>> I suspect what you’re seeing would be expected behavior. Thought it was expected behavior as well. Just wanting to document the steps - Kyle On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 1:58 PM, Peter Sharman <pete.sharman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > There are quite a number of customers using Snap Clone, some referencable, > some not. Maybe they just don’t follow this list? J > > > > Coming back to your earlier question on not seeing the Storage > Registration link. I can’t actually prove this at the moment as I don’t > have an installation that doesn’t already have storage plugins installed, > but I suspect what you’re seeing would be expected behavior. Why have a > link that you can’t use at all since you haven’t already installed a > storage plugin, be that ZFS as in your case, NetApp, or EMC? > > > > Regarding loading the opar file – that’s normally only an operation you > need to perform if your installation is in offline mode for Self Update. > Is that your scenario? > > > > Pete > > [image: Oracle logo] > > Pete Sharman > Database Architect, DBaaS > Enterprise Manager Product Suite > 33 Benson Crescent CALWELL ACT 2905 AUSTRALIA > > Phone: +61262924095 | | Fax: +61262925183 | | Mobile: *+61414443449 > <%2B61414443449>* > ------------------------------ > > "Controlling developers is like herding cats." > > Kevin Loney, Oracle DBA Handbook > > > > "Oh no, it's not, it's much harder than that!" > > Bruce Pihlamae, long term Oracle DBA > ------------------------------ > > > > *From:* kyle Hailey [mailto:kylelf@xxxxxxxxx] > *Sent:* Saturday, March 28, 2015 7:41 AM > *To:* Peter Sharman > *Cc:* ORACLE-L > *Subject:* Re: EM 12c Snap Clone: any one try it? using it? > > > > > > By the way, is no one using this? I've gotten 0 responses ... > > > > - Kyle > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 12:30 PM, kyle Hailey <kylelf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Looking to document it as a recipe that someone can follow instead of the > marketing idea. > > > > For example after installing EM 12c 12.1.0.4 you won't be able to see the > "Storage > registration" menu option until you > > > > *missing "setup -> Provisioning and Patching -> Storage Registration" * > have to add metalink credentials for the following to work, alternatively : > > get 12.1.0.5.0_oracle.sun.oss7_2000_0.opar > > from > > > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/oem/grid-control/downloads/zfs-storage-plugin-487867.html > > <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oracle.com%2Ftechnetwork%2Foem%2Fgrid-control%2Fdownloads%2Fzfs-storage-plugin-487867.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfYYM_MTqTcuSG-jiDFciEGHiwwxQ>and > use CLI to register that this exists as a pluggin before installing (what > is the command to run here?) > > setup->Extensibility -> Self Update > > searched for the "plugin" folder and clicked it > > clicked on "plugin" menu item > > clicked on "Server, Storage, and Network" folder > > chose "Oracle Storage Management Framework" > > after installing that the "Storage registration" menu shows up > > > > - Kyle > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 9:22 AM, Peter Sharman <pete.sharman@xxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Why yes, I believe I have once or twice! J > > > > And here are a couple of blog posts I wrote on it to help you get started > with yours. ;) > > > > https://blogs.oracle.com/oem/entry/snap_clone_using_emc_san > > > http://petewhodidnottweet.com/2014/11/will-the-real-snap-clone-functionality-please-stand-up/ > > > > That last one is of course prior to the January plug-in release so it > didn’t include the information on Snap Clone with EMC and ASM that the > first one covered. > > > > You’ll also find the slides I presented at RMOUG TD 2015 at > http://www.slideshare.net/PeteSharman/using-snap-clone-with-enterprise-manager-12c. > > > > > Pete > > [image: Oracle logo] > > Pete Sharman > Database Architect, DBaaS > Enterprise Manager Product Suite > 33 Benson Crescent CALWELL ACT 2905 AUSTRALIA > > Phone: +61262924095 | | Fax: +61262925183 | | Mobile: *+61414443449 > <%2B61414443449>* > ------------------------------ > > "Controlling developers is like herding cats." > > Kevin Loney, Oracle DBA Handbook > > > > "Oh no, it's not, it's much harder than that!" > > Bruce Pihlamae, long term Oracle DBA > ------------------------------ > > > > *From:* kyle Hailey [mailto:kylelf@xxxxxxxxx] > *Sent:* Friday, March 27, 2015 2:24 AM > *To:* ORACLE-L > *Subject:* EM 12c Snap Clone: any one try it? using it? > > > > > > > > Would be interested in sharing experiences and questions. > > > > here is an old blog post I did > > > > http://datavirtualizer.com/em-12c-snap-clone/ > > > > I'm working on a new one with EM 12.1.0.4 > > > > > > > > - Kyle > > > > > > >