When you discover a Solaris Cluster, you're asked to provide ssh credentials and JMX credentials. You already know the ssh credentials but what about those JMX...
When you discover a Solaris Cluster, you're asked to provide ssh credentials and JMX credentials. You already know the ssh credentials but what about those JMX credentials? They're for the agent on the cluster's global node. The agent uses JMX so they're called JMX credentials. Think of them as agent credentials. The only thing these credentials are doing is allowing the agent on the global node to respond to the Enterprise Controller. Without the JMX creds, you can discover...
When you discover a Solaris Cluster, you're asked to provide ssh credentials and JMX credentials. You already know the ssh credentials but what about those JMX credentials? They're for the agent on...
I saw a question recently about the limits of the Auto Service Request (ASR) feature in Ops Center:"I have some hardware, including some switches, that are...
I saw a question recently about the limits of the Auto Service Request (ASR) feature in Ops Center:"I have some hardware, including some switches, that are listed as supported in the ASR documentation but not in the Ops Center documentation. Can I still use Ops Center's ASR for them?"In Ops Center, ASRs are generated through asset monitoring, so if a piece of hardware isn't supported in Ops Center, Ops Center can't generate ASRs for it. The Certified Systems Matrix talks a...
I saw a question recently about the limits of the Auto Service Request (ASR) feature in Ops Center:"I have some hardware, including some switches, that are listed as supported in the ASR documentation...
So, I've seen a few questions about the search function in the Ops Center doc library. This is a bit embarrassing, since the search function is supposed to...
So, I've seen a few questions about the search function in the Ops Center doc library. This is a bit embarrassing, since the search function is supposed to answer questions instead of creating them. But, I figured I'd go over how the search works and how to tweak its settings. Basically, the default setting for the search is based on where you are. If you do a search from the main page of docs.oracle.com, it will cover literally every product library: If you do a search from...
So, I've seen a few questions about the search function in the Ops Center doc library. This is a bit embarrassing, since the search function is supposed to answer questions instead of creating...
When a guest is migrated to a new system, there are some cases where you want it to be placed with a specific guest, or want it not to be placed with a specific...
When a guest is migrated to a new system, there are some cases where you want it to be placed with a specific guest, or want it not to be placed with a specific guest. Perhaps you have multiple guests that make up the parts of a three-tiered application, and you want to keep them together. Or perhaps you have two guests that are different nodes of an HA cluster, and putting them together would defeat the purpose. Starting in Ops Center 12.3.1, you can use affinity tags to...
When a guest is migrated to a new system, there are some cases where you want it to be placed with a specific guest, or want it not to be placed with a specific guest. Perhaps you have multiple guests...
In Ops Center, you can place assets into maintenance mode to temporarily stop alerts from being generated on them. This is useful if you're doing maintenance on...
In Ops Center, you can place assets into maintenance mode to temporarily stop alerts from being generated on them. This is useful if you're doing maintenance on some systems, hence the name; but particularly in a large environment you can lose track of what assets are in maintenance mode. There are a couple of ways to tell. For a single asset, if you've selected it, the Actions panel will have a 'remove from maintenance mode' option if it's already in maintenance mode. If you...
In Ops Center, you can place assets into maintenance mode to temporarily stop alerts from being generated on them. This is useful if you're doing maintenance on some systems, hence the name; but...
Now that some folks are upgrading to version 12.3.1, we've seen a couple of upgrade issues. There are a couple of issues that I've seen questions about which I...
Now that some folks are upgrading to version 12.3.1, we've seen a couple of upgrade issues. There are a couple of issues that I've seen questions about which I can give you a solution for: "When I try to upgrade to 12.3.1 on an S11 system, I get an error saying 'The configured Oracle Solaris 11 publisher, <publisher>, does not support the version of Oracle Solaris 11 that is installed on this system.' What do I do?" The Oracle Solaris 11 publisher for your environment needs...
Now that some folks are upgrading to version 12.3.1, we've seen a couple of upgrade issues. There are a couple of issues that I've seen questions about which I can give you a solution for: "When I try...
One of the benefits of using a customer-managed database with Ops Center is greater control over the database - you decide how it should be backed up, what...
One of the benefits of using a customer-managed database with Ops Center is greater control over the database - you decide how it should be backed up, what system you want it on, and so on. This gives you the ability to move the database to a new system as well. But that raises a question - how do you get Ops Center to use the new DB location?This is a process that you complete from the command line. There are a few big steps:Shut down the Enterprise Controller.Point the EC...
One of the benefits of using a customer-managed database with Ops Center is greater control over the database - you decide how it should be backed up, what system you want it on, and so on. This gives...
I saw a question recently about the users and groups that are created on the EC and PC operating systems as part of an Ops Center install. Back in 11g, we had a...
I saw a question recently about the users and groups that are created on the EC and PC operating systems as part of an Ops Center install. Back in 11g, we had a section in the docs that showed these users and groups, but it's missing in 12c. So, here are the users and groups that OC creates when it's installed: Enterprise Controller Users: svctag, allstart, uce-sds, xvm, webservd Enterprise Controller Groups: jet, uce-sds, webservd Proxy Controller Users: svctag, allstart,...
I saw a question recently about the users and groups that are created on the EC and PC operating systems as part of an Ops Center install. Back in 11g, we had a section in the docs that showed these...
This week I saw a couple of questions about the sources that you can use for OS Provisioning in Ops Center. "Is there any way that I can automate the importing...
This week I saw a couple of questions about the sources that you can use for OS Provisioning in Ops Center. "Is there any way that I can automate the importing of FLAR files for OSP, with a script or something like that?" Yes. If you've set up a default software library through the UI, you can use the Ops Center CLI's osimage mode to perform imports. Take a look here for more information. "Is Unified Archive (UAR) supported through Ops Center?" Not yet. However, we know that...
This week I saw a couple of questions about the sources that you can use for OS Provisioning in Ops Center. "Is there any way that I can automate the importing of FLAR files for OSP, with a script...
