Michael Mast Senior Architect Applications Technology Oracle Corporation
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Michael MastSenior ArchitectApplications TechnologyOracle Corporation
System Management
Topics
Technology Update
Managing the E-Business Suite: – Monitoring and Control– Diagnostics and Troubleshooting– Configuration Management– System Maintenance
Q&A
Management Technology Update
Strategy
Improve E-Business Suite manageability by providing management tools and enhancing
E-Business Suite technologies.
Oracle Applications Manager 11i
System management console built directly into the E-Business Suite
Provides features for monitoring, administration, troubleshooting, maintenance, and configuration management.
Required for managing E-Business Suite releases 11.5.9+
Oracle Applications Manager 11i Releases
OAM 11i 2.0 was included in the 11i.7 and 11i.8 Rapid Install and Maintenance Pack
11i.9 includes OAM 11i 2.2
OAM 11i 2.2 is also available as mini-pack OAM.G for all 11i releases
Metalink Note 166762.1 is kept up to date with the latest release and patch information
Why upgrade to 2.2 from 2.0?
• Applications Dashboard• System Alerts• Patch Advisor• Patch Impact Analysis• Enhanced configuration views• Configuration Editor• Improved Forms Server management features• Extensibility with SQL Scripts • Improved supportability • Enhanced troubleshooting for Concurrent Managers • Improved Applications Usage Reports • Enhanced Oracle Workflow management features• Added responsibilities for finer grained access control• Oracle Diagnostics Integration• etc.
Related Technologies Built into the E-Business Suite
Oracle Diagnostics
Page Flow Logging
Oracle Applications Logging
Future Direction: Consolidated System Management Solution
Grid Control
Oracle Applications Manager 11i
E-Business Suite System N
Oracle Applications Manager 11i
E-Business Suite System 2
Oracle Applications Manager 11i
E-Business Suite System 1
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•Monitor Multiple Systems
•Compare Systems
•Analyze Trends
•Etc.
•Control Applications Services
•Make configuration changes
•Diagnose and resolve system problems
•Patch impact analysis
•Etc.
E-Business Suite Management Plug-in
Management Pack for Oracle Applications
E-Business Suite related extensions for Enterprise Manager 8i and 9i
9iR2 was the terminal release
Management Pack features are now being built directly into Oracle Applications Manager 11i and Grid Control
Managing the E-Business Suite:
Monitoring and Control
Applications Dashboard
Drill down
End-to-End Details
Monitor and Control Application Tier Services
Monitor and Control Workflow
Applications Usage
Concurrent Processing System Reports
Future Direction: Extended Reports
System Alert Summary
Occurrence Context Details
Alert Notification Subscriptions
Dashboard Metric Alerts
Page Flow Logging
Page flow logging can be configured to capture page access data for JTF
Can be configured to capture different levels of data for specific applications, or specific business flows
No overhead to page access times
Integration with Oracle ClickStream
Page Flow Logging: Usage Summary
Detailed Usage Reports
Future Direction: Page Flow Logging Enhancements
Extend to capture data from OA Framework
Merged Reports with Forms Signon Auditing data
Future Direction: Expanded JServ Monitoring
Future Direction: Runaway Process Monitoring
Future Direction: Monitoring Security
Future Direction: Business Flows Oriented Monitoring
Future Direction: Monitoring via Grid Control
Future Direction: Monitoring via Grid Control
Managing the E-Business Suite:
Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
Oracle Diagnostics
Oracle Diagnostics provides a wide variety of diagnostic tests for system configuration, product functionality, business flows, etc.
Diagnostic tests created by Oracle Support and development identify problems and suggest solutions
Can be extended with custom diagnostic tests.
Diagnostics Dashboard
Administer Diagnostics
Future Direction: Oracle Diagnostics Enhancements
Links to diagnostics provided in context in OAM and the E-Business Suite
Run tests in batch mode
UI for designing custom diagnostic tests
Run outside of E-Business Suite
Oracle Applications Logging
When problems arise, logging can be enabled to varying levels of granularity for specific modules
Messages are logged to a central repository
Messages can be searched and viewed in Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager automatically links System Alerts to related log messages
Future Direction: Enhancements to Logging
New administration interface
Performance enhancements
Automatically capture error messages
Rule based control of logging and tracing
OAM 11i Troubleshooting Wizards
Troubleshooting wizards help:– Automate the collection of system information– Identify potential problems– Automate resolution
Current wizards include:– Concurrent Manager Recovery– Service Management Infrastructure– Stats Pack Report
Collect Information for Oracle Support
Future Direction: Support Cart Enhancements
Automated collection of “System Signature”
Data driven collections
Collaboration with Oracle Support
Managing the E-Business Suite:
Configuration Management
Edit System Configuration Parameters
Configuration History
Compare and Restore Settings
Future Direction: Configuration Editor Enhancements
Support for dependent parameter values
Support for customizations
Advanced Configuration Wizards– Convert to SSL– Convert to Forms Servlet– Set up Web Load Balancing– And more...
Explore E-Business Suite System Configuration
Find Configuration Problems
Future Direction: Grid Control
Configuration data for E-Business Suite Systems will be loaded into the Grid Control repository
Compare systems side by side
Alerts for policy violations
Managing the E-Business Suite:
System Maintenance
Tracking Periodic Maintenance Activities
Patching
Understand the patch level your system
Identify patches that need to be applied
Understand the impact of patches
Apply
Product Patch Sets
Search Applied Patches
File History
Future Direction: Patch Timing Reports
Patch Advisor
Patch Details
Patch Impact Analysis
Impact Details
Future Direction: Enhanced Patch Impact Analysis
Aggregate impact analysis of a patch combined with its prerequisites
Show affected menus paths, responsibilities, and users
Show affected functional tests
Future Direction: Patching Related Features
Automated download of InfoBundle
Automated patch download and merging
Monitoring of in-progress AD activities
Future Direction: Centrally Managed Patching
We want to hear your requirements!
Please visit DEMOGrounds Roundtable #3, look for the “Oracle Patch Tracking System” sign.
Future Direction: Cloning Automation
Managing the E-Business Suite:
Extensibility
Add Your Own Extensions
Summary
Oracle Applications Manager 11i 2.2 is now available as Mini-Pack OAM.G
Each OAM release expands the available features in areas such as:
– Monitoring and Administration– Diagnostics and Troubleshooting– Configuration Management– System Maintenance
In the future, OAM will be integrated with Grid Control
Oracle DEMOGrounds
Administration and Management pod– Oracle Applications Manager– Grid Control– Diagnostics
Roundtable #3– Migration and Upgrades – Installing and Cloning – Auto-Config – Oracle Patch Tracking System
www.oracle.com
E-Business Suite System Management– http://www.oracle.com/appsnet/technology/managing– Metalink Note 166762.1
Grid Control– http://www.oracle.com/enterprise_manager/
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