Oracle® Enterprise Manager Licensing Information 11g Release 1 (11.1) Part Number E11987-13 |
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Enterprise Manager offers the following management pack for Business Intelligence Management:
Business Intelligence Management Pack
The following section in this chapter describes the licensed features for this pack.
This pack provides an integrated solution for ensuring the performance and availability of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (Oracle BI EE). Using the pack, you can receive proactive alerts on impending problems for the application, examine run-time statistics to troubleshoot and tune performance, compare configurations across different environments, and keep track of configuration changes to avoid configuration-related problems.
You can use the pack with other Oracle Enterprise Manager management packs and plug-ins to achieve end-to-end management of the entire application environment, including both Oracle and non-Oracle databases, operating systems, storage, and network devices.
The Business Intelligence Management Pack includes the features shown in Table 4–1.
Table 4-1 Feature Highlights of Oracle Business Intelligence Pack
Feature | Benefit |
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Performance charts |
See detailed performance charts in a historical view to perform usage analysis and diagnose production problems. |
Dashboards and reports |
Visualize in one stop the health status of the BI environment. |
Alert notifications |
Provide proactive management to improve performance and availability. |
Historical metrics |
Measure a wide range of usage and performance metrics for monitored Oracle BI targets, send out alerts when these metrics exceed or nearly exceed pre-defined thresholds, and diagnose performance problems by identifying bottlenecks in any of the monitored Oracle BI targets. |
Blackouts |
Suppress unnecessary alerts during maintenance windows, and provide more accurate availability reporting. |
O/S monitoring |
Provide complete end-to-end management of the application environment. |
Automatic discovery |
Speed up the management pack setup for quicker time-to-benefit. |
Configuration snapshot |
Allow known effective configuration information to be retained for future analysis. Save configurations to a configuration file (XML file) or to the Management Repository. |
Configuration comparison |
Get quicker configuration diagnostics. Use Configuration Comparison to:
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Change history |
Search collected configuration data and view the history of configuration changes for diagnostic and regulatory purposes. |
Service tests and beacons |
Record service tests to simulate key end-user activities, and activiely measure performance and availability from an end-user perspective. |
Service level rule |
Define service-level objectives based on business requirements. |
Dashboard reports |
Provide key query statistics for usage trending analysis, enabling you to view detailed information about the top dashboards and top users by resource usage. Besides usage trending, these reports can help you diagnose performance problems by showing a complete listing of failed dashboards, along with the error code/message and SQL statements associated with the failed queries, and a breakdown of dashboard response time based on database time, compile time, and overall time for end-user queries. |
The following licensed pages and links of this pack apply to Oracle Business Intelligence-specific targets within Enterprise Manager. These targets include:
Oracle BI Analytics Server
Oracle BI Cluster Controller
Oracle BI Presentation Server
Oracle BI Scheduler
Oracle BI Suite Enterprise Edition
Oracle BI Data Warehouse Administration Console (DAC) Server
Hosts Running BI Components
From the Grid Control Home page, click the Targets tab, then All Targets. On the All Targets page, select an Oracle BI Analytics Server name. The Oracle BI Analytics Server Home page appears. The following items are licensed features of this pack:
Black Out button
Availability link
All links in the System and Service section
All links in the Configuration section
All links in the Related Links section
From the Oracle BI Analytics Server Home page, select the Performance sub-tab. All features on the Oracle BI Analytics Server Performance page are licensed features of this pack.
From the Oracle BI Analytics Server Home page, select the Dashboard Reports sub-tab. All features on the Oracle BI Analytics Server Dashboard Reports page are licensed features of this pack.
From the Grid Control Home page, click the Targets tab, then All Targets. On the All Targets page, select an Oracle BI Cluster Controller name. The Oracle BI Cluster Controller Home page appears. The following items are licensed features of this pack:
Black Out button
Availability link
Analytics Server link
All links in the System and Service section
All links in the Configuration section
All links in the Related Links section
From the Oracle BI Cluster Controller Home page, select the Members sub-tab. All features on the Oracle BI Cluster Controller Members page are licensed features of this pack.
From the Grid Control Home page, click the Targets tab, then All Targets. On the All Targets page, select an Oracle BI Presentation Server name. The Oracle BI Presentation Server Home page appears. The following items are licensed features of this pack:
Black Out button
Availability link
All links in the System and Service section
All links in the Configuration section
All links in the Related Links section
From the Oracle BI Presentation Server Home page, select the Performance sub-tab. All features on the Oracle BI Presentation Server Performance page are licensed features of this pack.
From the Grid Control Home page, click the Targets tab, then All Targets. On the All Targets page, select an Oracle BI Scheduler name. The Oracle BI Scheduler Home page appears. The following items are licensed features of this pack:
Black Out button
Availability link
Failed BI Jobs Scheduler section
Next Schedule Jobs section
All links in the System and Service section
All links in the Configuration section
All links in the Related Links section
Oracle BI Suite Enterprise Edition
From the Grid Control Home page, click the Targets tab, then All Targets. On the All Targets page, select an Oracle BI Suite EE name. The Oracle BI Suite EE Home page appears. The following items are licensed features of this pack:
Failed BI Jobs Scheduler section
All links in the System and Service section
All links in the Alerts section
All links in the Policy Violations section
From the Oracle BI Suite EE Home page, select the Members sub-tab. All features on the Oracle BI Suite EE Members page are licensed features of this pack.
From the Oracle BI Suite EE Home page, select a System name in the System and Service section. All features on the System Home page are licensed features of this pack.
From the System Home page, select the Charts sub-tab. All features on the System Charts page are licensed features of this pack.
From the System Home page, select the Administration sub-tab. All features on the System Administration page are licensed features of this pack.
From the System Home page, select the Components sub-tab. All features on the System Components page are licensed features of this pack.
From the System Home page, select the Topology sub-tab. All features on the System Topology page are licensed features of this pack.
From the Oracle BI Suite EE Home page, select a Service name in the System and Service section. The Service Home page appears. The following items are licensed features of this pack:
Black Out button
Availability link
All links in the Key Component Summary section
All links in the Related Links section
From the Service Home page, select the Charts sub-tab. All features on the Service Charts page are licensed features of this pack.
From the Service Home page, select the System sub-tab. All features on the Service System page are licensed features of this pack.
From the Service Home page, select the Topology sub-tab. All features on the Service Topology page are licensed features of this pack.
From the Service Home page, select the Monitoring Configuration sub-tab. The Monitoring Configuration page appears. The following items are licensed features of this pack:
System Configuration, Root Cause Analysis Configuration, Service Tests and Beacons, Availability Definition, Performance Metrics, and Usage Metrics links
All links in the Related Links section
Oracle BI Data Warehouse Administration Console (DAC) Server
From the Grid Control Home page, click the Targets tab, then All Targets. On the All Targets page, select an Oracle BI DAC Server name. The Oracle BI DAC Server Home page appears. The following items are licensed features of this pack:
Black Out button
Availability link
All links in the System and Service section
All links in the Configuration section
All links in the Related Links section
From the Oracle BI DAC Server Home page, select the Performance sub-tab. All features on the Oracle BI DAC Server Performance page are licensed features of this pack.
From the Grid Control Home page, click the Targets tab, then All Targets. On the All Targets page, select a Host name (where BI components are running). The Host Home page appears. The following items are licensed features of this pack:
Black Out button
Availability link
View Current Users link
All links in the Alerts section
All links in the Related Links section
From the Host Home page, select the Performance sub-tab. All features on the Host Performance page are licensed features of this pack.
From the Host Home page, select the Administration sub-tab. All features on the Host Administration page are licensed features of this pack.
Note: The Administration page is only available for Linux operating systems.
From the Host Home page, select the Targets sub-tab. All features on the Host Targets page are licensed features of this pack.
Configuration management automates the time-consuming and often error-prone process of managing host software and hardware configurations and deployments. The configuration management features that are licensed as part of the Oracle Business Intelligence Management Pack provides capabilities such as search and compare across all systems, configuration monitoring, policy management and compliance support, security configuration scoring and dashboards, and comprehensive reporting for Business Intelligence-specific software components, which include:
Oracle BI Analytics Server
Oracle BI Presentation Server
Oracle BI Scheduler
Oracle BI Cluster Controller
Oracle BI DAC Server
Configuration Management features of the Business Intelligence Management Pack enable users to:
View and analyze configuration
View and analyze deployments/installations
Search configuration
Compare configuration
Manage policies, including policy notifications
Provide configuration reports
Provide repository tables/views that store/expose configuration data
The following licensed pages and links of this pack apply to Business Intelligence-specific targets within Enterprise Manager. These targets include Oracle BI Analytics Server, Oracle BI Presentation Server, Oracle BI Scheduler, Oracle BI Cluster Controller, and Oracle BI DAC Server.
Grid Control Home page:
All links in the All Targets Policy Violations section
Hardware and Operating System related information in the Deployment Summary sections
All links in the Security Policy Violations section
From the Grid Control Home page, click the Deployments tab. On the Deployments page, the following items are licensed features of Configuration Management within the Business Intelligence Management Pack:
Hardware and Operating System related information in the Deployment Summary sections
All links in the Configuration section
All links in the Client Configurations section
Note:
The features in the Patching and Cloning sections are licensed under the Provisioning and Patch Automation Pack. The Agent Installation features do not require licensing. The security links are shared by the Provisioning and Patch Automation Pack, Database Configuration Pack, Configuration Management Pack for Non-Oracle Systems, Applications Management Pack for PeopleSoft Enterprise, Business Intelligence Management Pack, and Configuration Pack for Oracle Middleware.From the Grid Control Home page, select the Compliance tab, then the Policies sub-tab to display the Policy Violations page. The links associated with this page are grouped in the Violations sub-tab. All links, sub-navigation tabs, and features available on or linked to from the Grid Control Policies Violations page for information related to hosts are licensed features of Configuration Management within the Business Intelligence Management Pack.
From the Grid Control Home page, select the Compliance tab, then the Security at a Glance sub-tab. On the Grid Control Security at a Glance page, all links related to information on the host are licensed features of Configuration Management within the Business Intelligence Management Pack.
From the Grid Control Home page, click the Targets tab, then select the Systems sub-tab. On the Systems page, the following items are licensed features of Configuration Management within the Business Intelligence Management Pack:
Policy Violations link
From the Grid Control Home page, click the Targets tab, then select the Groups sub-tab. On the Groups page, the following items are licensed features of Configuration Management within the Business Intelligence Management Pack:
Policy Violations link
From the Grid Control Home page, click the Targets tab, then select the Groups sub-tab. Select a group. On the Group Home page, the following items are licensed features of Configuration Management within the Business Intelligence Management Pack:
All links in the Configuration Changes section
All links in the Policy Violations section
All links in the Security Policy Violations section
From the Groups Home page, click the Administration tab. The following links are licensed features of Configuration Management within the Business Intelligence Management Pack:
Hardware and Operating System related information in the Deployment Summary sections
Configuration Searches feature for host and operating systems
From the Groups Home page, click the Members tab. The following links are licensed features of Configuration Management within the Business Intelligence Management Pack:
All links and the information in the Policy Violations column
The following reports are part of the licensed features of Configuration Management within the Business Intelligence Management Pack. All reports in each of these sections are features of Configuration Management within the Business Intelligence Management Pack. To display the Report Definitions page, click the Reports tab on the Grid Control Home page.
All reports under Deployment and Configuration
Monitoring reports
Alerts and Policy Violations
Disabled Policies
Security reports
Security Policy Overview
The following repository views are licensed features of Configuration Management within the Business Intelligence Management Pack:
Policy Definition Views
mgmt$policies
mgmt$policy_parameters
mgmt$policy_violation_ctxt
mgmt$policy_viol_annotations
mgmt$policy_viol_notif_log
Policy Association Views
mgmt$target_policies
mgmt$target_policy_settings
mgmt$target_policy_eval_sum
mgmt$target_compliance_score
Policy Violation Views
mgmt$policy_violation_current
mgmt$policy_violation_history
mgmt$policy_violation_context
Configuration Views
mgmt$db_tablespaces
mgmt$db_datafiles
mgmt$db_controlfiles
Oracle Home Patching
MGMT$CPF_ADVISORY_INFO
MGMT$CPF_HOMES_INFO
MGMT$CPF_PATCH_INFO
MGMT$EM_HOMES_PLATFORM
MGMT$HOMES_AFFECTED
MGMT$PATCH_ADVISORIES
MGMT$APPL_PATCH_AND_PATCHSET
MGMT$APPLIED_PATCHES
MGMT$APPLIED_PATCHSETS
Linux Patching
MGMT$HOSTPATCH_HOSTS
MGMT$HOSTPATCH_GROUPS
MGMT$HOSTPATCH_GRP_COMPL_HIST
MGMT$HOSTPATCH_HOST_COMPL
Security Views
MGMT$ESA_ALL_PRIVS_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_ANY_DICT_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_ANY_PRIV_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_AUDIT_SYSTEM_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_BECOME_USER_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_CATALOG_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_CONN_PRIV_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_CREATE_PRIV_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_DBA_GROUP_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_DBA_ROLE_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_DIRECT_PRIV_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_EXMPT_ACCESS_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_KEY_OBJECTS_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_OH_OWNERSHIP_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_OH_PERMISSION_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_POWER_PRIV_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_PUB_PRIV_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_SYS_PUB_PKG_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_TABSP_OWNERS_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_TRC_AUD_PERM_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_WITH_ADMIN_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_WITH_GRANT_REPORT
Client Configurations Views
MGMT$CSA_COLLECTIONS
MGMT$CSA_FAILED
MGMT$CSA_HOST_OS_COMPONENTS
MGMT$CSA_HOST_SW
MGMT$CSA_HOST_COOKIES
MGMT$CSA_HOST_CUSTOM
MGMT$CSA_HOST_RULES
MGMT$CSA_HOST_CPUS
MGMT$CSA_HOST_IOCARDS
MGMT$CSA_HOST_NICS
MGMT$CSA_HOST_OS_PROPERTIES
MGMT$CSA_HOST_OS_FILESYSEMS
MGMT$ECM_CONFIG_HISTORY
MGMT$ECM_CONFIG_HISTORY_KEY1
MGMT$ECM_CONFIG_HISTORY_KEY2
MGMT$ECM_CONFIG_HISTORY_KEY3
MGMT$ECM_CONFIG_HISTORY_KEY4
MGMT$ECM_CONFIG_HISTORY_KEY5
MGMT$ECM_CONFIG_HISTORY_KEY6
MGMT$HW_NIC
MGMT$OS_COMPONENTS
MGMT$OS_FS_MOUNT
MGMT$OS_HW_SUMMARY
MGMT$OS_PATCHES
MGMT$OS_SUMMARY
MGMT$SOFTWARE_COMP_PATCHSET
MGMT$SOFTWARE_COMPONENT_ONEOFF
MGMT$SOFTWARE_COMPONENTS
MGMT$SOFTWARE_DEPENDENCIES
MGMT$SOFTWARE_HOMES
MGMT$SOFTWARE_ONEOFF_PATCHES
MGMT$SOFTWARE_OTHERS
MGMT$SOFTWARE_PATCHES_IN_HOMES
MGMT$SOFTWARE_PATCHSETS