There are a lot of tools and products in the Apps Division. Reviewing the suite sometimes feels like painting the Golden Gate Bridge -- by the time you've finished, it's time to start all over again.
By way of explanation, that's why it's somewhat of a surprise to see how far along the Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) has come since the last time I looked at it. It's matured into a pretty impressive set of tools for Apps system administrators and DBAs.
A Toolkit for Sysadmins
The Oracle Applications Manager provides a set of tools for configuring your E-Business Suite environment (including tight integration with AutoConfig), monitoring the health of a running environment (as shown in the screenshot above), notifying you with alerts if performance metrics cross specified thresholds:
helping you diagnose system performance and other issues via diagnostic scripts and reports:
New Features for 11.5.10
The list of new features in the latest 11.5.10 release is impressively long:
- JServ Monitoring
- Business Flow monitoring
- Concurrent Processing Charts
- Forms Runaway Process monitoring
- Applications Dashboard
- Advanced Configuration wizards
- Host Based Service Management
- Monitoring Applications DBA Utility running jobs
- Patch History Database enhancements
- Patch Advisor InfoBundle and Patch Download from MetaLink
- Enhanced Patch Impact Analysis
- Restricted Mode Access
- Enhanced Navigation
- Single Sign-On 10g Integration
- Rule Based Tracing and Profiling Controls
- User Initiated System Alerts
- Client Side Advisor for diagnosing problems with end-user PC configurations
- Support Cart for sending reports to Oracle Support
- New Logging Management Interface in Oracle Applications Manager
- New Dedicated Security Page in the Applications Dashboard
- Page access tracking for Oracle Applications Framework pages
- Integration with Sign-on Auditing
Oracle Applications Manager is included in your E-Business Suite licencing, so you don't have to wrestle with your Procurement department before getting started with it. Just install the latest patch and you're off to the races.
References
- About Oracle Applications Manager Mini-pack 11i.OAM.H (Note 258330.1)
- E-Business Suite Lifecycle Management (OTN)
Comments (3)
does OAM, correctly record alerts,track changes
for the node inthe DMZ?
Posted by sam | June 26, 2006 12:58 PM
Posted on June 26, 2006 12:58
Sam,It depends on what type of "node" you're referring to. If you place an E-Business Suite Oracle9i Application Server 1.0.2.2.2 server in the DMZ, then OAM is able to monitor and track that server in the same way that it tracks an "internal" Oracle9i Application Server 1.0.2.2.2 server within the intranet.Regards,Steven
Posted by Steven Chan | June 26, 2006 8:17 PM
Posted on June 26, 2006 20:17
Are there any concern to enable page access tracking ? Although the note 278881.1 shows that the overhead is negligible.
Posted by Joe | November 27, 2007 11:26 AM
Posted on November 27, 2007 11:26