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Oracle 10g/11g Data and Database Management Utilities

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Oracle 10g/11g Data and Database Management Utilities

Overview of this book

Does your database look complicated? Are you finding it difficult to interact with it? Database interaction is a part of the daily routine for all database professionals. Using Oracle Utilities the user can benefit from improved maintenance windows, optimized backups, faster data transfers, and more reliable security and in general can do more with the same time and resources.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Oracle 10g/11g Data and Database Management Utilities
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
Preface

Managing Patches in EM 11g


Enterprise Manager in 11g is slightly different from the 10g interface; it is oriented to provide the DBA with proactive advice on patch management and reduce the need for user intervention during the patching process. The Oracle Configuration Manger is the same as the one in 10g and it also requires the user to provide the connection information to the Metalink account as well as a valid CSI. This allows Enterprise Manager to connect to Metalink and download information about the available patches and products. At the setup link you must configure your user name and password to access your Metalink account. If the connection is successful then you will start to see information about the Critical Patch Advisor displayed on the main page, letting you know that there is a CPU available for your system.

Oracle created a new tab named Software and Support, and among the many sections created there is one particular section named Database Software Patching which is...