Demystifying WebLogic and Fusion Middleware Management

Database Management and Performance
| May 16, 2013

Demystifying WebLogic and Fusion Middleware Management --- by Glen Hawkins, Senior Director, Product Management

By R A Sanyal on Apr 16, 2013

This week, we are going to switch gears and talk about something that is near and dear to everyone responsible for running applications and middleware in their environment (more...)

Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c for Exalogic: Setting up Apps-to-Disk Monitoring

Database Management and Performance
| Apr 11, 2013

By Gagan Chawla


Exalogic is the logical choice for running Business Applications and provides an excellent consolidation platform hosting wide range of application workloads. It’s important to have a comprehensive Apps-to-Disk monitoring of Exalogic system enabled including monitoring of business applications, software and hardware components together from a single Oracle (more...)

Database as a Service: Glad that you asked these!

Database Management and Performance
| Apr 11, 2013

By Sudip Datta


Thanks for visiting my earlier blog post on the new Database as a Service (DBaaS) features which got released in Enterprise Manager 12cR2 Plugin Update 1.
Our first public webcast on DBaaS since the release was pretty well attended with peak attendance going well over our expectation. (more...)

Great Grassroots Charity in India

Database Management and Performance
| Mar 27, 2013

Dear Friends,

This is a great grassroots charity in India. Please Help.

They build an entire bore well for only a few thousand rupees. 

Rotary club has a recent story about them. http://rotarystories-nzandpacific.blogspot.sg/2012/06/district-9940-rotary-clubs-provide.html

This is a photo of a well the Enterprise Manager Blog sponsored:



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March 2013 Issue of EM Newsletter

Database Management and Performance
| Mar 12, 2013
My Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c book has been mentioned prominently in the March 2013 issue of the Enterprise Manager Newsletter from Oracle, which goes out to thousands of subscribers:


Oracle Information InDepth: Oracle Enterprise Manager Edition
http://www.oracle.com/us/dm/nsl100158435-index-1914876.html

Regards,

Porus.

New Release of Oracle Enterprise Manager Introduces Key Enhancements for Deploying and Managing Clouds

Database Management and Performance
| Feb 24, 2013

By Sudip Datta on Feb 24, 2013


It has been a little more than a year, since we released our first cloud management features as a part of Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c. As customers started adopting our solution for a broad spectrum of workloads including production, QA, and development needs, we gained invaluable experience into the various use cases and requirements. Based on that experience, Oracle has released new and updated Management Plug-ins that precisely address the above requirements, ultimately leading to faster time-to-market for IT services delivery. In addition to providing enhanced cloud management support, the plug-ins extend Enterprise (more...)

Good Feedback

Database Management and Performance
| Jan 30, 2013

Good Feedback on my book from a reader in the USA:
"I must  mention that this is THE book I have ever read and digested in the field of cloud control through Oracle Enterprise Manager, I am very impressed how categorically  it has explained the core details."
Thanks Friend.
http://www.packtpub.com/oracle-enterprise-manager-12c-cloud-control/book



Answers to Your Common Database Performance Questions

Database Management and Performance
| Jan 17, 2013

By Scott McNeil on Jan 15, 2013


An Interview with Oracle Database Manageability Expert, Deba Chatterjee
Throughout the year we hear from lots of customers and get many questions about managing Oracle Database. In this blog, I thought I would try and provide some answers to common diagnostics and tuning questions with the help of our product manager and residence expert for Oracle Database Manageability, Deba Chatterjee. Deba has a wealth of database performance tuning experience both inside and outside of Oracle managing large data warehouses. Deba is responsible for Oracle Diagnostics Pack for Database and Oracle Tuning Pack for Database. (more...)

Printing Errata

Database Management and Performance
| Jan 12, 2013

I have received a copy of my new EM12c book
and while going through it, I found a printing error on page 308.
This is in Chapter 10 which is titled "Ease the Chaos with
Exadata Management". On page 308, there are two paragraphs on the page
(2nd and 3rd paragraphs from the top of the page) that mention that
the “BP1” patch is recommended. The same page also mentions in the fourth
paragraph that Release 2 is recommended. The paragraphs mentioning BP1
were supposed to be removed during the final edit, however due to a
edtorial slip they were (more...)

My new EM12c Book Now Available

Database Management and Performance
| Dec 19, 2012


Friends,

 I am pleased to say that my new EM12c book has finally been published and is now available, both as a printed book and as an e-book. 

 http://www.packtpub.com/oracle-enterprise-manager-12c-cloud-control/book
Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c: Managing Data Center Chaos
This is the first published EM12c book in the world. 
Among the many positive comments I have received, a DBA says "yes,i have already bought a copy of the book. Its really good ....Thanks for publishing such a Good book on Enterprise Manager 12c."

Please have a look at the updated chapter of contents:

 Table of (more...)

Latest List of Published White Papers and Articles

Database Management and Performance
| Nov 28, 2012
A number of my readers have asked me for a full list of all my published technical articles/white papers on the Oracle Technical Network (OTN), for easy reference. Here is the latest list as of November 2012. I have placed the white papers at the top, and the articles are in chronological order in the article list. The latest articles on Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c, published in October 2012 and December 2012, are right at the bottom of the list. A couple of the earlier articles were even in the most popular OTN article list in 2009.


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New Enterprise Manager Article published on Oracle Technical Network (OTN)

Database Management and Performance
| Oct 21, 2012

Friends,

 I am pleased to announce that a new article of mine has been published in October 2012 on the Oracle Technical Network (OTN).

Ease the Chaos with Automated Patching: 
Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/oem/havewala-patching-oem12c-1864147.html

This is excerpted from my new book "Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c: Managing Data Center Chaos", published by Packt Publishing. Enjoy the world of Enterprise Manager!!

Regards,

Porus.

Private Cloud: Putting some method behind the madness

Database Management and Performance
| Oct 14, 2012

By Sudip Datta on Oct 09, 2012

Finally, I decided to join the blogging community. And what could be a better time to start than the week after OpenWorld 2012. 50K+ attendees, demonstrations, speaker sessions and a whole lot of buzz on Oracle Cloud..It was raining clouds in this year's Openworld. I am not here to write about Oracle's cloud strategy in general, but on Enterprise Manager's cloud management capabilities. This year's Openworld was the first after we announced the 12c Cloud Control and we were happy to share the stage with quite a few early adopters. Stay (more...)

HDFC Bank about their DBaaS Implementation in India

Database Management and Performance
| Oct 14, 2012

HDFC Bank in India (2nd largest private sector bank) went live recently on a combination of Exadata and Enterprise Manager 12c, to run their internal Databases as a Service (DBaaS) cloud. They were very successful in this venture and presented on the same at the recent Oracle Open World (OOW). You can download their very interesting presentation from either of the following links:

MediaFire:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/fc3tqpc9ek8etcc/HDFC_Bank_DBaaS_Presentation_in_OOW.pdf

Ge.tt:
http://ge.tt/8RwSqVP/v/0?c


The presentation speaks for itself. One of the main reasons for them to go the DBaaS way, was to increase business agility and the presentation is very (more...)

Capacity Planning for the Cloud, and General Capacity Planning

Database Management and Performance
| Sep 27, 2012

A friend wrote " I could not find any information on capacity planning (database) in Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c. The only information i could get is that, it is part of the "Chargeback and Capacity Planning" plugin. There is no documentation available on this. One of my customer was using this feature in 10g and 11g.. and now have moved to 12c and are unable to figure it out.  Any pointers would be of great help."

My answer:

There is no capacity planner in Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c right now. There is a consolidation planner. This is not (more...)

Oracle EM 12c Release 2 Now Available

Database Management and Performance
| Sep 17, 2012
Last week, on September 13 2012, Oracle announced general availability of Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Release 2. The release introduces unique capabilities for deploying and managing business applications in an enterprise private cloud, such as Java Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), enhanced business application management, and integrated hardware-software management for Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud.

Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Release 2 is now available on the OTN Download Page. This is the first major release since the EM 12c launch in October of 2011. This release contains many new features and enhancements in areas across the board. It is also the (more...)

Photos and Download PDF for Bangkok Customer and Partner Seminars on EM Cloud Control 12c

Database Management and Performance
| Sep 17, 2012

Friends,

Here are some photos on the EM Cloud Control 12c Overview/New Features seminar that we recently conducted in Bangkok, Thailand. The first day was for Oracle Partners, the second for Oracle Customers.

We covered the EM Cloud Control 12c Overview, Architecture, Database Lifecycle Management pack, Test Data Management pack, Oracle Cloud Overview, and New features of Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c in all of these. We also spoke on the Diagnostics/Tuning packs and Data Masking packs.

The updated PDF can be downloaded from this Mediafire link:


This is the Oracle Customer Seminar Photo:




This is (more...)

Oracle Cloud Builder Summit—Your Fast Track to the Enterprise Private Cloud

Database Management and Performance
| Aug 17, 2012


Oracle customers are invited to the Oracle Cloud Builder Summit events happening across the region.  We’ll show them how to build—in only two hours—an enterprise cloud environment, as well as how to:
·       
  • Build and operate clouds
  • Efficiently consolidate onto shared, scalable cloud platforms and infrastructure
  • Secure and integrate clouds

This content-rich event will feature multiple demonstrations, customers will learn how to fast-track applications to cloud with Oracle, and support every aspect of planning, deploying, monitoring, and managing enterprise clouds.

http://www.oracle.com/goto/cloudevents

I was "Ed" in the seminar in Jakarta, demonstrating how to build the cloud in (more...)

Bangkok, September 12: Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Overview and New Features Workshop

Database Management and Performance
| Aug 13, 2012

If you are in Bangkok, Thailand on September 12, this is my upcoming seminar. Please register if you would like to attend. Totally free!!



Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Overview and New Features Workshop 
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
9:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Oracle Thailand
Conference Room 1 & 2
16th Floor, Ramaland Bldg,
952 Rama IV Road, Bangkok 10500
Overview
Join us for a very interesting Overview of the latest Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c, including the recommended architecture for using Enterprise Manager, an explanation of the most popular EM capabilities, and (more...)

Incident Management in Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c

Database Management and Performance
| Aug 3, 2012

By Anand Akela on Jul 24, 2012

Contributed by Pete Sharman , Principal Product Manager, Oracle Enterprise Manager

Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c (EM12c) is a huge release, both in terms of its adoption rate (that is, its uptake in the market) and the amount of functionality included in the product. For those of us that have been around for a long time, it’s very reminiscent of the massive functionality leap from Oracle RDBMS version 6 to version 7 – a quantum leap that makes it difficult to even grasp the breadth of the product now.
To try and (more...)