We noticed that some of our databases monitored in Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control were showing a status of Agent Unreachable. When checking the status of the Agent on the server the following error was […]
Category: Grid Control
NI cryptographic checksum mismatch error: 12599
In testing of Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g R1 Grid Control we noticed frequent ORA-12599 errors in the alert logs of the monitored databases including the repository database. Upon further investigation we found that the ORA-12599 […]
Convert a Physical Standby Database into a Snaphot Standby Database Using Oracle Enterprise Manager 11gR1 Grid Control
Oracle Database 11g introduced the Snapshot Standby feature in Data Guard. Using this feature you can use your physical standby database to temporary process transactions. If you have a need to test out application fixes […]
Changing the Data Guard Protection Mode Using Oracle Enterprise Manager 11gR1 Grid Control
Oracle Enterprise Manager 11gR1 Grid Control provides a web based interface for managing a Data Guard environment. Many Data Guard management functions can be accomplished with just a few clicks of the mouse and changing […]
Switchover to a Physical Standby using Oracle Enterprise Manager 11gR1 Grid Control
A switchover can be used to reduce downtime for planned outages such as patching to the database or host OS and hardware upgrades. In a switchover the primary database is transitioned to the standby role […]
Privileges, Roles and Users in Oracle Enterprise Manager 11gR1 Grid Control
The term user by its self leaves much to interpretation as to the type of user. In Enterprise Manager the concept of a user must be thought of as an Administrator but that still leaves […]
Introduction to the High Availability Console in Oracle Enterprise Manager 11gR1 Grid Control
The High Availability Console provides the administrator comprehensive information about the primary and standby databases in a dashboard format. On one page you can see information about availability events, redo rates, transport and apply lag […]
Create a Physical Standby Database using Oracle Enterprise Manager 11gR1 Grid Control
Oracle Enterprise Manager 11gR1 Grid Control greatly simplifies the creation of physical or logical standby databases. The Add Standby Database wizard provides a quick way to get a Standby database up and running in record […]
Check Password Policy for sudo fails when attempting to deploy a Deployment Procedure
In order to deploy a Deployment Procedure for an Oracle Home or CRS image you will need to have sudo configured correctly.
Deploying an Oracle Home Image with Oracle Enterprise Manager 11gR1 Grid Control
In the post, Build a Pre-Created Oracle Home Image for Database Provisioning with Oracle Enterprise Manager 11gR1 Grid Control, I detailed how to build an image of an Oracle Database Home that was already installed […]
Build a Pre-Created Oracle Home Image for Database Provisioning with Oracle Enterprise Manager 11gR1 Grid Control
How many times have you been asked to install Oracle Database on a new machine? If you are like most administrators it comes all too often. Not only do we get requests for new installs […]
Configuring the Software Library for Oracle Enterprise Manager 11gR1 Grid Control
Administrators using the provisioning and patching features of Enterprise Manager 11gR1 Grid Control can automate the deployments of software, applications and patches across the entire software stack.
Clone a Database to Another Host using Enterprise Manager 11gR1 Grid Control
This document will detail the steps to clone a database to another host using Oracle Enterprise Manager 11gR1 Grid Control.
Disabling Access to Management Packs in Oracle Enterprise Manager 11gR1 Grid Control
Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control has numerous features that make monitoring, managing and provisioning databases extremely easy. Processes that would normally take numerous steps or scripts can be accomplished in a few mouse clicks using […]
Setup Agent for Mass Deployment in Oracle Enterprise Manager 11gR1 Grid Control
This document will detail the steps to manually setup mass deployment of the Oracle Enterprise Manager 11gR1 Grid Control Agent for 32bit Linux systems. See the post Installing Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control 11gR1 on […]
Adding Agents for Mass Agent Deployment in Oracle Enterprise Manager 11gR1 Grid Control
When you install Oracle Enterprise Manager 11gR1 Grid Control an agent for mass deployment is included with the install. This mass deploy agent is for hosts that have the same OS in which Grid Control […]
Metric Collection Error after fresh install of Oracle Enterprise Manager 11gR1 Grid Control
Scenario: You have completed the install of Oracle Enterprise Manager 11gR1 Grid Control and noticed the that repository database has a status with Metric Collection Error.
Starting and Stopping Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Grid Control
This document will detail the steps required to stop and start Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Grid Control and all its components. For information on installing Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Grid Control see the post Install […]
Installing Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control 11gR1 on Linux
This document will detail the installation of Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control 11gR1 on Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.5.