Enterprise Manager Grid Control Moments of Truth_Laura Steacy

7/31/2019 Enterprise Manager Grid Control Moments of Truth_Laura Steacy

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Enterprise Manager Grid Control:

THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYAPPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY

O R AC LE O P E N WO R LDS E P T E M B E R 2 0 10


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Agenda

Back round for Case Stud

Common Challenges

Enterprise Manager SolutionsDiscovery and Monitoring

Administration

Patching (and Provisioning as time permits)

oments o rut


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Background for Case Study: APL

Division of the Johns Ho kins Universit with ~ 00

employees (68% engineers and scientists)

- - ,development

or o o o more an programs sponsore pr mar yby Department of Defense, Homeland Security, NSA andNASA, as well as R&D

Speaker is Application Admin and DBA for IT, supportingenter rise services. Technical Lead for Oracle Databasesand Enterprise Manager Grid Control (EMGC)


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Background for Case Study: APL Infrastructure

A lications: COTS and custom

Middleware: OAS, WebLogic, Apache, IIS

Databases: SI 9.2, 10.2, 11.1, 11.2 RAC/DG

Hosts: Solaris, Linux, Windows

a ageme ac : ag o c , u g,Configuration Mgmt, Provisioning, ACP, AMP

EMGC Plug-Ins: PeopleSoft, EMC, F5


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Background for Case Study: EMGC

Sco e of EMGC at APL extends over IT

services, including nearly all components ofstack from storage to applications


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Background for Case Study: EMGC Architecture

Source: Managing the Complete Oracle Environment with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g (Oracle)


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Moment of Truth 1

and its w orth it!

Expect slight learning curve and technical challenges

Need appropriate resources to manage service

Recommend having matching test environment


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Common Challenges

APL transitioned rom m onolithic architecture

to an enterprise grid

Number of environments to manage

Complexity of applications and infrastructure Diversity of platforms, software, versions

Rapid change per internal demands

omp ance w t ven or tec no ogy up ates ansecurity patches


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Enterprise Manager Solutions

D sco ve r yD sco ve r y Un erstan w at you ave

M o n i t o r i n gM o n i t o r i n g

Alert staff to conditions

A d mi n i s t r a t i o nA d mi n i s t r a t i o n

e more e c enEnforce standardization

a t c n g a na t c n g a nPr o v i s i o n i n gPr o v i s i o n i n g

Automate processesDeploy using best practices

Provide Robust, Reliable Services to Customers


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Discovery Overview

Re uires Mana ement A ent on each host

configurations

Helps answer questions such as:

Which databases are running version 11.2.0.1?

Know what is in your environment


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EMGC Home Page


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Moment of Truth 2

Manual steps m ay be required after autom aticdiscovery for a target to be fully functional

Reconfigure database target to set monitoring credentials

Agent thrashing? Check for expired/locked monitoring account

Targets are missing Check status and uploads of Agent

n t ate re- scovery or manua y a target

Obsolete targets appear Check entries in listener.ora file


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Databases Home Page


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Monitoring Overview

Measures availabilit and detects events

Provides early detection of problems

Configurable for real-time notifications

Helps answer questions such as:

What is unexpectedly down, when and why?

Where are there problems needing attention?

Help administrators be more proactive and respond quickly to incidents


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Monitoring Key Concepts

T h r e s h o l d s

Me t r i c s

S ta t e s

Aler tsNot i f ica t ionR u le s


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Notification Rule

Rules encom ass:

Targets

Metrics

Jobs


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Moment of Truth 3

Noti ications can becom e overw helm in

if not configured properly for y our environm ent

Limit to alerts that are actionable avoid spam

Review default metrics in delivered NotificationRules and refine as necessar

Enable a few critical metrics to start


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Moment of Truth 4

Default severity states m ay need adjustm ent

to suit y our operating m odel

Ensure important metrics spawn notifications at

Warning as well as the Critical state

Allow Clear notifications to communicateresolution and use Acknowled ements

Check that thresholds are set optimally per target


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Administration Overview

Challenge is number of diverse environments tomanage with limited staff

Goals are to:Centralize management

Standardize and simplify

Do more with less

Make administrators more efficient


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Administration Features

Performance tuning, analysis, troubleshooting

D a t a b a s e b a c k u p and recovery, standby creation, cloning

J o b s ch e d u lin g

Storage management

Configuration of database parameters, memory management

Security controls over users, roles, profiles

Management of schema objects, change management, datamas ng, compar ng con gurat ons

and much more


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Ba c k u p St e p s

Re vie w Se tt in s

Initiate Backup

Select Options

Define Schedule

Su m t Jo

Review Job


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Ba c k u p St e p s

Review Settin s

In it ia t e Back u p

Select Options

Define Schedule

Su m t JoReview Job


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Ba c k u p St e p s

Review Settin s

Initiate Backup

Select Options

Define Schedule

Su m t JoReview Job


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Ba c k u p St e p s

Review Settin s

Initiate Backup

Selec t Op t ion s

Define Schedule

Su m t JoReview Job


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Ba c k u p St e p s

Review Settin s

Initiate Backup

Select Options

e e c e n gs

Define Schedule

Su m t JoReview Job


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Ba c k u p St e p s

Review Settin s

Initiate Backup

Select Options

Defin e Sche d u le

Su m t JoReview Job


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Ba c k u p St e p s

Review Settin s

Initiate Backup

Select Options

Define Schedule

Su b m it J o b

Review Job


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Ba c k u p St e p s

Review Settin s

Initiate Backup

Select Options

Define Schedule

Su m t JoReview J o b

restarted after a Stop operation (in Release 5)


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Moment of Truth 5

entra ze m anagem ent o o s saves

tim e and effort


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Patching and Provisioning Overview

Challen e is increasin rate of chan e and

compliance regulations, along with regulardemand for new environments

Goals are to: Patch many targets with limited time

Res ond uickl to customer re uirements

Meet internal standards for configuration

Manage many as one

Automate to reduce risk and lower operational cost


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Patching and Provisioning through DPs

Set of steps based on best practice

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Can be copied and customized

xamp es o e vere s Single-Instance Database Patching and Provisioning

Virtual Machine Cloning and Provisioning

Patching Oracle Clusterware (all nodes and rolling mode)

Patching Linux, Solaris and Windows Hosts


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Patch Oracle Database DP


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Patching and Provisioning Prerequisites

ecommen us ng e a es an gen

releases available

Set up and verify MOS credentials and connection

settings under Setup > Patching Setup

Configure the Software Library under

Run Refresh from My Oracle Support andOPatch Update jobs


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P a tch in g Step s

I n i t ia t e P r o ce d u r e

Select Patch

Se ect Data ases

Enter Connection Info

Provide Credentials

Schedule Execution

Review and Analyze

Monitor Progress

Review Executions

Deployments Tab > Patching Through Deployment Procedures


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P a tch in g Step s

Initiate Procedure

Selec t Pa tch

Se ect Data ases


Provide Credentials

Schedule Execution

Review and Analyze

Monitor Progress

Review Executions


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P a tch in g Step s

Initiate Procedure

Selec t Pa tch

Se ect Data ases


Provide Credentials

Schedule Execution

Review and Analyze

Monitor Progress

Review Executions


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P a tch in g Step s

Initiate Procedure

Select Patch

Se lec t Da taba ses


Provide Credentials

Schedule Execution

Review and Analyze

Monitor Progress

Review Executions


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P a tch in g Step s

Initiate Procedure

Select Patch

Se ect Data ases

E n t e r Co n n e ct io n I n f o

Provide Credentials

Schedule Execution

Review and Analyze

Monitor Progress

Review Executions


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P a tch in g Step s

Initiate Procedure

Select Patch

Se ect Data ases


P r ovide Cr e de n t ia l s

Schedule Execution

Review and Analyze

Monitor Progress

Review Executions


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P a tch in g Step s

Initiate Procedure

Select Patch

Se ect Data ases


Provide Credentials

Sch ed u le Execu t ion

Review and Analyze

Monitor Progress

Review Executions


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P a tch in g Step s

Initiate Procedure

Select Patch

Se ect Data ases


Provide Credentials

Schedule Execution

Review an d An a lyze

Monitor Progress

Review Executions


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P a tch in g Step s

Initiate Procedure

Select Patch

Se ect Data ases


Provide Credentials

Schedule Execution

Review and Analyze

M o n i to r P r o g r e s s

Review Executions


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P a tch in g Step s

Initiate Procedure

Select Patch

Se ect Data ases


Provide Credentials

Schedule Execution

Review and Analyze

Monitor Progress

Review Execu t ion s


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Moment of Truth 6

for every required step in patch processde endin on atch

Closely review Release Notes prior to implementing

Some patches contain pre- and post-requisites that

Run the DP in Analyze mode first to verify patchrea ness or eac ome


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Ne w w ith EM 11g


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Ne w w ith EM 11g


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Patching Reports


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Provisioning

Automate deployment of software

Use Clone Oracle Home wizard with more basic,

Clusterware, Application Server J2EE and Core, and

Forms

Use Oracle Database Provisioning Deployment

with more advanced operations

p: ns a compress u y on source an es na on


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Provisioning Process

Launch the Oracle Database Provisioning procedure

Select the Source: Software Library - Uses a pre-created image of a patched Oracle Home,

Existing Database Installation - Uses an online, patched database Staging Location - Uses a staged image at shared location

Spec y est nat on ost sett ngs, prov ng t e ase anhome directories, working directory and credentials

Analyze pre-requisites

Schedule the job to run immediately or at a later time


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Provisioning

Deployments Tab >

Database

Provisioning

Procedures


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Moment of Truth 7

for patching and provisioning functionality

patches to take advantage of latest improvements

See MOS ID 427577.1 for list of OMS patches toupdate patching and provisioning features

Patch 9843796 and 9705138 (Patching in Release 5) Patch 8518005 (Provisioning in Release 5) Patch 822 22 and 0 1 8 Patchin in EM11.1 Patch 9495798 (Provisioning in EM11.1)


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Concluding Moment of Truth

EMGC em pow ers us

to provide superior service to our custom ers

We are working smarter by:

Bein roactive and res ondin uickl to incidentsbased on continuous monitoring

Performin administration tasks more efficientl and

with greater standardization

costs

i i h h hi k


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