2014 Year in Review
As many bloggers and sites do this time of the year, here is my review of 2014. It was a
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Making Technology Bulletproof
Enterprise Manager
EM12c and the Optimizer Statistics Console
Today we’re going to review another great feature in the EM12c that you may not have realized was available. Once
Read MoreEM12c Management Agent, OutOfMemoryError and Ulimits
While enjoying the lovely Liverpool, UK weather at Tech14 with UKOUG, (just kidding about that weather part and apologies to
Read MoreRetrieving Bind Values from SQL Monitor in EM12c Release 4
I know others may want to know how to do this and I had challenges until Gagan Chawla, a teammate
Read MoreRemoving Redundant Startup/Restart for the OMS Service in Windows
I’ve been told many times that the OMS for EM12c can take quite some time to start on Windows. Some
Read MoreEM12c, Rel. 4, OMS and OMR Health, Part II
There are a large number of “moving parts” when performance tuning or trouble shooting an Enterprise Manager environment. The new
Read MoreOracle Enterprise Manager 12c Command Line Interface is Available!
The new Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Command Line Interface book is available via a number of locations, including Amazon and
Read MoreEM12c Release 4, Health Overview
As part of the projects I work on at Oracle, it’s often ensuring that those customers that wish to deploy
Read MoreMetric Thresholds and the Power to Adapt
Metric thresholds have come a long way since I started working with OEM 10g. I remember how frustrating it could
Read MoreRenaming an Oracle Apache Target in EM12c
When installing Enterprise Manager 12c, the host value can come from a number of places for different applications/tiers. For most,
Read MoreUsing ASH Analytics to View Blocked Sessions
When concurrency is the crippling factor in a database performance issue, often I’m told that viewing blocked sessions in Enterprise
Read MoreAWR Warehouse, Status
So the AWR Warehouse patches are out, but documentation has not officially caught up to it yet, so as we
Read MoreAWR Warehouse Webinar from ODTUG
The webinar is over, but you haven’t missed out on everything I presented on the console feature, under the hood
Read MoreTuning EM12c, the OMS, Part II
We went over a few of the Java “tuning” options last time, so let’s go onto the OMS tier for
Read MoreTuning EM12c- Onto the Next Tier, JAVA
I’ve already talked about the recommendations we make for properly sizing an Enterprise Manager 12c and many already know about
Read MoreEM12c and Hardware
I often hear, “My EM12c environment is slow!” and I just as often am granted access to the environment and
Read MoreEM12c Rel. 4, the Security Console
Why is the Security Console an important new feature? I was contacted by three people just this last week on
Read MoreThe *New and Improved* Extensibility Exchange is Here!
How many of you use Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c, recognize it can do so much more than just taking it
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