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Oracle® Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Administrator's Guide
12c Release 1 (12.1.0.1)
Part Number E24473-09
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Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Related Documents
Conventions
Part I Monitoring and Managing Targets
1
Discovering Targets
Configuring Automatic Discovery
Configuring Automatic Discovery of Un-Managed Host Machines Using IP Scan
Configuring Automatic Discovery of Targets On Managed Hosts
Checking For and Promoting Discovered Targets
Manually Adding Targets
Manually Adding Host Targets
Manually Adding Non-Host Targets
2
Overview of Systems Monitoring
Monitoring Overview
Monitoring Basics
Out-of-Box Monitoring
Monitoring Templates
3
Using Incident Management
Monitoring and Managing Via Incidents
Events
Incidents
Incident Composed of a Single Event
Incident Composed of Multiple Events
Incident Attributes
Event Prioritization
Incident Manager
Before Working with Incidents
Working with Incidents
Setting Up Views in Incident Manager
Responding and Working on a Simple Incident
Searching My Oracle Support Knowledge
Open Service Request
Suppressing Incidents and Problems
Incidents - Advanced Tasks
Creating an Incident Manually
Managing Workload Distribution of Incidents
Rule Sets
Out-of-Box Rule Sets
Rule Set Types
Rules
Rule Criteria
Rule Actions
Rule Set Guidelines
Before Using Rules
Working with Rules
Creating an Rule
Creating a Rule to Create an Incident
Creating a Rule to Manage Escalation of Incidents
Creating a Rule to Escalate a Problem
Setting Up Automated Notification for Private Rule
Creating a Rule to Receive Notification Regarding Incidents
Rules - Advanced Tasks
Setting Up a Rule to Send Different Notifications for Different Severity States of an Event
Creating a Rule to Create a Ticket for Incidents
Creating a Rule to Notify Different Administrators Based on the Event Type
Creating Notification Subscription to Existing Enterprise Rules
Manually Ensuring That There Are No Events That Should Be Incidents
Problems
Moving from Enterprise Manager 10/11g to 12c
4
Notifications
Setting Up Notifications
Setting Up a Mail Server for Notifications
Setting Up Repeat Notifications
Setting Up E-mail for Yourself
Defining E-mail Addresses
Setting Up a Notification Schedule
Subscribe to Receive E-mail for Incident Rules
Setting Up E-mail for Other Administrators
E-mail Customization
E-mail Customization Reference
Extending Notification Beyond E-mail
Custom Notification Methods Using Scripts and SNMP Traps
Adding a Notification Method based on an OS Command or Script
Adding a Notification Method Based on a PL/SQL Procedure
Adding a Notification Method Based on an SNMP Trap
Passing Corrective Action Status Change Information
Passing Corrective Action Execution Status to an OS Command or Script
Passing Corrective Action Execution Status to a PLSQL Procedure
Passing Job Execution Status Information
Passing Job Execution Status to a PL/SQL Procedure
Passing Job Execution Status to an OS Command or Script
Passing User-Defined Target Properties to Notification Methods
Management Information Base (MIB)
About MIBs
Reading the MIB Variable Descriptions
Variable Name
MIB Definition
Troubleshooting Notifications
General Setup
Notification System Errors
Notification System Trace Messages
E-mail Errors
OS Command Errors
SNMP Trap Errors
PL/SQL Errors
5
Managing with Groups
Introduction to Groups
Managing Groups
Using the Groups Page
About the Group Home Page
About the Group Charts Page
About the Group Members Page
Viewing Group Status History
About the System Dashboard
About Out-of-Box Reports
About Redundancy Systems
About Privilege Propagating Groups
Creating Privilege Propagating Groups
Using the Group Administration Privilege
Adding Members to Privilege Propagating Groups
Converting Conventional Groups to Privilege Propagating Groups
6
Administration Groups
What is an Administration Group?
Developing an Administration Group
Planning
Implementing Administration Groups and Template Collections
Creating an Administration Group
Accessing the Administration Group Home Page
Defining a Hierarchy
Defining Template Collections
Associating Template Collections with Administration Groups
Removing Administration Groups
7
Metric Extensions
What are Metric Extensions?
Metric Extension Lifecycle
Working with Metric Extensions
Administrator Privilege Requirements
Granting Create Metric Extension Privilege
Creating a New Metric Extension
Creating a New Metric Extension (Create Like)
Editing a Metric Extension
Creating the Next Version of an Existing Metric Extension
Importing a Metric Extension
Exporting a Metric Extension
Deleting a Metric Extension
Granting Edit/Full Access to Metric Extensions
Deploying Metric Extensions to a Group of Targets
Updating Older Versions of Metric Extensions Already deployed to a Group of Targets
Adapters
OS Command Adapter - Single Column
OS Command Adapter- Multiple Values
OS Command Adapter - Multiple Columns
SQL Adapter
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) Adapter
JMX Adapter
Converting User-defined Metrics to Metric Extensions
Overview
Commands
Metric Extension Command Line Verbs
8
Utilizing the Job System and Corrective Actions
Job System Purpose and Overview
What Are Job Executions and Job Runs?
Operations on Job Executions and Job Runs
Preliminary Considerations
Creating Scripts
Sharing Job Responsibilities
Submitting Jobs for Groups
Creating Jobs
Selecting a Job Type
Creating an OS Command Job
Specifying a Single Operation
Specifying a Script
Access Level Rules
Creating a SQL Script Job
Specifying Targets
Specifying Options for the Parameters Page
Specifying Host and Database Credentials
Returning Error Codes from SQL Script Jobs
Creating a Multi-task Job
Job Capabilities
Specifying Targets for a Multi-task Job
Adding Tasks to the Job
Analyzing Job Activity
Generating Job Event Criteria
Enabling Events For Job Status and Targetless Jobs
Adding Targets To Generate Events For Job Status
Creating Event Rules For Job Status Change
Creating Job Status Change Event Rules For Jobs
Creating Job Status Change Event Rules For Targets
Creating Corrective Actions
Providing Credentials
Creating Corrective Actions for Metrics
Creating a Library Corrective Action
Specifying Access to Corrective Actions
Defining or Modifying Access
Access Level Rules
Setting Up Notifications for Corrective Actions
Providing Agent-side Response Actions
Specifying Commands and Scripts
Using Target Properties in Commands
Using Advanced Capabilities
9
Configuring Software Library
Overview of Software Library
Users, Roles, and Privileges
Software Library Storage
Upload File Locations
Referenced File Location
Prerequisites for Configuring Software Library
Configuring Software Library Storage Location
Configuring an OMS Shared Filesystem Location
Configuring an OMS Agent Filesystem Location
Configuring a Referenced File Location
Using Software Library Entities
Tasks Performed Using the Software Library Home Page
Organizing Entities
Creating Entities
Creating Generic Components
Creating Directives
Customizing Entities
Managing Entities
Granting or Revoking Privileges
Moving Entities
Changing Entity Maturity
Adding Notes to Entities
Adding Attachments to Entities
Viewing, Editing, and Deleting Entities
Searching Entities
Exporting Entities
Importing Entities
Maintaining Software Library
Periodic Maintenance Tasks
Re-Importing Oracle Owned Entity Files
Deleting Software Library Storage Location
Purging Deleted Entity Files
Backing Up Software Library
Part II Security
10
Configuring Security
About Oracle Enterprise Manager Security
Enterprise Manager Authentication
Repository-Based Authentication
Oracle Access Manager Single Sign-On
Single Sign-On Based Authentication
Registering Enterprise Manager as a Partner Application
Removing Single Sign-On Configuration
Registering Single Sign-On Users as Enterprise Manager Administrators
Bypassing the Single Sign-On Logon Page
Restoring the Default Authentication Method
Enterprise User Security Based Authentication
Registering Enterprise Users as Enterprise Manager Users
Microsoft Active Directory Based Authentication
Configuring WebLogic Server Authentication
Manage Active Directory Users with External Roles
Password Management for Active Directory Users
Remove Active Directory Users
Remove Active Directory Authentication
Enterprise Manager Authorization
Authentication Scheme
Classes of Users
Privileges and Roles
Granting Privileges
Configuring Secure Communication (SSL) for Cloud Control
About Enterprise Manager Framework Security
Enabling Security for the Oracle Management Service
Creating a New Certificate Authority
Viewing the Security Status and OMS Port Information
Configuring Transparent Layer Security
Securing the Oracle Management Agent
Enabling Security with Multiple Management Service Installations
Restricting HTTP Access to the Management Service
Managing Agent Registration Passwords
Using the Cloud Control Console to Manage Agent Registration Passwords
Using emctl to Add a New Agent Registration Password
Configuring the OMS with Server Load Balance
Enabling Security for the Management Repository Database
About Oracle Advanced Security and the sqlnet.ora Configuration File
Configuring the Management Service to Connect to a Secure Management Repository Database
Enabling Oracle Advanced Security for the Management Repository
Enabling Security for a Management Agent Monitoring a Secure Management Repository or Database
Configuring Third Party Certificates
Configuring Third Party Certificate for HTTPS Upload Virtual Host
Configuring Third Party Certificate for HTTPS Console Virtual Host
Accessing Managed Targets
Credential Subsystem
Named Credential
Job Credentials
Monitoring Credentials
Collection Credentials
Preferred Credentials
Managing Credentials Using EM CLI
Setting Up SSH Key-based Host Authentication
Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) Support for Hosts
Configuring PAM for RHEL4 Users
Configuring PAM for AIX Users
Sudo and PowerBroker Support
Creating a Privilege Delegation Setting
Cryptographic Support
Configuring the emkey
emctl Commands
emctl status emkey
emctl config emkey -copy_to_credstore
emctl config emkey -copy_to_repos
emctl config emkey -copy_to_file_from_credstore
emctl config emkey -copy_to_file_from_repos
emctl config emkey -copy_to_credstore_from_file
emctl config emkey -copy_to_repos_from_file
emctl config emkey -remove_from_repos
Install and Upgrade Scenarios
Installing the Management Repository
Installing the First Oracle Management Service
Upgrading from 10.2 or 11.1 to 12.1
Recreating the Management Repository
Setting Up the Auditing System for Enterprise Manager
Configuring the Enterprise Manager Audit System
Configuring the Audit Data Export Service
Updating the Audit Settings
Searching the Audit Data
List of Operations Audited
Additional Security Considerations
Changing the SYSMAN and MGMT_VIEW Passwords
Changing the SYSMAN User Password
Changing the MGMT_VIEW User Password
Responding to Browser-Specific Security Certificate Alerts
Responding to the Internet Explorer Security Alert Dialog Box
Responding to Mozilla Firefox New Site Certificate Dialog Box
Configuring Beacons to Monitor Web Applications Over HTTPS
Patching Oracle Homes When the User is Locked
Cloning Oracle Homes
Part III Generating Reports
11
Using Information Publisher
About Information Publisher
Out-of-Box Report Definitions
Custom Reports
Creating Custom Reports
Report Parameters
Report Elements
Scheduling Reports
Flexible Schedules
Storing and Purging Report Copies
E-mailing Reports
Sharing Reports
Part IV Accessing Enterpise Manager via Mobile Devices
12
Cloud Control Mobile
Reviewing System Requirements
Performing Initial Setup
Connecting the First Time
Encountering the Login Screen
Managing Settings
Using Cloud Control Mobile in Incident Manager
Working in Cloud Control Mobile
Viewing Incidents and Problems
Changing Views
Performing Actions
Learning Tips and Tricks
Part V Administering Cloud Control
13
Personalizing Cloud Control
Personalizing a Cloud Control Page
Customizing a Region
Setting Your Homepage
14
Maintaining Enterprise Manager
Overview: Managing the Manager
Management Services and Repository
Viewing Enterprise Manager Topology and Charts
Viewing Enterprise Manager Services
Controlling and Configuring Management Agents
Management Agent Home Page
Controlling a Single Agent
Configuring Single Management Agents
Controlling Multiple Management Agents
Configuring Multiple Agents
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Updating Cloud Control
Using Self Update
What Can Be Updated?
Setting Up Self Update
Setting Up Enterprise Manager Self Update Mode
Assigning Self Update Privileges to Users
Setting Up the Software Library
Setting Up the EM CLI Utility (Optional)
Applying an Update
Applying an Update in Online Mode
Applying an Update in Offline Mode
Acquiring or Updating Management Agent Software
Acquiring Management Agent Software in Online Mode
Acquiring Management Agent Software in Offline Mode
Deploying and Updating Plug-ins
Deploying a Plug-in
Downloading a Plug-in from the Enterprise Manager Store
Importing an External Archive into Enterprise Manager
Deploying a Plug-in to Oracle Management Service (OMS)
Adding Targets for the Plug-in to Monitor
Important Details Regarding Plug-in Deployment
Updating a Plug-in
Downloading the Latest Plug-in Archive from the Oracle Enterprise Manager Store
Updating a Plug-in on Oracle Management Service
Updating a Plug-in on a Management Agent
Un-deploying a Plug-in
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Patching Enterprise Manager
Overview
Patching OMS and Management Repository
OMS Patches
Repository Patches
Applying OMS and Repository Patches
Patching Enterprise Manager Agents
Management Agent Patches
Patches and Updates Versus My Oracle Support
Automated Agent Patching
Accessing Patches and Updates
Viewing Patch Recommendations
Searching Patches
Applying Management Agent Patches
Verifying the Applied Agent Patches
Validating Agent Patch Errors
Deinstalling the Applied Agent Patches
Manual Agent Patching
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Starting and Stopping Enterprise Manager Components
Controlling the Oracle Management Agent
Starting, Stopping, and Checking the Status of the Management Agent on UNIX
Starting and Stopping the Management Agent on Windows
Checking the Status of the Management Agent on Windows
Troubleshooting Management Agent Startup Errors
Management Agent starts up but is not ready
Management Agent fails to start because of time zone mismatch between agent and OMS
Agent fails to start due to possible port conflict
Agent secure/unsecure fails
Controlling the Oracle Management Service
Controlling the Management Service on UNIX
Controlling the Management Service on Windows
Troubleshooting Oracle Management Service Startup Errors
Guidelines for Starting Multiple Enterprise Manager Components on a Single Host
Starting and Stopping Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Cloud Control
Starting Cloud Control and All Its Components
Stopping Cloud Control and All Its Components
Additional Management Agent Commands
Uploading and Reloading Data to the Management Repository
Specifying New Target Monitoring Credentials
Listing the Targets on a Managed Host
Controlling Blackouts
Changing the Management Agent Time Zone
Reevaluating Metric Collections
emctl Commands
Using emctl.log File
18
Locating and Configuring Enterprise Manager Log Files
Managing Log Files
Viewing Log Files and Their Messages
Searching Log Files
Searching Log Files: Basic Searches
Searching Log Files: Advanced Searches
Downloading Log Files
Locating Management Agent Log and Trace Files
About the Management Agent Log and Trace Files
Structure of Agent Log Files
Locating the Management Agent Log and Trace Files
Setting Oracle Management Agent Log Levels
Setting gcagent.log
Setting gcagent_error.log
Setting the Log Level for Individual Classes and Packages
Setting gcagent_mdu.log
Setting the TRACE Level
Locating and Configuring Oracle Management Service Log and Trace Files
About the Oracle Management Service Log and Trace Files
Locating Oracle Management Service Log and Trace Files
Controlling the Size and Number of Oracle Management Service Log and Trace Files
Controlling the Contents of the Oracle Management Service Trace File
Controlling the Oracle WebLogic Server and Oracle HTTP Server Log Files
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Maintaining and Troubleshooting the Management Repository
Management Repository Deployment Guidelines
Management Repository Data Retention Policies
Management Repository Default Aggregation and Purging Policies
Management Repository Default Aggregation and Purging Policies for Other Management Data
Modifying the Default Aggregation and Purging Policies
Modifying Data Retention Policies When Targets Are Deleted
How to Modify the Retention Period of Job History
DBMS_SCHEDULER Troubleshooting
Changing the SYSMAN Password
Dropping and Recreating the Management Repository
Dropping the Management Repository
Recreating the Management Repository
Using the RepManager Script to Create the Management Repository
Using a Connect Descriptor to Identify the Management Repository Database
Troubleshooting Management Repository Creation Errors
Package Body Does Not Exist Error While Creating the Management Repository
Server Connection Hung Error While Creating the Management Repository
General Troubleshooting Techniques for Creating the Management Repository
Cross Platform Enterprise Manager Repository Migration
Common Prerequisites
Methodologies
Cross Platform Transportable Tablespaces
Data Pump
Export/Import
Post Migration Verification
Part VI Configuring Enterprise Manager for High Availability
20
High Availability Solutions
Latest High Availability Information
Defining High Availability
Levels of High Availability
Comparing Availability Levels
Implementing High Availability Levels
21
Setting Up High Availability
Installation Best Practices for Enterprise Manager High Availability
Configuring the Management Agent to Automatically Start on Boot and Restart on Failure
Configuring Restart for the Management Agent
Installing the Management Agent Software on Redundant Storage
Installation Best Practices for Enterprise Manager Management Repository High Availability
Configuring a Standby Database for the Management Repository
Configuring Management Service to RAC Management Repository Communication
Configuring the First Management Service for High Availability
Management Service Install Location
Configuring the Cloud Control OMS in an Active/Passive Environment for High Availability Failover Using Virtual Host Names
Overview and Requirements
Installation and Configuration
Setting Up the Virtual Host Name/Virtual IP Address
Setting Up Shared Storage
Setting Up the Environment
Synchronizing Operating System IDs
Setting Up Shared Inventory
Installing the Software
Starting Up Services
Configuring the Software Library
Configuring a Load Balancer
SLB Setup
Enterprise Manager Side Setup
Configuring Standby Management Services on a Standby Site
Installing the First Standby Management Service
Installing Additional Standby Management Services
Validating Your Installation and Complete the Setup
Keeping the Standby Site in Sync
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Backing Up Enterprise Manager
Backing Up Your Deployment
Management Repository Backup
Oracle Management Service Backup
Management Agent Backup
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Enterprise Manager Outages
Recovery of Failed Enterprise Manager Components
Repository Recovery
Recovery Scenarios
Full Recovery on the Same Host
Incomplete Recovery on the Same Host
Full Recovery on a Different Host
Incomplete Recovery on a Different Host
Recovering the OMS
OMS Recovery Scenarios
Single OMS, No Server Load Balancer (SLB), OMS Restored on the same Host
Single OMS, No SLB, OMS Restored on a Different Host
Single OMS, No SLB, OMS Restored on a Different Host using the Original Hostname
Multiple OMS, Server Load Balancer, Primary OMS Recovered on the Same Host
Multiple OMS, Server Load Balancer configured, Primary OMS Recovered on a Different Host
Multiple OMS, SLB configured, additional OMS recovered on same or different host
Recovering Management Agents
Management Agent Recovery Scenarios
Management Agent Reinstall Using the Same Port
Management Agent Restore from Filesystem Backup
Recovering from a Simultaneous OMS-Management Repository Failure
Collapsed Configuration: Incomplete Management Repository Recovery, Primary OMS on the Same Host
Distributed Configuration: Incomplete Management Repository Recovery, Primary OMS and additional OMS on Different Hosts, SLB Configured
Switching Over or Failing Over to Standby Enterprise Manager Configurations
Switchover
Failover
Automatic Failover to the Standby Site in a Level 4 MAA Configuration
Part VII Engineered Systems Management
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Discovering and Managing Exadata Targets and Systems
Automatically Discovering an Oracle Database Machine
Viewing the Topology of an Existing DB Machine Target
Drilling Down to Individual Targets
Viewing Critical Hardware Information for the DB Machine
Viewing DB Machine Alerts
Adding Exadata Components Manually
About Oracle Exadata Storage Server
Using Exadata As a Cloud Control Target
Performing Administration Tasks on Exadata Cells
Performing Administration Tasks on Infiniband Networks
Launching the IORM Performance Page
Viewing an Exadata Cell Configuration
Managing a Single I/O Resource Management Allocation
Accessing Oracle Support Workbench for Exadata Cell
Changing the IORM Mode and Updating the IORM Objective
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Using Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud
Using the Exalogic Elastic Cloud Discovery Wizard
Displaying and Using the Exalogic Elastic Cloud Home Page and Dashboard
Viewing Application Deployments in Exalogic Elastic Cloud Targets
Viewing WebLogic Domains in Exalogic Elastic Cloud Targets
Viewing Coherence Clusters in Exalogic Elastic Cloud Targets
Viewing Hosts in Exalogic Elastic Cloud Targets
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