Sunday, 22 September 2013

Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Post-Installation Setup Tasks

Setup Software Library

  • Create a directory to use as the software library.
    $ mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/oms12cr2/software_library
  • Navigate to the “Software Library: Administration” screen using the menu at the top-right of the screen (Setup > Provisioning and Patching > Software Library).
  • Select the storage type of “OMS Agent Filesystem”.
  • Click the “Add +” button.
  • Enter a name and use the lookup buttons to select the local agent and location on the file system for the software library. Once you’ve selected the appropriate values, click the “OK” button.
  • The software library is now configured.

Set My Oracle Support (MOS) Credentials

  • Navigate to the “My Oracle Support Preferred Credentials” screen using the menu at the top-right of the screen (Setup > My Oracle Support > Set Credentials…).
  • Enter the credentials and click the “Apply” button.

Download Additional Agents

  • Navigate to the “Self Update” screen using the menu at the top-right of the screen (Setup > Extensibility > Self Update).
  • Click on the “Check Updates” button and “OK” on the subsequent message dialog.
  • Click on the “Agent Software” link.
  • Highlight the agent of interest and click the “Download” button. Select the download schedule and click the “Select” button. Click the “OK” button on the confirmation dialog.
  • Click the refresh button on the top-right of the screen until the download is complete and the status changes to “Downloaded”.
  • Highlight the newly downloaded software and click the “Apply” button, followed by the “OK” button on the two following message dialogs.
  • When the status changes to “Applied”, the agent software is ready for installation on a target.

Install an Agent on a Target Host

  • Navigate to the “Add Targets Manually” screen using the menu at the top-right of the screen (Setup > Add Target > Add Targets Manually).
  • Accept the “Add Host Targets” option by clicking the “Add Host…” button.
  • Click the “Add +” button.
  • Enter the host and platform, then click the “Next” button.
  • Enter the installation details and click the “Next” button.
    Installation Base Directory  : /u01/app/oracle/agent12cr2
    Instance Directory           : /u01/app/oracle/agent12cr2/agent_inst (default)
    Named Credential	     : (click the "+" button and add the credentials of the "oracle" user)
    Privileged Delegation Setting: (leave blank)
    Port                         : 3872
    If you are installing the agent on a HP Service Guard package, remember to set the “Additional Parameters” to point at the package-specific inventory location and override the machine name with the package name. For example.
    INVENTORY_LOCATION=/u07/app/oraInventory ORACLE_HOSTNAME=my-package.example.com
  • Check the information on the review screen and click the “Deploy Agent” button.
  • Wait while the installation takes place. The “Add Host Status” page refreshes every 30 seconds.
  • When the installation completes, run the specified “root.sh” script and click the “Done” button.
  • The host will now be visible on the “Targets > Hosts” screen.

Discover Targets on Host

  • Navigate to the “Add Targets Manually” screen using the menu at the top-right of the screen (Setup > Add Target > Add Targets Manually).
  • Select the “Add Non-Host Targets Using Guided Process (Also Adds Related Targets)” option, select the target types to be discovered (eg. Oracle Database, Listener and Automatic Storage Manager) and click the “Add Using guided Discovery…” button.
  • Enter the host name and click the “Continue” button.
  • Click the “Configure” icon for any discovered targets and enter the required details. If you are using HP Service Guard, remember to only select and configure targets belonging to the package. By default, the agent will discover all targets on the physical machine.
  • When all the configuration steps are complete, click the “Finish” button, followed by the “Save” button, then finally the “OK” button.
  • The targets will now be listed on the relevant target screen (Targets > Databases).

Add Administrator Users

  • Navigate to the “Administrators” screen using the menu at the top-right of the screen (Setup > Security > Administrators).
  • Click the “Create” button.
  • Enter the username/password details and check the “Super Administrator” checkbox, then click the “Review” button.
  • Click the “Finish” button.

Notifications

Setup and maintenance of notifications has changed considerably in Cloud Control 12c compared to previous versions of Grid Control. There are several areas to consider when configuring and diagnosing notification issues.

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