Software Library, Patching, and Provisioning - Expert Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c - page 226

Figure 6-54. Hierarchical view of provisioning
There are a few features that you need to understand before moving on. These features are the following:
Designer and operator roles : Cloud Control offers designer and operator roles for
administrators for provisioning. These clearly defined roles give you the capability to lock
down the deployment procedure inputs to provide standard deployment configurations.
Locking-down feature in the designer role : This feature of provisioning enables the designers
to lock down a set of variables, such as host target, credentials, and the Oracle home to be
provisioned in the deployment procedure. This enables the standardization and minimizes
errors in the configurations for mass deployments. The operator can deploy the procedure
that was saved by the designer in the procedure library.
Provisioning profiles and database templates : Provisioning profiles are used in provisioning
to ensure standardization in deployments and minimize errors.
Creating databases using Cloud Control : You can create databases directly from the Cloud
Control console. This is to ensure that databases can be provisioned and created from
a single interface.
Easy-to-navigate database provisioning wizards : Designers and operators can easily use
and navigate through the Database Provisioning Wizard in Cloud Control.
Self Update : The Self Update feature is used to automatically download and install updates
to your provisioning entities.
Database Provisioning console for all database provisioning activities : The Database
Provisioning console is the central starting point for database provisioning activities.
The console displays information about provisioning setup, profiles, deployment
procedures, and any information about getting started with provisioning.
To access the Database Provisioning console, you choose Enterprise ➤ Provisioning and Patching ➤ Database
Provisioning. You will notice additional provisioning options for Bare Metal and Middleware; these are used to
provision servers and middleware targets. Just to be clear, we are focusing on database provisioning in this chapter.
Figure 6-55 shows the upper portion of the Database Provisioning console.