The Patch Deployment feature in EM12c can greatly help in automating the rolling out of patches when we have to deploy the patch on a large number of targets – this significantly reduces both the time and complexity involved in the process. Let us look at an example of deploying the JAN 2015 PSU patch […]
Let us look at a common requirement the DBA faces on a regular basis related to performing a database clone. A developer needs a copy or clone of the production database to test some urgent fixes and requires this database for a short period of time to perform the testing – after which this database […]
One of the challenges faced today in the database provisioning process is time to deliver. Consider a normal workflow in this case. A developer requests a database. It then goes to his manager for approval.Once that stage is passed the DBA comes into the picture and the DBA in turn will contact the Storage and […]
So what are Metric Extensions? As the name implies metric extensions enables us to extend the out-of-the-box monitoring capabilities of Enterprise Manager and customize it according to the requirements of our specific environment. Very often we may have some monitoring and alerting requirements for which metrics are not available in OEM and we are having to […]
