Collaborate 2015 at the Mandalay in Las Vegas is just around the corner and the sheer amount of Enterprise Manager focused content is phenomenal! Oracle partners and power users around the world come together each year to provide the lucky attendees the best in use cases, tips and technical know -how regarding the best infrastructure management tool in the industry. If you are one of the lucky masses who attend this incredible conference from IOUG, Quest and OAUG, you’ll be searching the massive schedule of sessions for the presenters that will get you to the level of expertise you desire…
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Database Replay is a feature in EM12c that a lot of folks are unfamiliar with, but once they learn about it, well, now then they figure out how valuable it really is. Where the ADDM Comparison Report comes in really handy when you want to see what changed, think about how much more value there is if you could test out what a change in parameters, patches, or in code would do to a database and THEN use the ADDM Comparision Report to view the “What if’s”? This is where Database Replay really enhances the comparison report feature. along with…
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I’ve had a recent request to write an update on working with AWR reports, so as promised, here it is! The Automatic Workload Repository The Automatic Workload Repository, (AWR) was one of the best enhancements to Oracle back in release 10g. There was quite a goal put in front of the development group when they were asked to develop a product that: 1. Provided significant performance recommendation and wait event data enhancements over its predecessor statspack. 2. Was always on, meaning that the data would continually collect without manual intervention from the database administrator. 3. Wouldn’t impact the current processing,…
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The term “Service” is used to represent numerous objects within Enterprise Manager 12c. Although the most common reference to the term is related to the Oracle Management Service, (OMS), in this blog post, we are going to drill down and refer to all services identified in the drop down menu from Targets, Management Services and Repository. The two main services we are going to cover here are set up as part of the Oracle Enterprise Manager 12.1.0.4 installation and shouldn’t be edited or reconfigured, but I think it’s good to know where everything is if you should ever need to investigate it or are…
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January is winding down and RMOUG Training Days 2015 is just around the corner, taking up much of my after work hours. With that, we are going to discuss a great performance console in the EM12c cloud control- Cluster Cache Coherency. Cluster Cache Coherency Optimization for an Oracle Real Application Cluster, (RAC) can be a daunting tasks for those that aren’t familiar with some of the most common issues to look for. Although many aspects of a single instance must always be examined, knowing what is unique to RAC is important. Be aware that Enterprise Manager is completely RAC Aware…