Enterprise Manager Ops Center 12c

Update 1 Information and Best Practices

Eran Steiner, Technical Architect
Agenda
Highlights
Planning the upgrade
Where to download
Tips for upgrading from 11g
Step-by-step highlights & additional tips
New agent bundle for Solaris 11
Open Q&A
Update 1 Highlights
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Highlights
Upgrade, Update and Install
Update 1 is the first multi-purpose bundle for Ops Center. It allows you to:
Update your 12c GA version to Update 1 (via Web UI or command line)
Upgrade your 11g U3 environment to 12c (via Web UI or command line)
Perform a fresh install straight into Update 1 (command line)
Highlights
SPARC VM Server Pool HA
Ops Center can now automatically recover LDOMS guests
(OVM for SPARC) to a surviving Control Domain
New option to power-off failed servers
Highlights
SPARC VM IaaS (Virtual Datacenters/clouds)
Prior to Update 1, you could create Virtual Datacenters using Zones and
Oracle VM (OVM for X86) guests
Now you can create Virtual Datacenters using SPARC VMs (LDOMS)
Highlights
Additional highlights
Oracle Linux 5.8 and 6.x Support
WANBoot Improvements with OBP Handling Enhancements - Update 1
fixes a number of issues around WANBoot and now allows you to also use
WANBoot when provisioning LDOM guests
SPARC SuperCluster Support - a few enhancements to SPARC
SuperCluster features
Stability fixes - many bug fixes and small enhancements across the board
Planning the Upgrade
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Planning the Upgrade
Before starting the upgrade, make sure to review the Upgrade documentation:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E27363_01/doc.121/e25143/upgrading.htm
The release notes:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E27363_01/doc.121/e25144/toc.htm
Where to download Update 1
Update 1 is available through eDelivery:
Visit https://edelivery.oracle.com/ and login with your MOS user
Under "Select a Product Pack" choose "Oracle Enterprise Manager" and the relevant platform
and click "Go
From the result list, find "Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center 12c Release 1 Media Pack", or
Release "12.1.1.0.0" and click it
You will see the bundles next
OTN: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/oem/ops-center/oem-ops-center-188778.html
For existing installation, can be downloaded through the User Interface
Tips for 11g installations
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Tips for 11g installations
Key differences between 11g and 12c
New requirements: make sure you verify the new requirements by running
# /var/opt/sun/xvm/OCDoctor/OCDoctor.sh --update
# /var/opt/sun/xvm/OCDoctor/OCDoctor.sh --troubleshoot
Additional information about requirements can be found here:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E27363_01/doc.121/e25147/toc.htm
satadm command now changed to ecadm
We strongly recommend you perform a backup. Not only you will have a copy of your environment
saved, it also restarts the services in the process and will have the EC services fresh and ready to go
11g Backup documentation is here:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E18440_01/doc.111/e18414/backup_and_recovery.htm
Tips for 11g installations
New Oracle Database in 12c
New database: 12c is using Oracle DB which is different than the PostgreSQL used in 11g
You can have the Oracle DB installed on the same server as the Enterprise controller (called "local"
database) or you can use a remote Oracle database. You can choose which way to go based on your
needs.
If you upgrade through the HTML user interface, you only have the option to use a local database. If
you upgrade manually through the command line, you can either upgrade to a local database or a
remote database
There is a method that allows you to move from a local database to a remote database, if you choose
to do so later on
Before the upgrade, make sure you download the required Oracle DB installation files. Download
instructions are provided in the Upgrade documentation
Step by step highlights
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Step by step highlights
We strongly recommend you perform a backup While the Upgrade process is
designed to perform a backup, running it ahead of time will eliminate any surprises
12c Backup documentation is here:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E27363_01/doc.121/e25143/backup_and_recovery.htm
OCDoctor - The OCDoctor utility is updated very often with all the known issues we hear
from support and folks like you
It can point out potential issues, possible workarounds or even automatic fixes
We cannot stress enough how important it is to run the OCDoctor before and after
the upgrade
Step by step highlights
If this is a new install, you can get the latest Doctor here:
https://updates.oracle.com/OCDoctor/OCDoctor-latest.zip
Then run the following on the designated machine to check for the prerequisites:
# unzip OCDoctor-latest.zip
# cd OCDoctor
# ./OCDoctor.sh --ec-prereq
Step by step highlights
If you are upgrading from the User interface, once you start the upgrade you will only see
an Upgrade splash screen with no status updates.
Since the upgrade can easily take 30-60 minutes, you can view the progress of the
upgrade through the following log:
# tail -f /var/opt/sun/xvm/update-saved-state/updatelog_stdout.txt
After the upgrade is done, the install log can be found here:
/var/opt/sun/xvm/update-saved-state/update_satellite_bundle_12.1.1.2076/updatelog.txt
Step by step highlights
Upgrade is done when the following shows up in the update log:
Update "EC_patch_bundle" from version 12.1.0.2001 to version 12.1.1.2076 succeeded.
Copying distribution to
/var/opt/sun/xvm/update-saved-state/update_EC_patch_bundle_12.1.1.2076/distribution.
This will take several minutes.
Copied full_bundle from /var/tmp/_ec12.1.1.2076_slc02vah.us.oracle.com.11/new/xvmoc_full_bundle/ successful
Oracle Configuration Manager already configured.
Upgrade of the Enterprise Controller to 12.1.1.2076 has completed.
Step by step highlights
Correct order: upgrade the Enterprise Controller first. This will also upgrade the
collocated proxy and agent
Next, proceed and upgrade the remote proxies. If you have proxies on different
architecture than the Enterprise Controller, you may have to download the Proxy upgrade
bundle for that architecture as well (either through the UI or get it from eDelivery)
Finally, it is strongly recommended that you upgrade all the agents as soon as possible
Important: In 12c, the upgrade agents screen has moved! It is no longer under the
Administration tab. Instead, under "Assets", change "All Assets" to "Operating Systems",
choose the right OS group (for example, Solaris), click the "Summary Tab" and then
"Agent Controllers"
Additional tips
If Update 1 does not show up in the HTML user interface, try restarting the following services:
On Linux:
# /etc/init.d/uce_scheduler stop
# /etc/init.d/uce_server stop
# /etc/init.d/uce_server start
# /etc/init.d/uce_scheduler start
On Solaris:
# svcadmdisable st uce-scheduler
# svcadmdisable st uce-server
# svcadmenable s uce-server
# svcadmenable s uce-scheduler
Then wait for a few minutes for the Knowledgebase to refresh and try again.
Additional tips
If installing from command line, use --verbose or -v to increase the
output level
Dont forget to clear your browser cache after upgrading
Run the OCDoctor --troubleshoot again after upgrading
Disconnected customers (offline customers):
Can download the bundles from eDelivery and upgrade manually
Follow the same steps for command line upgrade:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E27363_01/doc.121/e25143/upgrading.htm#autoId11
Refresh the KB and patches using the Harvester utility
Post Update 1:
New Solaris 11 agent version 2078
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New Solaris 11 agent bundle
New versions of Solaris 11, SRU 9 and above, introduce a new bug in Ops Center
Some packages require --accept flag to be provided when installing
By using the new Agent bundle (2078), you will be able to successfully install Ops
Center agents on Solaris 11 and run IPS jobs
This new Agent also fixes Ops Center bug on an OVM for SPARC control domain
that is running Solaris 11 and JRE 1.7 update 5 or higher
Download: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/oem/ops-center/oem-ops-center-188778.html or through
the user interface
Readme: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E27363_01/doc.121/e25145/toc.htm
Upgrade doc: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E27363_01/doc.121/e25143/upgrading.htm#sthref190
New Solaris 11 agent bundle
2078 Readme
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E27363_01/doc.121/e25145/toc.htm
How to Upgrade agents
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E27363_01/doc.121/e25143/upgrading.htm#sthref190
New Solaris 11 agent - tips
After downloading the new agent bundle, run the
OCDoctor.sh --troubleshoot on the Enterprise Controller
This will warn about a known issue of having multiple Solaris 11 agents
You should only have the latest version (2078) otherwise Ops Center will
deploy the oldest version instead of the newest (delete versions 2001
and/or 2076)
# cd /var/opt/sun/xvm/images/agent
# rm OpsCenterAgent.SolarisIPS.all.12.1.0.2001.zip OpsCenterAgent.SolarisIPS.all.12.1.0.2001.zip.sig
# rm OpsCenterAgent.SolarisIPS.all.12.1.1.2076.zip OpsCenterAgent.SolarisIPS.all.12.1.1.2076.zip.sig
After removing the old version (follow the OCDoctor instructions), you will
need to stop the Enterprise Controller and Proxies and restart for the
change to take effect
New Solaris 11 agent - tips
# /var/opt/sun/xvm/OCDoctor/OCDoctor.sh --troubleshoot

OK: Disconnected mode is not configured

OK: Locales are OK ("C")
ERROR: Found multiple Solaris 11 agent bundles in /var/opt/sun/xvm/images/agent/
This will cause issues deploying agent bundles to Solaris 11 hosts (CR 7181066):
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19132 Jul 17 17:16 OpsCenterAgent.SolarisIPS.all.12.1.1.2076.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 41 Jul 17 17:17 OpsCenterAgent.SolarisIPS.all.12.1.1.2076.zip.sig
-rw-r--r-- 1 uce-sds uce-sds 196683561 Aug 1 14:27
OpsCenterAgent.SolarisIPS.all.12.1.1.2078.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 20 Aug 1 14:27 OpsCenterAgent.SolarisIPS.all.12.1.1.2078.zip.sig
To fix, remove all the old versions (and their .sig files) and keep only the latest version.
or use '# ./OCDoctor.sh --troubleshoot --fix' to automatically fix this
New Solaris 11 agent - tips
More minor known issues are covered in the 2078 Readme:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E27363_01/doc.121/e25145/toc.htm
Questions?
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Eran Steiner, Technical Architect
Email: eran.steiner@oracle.com