Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Chapter 1
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
12c Architecture
by Pete Sharman
Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c
(referred to hereafter as
EM12c
) is the latest version of Oracle Corporation's
end-to-end management tool for both Oracle and non-Oracle technology. Previously known as Oracle Enterprise Manager
(OEM) or Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control, the tool has been around for quite some time now. The 12c release,
though, is a landmark version that makes huge advances in terms of both the breadth and depth of its functionality. In many
ways, this release has moved Enterprise Manager from being a database administrator's monitoring tool, to a tool that can
be used to manage your entire data center. EM12c now covers several focus areas, including the following:
Framework and infrastructure
: EM12c provides security, scalability, a rich user interface,
the new Self Update functionality, and more.
Enterprise monitoring
: You can monitor the status of your entire infrastructure, including
databases, middleware, and applications. EM12c provides ways of notifying you when
issues arise, resolving them, and reporting on them.
Cloud management
: Managing the cloud is a hot topic in the industry today, and EM12c
provides a range of solutions in this space, including chargeback/showback, policy-based
resource management, and self-service provisioning.
Lifecycle management
: Administering computing systems today requires many
manual processes for the discovery, provisioning, patching, change management, and
configuration management of those systems. EM12c automates many of these manual
processes, freeing the administrator to spend more time on other, higher-priority tasks.
Database management
: Managing databases has been a key feature of OEM since its
first release. That continues in the EM12c release, including solutions around patching,
upgrading, provisioning, performance tuning, data masking, and subsetting, as well as
configuration and change management.
Middleware management
: A key component of EM12c is providing comprehensive
management capabilities across all of Oracle's middleware products (including WebLogic
Server, SOA Suite, Identity Management, WebCenter, and Coherence), as well as
non-Oracle middleware (such as IBM's WebSphere or JBoss Application Server).
Application management
: Monitoring and management solutions for all the
Oracle-provided applications (E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, Siebel, JD Edwards, and
Fusion Applications) come out of the box with EM12c, in addition to capabilities for
managing your own custom-built or third-party applications.
