Requests When You Are Unable to Resolve Analysis Failure Issues
F.2.8
User Account and Role Issues
F.2.8.1
Out-of-Place Patching Errors Out If Patch Designers and Patch Operators Do Not Have the Required Privileges
F.3
Troubleshooting Linux Patching Issues
F.4
Troubleshooting Linux Provisioning Issues
F.5
Frequently Asked Questions on Linux Provisioning
F.6
Refreshing Configurations
F.6.1
Refreshing Host Configuration
F.6.2
Refreshing Oracle Home Configuration
F.7
Reviewing Log Files
F.7.1
OMS-Related Log Files
F.7.2
Management Agent-Related Log Files
F.7.3
Advanced Options
F.7.3.1
On the OMS Side
F.7.3.2
On the Management Agent Side
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