Content-class: urn:content-classes:message
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C9CD7E.AF41592F"
Subject: Oracle EM Provisioning/patching pack
Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 08:40:34 -0400
Message-ID: <C0A5E31718FC064A91E9FD7BE2F081B101D4B8D4@exchange.gridapp.com>
Thread-Topic: Oracle EM Provisioning/patching pack
From: "Matthew Zito" <mzito@gridapp.com>
To: <oracle-l@freelists.org>
Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org
Errors-to: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org
Precedence: normal
Reply-to: mzito@gridapp.com
------_=_NextPart_001_01C9CD7E.AF41592F
Content-Type: text/plain; 
 charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


Hey all,

The recent thread on OEM's pluses and minuses got me thinking, but I =
didn't want to completely hijack the thread, so I figured I'd start a =
new one.  It seems like most people use OEM/GC for day-to-day DBA =
activities - monitoring, checking utilization, running basic database =
commands, and for performance tuning, basically the tuning and =
diagnostic pack.

I'm curious as to why no one mentioned the provisioning pack, which =
Oracle markets as a solution for patching, database creation, cloning, =
etc.  Is it too expensive?  Does it not work?  Are patching and =
deployment just not a problem for the folks on this list?  What about =
RAC - it's supposed to be able to do RAC deployment, has anyone tried =
that?

As full disclosure, my company makes a software product that, among many =
other things, patches database, deploys RAC clusters, automates =
upgrades, etc.  The reason I'm asking is when we're meeting with =
companies at trade shows, etc., a commonly heard refrain is, "Oh, OEM =
provisioning pack does all that stuff".  Once we dig into it a bit, =
though, they've usually never tried it, or don't run OEM at all.

So, I figured I'd ask the list- have you ever used the provisioning =
pack, and what did you think?  If you don't use it, why not?  If people =
would prefer to email me off-list, I'll aggregate the info, anonymize =
it, and send it back to the list?

Thanks,
Matt

--
Matthew Zito
Chief Scientist
GridApp Systems
P: 646-452-4090
mzito@gridapp.com
http://www.gridapp.com


------_=_NextPart_001_01C9CD7E.AF41592F
Content-Type: text/html; 
 charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Diso-8859-1">
<META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version =
6.5.7652.24">
<TITLE>Oracle EM Provisioning/patching pack</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<!-- Converted from text/plain format -->
<BR>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Hey all,<BR>
<BR>
The recent thread on OEM's pluses and minuses got me thinking, but I =
didn't want to completely hijack the thread, so I figured I'd start a =
new one.&nbsp; It seems like most people use OEM/GC for day-to-day DBA =
activities - monitoring, checking utilization, running basic database =
commands, and for performance tuning, basically the tuning and =
diagnostic pack.<BR>
<BR>
I'm curious as to why no one mentioned the provisioning pack, which =
Oracle markets as a solution for patching, database creation, cloning, =
etc.&nbsp; Is it too expensive?&nbsp; Does it not work?&nbsp; Are =
patching and deployment just not a problem for the folks on this =
list?&nbsp; What about RAC - it's supposed to be able to do RAC =
deployment, has anyone tried that?<BR>
<BR>
As full disclosure, my company makes a software product that, among many =
other things, patches database, deploys RAC clusters, automates =
upgrades, etc.&nbsp; The reason I'm asking is when we're meeting with =
companies at trade shows, etc., a commonly heard refrain is, &quot;Oh, =
OEM provisioning pack does all that stuff&quot;.&nbsp; Once we dig into =
it a bit, though, they've usually never tried it, or don't run OEM at =
all.<BR>
<BR>
So, I figured I'd ask the list- have you ever used the provisioning =
pack, and what did you think?&nbsp; If you don't use it, why not?&nbsp; =
If people would prefer to email me off-list, I'll aggregate the info, =
anonymize it, and send it back to the list?<BR>
<BR>
Thanks,<BR>
Matt<BR>
<BR>
--<BR>
Matthew Zito<BR>
Chief Scientist<BR>
GridApp Systems<BR>
P: 646-452-4090<BR>
mzito@gridapp.com<BR>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.gridapp.com">http://www.gridapp.com</A><BR>
<BR>
</FONT>
</P>

</BODY>
</HTML>
------_=_NextPart_001_01C9CD7E.AF41592F--
--
http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l