Preface

The Cloud Control Host Lifecycle Management Guide introduces you to the suite of operating system and host lifecycle management solutions offered by Enterprise Manager Cloud Control, and describes in detail how you can use the discovery, provisioning, patching, and monitoring features to manage your data center.

Audience

This guide is primarily meant for administrators who want to use the discovery, provisioning, patching, and monitoring features offered by Cloud Control to meet their operating system and host lifecycle management challenges. As an administrator, you can be either a Designer, who performs the role of a system administrator and does critical operating system and host operations, or an Operator, who runs the default as well custom deployment procedures, patch plans, and patch templates to manage operating system and host configurations.

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Related Resources

For more information, see the documents available in the Oracle Enterprise Manager documentation library: Enterprise Manager Documentation.

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