In this article I will show you how to upgrade your Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Release 4 to the first Patch Set Update (PSU). First of all, you need to check the current version of you opatch utility. Patch 19218456 requires OPatch version 11.1.0.11.0 (or higher). [oem@oraem12ctrj001 ~]$ opatch version OPatch Version: 11.1.0.10.4 OPatch succeeded. …
Jan 15
OCM 11g Preparation - Configure the Enterprise Manager repository
The Enterprise Manager repository is automatically created and configured during the installation. So basically here, what Oracle wants you to know is change some of that configurations. Most of them can be done using the "emctl" binary on OMS Home. It's too many things, but keep in mind that the most importants you should know, …
Jan 15
OCM 11g Preparation - Create Enterprise Manager Grid Control users
Basically here you can create Administrators or Super Administrators users that are "Repository-Based Authenticated". There are also the "SSO-Based Authentication" and the "Enterprise User Security Based Authentication", but those 2 methods are complex. You can read about them in the DOC below. I think those 2 methods are out of the scope for this exam, …
Jan 15
Limiting Oracle connection based on the user's IP and other information
When a user's password expires in one of the databases that I manage, some users complain that it is an application user and the password should never expires. Thus, if the schema really should be used only by the application, I've created a process that will control this access based on the user session information, …
Jan 14
OCM 11g Preparation - Course requirements
There are 2 things to remember here that are very important: "Courses used to fulfill the OCP training requirement may not be used again to fulfill the OCM training requirement." "Courses can be instructor-led in-class (ILT), a live virtual class (LVC) or training on demand (TOD). Self-study CD and online courses are great preparation tools, …