Cloud Control

EM 13c – How to Upgrade from EM Cloud Control 12c

I’m not a Cloud Control expert but I use the tool from time to time – and most of my customers are heavy users of it, especially in larger deployments.

If you use Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c (12.1.0.3, 12.1.0.4 or 12.1.0.5) and would like to evaluate your options to upgrade to Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 13c then please consult the following very useful documentation:

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New Cloud Control 12.1.0.5 is available

The new version of Oracle’s Cloud Control 12c Release 5 is available for download as of today. Some of the new features include Hybrid Cloud Computing but also the support for RMAN incremental rolling forward backups (cross platform, cross Endianness) to decrease downtime for Transportable Tablespaces and Full Transportable Export/Import migrations.

Find it here on OTN:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/oem/enterprise-manager/downloads/index.html

Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Release 5 (12.1.0.5) New!


Enterprise Manager Base Platform
(Full Installers for OMS, Agent, Repository, Management Plug-ins)


Download for Linux x86 (32-bit)
Download for Linux x86-64 (64-bit)
Download for Windows x86-64 (64-bit)
Download for Solaris Operating System (SPARC)
Download for Solaris Operating

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Migration of an EM Repository cross-platform?

Can you migrate your EM Cloud Control Repository to another OS platform? Cross-platform and cross-Endianness?

This question sounds so incredibly simple that you won’t even start thinking I guess. Same for ourselves. Use Data Pump. Or Transportable Tablespaces. Or Full Transportable Export/Import if your source is at least 11.2.0.3 or newer.

But sometimes in life things seem to be simple, but as soon as you unmask them you’ll find a full bunch of issues. It’s a fact that the repository of EM Cloud Control is quite a bit complicated. And uses plenty of databases technologies.

Actually all credits go to

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EM Cloud Control 12.1.0.4 (or newer) OMS Repository certified with Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 plus patches

The certification for Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 as Repository Database underneath of Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12.1.0.4 (OMS) had been revoked for a while. One reason may have been the potential removal of the SYSMAN user during a DBUA upgrade 😉 But this is just a rumor. I don’t know the exact reasons.

After checking with the certification matrix earlier today I realized:

Cloud Control Repository Database Certification Oracle 12.1.0.2

Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 is certified as a repository database for Cloud Control resp. OMS.

But … with a few important restrictions (see MOS Note:1987905.112c Database has been Certified as a 12cR4 Repository with Certain Patchset

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