1 Introduction

Many organizations are moving toward complex data centers that incorporate virtualization technology and disparate operating system, hardware, and storage device assets. System administrators are looking for effective methods for managing data center complexities, solving the major challenges that they face, reducing costs, and saving time. System management challenges include streamlining operations to control operation and maintenance costs, deploying new assets efficiently, responding quickly to changes in resources and reducing downtime. Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control and Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center address these challenges.

This document provides an overview of theEnterprise Manager Ops Center software and explains its design. The following topics are covered in this document: