Enterprise Manager Customer Newsletter – March

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Filed under: Announcements, Oracle Enterprise Manager 10 - 11g - 12c

Enterprise Manager 12c screenwatches, demos & tutorials available on the Oracle Learning Library

Just read in a OEM GC 12 tweet; Enterprise Manager 12c screenwatches, demos & tutorials available on the Oracle Learning Library https://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=44785:2:3434888321442730:FORCE_QUERY::2,RIR,CIR:P2_SEARCH:EM12c%20Solution #em12c #OOW11

Filed under: Announcements, Cloud Control 12c, Events, OOW 2011, Oracle Enterprise Manager 10 - 11g - 12c, Cloud Control, em 12c, enterprise manager cloud control, oem 12c, oem cc 12c, oem gc 12c

OEM GC 12c software available for download now

I am at a OOW presentation now, Database Performance using OEM GC, I will be posting on it later on. Just thought it was worthwhile to tell you guys that the OEM GC 12c software now is available for download from OTN.

Filed under: Announcements, Cloud Control 12c, Events, OOW 2011, Oracle Enterprise Manager 10 - 11g - 12c, Cloud Control, em 12c, enterprise manager cloud control, oem 12c, oem cc 12c, oem gc 12c

A complete new release of OEM GC

Discover the First Full Cloud Lifecycle Management Solution for Oracle

Join Oracle Senior Vice President Richard Sarwal at Oracle OpenWorld for the launch of the latest release of Oracle Enterprise Manager. You’ll be among the first to see Oracle’s complete cloud management solution in action.

Don’t miss this chance to learn how you can:

• Quickly plan and set up your enterprise cloud, including self-service provisioning, policy-based resource management, metering, and chargeback
• Manage the complete cloud lifecycle using a single, unified product
• Manage your traditional IT stack and your virtualized stack, including Oracle Applications, Oracle Fusion Middleware, and Oracle Database; Oracle operating systems and virtualization technologies; and Oracle’s Sun systems—all from a single console
• Maximize IT agility while minimizing the complexity and costs associated with IT management

Attend this launch event and the reception immediately following and fast-track your IT to the cloud.

Checkout iscover the First Full Cloud Lifecycle Management Solution for Oracle

Filed under: Announcements, Cloud Control 12c, OOW 2011, Oracle Enterprise Manager 10 - 11g - 12c

Enterprise Manager – INFORMATION IN DEPTH NEWSLETTER

Just received this newsletter from Oracle.

Posted it here, as I thought you might like to know about this

Enterprise Manager – INFORMATION IN DEPTH NEWSLETTER

Filed under: Announcements, Events, OOW 2011, Oracle Enterprise Manager 10 - 11g - 12c

Oracle president Mark Hurd and VP Sushil Kumar talk about Oracle’s Cloud strategy

Checkout Mark Hurd, President, Oracle and Sushil Kumar, VP, Product strategy and Business Development, Oracle talk about Oracle’s cloud strategy.

http://blogs.oracle.com/oem/entry/mark_hurd_president_oracle_and

Source: http://blogs.oracle.com/oem/

Filed under: Announcements, Oracle Enterprise Manager 10 - 11g - 12c

Announcing Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control 12

As you might have noticed already, many sessions during this year’s OOW are dedicated to the newest release of Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control.

As I will be attending the conference as an official Blogger, you might aspect quite some news on this subject. So stay tuned and perhaps meet you in SF during the conference.

Checkout http://www.oracle.com/openworld

 

Filed under: Announcements, Oracle Enterprise Manager 10 - 11g - 12c

A message from Oracle Product Management

I just received this message from Oracle Product Management, I thought you might like to know.

New Recommended Bundle Patches 10192980(EM 11.1.0.1) and 10193144(EM 10.2.0.5) are available for download from My Oracle Support now.
This patch primarily enhances the Patching functionality offered by Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control.
Pre-requisite Patch: Make sure you apply the pre-requisite patch 9705138 before applying the new patch (applicable to both 10.2.0.5 and 11.1.0.1 series).

For more information, refer to:
Comprehensive Overview of Recommended Bundle Patch 10192980
Comprehensive Overview of Recommended Bundle Patch 10193144
Under  support note – OMS and Agent Patches required for setting up Provisioning, Patching and Cloning in 10.2 to 11.1 GC [ID 427577.1]

This patch is a cumulative and superset of the July 2010 patch (9822322 (EM 11.1.0.1) and 9843796(EM 10.2.0.5)) and of the previous releases, and therefore, includes all the features that were introduced as part of those Recommended Bundle Patches.

Key Fixes:

• Supports patching of the updated Oracle Database Patch Set Updates (PSU) (starting from July2010)
• Supports patching of Oracle Restart (Grid Infrastructure for Single Instance Databases)
• Enhanced support for patching Standby and Primary of different data guard configurations present in the same Oracle Home.
• Fixes around Oracle Exadata Database Machine patching through Grid Control:
  • Exadata: Clusterware patching fails in run crspostroot sript step for the DB machine bundle patch
  • Exadata: Update ignorable SQLs errors for the catexa.sql

FAQs:
#1 If I had applied the previous recommended patches, do I need to rollback before applying this?
Yes, if you had applied any of the patches (9822322(EM 11.1.0.1) and 9405592 (EM 10.2.0.5) resp.) you would need to rollback the patch and apply this.
For rollback instructions, refer to the patch README from the support note 427577.1

#2 I recently applied the JULY cumulative patch , do I still need the new patch?
The new patch contains additional bug fixes.  (For more info see,10192980 or 10193144 )
Oracle strongly recommends you to apply the latest patch to make sure your do not encounter these issues and you are at the current patch levels for faster issue resolution through support

#3 Are there any special instructions to apply these patches?
Yes, you need to apply the pre-requisite patch -9705138 before applying the new patches, if not already present.
Note the pre-req. patch was available for July itself, so if you had already installed its should be fine to just go with the OCT patches.

#4 Any more issues seen at customers or learning’s ?
a) “I applied the patches but the version of the deployment procedure remain the same”?
The patch instructions are not followed up completely. Make sure you run post apply steps – PAR Deploy and SQL apply as per the readme.

b) Are Oracle Database PSUs released in October 2010 an overlay or cumulative patches ?
Oracle DB PSU for OCT2010 for 10.2.0.4 DB (10.2.0.4.6) is an overlay patch and it requires the base patch 10.2.0.4.4 either pre-installed or to be co-applied.
Oracle DB PSUs for OCT2010 for 11.1 and 11.2 DBs are non-overlay (cumulative) patches. For more info refer to,1159443.1 -Patch Set Update and Critical Patch Update October 2010 Availability Document.
Note: Oracle Grid Control supports application of PSUs on Databases. Apply the recommended bundle patch on EM OMS to support it.

c) “Is patching 11.2 DBs supported in EM 10.2.0.5 GC”?
Patching 11.2 DB support is available starting EM 11.1.0.1 only.

I just received this message from Oracle Product Management, I thought you might like to know.

Filed under: Announcements, Oracle Enterprise Manager 10 - 11g - 12c

ATTENTION AIX CUSTOMERS: Enterprise Manager Grid Control Certificate Authority Will Expire On 31-Dec-2010

I thought that you might like to know that if you are using OEM GC 10.2.0.5 on AIX, the Certificate Authority will expire on 31-Dec-2010.

Read MOS note 1181173.1 for all information on this

 

Filed under: Announcements, Oracle Enterprise Manager 10 - 11g - 12c

A message from Oracle Product Management

This is a message I received from Oracle Product Management, I thought you might like to know:

New Recommended Bundle Patches 9822322(EM 11.1.0.1) and 9843796(EM 10.2.0.5) are available for download from My Oracle Support now. This patch primarily enhances the Patching functionality offered by Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control.

The  9843796(EM 10.2.0.5) patch is  cumulative and is a superset of the previously released bundles #9405592, #9132461, #8992470, and #8653501 that were released previously, and therefore, includes all the features that were introduced as part of those Recommended Bundle Patches.
Make sure you apply the pre-requisite patch 9705138 before applying the new patch.
For more information, refer to:
Comprehensive Overview of Recommended Bundle Patch 9843796
Comprehensive Overview of Recommended Bundle Patch 9822322
under  support note – OMS and Agent Patches required for setting up Provisioning, Patching and Cloning in 10.2.0.3 to 10.2.0.5 GC [ID 427577.1]

FAQs:
#1 If I had applied the previous recommended patches, do I need to rollback before applying this?
Yes, if you had applied any of the patches (#9405592, #9132461, #8992470 and #8653501) you would need to rollback the patch and apply this.
For rollback instructions, refer to the patch README from the support note 427577.1

#2 I recently applied the patch 9132461, do I still need the new patch?
The new patch contains additional bug fixes.  (For more info see,9843796 or 9822322)  — Required for applying latest DB PSU.
The 11.1 patch provides the additional fixes from the 10.2.0.5 line that were not part of the base EM 11.1 release.
Oracle strongly recommends you to apply the latest patch to make sure your do not encounter these issues and you are at the current patch levels for faster issue resolution through support

#3 Are there any special instructions to apply these patches?
Yes, you need to apply the pre-requisite patch -9705138 before applying the new patch.

#4 Any more issues seen at customers or learnings ?
a)  “I applied the patches but the version of the deployment procedure remain the same”?
The patch instructions are not followed up completely. Make sure you run post apply steps – PAR Deploy and SQL apply as per the readme.

b)  Oracle DB JULY PSU is an Overlay patch on top of April PSU, can I apply using these deployment procedures?
You need these recommended bundles on the OMS as a pre-requisite. You can apply both PSUs (APR and JULY) together through Deployment procedures. It would take care of the orchestration of applying April         followed by the Overlay July PSU.

Filed under: Announcements, Oracle Enterprise Manager 10 - 11g - 12c