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Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 13c Post-Installation Setup Tasks

This article is an update of the equivalent 12c article. It is mostly just a renamed copy of that article, but if I don't do this it confuses people when I suggest they follow a 12c note for a 13c installation. As a result, don't be surprised if this looks very familiar.

Setup Software Library
Set My Oracle Support (MOS) Credentials
Download Additional Agents
Install an Agent on a Target Host
Discover Targets on Host
Add Administrator Users
Notifications
Disable BI Publisher
Alter Page Timeout
Update Plugins

Setup Software Library

Your software library should be set up as part of your installation in 13c, but if for some reason you needed to do it post-installation, you would do the following.

Create a directory to use as the software library.
```
$ mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/swlib
```
Navigate to the "Software Library: Administration" screen using the menu at the top-right of the screen (Setup > Provisioning and Patching > Software Library).
Select the storage type of "OMS Shared File System".
Click the "+ Add" button.
Enter a name and location of the file system for the software library. Once you've selected the appropriate values, click the "OK" button.
The software library is now configured.

Set My Oracle Support (MOS) Credentials

Navigate to the "My Oracle Support Preferred Credentials" screen using the menu at the top-right of the screen (Setup > My Oracle Support > Set Credentials...).
Enter the credentials and click the "Apply" button.

Download Additional Agents

Navigate to the "Self Update" screen using the menu at the top-right of the screen (Setup > Extensibility > Self Update).
Click on the "Check Updates" button and "OK" on the subsequent message dialog.
Click on the "Agent Software" link.
Highlight the agent of interest and click the "Download" button. Select the download schedule and click the "Select" button. Click the "OK" button on the confirmation dialog.
Click the refresh button on the top-right of the screen until the download is complete and the status changes to "Downloaded".
Highlight the newly downloaded software and click the "Apply" button, followed by the "OK" button on the two following message dialogs.
When the status changes to "Applied", the agent software is ready for installation on a target.

Install an Agent on a Target Host

Navigate to the "Add Targets Manually" screen using the menu at the top-right of the screen (Setup > Add Target > Add Targets Manually).
Click the "Install Agent on Host" button.
Click the "+ Add" button.
Enter the host and platform, then click the "Next" button.

Enter the installation details and click the "Next" button.

Installation Base Directory  : /u01/app/oracle/product/agent13c
Instance Directory           : /u01/app/oracle/product/agent13c/agent_inst (default)
Named Credential	     : (click the "+" button and add the credentials of the "oracle" user)
Privileged Delegation Setting: (leave blank)
Port                         : 3872

If you are installing the agent on a HP Service Guard package, remember to set the "Additional Parameters" to point at the package-specific inventory location and override the machine name with the package name. For example.

INVENTORY_LOCATION=/u07/app/oraInventory ORACLE_HOSTNAME=my-package.example.com

Check the information on the review screen and click the "Deploy Agent" button.
Wait while the installation takes place. The "Add Host Status" page refreshes every 30 seconds.
When the installation completes, run the specified "root.sh" script and click the "Done" button.
The host will now be visible on the "Targets > Hosts" screen.

Discover Targets on Host

Navigate to the "Add Targets Manually" screen using the menu at the top-right of the screen (Setup > Add Target > Add Targets Manually).
Click the "Add Using Guided Process" button, select the target types to be discovered (eg. Oracle Database, Listener and Automatic Storage Manager) and click the "Add ..." button.
Select the host name and click the "Next" button.
Click the "Configure" icon for any discovered targets and enter the required details. If you are using HP Service Guard, remember to only select and configure targets belonging to the package. By default, the agent will discover all targets on the physical machine.
When all the configuration steps are complete, click the "Next" button, followed by the "Save" button, then finally the "Close" button.
The targets will now be listed on the relevant target screen (Targets > Databases).

Add Administrator Users

Navigate to the "Administrators" screen using the menu at the top-right of the screen (Setup > Security > Administrators).
Select the "Enterprise Manager Repository" and click the "Next" button.
Enter the username/password details and check the "Super Administrator" checkbox, then click the "Review" button.
Click the "Finish" button.

Notifications

There are several areas to consider when configuring and diagnosing notification issues.

Make sure the SMTP server is registered in the "Setup > Notifications > Mail Servers" screen.
Check the "Setup > Incidents > Incident Rules" screen. Make sure the relevant incident rules are enabled. Create any new rules you need.
Subscribe to any rules you want to be notified about. To do this, highlight the rule, then do "Actions > Email > E-mail Me".
Make sure your email is setup in the "Enterprise Manager Password & Email" screen, from the menu below your username on the top right of the screen.

Disable BI Publisher

From 13c onward, I would suggest configuring BI Publisher during the installation/upgrade, so if you need it in future it is ready to go. Having said that, if you currently don't need it, you can switch it off to reduce resource usage and improve startup speed. You can read how to do this here.

Enterprise Manager 13c – Disable the BI Publisher

Thanks to Vipul Lakhani for pointing pointing out Martin Berger's article.

Alter Page Timeout

The page timeout for Cloud Control feels really rapid. I understand the security reasons for this, but it doesn't stop it being annoying. You can alter the timeout using the method described here.

How to prevent the “Page Expired” message from appearing in EM12c

In the example Garth uses the value "-1" which represents unlimited, but you can always use an alternative value.

Update Plugins

Update to the latest version of the plugins as follows.

Setup > Extensibility > Self Update
Scroll down the list and drill into the "Plug-in" link.
Highlight the plugins of interest (Oracle Database, System Infrastrcuture etc.) and click the "Download" link and confirm the job setup.
Once the download is complete click the "Plug-in" button. Normally we would use the "Apply" button, but plug-ins are handled differently.
Select the plugin you want to deploy and click the "Deploy On" button, and select the "Management Server" action.
Step through the wizard. It will ask for SYS credentials on the repository database. It will also restart the management server. You can monitor the progress of the update using the "$OMS_HOME/bin/emctl status oms -details" command.
Select the plugin you want to deploy and click the "Deploy On" button, and select the "Management Agent".
Step through the wizard. It will ask for the servers that need to be patched. It will also restart the management agent. You can monitor the in cloud control itself.

For more information see:

Hope this helps. Regards Tim...

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