7.1.3 Deciding When to Use Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control and Oracle Net Manager

Much of the functionality previously available only in Oracle Net Manager has been integrated with Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control. Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control provides the ability to manage configuration for multiple Oracle homes across multiple file systems. Oracle Net Manager only enables you to manage configuration for one Oracle home on a local host computer. The following are the key differences between the tools.

Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control

• Configure the following features:

  - Local naming (tnsnames.ora files)

  - Directory naming

  - Listeners

• Provide Oracle home support across multiple file system

• Provide the ability to search and sort local and directory naming entries

• Export directory naming entries to a tnsnames.ora file

• Perform the following administrative tasks for a selected listener:

  - Show current status

  - Change status

  - Change tracing level settings

  - Change logging settings

  - Set connect-time failover and load balancing methods when there is more than one listener

Oracle Net Manager

• Configure the following features:

  - Local naming (tnsnames.ora files)

  - Directory naming

  - Listeners

  - Profiles

• Provide Oracle home support for single host

• Set connect-time failover and load balancing methods when there is more than one listener

• Set the following options for clients and servers:

  - Tracing settings

  - Logging settings

  - Security, authentication and access rights

  - Routing

Note:

When Automatic Diagnostic Repository (ADR) is enabled, any changes to the tracing and logging settings using Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control are ignored by the system.