Diary of a Client Engineer: Oracle Enterprise Manager Roadmap, Innovations, and Best Practices ...
In a recent discussion, a customer expressed great interest in the latest updates and roadmap of Oracle Enterprise Manager. This interest is well-founded, as customers who invest in Oracle Enterprise Manager enjoy numerous benefits, such as reduced operational costs, increased efficiency, and comprehensive monitoring across the Oracle stack.
We have some exciting news to share! Oracle has extended support for EM 13.5 until 2026, giving customers ample time to prepare for the upcoming EM 24c. For those who prefer to remain on EM 13.5, the flexibility to do so will be available.
Oracle's upcoming release, EM 24c, is set to bring big changes to monitoring and job services with its modern architecture.
By using microservices, Oracle is making things more scalable, efficient, and innovative. This means you’ll get zero downtime monitoring and smoother job services, giving the system more flexibility and resilience.
Oracle is also speeding up development and adding new features quickly with metadata-driven JET templates, helping businesses stay agile and meet market demands. Plus, the JET-based UI has a clean design that highlights important data and ensures quicker, easier user interactions.
Additionally, we're focusing on making EM's lifecycle management (like upgrades, patching, and maintenance) much simpler. With automated upgrade processes and thorough testing, we're streamlining these tasks to make your life easier. This simplification reduces operational hassles, cuts down on downtime, and boosts EM's overall reliability. We're also improving patch management to ensure patches are applied promptly, enhancing EM's security and stability.
And with cybersecurity threats constantly evolving, it's super important to stay up-to-date with the latest security protocols. Here's how Oracle is tackling this:
What's really cool is that even with all the awesome new features in the 24c release, Oracle is still committed to EM 13.5. They're continuing to invest in and improve it, even after 24c comes out.
Here are some key new capabilities delivered in the past year:
1. ADDM Spotlight:
Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor (ADDM) has been a key feature in Oracle Database since 10g, giving expert-level performance analysis. Now, there's a cool new feature called ADDM Spotlight. It collects findings over days or weeks, highlighting systemic issues and offering strategic insights. If you want to understand your database's performance trends, ADDM Spotlight is the tool to use. It captures important events and provides guidance for further analysis.
Additional key capabilities in this area include:
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2. Ops Automation
Introducing Top Activity Lite, a simplified version of Active Session History (ASH) Analytics designed for efficient real-time performance diagnostics even under heavy database loads.
Other notable new capabilities include:
3. Extensibility & PAM Integration Support
Oracle has announced the introduction of Privileged Access Management (PAM) integration support. This enhancement allows for a more secure approach to password management by leveraging PAM providers like CyberArk and HashiCorp.
Other notable new capabilities are:
What about monitoring best practices?
The following paper draws upon extensive experience working with customers in large data centers, aiming to address their monitoring needs at scale. It offers valuable insights ranging from planning monitoring setups to leveraging key Oracle Enterprise Manager features for a scalable monitoring solution: Strategies for Scalable, Smarter Monitoring Using Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 13c
I hope that this introductory information was helpful.
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