Using Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 13c Ed 2

Suggested Prerequisite

• Familiarity with Database Control
• Good knowledge of Linux
• Familiarity with Fusion Middleware Control

Audience

• Technical Administrator
• Systems Architects
• Database Administrators
• System Administrator
• System Integrator

Course Topics

1.Introduction

• Course Schedule
• Key Challenges for Administrators
• This Course in Context
• Classroom Setup
• What Is Enterprise Manager Cloud Control?
• Built-in and Integrated Manageability

2. Enterprise Manager Core Concepts

• Review Oracle Enterprise Manager architecture
• Security (high level)
• Controlling the Cloud Control Framework
• Viewing Log Files and Trace Files
• Self-Monitoring and Maintenance
• Backup and Recovery: Repository, OMS and OMA, Software Library

3. Targets Setup

• Groups
• Targets discovery (review)
• Administration Hierarchy
• Target Properties

4. Oracle Cloud In Your IT Ecosystem

• Describe how Enterprise Manager Cloud Control establishes a connection to Oracle Cloud services
• Explore the new capabilities that are unlocked when Cloud Control is managing Oracle Cloud services
• Explore how Oracle Cloud services can be managed and why Enterprise Manager Cloud Control is a superior choice
• Describe the benefits of having Oracle Cloud services in your IT Ecosystem

5. Roles and Privileges

• Privileges
• Privileges and Roles Uses
• Who can define Roles and Privileges
• Roles

6. Monitoring Standards

• Define monitoring standards
• Setting and using metric thresholds
• Using Monitoring Templates and templates collection

7. Managing Events and Incidents

• Describe the processing priority of rules and notifications
• Corrective Actions
• Define and manage incidents
• Monitor problems (including incidents flooding)
• Metric Thresholds and Settings
• Use incident rule sets
• Distinguish between incidents and problems
• Incidents Dashboard

8. Using Notifications, Blackouts and Brownouts

• Brownouts
• Monitoring Service
• Blackouts
• Define Blackouts and Brownouts, benefits
• Metric Extensions
• Receiving Alerts and Notifications

9. Using the Job System

• Core Concepts and Tasks: what is new in EM 13c
• Create and manage jobs of different types
• Enable job notifications
• Creating a Multi-Task Job
• Use the job library
• Understand job privileges
• Distinguish predefined jobs for your user-defined ones
• View job activity

10. Managing Systems and Services

• Discuss the use of beacons
• Viewing the System Topology
• Define and monitor the availability of a service
• Specifying Service Level Rule Elements
• Define and administer systems
• Workflow for Systems and Services
• Define and monitor service levels
• Define and create services, service types

11.Patching and Provisioning

• Software library review
• Provisioning and patching
• Use of Deployment Procedure Manager
• Software life-cycle management
• Deployment procedures and use cases
• Software patching: modes and workflow
• Bare metal provisioning
• Software Upgrades

12. Managing Configurations

• Viewing Configurations
• Configuration topology
• Searching the Enterprise Configuration
• What Is Configuration Management?
• Comparing Configurations

13. Managing Compliance

• Compliance Management
• Describe the predefined compliance functionality
• Point out the doc Oracle® Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Oracle Database Compliance Standards
• Assign compliance standards to targets
• Define compliance management: framework, standards, and rules
• View the results: score and importance

14. Producing and Using EM Reports Using BI Publisher

• Reporting on Targets
• Information Publisher vs BIP: IP deprecated
• Publish Enterprise Manager Reports
• Workflow for Creating Reports
• Schedule, save, and email reports
• Using Oracle-Provided BIP Reports
• BIP intro and configuration basics