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…

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Oracle Database Backup Service Configuration – java.net.UnknownHostException

In all the trials in the Oracle cloud in the past, I used the same syntax below to configure the Oracle Database Backup Service on my local servers. Last week I have decided to order the Service via shop.oracle.com. Now I am an official owner of an Oracle cloud account with a CSI :-). But back to my problem, after my account was created I got the mail with the configuration details. So far so good. Then I tried to…

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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…

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EM13c – Database Monitoring Template with DB Alert Log Metric

The new  DB Alert Log metric Since the Oracle Enterprise Manager database plugin version 12.1.0.4, there is a new metric “DB Alert Log” available. This metric replaces the existing “Alert Log” metric. The benefit of the new plugin is if an ORA error is detected multiple times in the database alert log based on same error stack, it will be de-duplicated and only one metric alert is generated. Oracle’s recommendation is to replace this metric on the database targets – Changes to…

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