Enterprise Manager Jobs - Expert Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c - page 397

Types of Jobs
The Enterprise Manager has extended its support of job types in version 12c. Although OS Command, SQL Script, and
RMAN may be prevalent, dozens of jobs are now supported by the EM Job environment:
Application Development Protocol (ADP) : Job protocol used by the Oracle ADF.
Agent Configuration and Control Operations : These two are the first of a number of
Enterprise Manager scheduled jobs types. These jobs are created as part of an agent
configuration or control request in the EM console.
ASM Scripts : Many tasks in Automatic Storage Management are scheduled as a job in the
EM console. This is another EM console created job, as opposed to a job created through
the EM Jobs interface.
Clone Home : One of the most anticipated additions, this new job type allows you to easily
clone an existing Oracle home to a new Oracle home.
Database Configuration : Another EM console job type, this updates a database
configuration without requiring you to perform the task on the target server.
Deployments : A new EM12c feature, this job is deployed from the EM console to targets for
monitoring and configuration.
Discovery of Specific Oracle Components : Jobs are also scheduled to discover Oracle
components on designated Oracle targets through the EM console. This autodiscovery
saves time and effort by dynamically pulling configuration and target information directly
from the server to ensure correct configuration of any target.
Log Rotation : Logs, trace files, and Enterprise Manager logs can become difficult to manage
if they become too large. This job type can be created in the EM Jobs interface to manage
many of the database logs that you access and monitor on a regular basis.
OPatch Updates : Another new job type to EM12c, automated OPatch updates ensure that
you have the latest version of the OPatch utility installed on each target monitored through
the EM12c environment.
OS Commands : This job type allows you to migrate existing OS scripts from a cron
scheduler or other OS-level scheduler and into a single scheduler within the Enterprise
Manager console. By migrating to the EM Jobs interface, there is no further need to manage
through a second scheduler in times of EM blackouts, as all can be managed through a
single interface.
RMAN : All Recovery Manager jobs, although created through the RMAN interface in the EM
console, will show as scheduled jobs in the Job Activity interface. These job types are unable
to be saved to the library and have limited editing capabilities in the Job Activity interface.
Security : This job type involves the security interface accessed from the Setup ➤ Security
section in the EM console. These jobs include those for administrators, roles, credentials,
and audit data.
SQL Scripts : The most common job type involving EM jobs, this allows you to execute SQL,
procedures, and any other taskthat would be performed from a SQL*Plus session.
Multitask Jobs : For jobs that have multiple steps required to complete a process, this is a
new feature in EM12c. In the past, you had to script out complex, multistep processes. Now,
the EM12c Jobs interface makes it simple to create jobs with multiple steps, including those
with logic requests of success on each step.