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Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Audience
Scope and Coverage
Documentation Accessibility
Related Documents
Conventions
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
2.8
(Optional) Setting Restricted Accesses for the Root Components
2.8.1
Root Components for Patching
2.8.1.1
Manually Staging the Root Components
2.8.1.2
Restricting the Root User Access
2.8.2
Root Components for Provisioning
2.8.2.1
Manually Staging the Root Components
2.8.2.2
Restricting the Root User Access
Part II Discovery
3
Discovering Hosts and Software Deployments
3.1
Discovering Hosts Automatically and Adding Targets Manually
3.2
Discovering Hosts Manually and Adding 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
Viewing, Creating, and Deleting Database Provisioning Profiles Using EMCLI
4.3.6.1
Viewing 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 Entity for Oracle Database Software from a Shared NFS location
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
Creating and Provisioning Oracle Databases
5.1
Oracle Database Topology
5.2
Creating Databases
5.2.1
Getting Started with Creating Databases
5.2.2
Creating an Oracle Database
5.2.2.1
Prerequisites for Creating an Oracle Database
5.2.2.2
Procedure for Creating an Oracle Database
5.2.3
Creating Oracle Real Application Clusters Database
5.2.3.1
Prerequisites for Creating an Oracle Real Application Clusters Database
5.2.3.2
Procedure for Creating an Oracle Real Application Clusters Database
5.2.4
Creating Oracle Real Application Clusters One Node Database
5.2.4.1
Prerequisites for Creating an Oracle RAC One Node Database
5.2.4.2
Procedure for Creating an Oracle Real Application Clusters One Node Database
5.3
Provisioning Databases
5.3.1
Getting Started with Provisioning Oracle Databases
5.3.2
Provisioning and Creating Oracle Databases
5.3.2.1
Prerequisites for Provisioning Databases
5.3.2.2
Procedure for Provisioning Databases
5.3.3
Provisioning Oracle Databases with Oracle Automatic Storage Management
5.3.3.1
Prerequisites for Provisioning Oracle Databases with Oracle Automatic Storage Management
5.3.3.2
Procedure for Provisioning Databases
5.3.4
Provisioning Oracle Database Software Only
5.3.4.1
Prerequisites for Provisioning Oracle Database Software Only
5.3.4.2
Procedure for Provisioning Oracle Database Software Only
5.3.4.3
Provisioning Oracle Database Software from a Shared NFS location
5.3.5
Using Non-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
Oracle Flex Clusters and Flex ASM
7.4
Provisioning Grid Infrastructure with Oracle Real Application Clusters Database and Configuring Database with Oracle Automatic Storage Management
7.4.1
Prerequisites for Provisioning Grid Infrastructure with Oracle RAC Database
7.4.2
Procedure for Provisioning Grid Infrastructure with Oracle RAC Database
7.4.2.1
Requirements for Grid Infrastructure Software Location Path
7.5
Provisioning Oracle Real Application Clusters Database with File System on an Existing Cluster
7.5.1
Prerequisites for Provisioning Oracle RAC Database with File System on an Existing Cluster
7.5.2
Procedure for Provisioning Oracle RAC with ASM or File System on an Existing Cluster
7.6
Provisioning Oracle Real Application Clusters Database with File System on a New Cluster
7.6.1
Prerequisites for Provisioning Oracle RAC Database with File System on a New Cluster
7.6.2
Procedure for Provisioning Oracle RAC Database with File System on a New Cluster
7.7
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
Managing Pluggable Databases Using Enterprise Manager
14.1
Getting Started With Managing Pluggable Databases Using Enterprise Manager
14.2
Overview of Managing Pluggable Databases Using Enterprise Manager
14.3
Provisioning Pluggable Databases Using Enterprise Manager
14.3.1
Creating a New Pluggable Database Using Enterprise Manager
14.3.1.1
Prerequisites for Creating a New Pluggable Database
14.3.1.2
Creating a New Pluggable Database
14.3.2
Plugging In an Unplugged Pluggable Database Using Enterprise Manager
14.3.2.1
Prerequisites for Plugging In an Unplugged Pluggable Database
14.3.2.2
Plugging In an Unplugged Pluggable Database
14.3.3
Cloning a Pluggable Database Using Enterprise Manager
14.3.3.1
Prerequisites for Cloning a Pluggable Database
14.3.3.2
Cloning a Pluggable Database
14.3.4
Migrating a Non-CDB as a Pluggable Database Using Enterprise Manager
14.3.4.1
Prerequisites for Migrating a Non-CDB as a Pluggable Database
14.3.4.2
Migrating a Non-CDB as a Pluggable Database
14.4
Relocating Pluggable Databases Using Enterprise Manager
14.4.1
Prerequisites for Relocating Pluggable Databases
14.4.2
Relocating Pluggable Databases
14.5
Removing Pluggable Databases Using Enterprise Manager
14.5.1
Unplugging and Dropping a Pluggable Database Using Enterprise Manager
14.5.1.1
Prerequisites for Unplugging and Dropping a Pluggable Database
14.5.1.2
Unplugging and Dropping a Pluggable Database
14.5.2
Deleting Pluggable Databases Using Enterprise Manager
14.5.2.1
Prerequisites for Deleting Pluggable Databases
14.5.2.2
Deleting Pluggable Databases
14.6
Viewing Pluggable Database Job Details Using Enterprise Manager
14.6.1
Viewing Create Pluggable Database Job Details
14.6.2
Viewing Unplug Pluggable Database Job Details
14.6.3
Viewing Delete Pluggable Database Job Details
14.7
Administering Pluggable Databases Using Enterprise Manager
14.7.1
Switching Between Pluggable Databases Using Enterprise Manager
14.7.2
Altering Pluggable Database State Using Enterprise Manager
15
Cloning Oracle Databases and Pluggable Databases
15.1
Creating a Full Clone Database
15.1.1
Creating a Full Clone Database Using the Clone Wizard
15.1.2
Creating a Full Clone Database Using EM CLI
15.1.3
Refresh a Cloned Database
15.2
Creating a Full Clone Pluggable Database
15.2.1
Creating a Full Clone Pluggable Database Using the Clone Wizard
15.2.2
Creating a Full Clone Pluggable Database Using EM CLI
15.3
Cloning Databases Using the Classic Cloning Wizard
15.3.1
Overview of Classic Cloning Methods
15.3.2
Cloning an Oracle Database Using Recovery Manager (RMAN) Backup
15.3.3
Cloning an Oracle Database Using Staging Areas
15.3.4
Cloning an Oracle Database Using an Existing Backup
Part IV Hybrid Cloud Management
16
Hybrid Solution: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Management
16.1
Hybrid Cloud Cloning Overview
16.2
Cloning in Hybrid Cloud Use Cases
16.3
Prerequisites for Cloning in Oracle Cloud
16.4
Cloning to Oracle Cloud
16.4.1
Cloning a DB to Oracle Cloud (Oracle Compute Service)
16.4.1.1
Cloning a DB to Oracle Cloud Using the Clone Wizard
16.4.1.2
Cloning a DB to Oracle Cloud Using EMCLI
16.4.2
Cloning a PDB to Oracle Cloud
16.4.2.1
Cloning a PDB to Oracle Cloud Using the Clone Wizard
16.4.2.2
Cloning a PDB to Oracle Cloud Using EM CLI
16.4.3
Cloning Schema(s) to a DB or PDB on Oracle Cloud
16.4.4
Cloning a DB to a PDB on Oracle Cloud
16.5
Cloning to Oracle Cloud Using Oracle Storage Service
16.5.1
Cloning a Database to Oracle Cloud Using the Clone Wizard (OSS)
16.6
Cloning from Oracle Cloud
16.6.1
Cloning a PDB from Oracle Cloud
16.6.1.1
Cloning a PDB from Oracle Cloud Using the Clone Wizard
16.6.1.2
Cloning a PDB from Oracle Cloud Using EM CLI
16.6.2
Cloning Schema(s) from Oracle Cloud to a DB or PDB
16.6.3
Cloning a DB from Oracle Cloud to an On-Premise PDB
16.6.4
Cloning a DB from Oracle Cloud (Oracle Compute Service)
16.6.4.1
Cloning a DB from Oracle Cloud Using the Clone Wizard
16.6.4.2
Cloning a DB from Oracle Cloud Using EMCLI
16.7
Cloning Within Oracle Cloud
16.7.1
Cloning a PDB Within Oracle Cloud
16.7.1.1
Creating a Full Clone Pluggable Database Using the Clone Wizard
16.7.1.2
Creating a Full Clone Pluggable Database Using EM CLI
16.7.2
Cloning a DB Within Oracle Cloud (Oracle Compute Service)
16.7.2.1
Cloning a DB Within Oracle Cloud Using the Clone Wizard
16.7.2.2
Cloning a DB Within Oracle Cloud Using EMCLI
17
Hybrid Solution: Oracle Cloud Platform Management
17.1
About Hybrid Cloud Management
17.2
Viewing and Monitoring Database Cloud Services
17.3
Typical Hybrid Cloud Management Workflow
17.4
Setting Up Hybrid Cloud
17.4.1
Setting Up Hybrid Cloud Using the Hybrid Setup Console
17.4.1.1
Registering the Identity Domain and the Cloud Account
17.4.1.2
Configuring the Hybrid Cloud Gateway
17.4.1.3
Configuring the Proxy Settings
17.4.1.4
Configuring the SSH Keys
17.4.2
Setting Up Hybrid Cloud Using REST API
17.4.3
Setting Up Hybrid Cloud Using EMCLI
17.5
Defining the Oracle Database Cloud Service Settings
17.6
Discovering the Database Cloud Service
17.7
Managing Data Sources
17.7.1
Creating a Data Source
17.7.2
Adding a Data Source
17.7.3
Creating Backups On the Oracle Storage Server
17.8
Defining the Database Backup Cloud Service Settings
17.9
Monitoring the Discovered Database Cloud Service
17.10
Refreshing the Cloud Database Service
17.11
Clone Management
17.11.1
Using Snapshots to Create Snap Clones
17.11.2
Using Database Backups to Create Full Clones
17.12
Defining the Oracle Compute Service Settings
17.13
Discovering the Oracle Compute Service
Part V Database Upgrade
18
Upgrading Databases
18.1
Getting Started
18.2
Supported Releases
18.3
Database Upgradability Report
18.4
Upgrading Databases Using Deployment Procedure
18.4.1
About Deployment Procedures
18.4.2
Meeting the Prerequisites
18.4.3
Upgrading Oracle Cluster Database Using Deployment Procedure
18.4.4
Upgrading Oracle Clusterware Using Deployment Procedure
18.4.5
Upgrading Oracle Database Instance Using Deployment Procedure
18.5
Upgrading an Oracle Database or Oracle RAC Database Instance Using the Database Upgrade Wizard
18.5.1
Meeting the Prerequisites
18.5.2
Performing the Upgrade Procedure
18.6
Data Guard Rolling Upgrade
18.6.1
About Rolling Upgrades
18.6.2
Prerequisites to Rolling Upgrades
18.6.3
Submitting a Rolling Upgrade Procedure for a Primary Database With One Physical Standby Database
18.6.4
Viewing a Running or Completed Rolling Upgrade Procedure in Enterprise Manager
Part VI Database Security
19
Managing Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
20
Using Oracle Data Redaction
21
Managing Oracle Database Vault and Privilege Analysis
22
Managing Oracle Transparent Data Encryption
22.1
Prerequisites for Transparent Data Encryption Operations
22.2
Encrypting a Tablespace in Online Mode
22.3
Decrypting a Tablespace in Online Mode
22.4
Changing the Encryption Algorithm of an Encrypted Tablespace - Rekey
22.5
Encrypting a Tablespace in Offline Mode
22.6
Decrypting a Tablespace in Offline Mode
Part VII Middleware Provisioning
23
Overview of Middleware Provisioning
23.1
Introduction to Middleware Provisioning
23.2
Oracle Fusion Middleware Provisioning Terminology
23.3
Supported Use Cases for Middleware Provisioning Procedures
23.3.1
Provisioning Middleware Domains and Oracle Homes
23.3.2
Scaling Up/Out/ WebLogic Server, SOA, Service Bus, and WebCenter Domains
23.3.3
Deploying / Redeploying / Undeploying Java EE Applications
23.3.4
Provisioning Coherence Nodes and Clusters
23.3.5
Provisioning SOA Artifacts
23.3.6
Provisioning Service Bus Resources
24
Provisioning Fusion Middleware Domain and Oracle Homes
24.1
Getting Started with Fusion Middleware Provisioning
24.2
Different Approaches to Launch the Provision Fusion Middleware Deployment Procedure
24.3
High-Level Steps for Middleware Provisioning
24.3.1
Step1: Creating a Profile
24.3.2
Step2: Running Provision Fusion Middleware Procedure to Provision the Profile
24.4
Prerequisites for Provisioning from the Middleware Provisioning Profiles
24.4.1
Prerequisites for Provisioning the Installation Media Profile or the Oracle Home Profile
24.4.2
Prerequisites for Provisioning the WebLogic Domain Profile
24.4.3
Using Custom Scripts Stored in the Software Library
24.4.3.1
Using Custom Scripts with Input Parameters
24.4.3.2
Using Custom Scripts Without Inputs Parameters
24.5
Creating Middleware Provisioning Profiles
24.5.1
Creating a Provisioning Profile Based on an Installation Media
24.5.2
Creating a Provisioning Profile Based on an Oracle Home
24.5.3
Creating a Provisioning Profile Based on a WebLogic Domain
24.6
Provisioning of a new Fusion Middleware Domain from an Installation Media Based-Profile or an Oracle Home Based-Profile
24.6.1
Customizing the Destination Environment from an Installation Media Based-Profile or an Oracle Home Based-Profile
24.7
Provisioning a Fusion Middleware Domain from an Existing Oracle Home
24.7.1
Customizing the Destination Environment from an Existing Oracle Home
24.8
Cloning from an Existing WebLogic Domain Based-Profile
24.8.1
Customizing the Destination Environment from an Existing WeLogic Domain Based-Profile
25
Provisioning the SOA Domain and Oracle Homes
25.1
Getting Started with Provisioning SOA Domain and Oracle Home
25.2
Source Environment and Destination Environment after SOA Provisioning
25.2.1
Source and Destination Environments for a Fresh SOA Provisioning Use Case
25.2.2
Source and Destination Environments for SOA Cloning Use Case
25.3
Supported Versions of SOA for Provisioning
25.4
Before you Begin Provisioning SOA Domain and Oracle Home
25.4.1
Create Middleware Roles and Assign Privileges to them
25.4.2
Setting Named Credentials and Privileged Credentials for the Middleware Targets
25.4.3
(Applicable only for a Cloning WebLogic Domain Use Case) Cloning a Database
25.5
Use Case 1: First Time Provisioning of a SOA Domain
25.6
Use Case 2: Provisioning from a SOA Oracle Home Based Provisioning Profile
25.7
Use Case 3: Cloning from a Provisioning Profile based on an Existing SOA Domain
25.8
Use Case 4: Provisioning from an Existing SOA Home
25.9
Use Case 5: Scaling Up an Existing SOA Domain
25.10
Use Case 6 - Cloning a database in WebLogic Domain
26
Provisioning the Service Bus Domain and Oracle Homes
26.1
Getting Started with Provisioning Service Bus Domain and Oracle Home
26.2
Supported Versions of Service Bus for Provisioning
26.3
Before you Begin Provisioning Service Bus Domain and Oracle Home
26.3.1
Create Middleware Roles and Assign Privileges
26.3.2
Setting Named Credentials and Privileged Credentials for the Middleware Targets
26.3.3
(Applicable only for a Cloning WebLogic Domain Use Case) Cloning a Database
26.4
Use Case 1: First Time Provisioning of a Service Bus Domain
26.5
Use Case 2: Provisioning from a Service Bus Home Based Provisioning Profile
26.6
Use Case 3: Cloning from a Provisioning Profile based on an Existing Service Bus Domain
26.7
Use Case 4: Provisioning from an Existing Service Bus Home
26.8
Use Case 5: Scaling Up an Existing Service Bus Domain
27
Provisioning the Oracle WebCenter Domain and Oracle Homes
27.1
Getting Started with Provisioning WebCenter Domain and Oracle Home
27.2
About WebCenter Topologies Supported in Enterprise Manager
27.3
Source Environment and Destination Environment after WebCenter Provisioning
27.3.1
Source and Destination Environments for a Fresh WebCenter Provisioning Use Case
27.3.2
Source and Destination Environments for WebCenter Cloning Use Case
27.4
Supported Versions of WebCenter for Provisioning
27.5
Before you Begin Provisioning WebCenter Domain and Oracle Home
27.5.1
Create Middleware Roles and Assign Privileges to them
27.5.2
Setting Named Credentials and Privileged Credentials for the Middleware Targets
27.5.3
(Applicable only for a Cloning WebLogic Domain Use Case) Cloning a Database
27.6
Use Case 1: First Time Provisioning of a WebCenter Portal with Lock-downs
27.7
Use Case 2: Provisioning a WebCenter Home
27.8
Use Case 3: Cloning an Existing WebCenter Portal Environment
27.9
Use Case 4: Provisioning from an Existing WebCenter Home
27.10
Use Case 5: Scaling Up an Existing WebCenter Domain
28
Middleware Provisioning using the EM CLI
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
Submitting the Procedure using EM CLI
28.3
Listing Middleware Provisioning Profiles
28.3.1
Listing All the Profiles
28.3.2
Listing All the WebLogic Domain Profiles
28.3.3
Listing All the Oracle Home Profiles
28.3.4
Listing All the Installation Media Profiles
28.4
Describing Provisioning Profiles
28.4.1
Describing a WebLogic Domain Profile
28.4.2
Describing an Oracle Home Profile
28.4.3
Describing an Installation Media Profile
28.4.4
Describing an Exported Domain/Partiton Profile
28.5
Deleting Provisioning Profiles
28.6
Describing scaledown_domain usage
28.7
Describing deploy_jvmd usage
29
Middleware Profiles Using REST APIs
29.1
Creating Middleware Provisioning Profiles
29.1.1
Creating a WebLogic Domain Profile
29.1.2
Creating an Oracle Home Profile
29.1.3
Creating an Installation Media Profile
29.2
Listing Middleware Provisioning Profiles
29.2.1
Listing All the Profiles
29.2.2
Listing WebLogic Domain Profiles
29.2.3
Listing Oracle Home Profile
29.2.4
Listing Installation Media Profiles
29.3
Describing Provisioning Profiles
29.3.1
Describing a WebLogic Domain Profile
29.3.2
Describing an Oracle Home Profile
29.3.3
Describing an Installation Media Profile
29.4
Deleting Provisioning Profiles
29.4.1
Deleting a WebLogic Domain Profile
29.4.2
Deleting an Oracle Home Profile
29.4.3
Deleting an Installation Media Profile
30
Scaling Up / Scaling Out Fusion Middleware Domains
30.1
Getting Started
30.2
Prerequisites
30.3
Running the Scale Up / Scale Out Middleware Deployment Procedure
30.3.1
WebLogic Domain Scaling Up: Scale up/Scale out Fusion Middleware Domain Page
30.3.2
Weblogic Domain Scaling Up / Scaling Out : Schedule Page
30.4
Middleware Provisioning and Scale Up / Scale Out Best Practices
31
Export and Import of Domain Partitions
31.1
About Exporting and Importing WebLogic Domain Partitions
31.2
Exporting WebLogic Domain Partition
31.3
Importing WebLogic Domain Partition
32
Migrating a Domain to a Partition
32.1
Pre-Requisites and Limitations
32.2
Exporting WebLogic Domain
32.3
Importing WebLogic Domain Partition
33
Deploying / Redeploying / Undeploying Java EE Applications
33.1
Getting Started with the Deploy/Undeploy Java EE Application Deployment Procedure
33.2
Deploying, Undeploying, or Redeploying Java EE Applications
33.3
Supported Releases for Deploy/Undeploy Java EE Applications Deployment Proceudre
33.4
Prerequisites for Deploying/Undeploying Java EE Applications
33.5
Creating a Java EE Application Component
33.6
Java EE Applications Deployment Procedure
33.6.1
Deploying a Java EE Application
33.6.2
Redeploying a Java EE Application
33.6.3
Undeploying a Java EE Application
33.7
Deploying / Redeploying / Undeploying Java EE Applications Using EMCLI
33.7.1
Deploying a Java EE Application Using EMCLI
33.7.2
Undeploying a Java EE Application Using EMCLI
33.7.3
Redeploying a Java EE Application Using EMCLI
34
Provisioning Coherence Nodes and Clusters
34.1
Getting Started
34.2
Supported Releases
34.3
Deploying Coherence Nodes and Clusters
34.3.1
Prerequisites
34.3.2
Creating a Coherence Component
34.3.3
Deployment Procedure
34.3.3.1
Adding a Coherence Node
34.3.3.2
Sample Scripts
34.3.3.2.1
default-start-script.pl
34.4
Troubleshooting
35
Provisioning SOA Artifacts and Composites
35.1
Getting Started with SOA Artifacts Provisioning
35.2
Understanding SOA Artifacts Provisioning
35.3
Deployment Procedures, Supported Releases, and Core Components Deployed
35.4
Provisioning SOA Artifacts
35.4.1
Provisioning SOA Artifacts from a Reference Installation
35.4.2
Provisioning SOA Artifacts from Gold Image
35.5
Deploying SOA Composites
36
Provisioning Service Bus Resources
36.1
Getting Started with Provisioning Service Bus Resources
36.2
Supported Releases
36.3
Provisioning Service Bus Resources from Service Bus Domain
36.4
Understanding the Export Modes for Service Bus Resources
36.5
Provisioning Service Bus Resources from Oracle Software Library
Part VIII Bare Metal Server Provisioning
37
Provisioning Bare Metal Servers
37.1
Getting Started with Provisioning Bare Metal Servers
37.2
Overview Of Bare Metal Provisioning
37.2.1
Accessing Bare Metal Provisioning Page
37.2.2
Provisioning Environment for Bare Metals
37.2.2.1
Software Library and its Entities
37.2.2.2
Boot Server
37.2.2.3
Stage Server
37.2.2.4
Reference Host
37.2.2.5
RPM Repository
37.2.3
Provisioning Bare Metal
37.3
Supported Releases of Linux
37.4
Setting Up Infrastructure for Bare Metal Provisioning
37.4.1
Setting Up Stage Server
37.4.1.1
Prerequisites to Setup a Stage Server
37.4.1.2
Setting up a Stage Server and Accessing the Management Agent files
37.4.1.2.1
Setting up an NFS Stage Server
37.4.1.2.2
Setting up a HTTP Stage Server
37.4.2
Setting Up Boot Server and DHCP Server
37.4.3
Setting Up RPM Repository
37.4.3.1
Setting Up RHEL 5/Oracle Linux 5 RPM Repository
37.4.3.2
Exposing RPM Repository through HTTP or FTP
37.4.4
Configuring Stage Server
37.4.5
Configuring Boot Server
37.4.6
Configuring DHCP Server
37.4.7
Configuring RPM Repository
37.4.8
Checklist for Boot Server, Stage Server, RPM Repository, and Reference Host
37.4.9
Configuring Software Library Components
37.4.9.1
Creating Operating System Component
37.4.9.2
Creating Disk Layout Component
37.4.9.3
Creating an Oracle Virtual Server Component
37.5
Prerequites For Provisioning Bare Metal Servers and Oracle VM Servers
37.6
Provisioning Bare Metal Servers
37.7
Provisioning Oracle VM Servers
37.8
Viewing Saved Plans
37.9
Using Saved Plans for Provisioning Linux Operating Systems on Bare Metal Servers
Part IX Host Management
38
Overview of Host Management
38.1
Host Statistics
38.2
Diagnosing Host Problems
38.3
Viewing Targets on the Host
38.4
Storage Statistics and History
39
Setting Up the Environment to Monitor Hosts
39.1
Required Installations
39.2
For Linux Hosts - Installing YAST (Only if the host is not patched with latest 13.2)
39.3
Setting Up Credentials
39.4
Setup Needed for Host Monitoring
39.4.1
Viewing Monitoring Configuration
39.4.2
Setting Up Monitoring Credentials
39.5
Target Setup Needed for Host Administration
40
Customizing Your Host Monitoring Environment
40.1
Customizing the Host Home Page
40.2
Using Groups
41
Monitoring Hosts
41.1
Overall Monitoring
41.1.1
CPU Details
41.1.2
Memory Details
41.1.3
Disk Details
41.1.4
Program Resource Utilization
41.1.5
Log File Alerts
41.1.6
Metric Collection Errors
41.2
Storage Details
41.2.1
Storage Utilization
41.2.2
Overall Utilization
41.2.3
Provisioning Summary
41.2.4
Consumption Summary
41.2.5
ASM
41.2.6
Databases
41.2.7
Disks
41.2.8
File Systems
41.2.9
Volumes
41.2.10
Vendor Distribution
41.2.11
Storage History
41.2.12
Storage Layers
41.2.13
Storage Refresh
41.2.14
Ksplice for Oracle Linux
42
Administering Hosts
42.1
Configuration Operations on Hosts
42.1.1
Configuring File and Directory Monitoring Criteria
42.1.2
Configuring Generic Log File Monitor Criteria
42.1.3
Configuring Program Resource Utilization Monitoring Criteria
42.2
Administration Tasks
42.2.1
Services
42.2.2
Default System Run Level
42.2.3
Network Card
42.2.4
Host Lookup Table
42.2.5
NFS Client
42.2.6
User and Group Administration (Users)
42.2.7
User and Group Administration (Groups)
42.3
Using Tools and Commands
42.3.1
Enabling Sudo and Power Broker
42.3.2
Executing the Host Command Using Sudo or PowerBroker
42.3.3
Using Remote File Editor
42.4
Adding Host Targets
42.5
Running Host Command
42.5.1
Accessing Host Command
42.5.2
Executing Host Command Using Sudo or Power Broker
42.5.3
Execute Host Command - Multiple Hosts
42.5.3.1
Target Properties
42.5.4
Execute Host Command - Group
42.5.5
Execute Host Command - Single Host
42.5.6
Load OS Script
42.5.7
Load From Job Library
42.5.8
Execution History
42.5.9
Execution Results
42.6
Miscellaneous Tasks
42.6.1
Enabling Collection of WBEM Fetchlet Based Metrics
42.6.2
Enabling Hardware Monitoring for Dell PowerEdge Linux Hosts
42.6.3
Adding and Editing Host Configuration
Part X Patch Management
43
Patching Software Deployments
43.1
Overview of the New Patch Management Solution
43.1.1
Overview of the Current Patch Management Challenges
43.1.2
About the New Patch Management Solution
43.1.3
Overview of Patch Plans
43.1.3.1
About Patch Plans
43.1.3.2
About Types of Patch Plans
43.1.3.3
About the Create Plan Wizard
43.1.4
Overview of Patch Templates
43.1.4.1
About Patch Templates
43.1.4.2
About the Edit Template Wizard
43.1.5
Supported Targets, Releases, and Deployment Procedures for Patching
43.1.6
Overview of Supported Patching Modes
43.1.6.1
Overview of Patching in Online and Offline Mode
43.1.6.2
Overview of Patching in In-Place and Out-of-Place Mode
43.1.6.3
Overview of Patching in Rolling and Parallel Mode
43.1.7
Understanding the Patching Workflow
43.2
Setting Up the Infrastructure for Patching
43.2.1
Meeting Basic Infrastructure Requirements for Patching
43.2.2
Creating Administrators with the Required Roles for Patching
43.2.3
Setting Up the Infrastructure for Patching in Online Mode (Connected to MOS)
43.2.3.1
Enabling Online Mode for Patching
43.2.3.2
Registering the Proxy Details for My Oracle Support
43.2.4
Setting Up the Infrastructure for Patching in Offline Mode (Not Connected to MOS)
43.2.4.1
Enabling Offline Mode for Patching
43.2.4.2
Downloading Enterprise Manager Catalog Zip File From Another Host With Internet Connectivity
43.2.4.3
Uploading Enterprise Manager Catalog Zip File from your Host With No Internet Connectivity
43.2.4.4
Uploading Patches to Oracle Software Library
43.2.5
Analyzing the Environment and Identifying Whether Your Targets Can Be Patched
43.3
Identifying the Patches to Be Applied
43.3.1
About Patch Recommendations
43.3.2
About Knowledge Articles for Patching
43.3.3
About Service Requests for Patching
43.3.4
Searching for Patches on My Oracle Support
43.3.5
Searching for Patches in Oracle Software Library
43.4
Applying Patches
43.4.1
Creating a Patch Plan
43.4.2
Accessing the Patch Plan
43.4.3
Analyzing, Preparing, and Deploying Patch Plans
43.4.4
Switching Back to the Original Oracle Home After Deploying a Patch Plan
43.4.5
Saving Successfully Analyzed or Deployed Patch Plan As a Patch Template
43.4.6
Creating a Patch Plan from a Patch Template and Applying Patches
43.4.7
Patching Oracle Grid Infrastructure Targets
43.4.8
Patching Oracle Exadata
43.4.9
Patching Oracle Data Guard Targets
43.4.9.1
Oracle Data Guard Patching Workflow
43.4.9.2
Oracle Data Guard Patching Scenarios
43.4.10
Patching Oracle Identity Management Targets
43.4.11
Patching Oracle Siebel Targets
43.4.12
Patching Oracle Service Bus
43.4.13
Rollback of Oracle Service Bus Patch
43.4.14
Deploying WebLogic Patches Along with SOA or Oracle Service Bus Patches In A Single Patch Plan
43.5
Diagnosing and Resolving Patching Issues
43.5.1
Workaround for Errors
43.5.1.1
Workaround for Missing Property Errors
43.5.1.2
Workaround for Unsupported Configuration Errors
43.5.2
Common Patching Issues
43.5.3
Resolving Patching Issues
43.5.4
Rolling Back Patches
43.6
Additional Patching Tasks You Can Perform
43.6.1
Viewing or Modifying a Patch Template
43.6.2
Saving a Deployed Patch Plan as a Patch Template
43.6.3
Downloading Patches from a Patch Template
43.6.4
Deleting a Patch Plan
43.6.5
Deleting a Patch Template
43.6.6
Converting a Nondeployable Patch Plan to a Deployable Patch Plan
43.6.7
Associating Additional Targets to a Patch in a Patch Plan
43.6.8
Manually Staging the Patching Root Component
43.6.9
Restricting Root User Access for Patching
43.6.10
Resolving Patch Conflicts
43.6.11
Analyzing the Results of Patching Operations
43.6.12
Customizing Patching Deployment Procedures
43.6.12.1
Customizing a Static Patching Deployment Procedure
43.6.12.2
Customizing a Dynamic Patching Deployment Procedure
43.6.13
Pausing the Patching Process While Patching Targets in Rolling Mode
43.6.14
Rolling Back Patches
43.7
End-to-End Use Case: Patching Your Data Center
43.8
Patching Database as a Service Pools
44
Patching Linux Hosts
44.1
Overview of Patching Linux Hosts
44.2
About the Deployment Procedure for Patching Linux Hosts
44.3
Supported Linux Releases
44.4
Setting Up Infrastructure for Linux Patching
44.4.1
Prerequisites for Using the Linux Patching Feature
44.4.2
Setting Up the RPM Repository for Linux Patching
44.4.2.1
Prerequisites for Setting Up the RPM Repository
44.4.2.2
Setting Up the RPM Repository for Patching
44.4.3
Setting Up Linux Patching Group for Compliance Reporting
44.4.3.1
Prerequisites for Setting Up Linux Patching Group
44.4.3.2
Setting Up a Linux Patching Group
44.5
Patching Linux Hosts
44.5.1
Applying Patches on a Linux Patching Group Based on Compliance
44.5.2
Applying Ad Hoc or Emergency Patches on Linux Hosts
44.6
Managing Linux Configuration Files
44.6.1
Overview of Linux Configuration Files
44.6.2
Prerequisites for Managing Configuration Files
44.6.3
Creating a Linux Configuration File Channel
44.6.4
Uploading Linux Configuration Files to a Particular Channel
44.6.4.1
Prerequisites for Uploading Linux Configuration Files
44.6.4.2
Uploading Linux Configuration Files
44.6.5
Importing Linux Configuration Files from One Channel to Another
44.6.5.1
Prerequisites for Importing Linux Configuration Files
44.6.5.2
Importing Linux Configuration Files
44.6.6
Deploying Linux Configuration Files From a Particular Channel
44.6.6.1
Prerequisites for Deploying Linux Configuration Files
44.6.6.2
Deploying Linux Configuration Files
44.6.7
Deleting a Linux Configuration File Channel
44.6.7.1
Prerequisites for Deleting a Linux Configuration File Channel
44.6.7.2
Deleting Linux Configuration File Channels
44.6.8
Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC Configuration Support
44.7
Additional Linux Patching Tasks You Can Perform
44.7.1
Viewing Linux Patching Compliance History
44.7.1.1
Prerequisites for Viewing Linux Patching Compliance History
44.7.1.2
Viewing Linux Patching Compliance History
44.7.2
Patching Non-Compliant Linux Packages
44.7.2.1
Prerequisites for Patching Non-Compliant Linux Packages
44.7.2.2
Patching Non-Compliant Linux Packages
44.7.3
Rolling Back Linux Patch Update Sessions or Deinstalling Packages
44.7.3.1
Prerequisites for Rolling Back Linux Patch Update Sessions or Deinstalling Packages
44.7.3.2
Rolling Back Linux Patch Update Sessions or Deinstalling Packages
44.7.4
Registering a Custom Package Channel
44.7.4.1
Prerequisites for Registering a Custom Package Channel
44.7.4.2
Registering a Custom Package Channel
44.7.5
Cloning a Package Channel
44.7.5.1
Prerequisites for Cloning a Package Channel
44.7.5.2
Cloning a Package Channel
44.7.6
Copying Packages from One Channel to Another
44.7.6.1
Prerequisites for Copying Packages from One Channel to Another
44.7.6.2
Copying Packages from One Channel to Another
44.7.7
Adding Custom Packages to a Channel
44.7.7.1
Prerequisites for Adding Custom Packages to a Channel
44.7.7.2
Adding Custom Packages to a Channel
44.7.8
Deleting a Package Channel
44.7.8.1
Prerequisites for Deleting a Package Channel
44.7.8.2
Deleting a Package Channel
45
Oracle Linux Home
45.1
Oracle Linux Home Target
45.2
Oracle Linux Home page
45.2.1
General Region
45.2.2
Overview of Incidents and Problems
45.2.3
Host Flux
45.2.4
CPU
45.2.5
Memory
45.2.6
Oracle Linux Patching
45.2.6.1
Patchable Linux Groups
45.2.6.2
Patchable Linux Hosts
45.3
Ksplice for Oracle Linux
45.3.1
Ksplice Metrics
45.3.2
Ksplice Patching
45.3.3
Ksplice Linux Hosts Page
45.4
Oracle Linux Home
45.4.1
Target Navigation Tree (TNT) of "Oracle Linux Home"
46
Database Fleet Maintenance
46.1
About Database Fleet Maintenance
46.2
Getting Started with Fleet Maintenance
46.2.1
Meeting the Prerequisites
46.2.2
Discovering Configuration Pollution
46.2.3
Creating a Gold Image
46.2.4
Retrieving a List of Available Gold Images
46.2.5
Verifying if Image is Applicable
46.2.6
Deleting an Image or Versions of an Image
46.2.7
Subscribing the Targets to the Selected Image
46.2.8
Verifying the Subscription
46.2.9
Unsubscribing Targets from an Image
46.2.10
Creating an Updated Version of the Image
46.2.11
Changing Version Status to Current
46.2.12
Staging and Deploying the Software
46.2.13
Migrating the Listeners
46.2.14
Deploying Container Databases
46.2.15
Updating the Database / Cluster
46.2.15.1
Rolling Back Cluster / Database
46.2.15.2
Non-Rolling Applicable Patches
46.2.15.3
Updating and Rolling Back Standby Databases
46.2.15.4
Node Wise RAC Database / Cluster Update
46.3
Update De-mystified
46.4
Upgrading Oracle Homes
46.5
Cleaning Up Oracle Homes
46.6
Database Fleet Maintenance - RESTful APIs
47
Performing Engineered System Software Updates
47.1
Overview of Exadata System Software Update
47.2
Configuring Options for Exadata Component Software Updates
47.3
Updating Exadata Database Servers
47.4
Updating Exadata Storage Servers
47.5
Updating Exadata Infiniband Switches
47.6
Rolling Backup Deployed Software Updates
47.7
Patching Oracle Identity Management Targets
47.8
Overview of Exalytics System Software Update
47.9
Configuring the Options for Oracle Exalytics Updates
47.10
Updating Oracle Exalytics Compute Nodes
47.11
Updating Oracle Exalytics Business Intelligence Instance
Part XI Configuration, Compliance, and Change Management
48
Managing Configuration Information
48.1
Overview of Configuration Management
48.2
Overview of Configuration Searches
48.2.1
Managing Configuration Searches
48.2.1.1
Searching for a Configuration Search
48.2.1.2
Running a Configuration Search
48.2.1.3
Editing a Configuration Search
48.2.1.4
Deleting a Configuration Search
48.2.1.5
Importing or Exporting a Configuration Search
48.2.2
Creating a Configuration Search
48.2.2.1
Creating a New Configuration Search
48.2.2.2
Creating a Configuration Search from an Existing Configuration Search
48.2.2.3
Creating a Configuration Search Using SQL
48.3
Overview of Configuration Browser
48.3.1
Viewing Configuration Data
48.3.2
Working with Saved Configurations
48.3.3
Working with Inventory and Usage Details
48.4
Overview of Configuration History
48.4.1
Accessing Configuration History
48.4.2
Working with Configuration History
48.4.2.1
Searching History
48.4.2.2
Annotating Configuration Changes
48.4.2.3
Scheduling a History Search and Creating a Notification List
48.4.2.4
Saving History to a File
48.4.2.5
Saving Configuration History
48.4.2.6
Creating a Search Using SQL
48.4.3
Viewing History Job Activity
48.5
Overview of Comparisons and Templates
48.5.1
About Comparison Templates
48.5.2
Working with Comparison Templates
48.5.2.1
Creating or Editing a Comparison Template
48.5.2.2
Managing Comparison Templates
48.5.3
Specifying Rules
48.5.3.1
Creating a Value Constraint Rule
48.5.3.2
Creating a Matching Rule
48.5.3.3
Creating a Rule for Including and Excluding Configuration Items
48.5.4
About Rules Expression and Syntax
48.5.5
Understanding Rules by Example
48.5.5.1
Matching Rule Examples
48.5.5.2
Ignore Rule Examples
48.5.6
About Comparisons
48.5.6.1
Considerations Before Creating a Comparison
48.5.6.2
Steps in Setting Up a Drift or Consistency Comparison
48.5.6.3
About One-Time Comparisons
48.5.6.4
About Configuration Drift
48.5.6.5
About Configuration Consistency
48.5.6.6
About the Definition Library
48.5.6.7
Setting Up a Comparison Template
48.5.6.8
Creating Notifications for Comparisons
48.5.7
Working with Comparison Results
48.5.7.1
About Consistency Management (System) Comparison Results
48.5.7.2
About Drift (Target) Comparison Results
48.5.7.3
Synchronizing Configuration Extension Files
48.5.8
Comparison and Drift Management BI Publisher Reports
48.6
Overview of Configuration Extensions and Collections
48.6.1
Working with Configuration Extensions
48.6.1.1
Creating a Custom Target Type
48.6.1.2
Creating or Editing a Configuration Extension
48.6.1.3
Using the Files & Commands Tab
48.6.1.4
Using the SQL Tab
48.6.1.5
Setting Up Credentials When Creating a Configuration Extension
48.6.1.6
Setting Up Rules
48.6.1.7
Managing Configuration Extensions
48.6.1.8
About Configuration Extensions and Versioning
48.6.1.9
About Configuration Extensions and Privileges
48.6.2
About Configuration Extensions and Deployment
48.6.2.1
Deploying and Undeploying Configuration Extensions
48.6.2.2
Editing a Deployment of Configuration Extensions
48.6.2.3
Viewing a Configuration Collection
48.6.3
Extending Configuration Data Collections
48.6.3.1
Extending Existing Target Collections
48.6.3.2
Adding New Target Data Collections
48.6.4
Using Configuration Extensions as Blueprints
48.7
Overview of Parsers
48.7.1
Managing Parsers
48.7.2
About XML Parsers
48.7.2.1
About the Default XML Parser
48.7.2.2
About the Generic XML Parser
48.7.2.3
XML Parser Examples
48.7.3
About Format-Specific Parsers
48.7.3.1
Database Query Parser Parameters
48.7.3.2
Database Query Paired Column Parser Parameters
48.7.3.3
Directory Parser Parameters
48.7.3.4
E-Business Suite Parser Parameters
48.7.3.5
Galaxy CFG Parser Parameters
48.7.3.6
MQ-Series Parser Parameters
48.7.3.7
Siebel Parser Parameters
48.7.3.8
Unix Installed Patches Parser Parameters
48.7.3.9
Unix Recursive Directory List Parser Parameters
48.7.4
About Columnar Parsers
48.7.4.1
Columnar Parser Parameters
48.7.5
About Properties Parsers
48.7.5.1
Basic Properties Parser Parameters
48.7.5.2
Advanced Properties Parser Parameters
48.7.5.3
Advanced Properties Parser Constructs
48.7.6
Using Parsed Files and Rules
48.7.6.1
Sample XML File Parsing and Rule Application
48.7.6.2
Sample Non-XML File Parsing and Rule Application
48.7.6.3
Sample SQL Query Parsing and Rule Application
48.8
Overview of Relationships
48.9
Overview of Configuration Topology Viewer
48.9.1
About Configuration Topology Viewer
48.9.2
Examples of Using Topology
48.9.3
Viewing a Configuration Topology
48.9.4
Determining System Component Structure
48.9.5
Determining General Status of Target's Configuration Health
48.9.6
Getting Configuration Health/Compliance Score of a Target
48.9.7
Analyzing a Problem and Viewing a Specific Issue in Detail
48.9.8
About Dependency Analysis
48.9.9
About Impact Analysis
48.9.10
Creating a Custom Topology View
48.9.11
Deleting a Custom Topology View
48.9.12
Excluding Relationships from a Custom Topology View
48.9.13
Including Relationships to a Target in a Custom Topology View
48.9.14
Creating a Relationship to a Target
48.9.15
Deleting a Relationship from a Target
48.9.16
Controlling the Appearance of Information on a Configuration Topology Graph
49
Managing Compliance
49.1
Overview of Compliance
49.1.1
Terminology Used in Compliance
49.1.2
Accessing the Compliance Features
49.1.3
Roles and Privileges Needed to Use the Compliance Features
49.2
Evaluating Compliance
49.2.1
Accessing Compliance Statistics
49.2.1.1
Using the Compliance Dashboard Effectively
49.2.2
Viewing Compliance Summary Information
49.2.3
Viewing Target Compliance Evaluation Results
49.2.4
Viewing Compliance Framework Evaluation Results
49.2.5
Managing Violations
49.2.6
Investigating Compliance Violations and Evaluation Results
49.2.6.1
Investigating Violations of Repository Compliance Standard Rules and Targets Causing Violations
49.2.6.2
Viewing All the Violations Reported for Your Enterprise
49.2.6.3
Examples of Viewing Violations
49.2.7
Investigating Evaluation Errors
49.2.8
Analyzing Compliance Reports
49.2.9
Overview of Compliance Score and Importance
49.2.9.1
Compliance Score of a Compliance Standard Rule -Target
49.2.9.2
Real-time Monitoring Rule Compliance Score
49.2.9.3
Compliance Score of a Compliance Standard for a Target
49.2.9.4
Compliance Framework Compliance Score
49.2.9.5
Parent Node Compliance Score
49.3
Investigating Real-time Observations
49.3.1
Viewing Observations
49.3.1.1
Viewing Observations By Systems
49.3.1.2
Viewing Observations By Compliance Framework
49.3.1.3
Viewing Observations By Search
49.3.1.4
Viewing Details of an Incident
49.3.2
Operations on Observations During Compliance Evaluation
49.3.2.1
Manually Setting an Observation As Authorized Or Not Authorized
49.3.2.2
Notifying a User When an Observation Occurs
49.3.2.3
Notifying a User When an Authorized Observation Occurs
49.4
Configuring Compliance Management
49.4.1
About Compliance Frameworks
49.4.2
Operations on Compliance Frameworks
49.4.2.1
Creating a Compliance Framework
49.4.2.2
Creating Like a Compliance Framework
49.4.2.3
Editing a Compliance Framework
49.4.2.4
Deleting a Compliance Framework
49.4.2.5
Exporting a Compliance Framework
49.4.2.6
Importing a Compliance Framework
49.4.2.7
Browsing Compliance Frameworks
49.4.2.8
Searching Compliance Frameworks
49.4.2.9
Browsing Compliance Framework Evaluation Results
49.4.2.10
Searching Compliance Framework Evaluation Results
49.4.2.11
Browsing Compliance Framework Errors
49.4.2.12
Searching Compliance Framework Errors
49.4.2.13
Verifying Database Targets Are Compliant with Compliance Frameworks
49.4.3
About Compliance Standards
49.4.4
Operations on Compliance Standards
49.4.4.1
Creating a Compliance Standard
49.4.4.2
Creating Like a Compliance Standard
49.4.4.3
Editing a Compliance Standard
49.4.4.4
Deleting a Compliance Standard
49.4.4.5
Exporting a Compliance Standard
49.4.4.6
Importing a Compliance Standard
49.4.4.7
Browsing Compliance Standards
49.4.4.8
Searching Compliance Standards
49.4.4.9
Browsing Compliance Standard Evaluation Results
49.4.4.10
Searching Compliance Standard Evaluation Results
49.4.4.11
Browsing Compliance Standard Errors
49.4.4.12
Searching Compliance Standard Errors
49.4.4.13
Associating a Compliance Standard with Targets
49.4.4.14
Associating a Compliance Standard with a Group Target
49.4.4.15
Viewing Real-time Monitoring Compliance Standard Warnings
49.4.4.16
Enabling Security Metrics
49.4.4.17
Considerations When Creating Compliance Standards
49.4.5
About Compliance Standard Rule Folders
49.4.5.1
Creating Rule Folders
49.4.5.2
Managing Rule Folders in a Compliance Standard
49.4.6
About Compliance Standard Rules
49.4.7
Operations on Compliance Standards Rules
49.4.7.1
Creating a Repository Compliance Standard Rule
49.4.7.2
Creating a WebLogic Server Signature Compliance Standard Rule
49.4.7.3
Creating a Real-time Monitoring Compliance Standard Rule
49.4.7.4
Creating an Agent-side Rule
49.4.7.5
Creating a Manual Rule
49.4.7.6
Creating a Missing Patches Compliance Standard Rule
49.4.7.7
Creating a Configuration Consistency Rule
49.4.7.8
Creating Configuration Drift Rule
49.4.7.9
Creating Like a Compliance Standard Rule
49.4.7.10
Editing a Compliance Standard Rule
49.4.7.11
Deleting a Compliance Standard Rule
49.4.7.12
Exporting a Compliance Standard Rule
49.4.7.13
Importing a Compliance Standard Rule
49.4.7.14
Browsing Compliance Standard Rules
49.4.7.15
Searching Compliance Standard Rules
49.4.7.16
Using Corrective Actions
49.5
Real-time Monitoring Facets
49.5.1
About Real-time Monitoring Facets
49.5.1.1
Facet Entity Types
49.5.1.2
Facet Patterns
49.5.2
Operations on Facets
49.5.2.1
Viewing the Facet Library
49.5.2.2
Creating and Editing Facets
49.5.2.3
Creating and Editing Facet Folders
49.5.2.4
Deleting a Facet
49.5.2.5
Using Create Like to Create a New Facet
49.5.2.6
Importing and Exporting Facets
49.5.2.7
Changing Base Facet Attributes Not Yet Used In a Rule
49.6
Examples
49.6.1
Creating Repository Rule Based on Custom Configuration Collections
49.6.2
Creating Compliance Standard Agent-side and Manual Rules
49.6.3
Suppressing Violations
49.6.4
Clearing Violations
50
Managing Enterprise Data Governance
50.1
Overview of Enterprise Data Governance
50.1.1
About Enterprise Data Governance
50.1.2
What Are Protection Policies?
50.1.3
What Are Application Signatures?
50.2
Using Enterprise Data Governance
50.2.1
The Enterprise Data Governance Dashboard
50.2.2
Working with Sensitive Database Discovery Results
50.2.3
Working with Metadata Discovery Jobs
50.2.3.1
Creating a Metadata Discovery Job
50.2.3.2
Managing Automatic Metadata Discovery
50.2.3.3
Managing Metadata Discovery Results
50.2.4
Working with Data Discovery Jobs
50.2.4.1
Creating a Data Discovery Job
50.2.4.2
Managing Data Discovery Results
50.2.5
Creating Custom Application Signatures
51
Managing Database Schema Changes
51.1
Overview of Change Management for Databases
51.2
Using Schema Baselines
51.2.1
Overview of Scope Specification
51.2.2
About Capturing a Schema Baseline Version
51.2.3
About Working With A Schema Baseline Version
51.2.4
About Working With Multiple Schema Baseline Versions
51.2.5
Exporting and Importing Schema Baselines
51.2.5.1
Creating Directory Objects for Export and Import
51.3
Using Schema Comparisons
51.3.1
Defining Schema Comparisons
51.3.2
About Working with Schema Comparison Versions
51.4
Using Schema Synchronizations
51.4.1
About Defining Schema Synchronizations
51.4.2
Creating a Synchronization Definition from a Comparison
51.4.3
Working with Schema Synchronization Versions
51.4.3.1
About the Schema Synchronization Cycle
51.4.4
Creating Add itional Synchronization Versions
51.5
Using Change Plans
51.5.1
About Working with Change Plans
51.5.2
Creating a Change Plan
51.5.2.1
Creating and Applying a Change Plan From a Schema Comparison
51.5.2.2
Using External Clients to Create and Access Change Plans in Cloud Control
51.5.3
Submitting Schema Change Plans From SQL Developer Interface
51.6
Using Database Data Comparison
51.6.1
Requirements for Database Data Comparisons
51.6.2
Comparing Database Data and Viewing Results
52
Additional Setup for Real-time Monitoring
52.1
Overview of Real-Time Monitoring
52.2
Overview of Resource Consumption Considerations
52.2.1
OS File Monitoring Archiving
52.2.2
OS File Read Monitoring
52.2.3
Creating Facets That Have Very Broad Coverage
52.2.4
Cloud Control Repository Sizing
52.3
Configuring Monitoring Credentials
52.4
Preparing To Monitor Linux Hosts
52.4.1
OS File Monitoring
52.4.2
Debugging Kernel Module Or Other File Monitoring Issues
52.5
Preparing To Monitor Windows Hosts
52.5.1
Verifying Auditing Is Configured Properly
52.5.2
Subinacl External Requirements
52.6
Preparing To Monitor Solaris Hosts
52.6.1
Enabling BSM Auditing
52.6.1.1
Enabling BSM Auditing Using Solaris Versions 9 and 10
52.6.1.2
Enabling BSM Auditing Using Solaris 11
52.6.2
Managing Audit Log Files
52.7
Preparing to Monitor AIX Hosts
52.7.1
Installation Prerequisite for AIX 5.3
52.7.2
Administering AIX Auditing
52.7.3
Verifying AIX System Log Files for the OS User Monitoring Module
52.8
Preparing To Monitor the Oracle Database
52.8.1
Setting Auditing User Privileges
52.8.2
Specifying Audit Options
52.9
Setting Up Change Request Management Integration
52.9.1
BMC Remedy Action Request System 7.1 Integration
52.9.1.1
Installing and Customizing Remedy ARS
52.9.1.1.1
Adding the Connector to Cloud Control
52.10
Overview of the Repository Views Related to Real-time Monitoring Features
52.11
Modifying Data Retention Periods
52.12
Real-time Monitoring Supported Platforms
52.12.1
OS User Monitoring
52.12.2
OS Process Monitoring
52.12.3
OS File Monitoring
52.12.4
OS Windows Registry Monitoring
52.12.5
OS Windows Active Directory User Monitoring
52.12.6
OS Windows Active Directory Computer Monitoring
52.12.7
OS Windows Active Directory Group Monitoring
52.12.8
Oracle Database Table Monitoring
52.12.9
Oracle Database View Monitoring
52.12.10
Oracle Database Materialized View Monitoring
52.12.11
Oracle Database Index Monitoring
52.12.12
Oracle Database Sequence Monitoring
52.12.13
Oracle Database Procedure Monitoring
52.12.14
Oracle Database Function Monitoring
52.12.15
Oracle Database Package Monitoring
52.12.16
Oracle Database Library Monitoring
52.12.17
Oracle Database Trigger Monitoring
52.12.18
Oracle Database Tablespace Monitoring
52.12.19
Oracle Database Cluster Monitoring
52.12.20
Oracle Database Link Monitoring
52.12.21
Oracle Database Dimension Monitoring
52.12.22
Oracle Database Profile Monitoring
52.12.23
Oracle Database Public Link Monitoring
52.12.24
Oracle Database Public Synonym Monitoring
52.12.25
Oracle Database Synonym Monitoring
52.12.26
Oracle Database Type Monitoring
52.12.27
Oracle Database Role Monitoring
52.12.28
Oracle Database User Monitoring
52.12.29
Oracle Database SQL Query Statement Monitoring
53
Overview of Change Activity Planner
53.1
Before Getting Started
53.1.1
Change Activity Planner Roles and Privileges
53.1.2
Change Activity Planner Terminology
53.1.2.1
Plan
53.1.2.2
Task Definition
53.1.2.3
Task Group
53.1.2.4
Task
53.2
Creating a Change Activity Plan
53.2.1
Creating a Task Definition
53.2.2
Creating a Task Group
53.3
Operations on Change Activity Plans
53.3.1
Creating a Plan Like Another Plan
53.3.2
Editing a Plan
53.3.3
Deleting a Plan
53.3.4
Deactivating a Plan
53.3.5
Exporting Plans
53.3.6
Printing Plans
53.3.7
Changing the Owner of a Plan
53.4
Managing a Change Activity Plan
53.4.1
Summary Tab
53.4.2
Tasks Tab
53.4.3
Comments and Audit Trail Tab
53.5
Viewing My Tasks
53.6
Example of Using Change Activity Planner
53.6.1
Automating Activity Planning
53.6.2
Additional Steps in Automating Activity Planning
53.6.3
Using Change Activity Planner for Patching
Part XII Deployment Procedures
54
About Deployment Procedures
54.1
Overview of the Provisioning Page
54.2
Granting Roles and Privileges to Administrators
54.2.1
Granting Roles and Privileges to Administrators on the Deployment Procedure
54.2.2
Granting Roles and Privileges to Administrators on Software Library
54.3
Components of a Procedure
54.3.1
Target List
54.3.2
Procedure Variables
54.3.3
Phases and Steps
54.3.3.1
Types of Phases
54.3.3.2
Types of Procedure Steps
54.3.3.3
Performing Tasks on Procedure Steps
54.4
Creating a Procedure
54.4.1
Adding Rolling or Parallel Phase
54.4.2
Adding Steps
54.5
Managing Deployment Procedures
54.5.1
Viewing, Editing, Deleting a Procedure
54.5.2
Editing and Saving Permissions of a Procedure
54.5.3
Tracking the Procedure Execution and Status of Deployment Procedures
54.5.4
Rescheduling a Procedure
54.5.5
Reverting a Procedure
54.5.6
Setting Step Level Grace Period
54.6
Creating, Saving, and Launching User Defined Deployment Procedure (UDDP)
54.6.1
Step 1: Creating User Defined Deployment Procedure
54.6.2
Step 2: Saving and Launching User Defined Deployment Procedure with Default Inputs
54.6.2.1
Saving and Launching the Deployment Procedure with Lock Down
54.6.3
Step 3: Launching and Running the Saved User Defined Deployment Procedure
54.6.4
Step 4: Tracking the Submitted User Defined Deployment Procedure
54.7
Procedure Instance Execution Page
54.7.1
Comparison Between the Existing Design and the New Design for Procedure Instance Execution Page
54.7.2
Overview of the Procedure Instance Execution Page
54.7.3
Investigating a Failed Step for a Single or a Set of Targets
54.7.4
Retrying a Failed Step
54.7.5
Creating an Incident
54.7.6
Viewing the Execution Time of a Deployment Procedure
54.7.7
Searching for a Step
54.7.8
Downloading a Step Output
54.7.9
Accessing the Job Summary Page
55
Customizing Deployment Procedures
55.1
About Deployment Procedure Customization Types
55.2
Customizing a Deployment Procedure
55.2.1
Editing the Rolling and Parallel Phase of a Deployment Procedure
55.2.2
Editing a Job Step of a Deployment Procedure
55.2.3
Editing a Directive Step of a Deployment Procedure
55.2.4
Editing a Component Step of a Deployment Procedure
55.2.5
Editing a File Transfer Step of a Deployment Procedure
55.2.6
Editing a Host Command Step of a Deployment Procedure
55.2.7
Editing a Manual Step of a Deployment Procedure
55.3
A Workflow Example for Assigning Values to Deployment Procedure Variables at Runtime
55.3.1
Step 1: Creating a Perl Script to Assign Values to Deployment Procedure Variables at Runtime
55.3.2
Step 2: Uploading TestPingAndDPvariable.pl to Software Library
55.3.3
Step 3: Creating a Deployment Procedure
55.3.4
Step 4: Launching the Deployment Procedure, and Providing the Variable Values at Runtime
55.3.5
Step 5: Verifying the Deployment Procedure Variable Values
55.4
Changing Deployment Procedure Error Handling Modes
55.5
Setting Up email Notifications Regarding the Status of Deployment Procedures
55.5.1
Configuring an Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server In Enterprise Manager
55.5.2
Adding E-mail Addresses for Enterprise Manager Notifications
55.6
Copying Customized Provisioning Entities from One Enterprise Manager Site to Another
55.6.1
Prerequisites for Copying Customized Provisioning Entities from One Enterprise Manager Site to Another
55.6.2
Copying Customized Provisioning Entities from One Enterprise Manager Site to Another
55.7
A Workflow Example for Customizing a Directive
55.7.1
Creating and Uploading a Copy of a Default Directive
55.7.2
Customizing a Deployment Procedure to Use the New Directive
55.7.3
Running the Customized Deployment Procedure
Part XIII 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.3.2
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.4.4.2.1
Prerequisites for Provisioning a Pluggable Database Using a Snapshot Profile
A.4.4.2.2
Procedure for 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.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.2.1.1.1
Issue
F.2.1.1.2
Cause
F.2.1.1.3
Solution
F.2.1.2
Error Occurs While Uploading a Patch Set
F.2.1.2.1
Issue
F.2.1.2.2
Cause
F.2.1.2.3
Solution
F.2.1.3
OPatch Update Job Fails When Duplicate Directories Are Found in the Software Library
F.2.1.3.1
Issue
F.2.1.3.2
Cause
F.2.1.3.3
Solution
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.2.2.1.1
Issue
F.2.2.1.2
Cause
F.2.2.1.3
Solution
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.2.3.1.1
Issue
F.2.3.1.2
Cause
F.2.3.1.3
Solution
F.2.4
Collection Issues
F.2.4.1
Missing Details in Plan Wizard
F.2.4.1.1
Issue
F.2.4.1.2
Cause
F.2.4.1.3
Solution
F.2.4.2
Cannot Add Targets to a Patch Plan
F.2.4.2.1
Issue
F.2.4.2.2
Cause
F.2.4.2.3
Solution
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.2.5.1.1
Issue
F.2.5.1.2
Cause
F.2.5.1.3
Solution
F.2.6
Patch Plan Issues
F.2.6.1
Patch Plan Becomes Nondeployable and Fails
F.2.6.1.1
Issue
F.2.6.1.2
Cause
F.2.6.1.3
Solution
F.2.6.2
Instances Not to Be Migrated Are Also Shown as Impacted Targets for Migration
F.2.6.2.1
Issue
F.2.6.2.2
Cause
F.2.6.2.3
Solution
F.2.6.3
Cluster ASM and Its Instances Do Not Appear as Impacted Targets While Patching a Clusterware Target
F.2.6.3.1
Issue
F.2.6.3.2
Cause
F.2.6.3.3
Solution
F.2.6.4
Recovering from a Partially Prepared Plan
F.2.6.4.1
Issue
F.2.6.4.2
Cause
F.2.6.4.3
Solution
F.2.6.5
Error #1009 Appears in the Create Plan Wizard While Creating or Editing a Patch Plan
F.2.6.5.1
Issue
F.2.6.5.2
Cause
F.2.6.5.3
Solution
F.2.6.6
Analysis Succeeds But the Deploy Button is Disabled
F.2.6.6.1
Issue
F.2.6.6.2
Cause
F.2.6.6.3
Solution
F.2.6.7
Patch Plan Fails When Patch Plan Name Exceeds 64 Bytes
F.2.6.7.1
Issue
F.2.6.7.2
Cause
F.2.6.7.3
Solution
F.2.6.8
Out-of-Place Patching Fails for 11.2.0.3 Exadata Clusterware
F.2.6.8.1
Issue
F.2.6.8.2
Cause
F.2.6.8.3
Solution
F.2.7
Patch Plan Analysis Issues
F.2.7.1
Patch Plan Remains in Analysis State Even After the Deployment Procedure Ends
F.2.7.1.1
Issue
F.2.7.1.2
Cause
F.2.7.1.3
Solution
F.2.7.2
Patch Plan Analysis Fails When the Host's Node Name Property Is Missing
F.2.7.2.1
Issue
F.2.7.2.2
Cause
F.2.7.2.3
Solution
F.2.7.3
Link to Show Detailed Progress on the Analysis Is Not Actionable
F.2.7.3.1
Issue
F.2.7.3.2
Cause
F.2.7.3.3
Solution
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.2.8.1.1
Issue
F.2.8.1.2
Cause
F.2.8.1.3
Solution
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
Index
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