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brings in administration groups, allowing many targets to be managed as if it they were a single object. This allows a single setting change to the administration group to apply to all targets within that group. This simplifies the ability to manage numerous targets by standardizing, managing and monitoring settings for targets. Database Database Creation The new OEM wizard for database creates from within a central location using a GUI-like tool without having to log in directly to the server. This function will streamline the creation of new databases and help improve security on database servers by eliminating the need to log onto the servers to create a new database. This new database creation wizard, much like the database creation assistant, has the ability to create new single instance as well as Real Application Cluster databases. Database Upgrade Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c gives the ability to upgrade databases from a single console for single instance as well as RAC databases. This can help simplify the database upgrade process as well as make the management easier and lessen the time required to perform database upgrades. Cloud Policies What are policies? Policies are the rules in which actions are taken to correct things under defined situations. In OEM 12c, a user can define policies or use predefined policies already created. Predefined policies cannot be updated; however, a new policy can be created using the predefined policy as a starting point, which can then be modified. Policies can be created in a hierarchy where a policy at a higher level inherits the properties of the policy at the lower level. In addition to the policy levels, there are two types of policies: performance policies and schedule-based policies. Performance policies are based on the performance metrics of a target, while schedule policies are based on a defined schedule. For more information and the view the cloud policies, follow these steps: 1. Log in to Enterprise Manager 12c Cloud Control. 2. Select the “Cloud” option from the grid menu and then “Select Policies.” 3. The policy home page will appear with a list of policies and administration privileges. Figure 28: Compliance Management and Reporting Consolidation Planner In order to stay competitive, businesses must have the ability to grow and adapt to the increasing amounts of data. Consolidations include: floor space, power, cooling and management. Management needs to include security patching, upgrades, operating system and other software patches. Organizations have come to realize that, in many cases, servers are utilized only partially and, therefore, valuable resources are wasted. Consolidation can help an organization utilize its resources more efficiently, eliminate excess resources in the data center and expand capacity. This Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c permits the consolidation of servers, such as Exadata. The consolidation planner leverages data collected from server targets managed in OEM Cloud Control and factors in business and technical requirements to help you determine the consolidation options. Incident Manager Incident manager is a new function offered in OEM 12c. Incident manager provides a view and interface to work with incidents in the environment. When an issue is identified by Oracle software, they become incidents recorded in the Automatic Diagnostic Repository. The OEM 12c interface manages incidents including the current status, comments, etc. Compliance Management and Reporting Compliance management was introduced with Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control, where standard best practices were measured for targets (Figure 28). The best practices cover vulnerability and configuration where there were critical, warning and informational levels. Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c improved upon this with a framework that allows the best practices to be based on business best practices for security, configuration and storage. This framework will also make recommendations for bringing the targets into compliance. OEM 12c also now has database configuration data to be managed within the framework. The framework allows for industry standard compliance such as PCI, PCI Requirement 10, PCI 10.5, etc. The standards are evaluated against the compliance standard for the target in OEM and will assign a compliance standard report a score. continued on page 14 1st Qtr 2013 ■ Page 13

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Select Journal - First Quarter 2013

Select Journal - First Quarter 2013
Table of Contents
From the Editor
From the IOUG President
Enterprise Manager 12c Cloud Control: What’s Changed, What’s New
Introduction to Oracle Enterprise Manager Command Line Interface
Users Group Calendar
Retrieving Large Volumes of Data
A Multilayered Approach to Oracle Database Availability
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