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Originally published at Internet.comOracle Enterprise Manager is a central platform that facilitates the management and monitoring of enterprise applications through various management packs and application monitoring plug-in. Among the application management packs listed as available by the vendor are those for Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft Enterprise, Siebel, Linux (facilitating Linux server lifecycle management), Oracle Fusion Middleware, and Oracle Database. Heterogeneous Management Packs are additionally available offering specific services to 3rd party environments; including configuration management for non-Oracle systems and provisioning and patching for operating systems.
Oracle Enterprise Manager's general capabilities are broken down into four primary functional categories: Configuration management, application performance management, service level management, and automation. Specific capabilities depend on the application/system being managed and plug-in/pack availability.
For configuration management, the platform supports the discovery of host system configuration details and installed software components, (and for those applications where management packs are specifically available, extended topology information known to the packaged application itself), and the monitoring of configuration compliance via the Policy Manager. Policies can be deactivated enterprise-wide or for specific targets; and compliance is evaluated continuously as new targets come online.
Performance monitoring allows for the examination of key application usage and health indicators, as well as any errors or warnings discovered in application components. Alerting and escalation features are supported; and thresholds can be defined in an effort to reduce false-positive notifications. Multiple application monitoring plug-ins are available; including new plug-ins for Microsoft Exchange, EMC CLARiiON CX, VMware ESX, Apache Tomcat, Sybase Adaptive Server, and SAP Applications.
Service level management capabilities allow both for the definition of service levels and time periods when they are enforced as well as the definition of availability for the applications. Service availability can be gauged by executing direct, transaction-based tests through test "beacons" or via examining the availability status of underlying system components.
Finally, automation capabilities of the platform include those facilitating bare-metal system provisioning, patch management, cloning, and snapshot features.
Oracle Enterprise Manager is available now. Visit the Oracle Web site for further details.Author: EITPlanet Staff
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