Overview presentation for the Blue Medora Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Plug-in for VMware vSphere. The plugin provides Oracle EM12c-based monitoring, management, and provisioning capabilities or vSphere based Datacenters, Clusters, ESX Hosts, and Virtual Machines.
Version 8, Released in December 2013 introduced a new EM12c 'VMware Management' target that extends EM12c's native DBaaS and MWaaS capabilities to VMware based infrastructures
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Blue Medora Oracle Enterprise Manager (EM12c) Plug-in for VMware vSphere
1. Oracle
EM12c
Plugins
for
VMware
Overview
The leader in extending Oracle Enterprise Manager
2. EM12c
Plugins
for
VMware
–
Solu7on
details
! Extends
Oracle
EM12c
capabili7es
to
VMware
! Monitoring
and
Aler7ng
! Power
management
of
virtual
machines
! BI
Publisher-‐based
repor7ng
! Virtual
machine
provisioning
! Enables
EM12c-‐based
MWaaS
on
VMware
! Enables
EM12c-‐based
DBaaS
on
VMware
3. Plugin
for
VMware
adds
contextual
views
to
Oracle
workloads
and
the
health,
performance,
and
availability
of
the
VMware
layers
those
Oracle
workloads
depends
on
Oracle
EM12c-‐based
visibility
into
VMware
4. • Provisions
VMware
virtual
machines
from
EM12c
• Extends
EM12c-‐based
Database-‐as-‐a-‐Service
(DBaaS)
to
VMware
• Extend
EM12c-‐based
Middleware-‐as-‐a-‐Service
(MWaaS)
to
VMware
• Execute
power
opera7ons
for
VMware
virtual
machines
Oracle
EM12c-‐based
management
of
VMware
5. From
directly
within
the
Oracle
Database
Instance
page,
be
no7fied
when
VMware
performance,
health,
and
availability
related
incidents
are
affec7ng
your
Oracle
workload
Removes
the
VMware
“fog”
around
Oracle
6. Plugin
for
VMware
adds
contextual
views
within
the
EM12c
Topology
navigator
that
explains
the
rela7onships
between
Oracle
targets
and
the
underlying
VMware
targets
that
the
Oracle
targets
depend
on
Remove
the
mystery
of
the
VMware
layers
Oracle
Database
Instance
running
on
VMware
VMware
virtual
machine
the
Oracle
Database
is
running
within
VMware
ESX
Hypervisor
the
virtualized
Oracle
DB
is
running
on
VMware
Datastore
that
the
Oracle
Database
data
lives
on
8. Oracle
on
VMware
challenges
! No
out-‐of-‐the-‐box
EM12c
integra8on
with
VMware
! Lack
of
awareness
of
cri7cal
VMware
alarms/alerts
in
real-‐7me
! Tradi7onal
OS
performance
counters
are
inaccurate
in
a
VMware
VM
! Oracle
admins
forced
to
become
VMware
vCenter
Console
experts
! Inability
to
provision
VMware
VMs
from
with
EM12c
! Inability
to
exploit
Oracle
MwaaS
and
DBaaS
on
VMware
! You
can’t
manage
what
you
can’t
see
-‐
VMware
memory
&
CPU
reserva7ons,
virtualized
storage,
and
hypervisor
conten7on
all
affect
Oracle
workload
performance
9. Why
does
VMware
integra7on
ma]er?
! Eliminates
finger
poin7ng
between
Oracle,
VMware
team,
and
Storage
teams
! Enables
faster
7me
to
resolu7on
! Stop
wai7ng
for
the
VMware
team
to
tell
you
if
there
is
problem
or
not
! Provides
contextual
Oracle
on
VMware
health,
performance,
and
availability
views
! Significant
cost
reduc7ons
when
integra7ng
the
Oracle
on
VMware
provisioning
processes
EM12c
based
VMware
visibility
with
the
Blue
Medora
EM
Plugin
for
VMware
10. VMware
vCenter
Console
is
inadequate
! Designed
for
VMware
administrators,
not
Oracle
admins
! Requires
deep
VMware
knowledge
to
be
useful
! No
na7ve
integra7on
with
Oracle
EM
! Zero
awareness
of
Oracle
workloads
! Metric
overload
–
there
are
1000s
of
raw
performance
metrics
VMware
vCenter
Console
11. EM12c
Plugin
for
VMware
highlights
VMware
ESX
Server
“Drill
Down”
View
in
EM12c
! Oracle
Validated
Integra7on
! Support
for
VMware
vSphere
4.1,
5.0,
5.1,
5.5
! Support
for
EM12c
R3
! Remote
agentless
monitoring
of
VMware
from
a
single
OMA
! 300+
VMware
metrics
and
60+
thresholds
! VMware
provisioning
and
power
management
12. Complete
EM
integra7on
for
VMware
single
pane
of
glass
visibility
Enables
all
Oracle
EM
func8onality:
! Performance
monitoring
! Availability
monitoring
! Thresholds
! Incidents
! BI
Publisher
based
repor7ng
! Jobs
&
Management
! Configura7on
monitoring
! VMware
provisioning
! Database-‐as-‐a-‐Service
! Middleware-‐as-‐a-‐Service
For
all
VMware
components…
! Datacenters
! Cluster
! ESX
and
ESXi
hosts
! Datastores
! Resource
Groups
! Events
! Alarms
13. At
a
glance,
know
which
VMware
layer
has
a
problem
16. Adds
new
‘VMware
Management’
target
to
Oracle
EM12c
Create
Oracle
WebLogic
on
VMware
provisioning
profiles
and
link
VMware
VM
templates
to
them
Determine
how
many
WebLogic
on
VMware
servers
to
deploy,
which
Oracle
Cloud
zone
and
pools
they
should
go,
and
kick-‐off
the
deployment
Clone
VMware
VMs
or
deploy
from
templates
outside
of
the
Oracle
MwaaS
process
Power
on,
power
off,
suspend,
etc
VMware
VMs
from
within
EM12c
New
in
v8
–
Oracle
DBaaS
/
MwaaS
on
VMware
17. Comparison
VM
Template
Clone
VM
outside
of
EM12c
Push
Agent
Promote
Oracle
Home
Create
PaaS
Zone
Create
Sonware
Pool
Setup
MWaaS
/
DBaaS
VM
Template
One
7me
Plugin
configura7on
Setup
MWaaS
/
DBaaS
Clone
VM
Push
Agent
Promote
Oracle
Home
Create
PaaS
Zone
Create
Sonware
Pool
Fully
Automated
with
the
VMware
Plugin
Before
the
Plugin
for
VMware
Aner
deploying
the
Plugin
for
VMware
How
the
plugin
automates
Oracle
on
VMware
deployments
18. Enables
up
to
95%
reduc7on
in
deployment
7mes
Without
the
plugin,
VMware
VMs
must
be
provisioned
‘out-‐of-‐band’
by
the
VMware
opera7ons
team
With
the
plugin,
VMware
VM
provisioning
is
fully
automated
within
the
WebLogic
or
Oracle
DB
provisioning
workflow
19. What’s
new
in
the
Oracle
EM12c
Plugin
for
VMware
v9?
20. New
in
VMware
Plugin
for
EM
v12.0.1.8
(v9)
! Released
May
2014
! New
in
this
release:
! “Related
Incidents”
enabled
for
VMware
targets
that
are
affec7ng
Oracle
workload
performance
! Oracle
on
VMware
topology
views
enabled
through
new
EM12c-‐based
“associa7ons”
the
map
the
rela7on
of
VMware
targets
to
Oracle
targets
running
on
VMware
! Ability
to
define
and
modify
thresholds
has
been
enabled
at
the
individual
VMware
target
(virtual
machine,
ESX,
datastore,
cluster,
etc)
level
21. How
to
contact
us
! Available
via
Trial
Download
! Contact
us
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more
info:
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23. VMware
focused
BI
Publisher
Reports
! Historical
VMware
metrics
available
for
Oracle
BI
Publisher
based
repor7ng
! Tightly
integrated
with
Enterprise
Manager
! Leverage
historical
data
in
Enterprise
Manager
! Consumable
across
mul7ple
mediums
! Automate
repor7ng
for
distribu7on
to
all
team
members
24. Blue
Medora
EM
plugin
for
SSL
Cer8ficate
Expira8on
Blue
Medora
EM
plugin
‘Oracle
on
VMware’
License
Monitoring
SSL
Cer7fica7on
Expira7on
plugin
remotely
interrogates
network
reachable
x.509
digital
cer7ficates
and
provide
EM
based
aler7ng
and
repor7ng
for
cer7ficates
that
are
going
to
expire
Monitor
Oracle
workloads
on
VMware
and
provides
metrics
and
aler7ng
for
‘Oracle
on
VMware’
License
viola7ons
as
well
as
warnings
when
License
viola7ons
have
the
poten7al
of
occurring
due
to
Host
Affinity
or
vMo7on
configura7on
issues
Other
EM
plugins
useful
in
VMware
environments
32. Enabling
Oracle
DB
and
Weblogic
scale-‐out
on
VMware
Define
the
#
of
WebLogic
or
Oracle
Database
servers
on
VMware
to
be
deployed
Complete
the
process
by
clicking
“Provision
Resources”
Select
the
Oracle
Cloud
‘Zone’
and
‘Pool’
the
new
VMware-‐based
WebLogic
or
DB
servers
are
to
be
deployed
to
1
2
3
33.
Creates
new
VMware
VM
from
WebLogic
Template
2
Configures
VM
Networking
and
make
available
to
Oracle
EM
3
Push
and
configure
Oracle
Management
Agent
(OMA)
4
Promote
Oracle
Homes
within
Oracle
EM
5
Add
to
Oracle
EM
MWaaS
Zone
and
Pool
6
Automated
deployment
of
new
WebLogic
Server
on
VMware,
fully
managed
by
Oracle
EM12c,
in
less
than
40
minutes
7
From
the
new
VMware
Management
target
in
Oracle
EM12c,
choose
MWaaS
deployment
and
kick
off
a
provisioning
job
1
What
DBaaS
/
MWaaS
on
VMware
looks
like
end-‐to-‐end
42. The leader in extending Oracle Enterprise Manager
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