New Features and Functionality

Important Information Regarding OMS/Agent Deployment and Previous Versions of the Plug-in

If previous versions of the plug-in have been deployed to OMS or the agent, they must be undeployed before installing this release. Undeploy is required even if the intention is to to upgrade the plug-in along with the Enterprise Manager upgrade. There will be no warning issued during the EM upgrade process that older versions of the plug-in need to be undeployed from OMS or the agent.

The following new features and functionality are available in this release of Enterprise Manager for Oracle Utilities. Please refer to the product installation and administration documentation for more information about these features.

New Target Model and Custom Discovery

This version of the plugin now models the following target types:

Web Application
Web Service
Batch Server
Oracle Utilities Home

During custom discovery, these targets become members of an environment system target.

Important: It is important to note that due to major differences in the target model in this release of the plug-in, the metrics collected previously do not translate to the new model. Thus, deploying this plug-in results in loss of historical data collected by the previous plugin releases.

Fusion Middleware Integration

The Web Application and Web Service targets are discovered and integrated with the WebLogic domain/Fusion middleware using the target guided discovery process.

JMX Based Discovery and Monitoring Credentials

Information about Web Application, Web Service and Batch Server targets are also obtained via JMX.

Target monitoring can be performed via JMX or REST API. You can prefer to use REST API if you have any firewall restrictions. JMX over REST support is enabled in FW. Details, to enable "JMX over REST" feature, are available in Installation documentation.

Monitoring credentials must therefore be configured for these targets.

Performance Monitoring

The target home pages for Web Application, Web Service and Batch Server targets contain monitoring information.

Personalizing Pages Using a Metrics Region

A metrics region may be added and specific metrics displayed for frequently viewed metrics.

Deployment Procedure Based Patching

Patching is now performed using deployment procedures.

Storing of Database Credentials

Database credentials and associated roles must be stored in a named credential. This is then referenced during patch installation/migration.

Database Connectivity Status

This has been removed. The database status should be checked using the database plug-in.

Support for OUAF 4.4.0.3.* to 25.9.0.0.0-based Products

This release adds support for Oracle Utilities Application Framework release 4.4.0.3.* to 25.9.0.0.0-based products. And also JMX over REST support is included in all these supported framework versions. Use the below bug numbers and apply the corresponding patches in the corresponding framework version.

Please apply the below patch to enable "JMX over REST":


Framework Version	Bug/Patch #
4.4.0.3.0	34829572, 34892677
4.5.0.0.0	34829604, 34892681, 36085663
4.5.0.1.1	36085663

Support for these products includes, but is not limited to, the ability to perform the following for OUAF 4.4.0.3*-based environments:

Discovery and promotion.
Start and stop.
View configuration and log files.
Clone.
Patch import, install, and migrate.

Support of Patches Containing the FW4.* Service Packs

Note: The Clone feature is not available with native installations.

In FW 4.*, service packs packaged according to the new service pack model and bundled with a Metadata.xml file can be installed. For additional information, see "SP Installation" in the known issues section.