Jerry Held

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Michael MastSenior Architect Applications Techno
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Oracle Corporation
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Oracle E-Business SuiteSystem Management
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Overview

• E-Business Suite System Management Directions
• Oracle Applications Manager
• Grid Control Extensions for Managing Oracle
  Applications
  
• QA

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System Management Directions

• Reduce Total Cost of Ownership of E-Business
  Suite
  
• Build System Management Awareness into the
  E-Business Suite
  
• Unified System Management Solution

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Reduce Total Cost of Ownership of Oracle
E-Business Suite

• Increase automation
• Reduce downtime
• Improve performance
• Prioritize IT activity based on business impact

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Increase Automation

• Oracle Applications Manager
• E-Business Suite cloning
• Patch download and merging
• System alerts and context collection
• Runaway process detection
• Service management
• Advance Configuration Wizards
• Grid Control
• Automated monitoring and problem response
• Automated database maintenance

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Reduce Downtime

• Oracle Applications Manager
• Diagnostic tests and troubleshooting wizards
• E-Business Suite patch recommendations and impact
  analysis
  
• Management of downtime activities
• E-Business Suite Maintenance Infrastructure
  Improvements

Streamline Maintenance and Reduce Downtime
Ric Ginsberg - Thursday, December 9, 1100 - Room
3014
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Improve Performance

• Oracle Applications Manager
• Analyze Concurrent Processing activity
• Investigate application usage patterns
• Identify Workflow bottlenecks
• Correlate user activity across tiers
• Analyze JServ usage
• Grid Control
• Identify and tune poorly performing SQL
• Monitor application availability and performance
  from different points in a network
  
• Analyze HTML page performance and Forms commit
  performance for all end users

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Prioritize IT Activity based on Business Impact

• Focus on system management activities that
  represent the greatest return on investment
  
• Oracle Applications Manager
• Register business flows
• Associate system components
• Track impact of system issues on flows

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Management Aware Systems

• System management tools are inherently limited by
  the technologies being managed
  
• With complete control over the entire E-Business
  Suite technology stack, Oracle can deliver
  superior system management capabilities
  
• Database
• iAS
• E-Business Suite

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Management Aware Technology Stack

• Database
• Resource Manager
• Statspack
• 10g self-management
• iAS
• Dynamic Monitoring Service
• Forms Runtime Diagnostics
• Forms end-user response time monitoring

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Management Aware Applications

• System Alerts
• Generic Service Management
• Page Access Tracking
• Login auditing
• Built-in diagnostics
• Centralized logging infrastructure
• Oracle Applications Framework monitoring
• Patch Recommendations / Patch Impact Analysis

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Unified System Management Solution
Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control
Grid Control Plug-in for Oracle Applications
Oracle Applications Manager 11i
Oracle Applications Manager 11i
Oracle Applications Manager 11i

E-Business Suite System N
E-Business Suite System 2
E-Business Suite System 1
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Oracle Applications Manager

• Built directly into Oracle E-Business Suite 11i
• Provides features for monitoring, administration,
  troubleshooting, maintenance, and configuration
  management
  
• Required for managing certain aspects of Oracle
  E-Business Suite 11i.9
  

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Oracle Applications Manager Recent Releases

• 11i.9 included the OAM.G Mini-Pack
• Oracle recommends OAM.G Rollup A for all OAM.G
  customers
  
• OAM.H Mini-Pack Released
• 11i.10 includes OAM.H Rollup 1
• Metalink Note 166762.1 is kept up to date with
  the latest release and patch information
  

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New Features in OAM.G Rollup A
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New or Enhanced Features in OAM.H

• Monitoring
• Business Flows
• Security
• JServ
• Concurrent Processing Charts
• Runaway Process Detection
• Page Flow Logging

Administration Configuration Wizards AutoConfig
Editor
Host Management
Maintenance Cloning Patch History Patch Wizard
Patch Impact Analysis AD Utility
Monitoring
Schedule Downtime
Diagnostics and Repair Oracle Diagnostics Suppor
t Cart
System Log
Infrastructure Single Sign-on Function Security
Restricted Mode
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Business Flow Context for System Monitoring
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Monitoring Security
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Expanded JServ Monitoring
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Concurrent Processing Charts
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Runaway Process Detection
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Enhanced Page Flow Logging
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Advanced Configuration Wizards
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Configuration Editor Enhancements

• Dependent parameters
• Customizations
• Compare two context files

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Host Management
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Oracle Diagnostics Enhancements

• Links to diagnostics provided in context in OAM
  and other E-Business Suite applications
  
• Run tests in batch mode
• Declarative diagnostic tests

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Enhanced Support Cart
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Oracle Applications System Log Enhancements
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System Cloning
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Patch Wizard
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Enhanced Patch Impact Analysis
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AD Utility Timing Reports
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Schedule Downtime
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Function Security

• OAM now uses standard Oracle Applications
  Function Security
  
• Define custom responsibilities to grant access to
  specific OAM features
  
• The old OAM Read Only and Patch History
  responsibilities have been decommissioned

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Restricted Mode

• Allows login to OAM during system downtime
• Uses database security, instead of E-Business
  Suite function security
  
• Limited access to OAM features

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New Features in OAM.H Rollup 1

• Debug Workbench
• Client System Analyzer
• Trusted Host Registration
• User Initiated Alerts

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Debug Workbench
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Client System Analyzer Integration
Enterprise Manager 10g Repository
EM 10g Agent
CSA Applet
Client Configuration and Performance Data File
Web Server
End User
Client Configuration and Performance Data
Oracle Applications Manager Support Cart
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Trusted Host Registration
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User Initiated Alerts
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Grid Control Plug-in for Oracle Applications

• Adds new management target types to Grid
  Control
  
• Oracle Applications System
• Forms Listener for Oracle Applications
• Reports Server for Oracle Applications
• HTTP Listener for Oracle Applications
• JServ for Oracle Applications
• Discoverer Server for Oracle Applications
• Adds new Grid Control console pages
• Links Grid Control to Oracle Applications Manager

iAS 1.0.2.2
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Availability

• Linux release available via OracleMetaLink
• Oracle Applications Manager patch 4045896
• Remaining Tier 1 platform release dates TBD
• No additional license required

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Compatibility

• Enterprise Manager 10.1.0.3
• Provides basic monitoring support for Oracle
  Applications 11i.3 and higher
  
• Provides greater levels of functionality as
  Oracle Applications 11i technologies are
  upgraded
  
• Oracle Applications Manager
• iAS Patchset 4
• Forms Patchset 16
• WebCache

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Optional E-Business Suite Interoperability Patch

• Optional patch for E-Business Suite 11i
• Unlocks additional metrics, user interface
  elements, and links to Oracle Applications
  Manager within Grid Control
  
• Prerequisites
• OAM.G (included in 11.5.9)
• OAM.G Rollup A

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Monitoring via Grid Control
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Availability and Activity
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Performance Monitoring
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System Components
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Web Application Performance
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Application Performance Monitoring
EM 10g Agent
EM Repository
HTTP and Forms Performance Data
HTTP Traffic
End User
Web Cache
Forms Performance Data
Web Server
Forms Server
Forms Client Traffic
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Oracle Patch Tracking System

• Hosted solution with a single interface to all
  tools to maintain E-Business Suite patching
  levels
  
• Streamline your maintenance process
• Efficiently manage local systems
• Workflow-driven patch management
• User defined patching policies
• Pilot Program starting in February 2005

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Summary

• Oracle Applications Manager provides a wide
  variety of system management features from
  directly within Oracle E-Business Suite 11i
  
• Monitoring
• Administration and Configuration Management
• Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
• System Maintenance
• Grid Control Plug-in for Oracle Applications
  extends Enterprise Manager 10g to provide central
  management of multiple E-Business Suite 11i
  systems

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Next Steps

• Recommended E-Business Suite Technology Sessions
• Streamline Maintenance and Reduce Downtime,
  Thursday _at_ 1100 am in Room 3014
  
• Maintenance of Your Oracle E-Business Suite 11i
  (Hands-On Class), Thursday _at_ 1100 am in Room
  309
  
• Oracle E-Business Suite Advanced Configuration
  (Hands-On Class), Thursday _at_300 pm in Room 309
  
• Partitioning and Purging Best Practices for
  Oracle E-Business Suite, Thursday _at_ 400 pm in
  Room 3014
  

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Next Steps

• Visit the Oracle DEMOgrounds
• E-Business Suite Administration and Management
  Demonstration - Booth J1
  
• Oracle E-Business Suite Management Strategies
  Round Table 4
  
• Oracle Grid Control Both E20 E22
• Related Web Sites For More Information
• http//www.oracle.com/technology/products/applicat
  ions/admin
  
• http//www.oracle.com/technology/products/oem

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