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Oracle Enterprise Manager pros and cons

Vendor: Oracle
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PROS

SQL Tuning Advisor, ADDM, and Top Activity are valuable features providing a seamless way to manage resources across various deployment environments.
Oracle Enterprise Manager offers comprehensive solutions for database consolidation and high-performance monitoring, allowing users to quickly identify and resolve issues.
Real-time performance dashboards, metric history, and quick access to tuning and diagnostic options enhance proactive performance management.
The monitoring capabilities and alert systems of Oracle Enterprise Manager are highly valuable for maintaining server control and optimizing resources.
Oracle Enterprise Manager excels in stability and scalability, supporting a wide range of enterprise services like ERP and PLM.

CONS

Patching is extremely difficult, requiring different processes for each component.
It is considered expensive and pricing could be improved.
Technical support needs to be faster and more responsive.
Setting up requires a separate server, making it challenging.
Scalability has certain shortcomings needing improvement.
 

Oracle Enterprise Manager Pros review quotes

it_user1017 - PeerSpot reviewer
eCommerce Expert at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
Jun 26, 2012
Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c is a transformational technology that comes with a set of comprehensive features and great practices that help IT transform into a true enterprise Cloud that delivers on business needs.
it_user3876 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Manager at a tech company with 51-200 employees
May 1, 2014
Oracle Enterprise Manager provides complete, integrated solutions to achieve the level of business service quality required of enterprise applications, tools for managing configuration, performance and availability, and when combined with other management packs and plug-ins, it provides the means to achieve end-to-end management of the entire application infrastructure.
it_user80244 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Data Analytics at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees
Jan 16, 2014
Can drastically reduce the diagnostic time and help monitoring multiple instances.
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it_user79794 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Expert with 51-200 employees
Jan 23, 2014
We have setup dashboards for the SMT (Senior Management Team) to give them a traffic light system on a very high level – enough for them to know that all systems are up and available
it_user82773 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Expert at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Jan 23, 2014
I would recommend that you try OEM, it can monitor many different products and it has been well designed.
it_user83460 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jan 29, 2014
With standardized monitoring templates and incident rule sets, we are able to consistently monitor, manage and alert all DBAs in each group to the same level SLA for our customer's needs.
CB
Senior Technical Director at AEM Corporation
May 10, 2022
SQL Tuning Advisor, ADDM, Top Activity, ASM Space Manager, Incident Notifications
it_user90537 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Manager at a energy/utilities company with 501-1,000 employees
Feb 16, 2014
Initial installation of 12c OEM is convenient and straightforward.
it_user92496 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Manager at a recruiting/HR firm with 51-200 employees
Feb 25, 2014
I really like how Statspack has evolved into AWR, ADDM and ASH reports, fully automated out of the box.
it_user82836 - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jul 14, 2015
I have never found a product that has so many of these capabilities in a single product and a single user interface.
 

Oracle Enterprise Manager Cons review quotes

it_user1017 - PeerSpot reviewer
eCommerce Expert at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
Jun 26, 2012
The only con is that we may need to install patches provided by Oracle from time to time for its upgrades or bug fixes.
it_user3876 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Manager at a tech company with 51-200 employees
May 1, 2014
In a large organization with large number of targets, managing systems on an individual basis can be time consuming and difficult.
it_user80244 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Data Analytics at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees
Jan 16, 2014
I would say the footprint on the server. Also the GUI can be tricky.
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it_user79794 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Expert with 51-200 employees
Jan 23, 2014
Costs of add-on’s and management packs i.e AWS (Amazon) and Golden Gate
it_user82773 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Expert at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Jan 23, 2014
One thing I would like to see is the option of agent less monitoring.
it_user83460 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jan 29, 2014
Customer Service: 2 out of 5. I often choose to open an SR as a last resort.
CB
Senior Technical Director at AEM Corporation
May 10, 2022
Patching. It's extremely difficult to determine what requires patching and the process to patch each component is slightly different.
it_user90537 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Manager at a energy/utilities company with 501-1,000 employees
Feb 16, 2014
BI Publisher integration; EM CLI commands.
it_user92496 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Manager at a recruiting/HR firm with 51-200 employees
Feb 25, 2014
I would like to see more functionality/information in Standard Edition Oracle for the same performance analysis.
it_user82836 - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jul 14, 2015
Enterprise Manager is not easy or for the faint of heart. It is extremely robust, and hence very complicated to set up and maintain.