Table of contents : Table of Contents Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c: Managing Data Center Chaos Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c: Managing Data Center Chaos Credits About the Author Acknowledgements About the Reviewers www.PacktPub.com Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more Why Subscribe? Free Access for Packt account holders Instant Updates on New Packt Books Preface What this book covers What you need for this book Who this book is for Conventions Reader feedback Customer support Errata Piracy Questions 1. Chaos at Data Centers Team effort. Common solutions used in data centersSummary 2. Enter Oracle Cloud Control The Grid -- where the cloud came from Overview of version 12c Striking new features in 12c Bonus sections 3. Ease the Chaos with Performance Management Laying the foundation Top activity Testing infrastructure changes SQL Monitoring Doctor in the database Real-Time ADDM Compare Period ADDM Active Session History (ASH) analytics Summary 4. Ease the Chaos with Configuration Management and Security Compliance Lifecycle management Auto discovery Inventory Detailed configuration Search capability. History and comparesTopology Custom configurations Client configurations Compliance Compliance library Configuration and compliance reporting Summary 5. Ease the Chaos with Automated Provisioning Lifecycle management First steps: Software Library Provisioning library Provisioning profiles Deployment procedures Customization Lock down Configuration details Compliance standards Granting permissions to the Provisioning Operator Running EM as the Provisioning Operator Running the procedure Other possibilities Summary 6. Ease the Chaos with Automated Patching. Recommended patchesPatch plan Out-of-place patching Pre-patching analysis Deployment Plan template Patching roles Refreshes Other patching procedures Reporting Summary 7. Ease the Chaos with Change Management Change management Schema comparison Schema Change Plan Schema synchronization Synchronization rules and mode Synchronization results Executing the synchronization Synchronization without a Change Plan Data comparison Continuous comparison Use cases Summary 8. Ease the Chaos with Test Data Management Test Data Management Creating packages. Creating the Application Data ModelData subsetting Applications Table rules Rule parameters Space estimates Pre/Post subset script Generate subset Benefits and capabilities Summary 9. Ease the Chaos with Data Masking Finding sensitive data Creating data masking definitions New capabilities Adding columns to mask Defining the masking format Advanced options Generated Script Scheduling the job Testing the results Format library Benefits and capabilities Summary 10. Ease the Chaos with Exadata Management Meeting the challenges Discovering Exadata Adding the hosts.