The list that follows itemizes the links that require licensing of the Provisioning and Patch Automation Pack. You can navigate to these features in several ways. The instructions below assume that you begin from the main Grid Control Home page.
Table 6–7 Features Shared by Provisioning and Patch Automation Pack and Configuration Management Packs
Feature Description
Security at a Glance This feature is completely shared between the Provisioning and Patch Automation Pack and the Configuration Management packs.
Patch Recommendations The Patch Recommendations feature from the Integration with My Oracle Support is common to both the Provisioning and Patch Automation Pack and the Configuration Management packs.
Table 6–8 Features Exclusive to Provisioning and Patch Automation Pack
Feature Description
Software Library Creates and maintains a library of reference software images.
Bare Metal Provisioning Deploys operating systems and software to bare metal servers.
Extending Cluster a
a Feature that is part of the Oracle Enterprise Manager Provisioning and Patch Automation Pack for versions 11g 11.1.0.1 and later.
Extends RAC clusters or Oracle Application Server middleware.
Adding a Database Instance
Adds a database instance to Enterprise Manager.
RAC Database Provisioning
Provisions an entire RAC cluster, including Clusterware and Automatic Storage Management.
Single-instance RAC Conversion
Converts a database to a RAC cluster.
One-click RAC Extend Extends RAC clusters with a single-click procedure.
Delete/Scale down RAC Deletes or scales down nodes of a RAC cluster.
Patch Oracle Software Patches Oracle software (single-instance and RAC databases, Oracle Clusterware, ASM, and Oracle Application servers.
Operating System Patching
Patches Linux, Solaris, and Windows operating systems.
Middleware Cloning (Applies to Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle WebLogic Server, and Oracle Application Server)
■ Clone Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g, Oracle WebLogic Server, and Oracle Application Server.
■ Extend Oracle WebLogic Domain, Oracle Application Server DCM Managed Clusters, and Oracle Application Server Clusters.
■ Clone Forms and Report Services version 9.0.4 and 10.1.2.
■ From the Enterprise Manager Home page:
– Select any of the links in the Security Violations section. On the resulting Violations page, the Security At a Glance tab is a licensed feature of the Provisioning and Patch Automation Pack.
– Under the section Critical Patch Advisories for Oracle Homes, any Patch button is a licensed feature of the pack.
■ From the Deployments page linked from the Enterprise Manager Home page:
– Under the section Critical Patch Advisories for Oracle Homes, any Patch button is a licensed feature of the pack.
– Under the Patching section, the links Patching through Deployment
Procedures, View/Upload Patch, and Patch Linux Hosts are all licensed under the Provisioning and Patch Automation Pack.
– Under the Cloning section, the links Clone Database and Clone Oracle Home are both part of the Provisioning feature.
– Under the Deployment Procedure Manager section, the general link
Deployment Procedures and specific functionality procedures links, such as RAC Provisioning Procedures, Application Server Provisioning Procedures, and Patch Procedures are all licensed under the Provisioning and Patch Automation Pack.
Deployment Procedures associated with Oracle Application Server and Oracle Fusion Middleware are licensed under the Provisioning and Patch
Automation Pack.
– The sub-navigation tab Provisioning and the tabs under the page are all licensed under the Provisioning and Patch Automation Pack.
– The sub-navigation tab Patches & Updates, the following links, and associated features are licensed under the Provisioning and Patch Automation Pack.
* Patch via Deployment Procedures
* Linux Patching
* Patch Cache
■ From the My Oracle Support page linked from the Enterprise Manager Home page:
– Under the section Patches & Updates, the following links are licensed features of the Provisioning and Patch Automation Pack:
* The link Patch via Deployment Procedures and all tabs and links under that page are licensed under the Provisioning and Patch Automation Pack.
* The link Linux Patching and all tabs and links under that page are licensed under the Provisioning and Patch Automation Pack.
* The link Patch Cache and all tabs and links under that page are licensed under the Provisioning and Patch Automation Pack.
– Under the section Patch Recommendations, all features and links are licensed features of the Provisioning and Patch Automation Pack.
– Under the section Patch Plans, all features associated with PLANs such as Create/Add to Plans, Validation and Merge Request process, along with integration with Deployment Procedures, are licensed features of the Provisioning and Patch Automation Pack.
■ From the Targets tab on the Enterprise Manager Home page, select the Databases tab, then a database name.
– On the Database Instance Home page, the Enterprise Security At a Glance link in the Security section is a licensed feature of the Provisioning and Patch Automation Pack.
– Select the Maintenance sub-tab. The Setup and Manage link in the Data Guard section is a licensed feature of the Provisioning and Patch Automation Pack.
■ On the Database Home page Software and Support tab, the following links are licensed as part of the Provisioning and Patch Automation Pack:
– Apply Patch , View Patch Cache, and Patch Prerequisites under the Database Software Patching section
■ On the Database Home page Data Movement tab, the Clone Database link in the Move Database Files section is licensed as part of the Provisioning and Patch Automation Pack.
■ On the Database Home page Server tab, the following links under the Change Database section are licensed as part of the Provisioning and Patch Automation Pack:
– Convert to Cluster Database link – Add Instance (only for RAC database) – Delete Instance (only for RAC database)
■ On the Database Home page Server tab, the Migrate to ASM link under the Storage section is licensed as part of the Provisioning and Patch Automation Pack.
■ On each of the following target tabs, the Security At a Glance link is licensed as part of the Provisioning and Patch Automation Pack:
– Host Targets tab; navigate to the Host Home page, then select the Enterprise Security At a Glance link.
– Middleware tab; navigate to the Middleware Home page, then select the Enterprise Security At a Glance link.
– Groups tab; navigate to the Group Home page, then select the Security At a Glance link.
– Systems tab; navigate to the Systems Home page, then select the Security At a Glance link.
– Web Applications tab; navigate to the Web Applications Home page. From there, select the System link, then the System (Topology) link, and then select the Security At a Glance link.
– Services tab; navigate to the Service Home page. From there, select the System link, then the System (Topology) link, and then select the Security At a Glance link.
■ From the Grid Control Home page, click the Setup link in the upper right corner of the page. On the Overview of Setup page, click the Agents sub-tab. From the Agents page, click an agent to display the Agent Home page. The Dell Change Automation selection from the Add drop-down menu under the Monitored Targets section is a licensed feature of the Provisioning and Patch Automation Pack.
■ From the Grid Control Home page, click the Targets tab, then All Targets. On the All Targets page, click the Dell Change Automation link. All links and features available on or linked to from the Dell Change Automation page are licensed as part of this plug-in.
Licensed Command Line Interface (CLI) Verbs
The following Enterprise Manager CLI verbs are licensed as part of the Provisioning and Patch Automation Management Pack:
■ get_procedures
■ get_procedure_types
■ get_instances
■ get_instance_data_xml