Does anyone actually use Enterprise Manager to manage Data Guard (for RAC)?

Just curious about this; I was inspired by the thread that asked about EM
for monitoring. *grin*

I have been attempting to use the 10.2.0.3 Enterprise Manager version of
Data Guard manager (notice the lowercase 'm') in a RAC and having absolutely
no luck. I filed an SR because EM would not properly create a standby with
Data Guard. Even after creating the standby by hand, EM does not want to
take over the Data Guard management. So I set it all up manually, following
the documentation and a few white papers and the broker is working just
dandy. However, the EM Data Guard gui still has issues. First off, it thinks
the standby database is in an Unknown cluster. Secondly, even though it can
see one instance, it cannot see the other instance. And even though it can
see the instance and the cluster database, when I attempt to "manage"
anything, I get an error saying that the standby database has not been
discovered. What a crock!

Yes, I can and should file an SR. I cannot handle any more SRs at this point
in time, especially not the frustration of trying to work with someone who
may or may not know the Data Guard section of EM as it applies to RAC
databases.

So, truly, I am very curious if folks use this or not. Obviously, if you use
it, it works for you. =)

-- 
Charles Schultz

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