Category: EM13c Cloud Control

Connect your Enterprise Manager 13cR2 with the Oracle Database Backup Service

In EM13cR1, it was the first time when the Oracle Database Backup Service was integrated . In Release 2 the configuration menu was extended, a storage container can be defined now e.g. for a better organization and overview of the backups. This blog post shows you how to configure the Oracle Database Backup Service in Enterprise Manager 13cR2 and how to prepare a database for a cloud backup. All you need is the Oracle Database Backup Service, a trial works too. Configure Service Settings           Enter your domain and login information. Optional: Set a backup container. A backup container is an organiziation unit like a subdirectory on a server. Configure the Database Select the database which…

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Enterprise Manager 13c – Let’s use the Hybrid Agent for Amazon EC2 and Azure Instances

I like the concept behind the Oracle Enterprise Manager Hybrid Cloud Architecture to connect my on-premise OMS with targets in the Oracle cloud. The Agent communicates via SSH tunnel to target servers, no other ports than SSH 22 are open against the world wide web. An I was interested to find out, if the installation of such an agent works for other cloud providers than Oracle too. Create a Oracle Linux Instance in Amazon AWS I have created a small Oracle Linux instance in Amazon AWS and inserted the public IP into the /etc/hosts file of the Oracle Management Server. Why I have used an Oracle Linux? According the documentation, at the moment only Oracle Linux x86-64 is supported to…

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Enterprise Manager 13c – How to apply p23095307: enterprise manager for oms plugins 13.1.1.0.160429

Patch 23095307 is the newest system patch for the Enterprise Manager 13c family. This patch will be applied with the new patch tool OMSPatcher (see blog post http://dbakevlar.com/2016/05/em13c-applying-system-patches-with-the-oms-patcher from @dbakevlar for details). To apply this patch, the OMS has to be stopped. Prerequisites OMS 13.1.0.0.0 OMSPatcher 13.6.0.0.1 – I have installed it in directory /u00/app/oracle/product/em13cr1/OMSPatcher URL / Username / Password from your EM13c Weblogic AdminServer (emctl status oms -details) Patch 23095307 is unzipped and available in a local directory, in my case it’s in /u00/app/oracle/stage oracle@solothurn:/u00/app/oracle/product/em13cr1/OMSPatcher/ [oms13101] ./omspatcher version OMSPatcher Version: 13.6.0.0.1 OPlan Version: 12.1.0.2.2 OsysModel build: Wed Oct 14 06:21:23 PDT 2015 OMSPatcher succeeded. The newest OMSPatcher can be downloaded according the My Oracle Support Note How to upgrade…

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Enterprise Manager 13c – How to apply Patch 22505404: WLS PATCH SET UPDATE 12.1.3.0.160419

Since the 19th of April there is a new patch set available for Weblogic servers – Patch 22505404: WLS PATCH SET UPDATE 12.1.3.0.160419. This patchset has included 116 fixes and is a generic one. The patch is listed in the Enterprise Manager 13c as recommended. OPatch has no to be updated. This patch is not an online patch, you have to shut down your running EM13c server. This blog post describes the apply of the Weblogic patch set update in an Enterprise Manager 13c environment running on a Oracle Linux server. Prepare Patch Set Update on EM13c Server The patch file has to be extracted. I have copied to file to a stage directory /u00/app/oracle/stage on the EM13c server. [oracle@solothurn…

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