Preface

The Cloud Control Database Lifecycle Management Administrator's Guide familiarizes you with Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control's database lifecycle management solutions. It enables you to employ its services for tasks like provisioning databases, applying patches for updates and upgrades to databases and grid infrastructure, monitoring configuration and compliance, and ensuring database security in both on-premises data centers and the cloud.

Audience

This guide is intended for administrators seeking to address the complexities of database lifecycle management, specifically in the realms of discovery, provisioning, patching (updates and upgrades), and monitoring. This guide caters to administrators assuming two distinct roles: designer and operator.

In the designer role, an administrator takes on the role of a system administrator, carrying out pivotal database operations such as Image Creation and Image Refresh. As an operator, an administrator executes update and upgrade of databases and grids, monitor configuration and compliance of targets within Enterprise Manager.

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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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