Re: OEMGC and Standard Edition?
- From: "Rich Jesse" <rjoralist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "oracle-l" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 08:49:31 -0500 (CDT)
> Yes it can be managed without all the extra packs. However as you note large
> amounts of functionality are not legally available to you (even though of
> course some of them are already installed and operating on your SE target -
> you just can't look at the data).
>
> In later versions of GC though (certainly 10.2.0.4 and 5) however disabling
> Grid from using the packs disables huge swathes of functionality and makes
> the product (in my view) pretty much useless. The other huge irritant to me
> is that Oracle draws an (in my view) artificial distinction between an alert
> and a notification. Alerts in GC parlance don't include telling anybody
> about anything. So although you can get alerts about - for example full
> tablespaces - then you can't in the out of the box product be emailed about
> them without incurring a license liability. In essence it appears to me that
> GC/database control with at least the diags pack licensed is a worthy
> investment, but without it is a waste of time and energy.
>
> This isn't how it should be :)
I'll ditto what Niall wrote. While the DB/instance can be managed via the
"Administration" tab, it's the more important (IMHO) "Performance" tab
that's disabled without the packs, specifically the Diagnostics one. I have
never used the Administration tab and I guess I don't see the point. A DBA
still has to know how to add a control file manually (you can only look at
them via GC), rollback segments are easily managed even if a Sr. DBA rightly
doesn't want them, and the two "Jobs" links perform drastically different
functions. Those are just the first three issues I found in a minute's time
looking at the tab.
I'm wondering what it would take to duplicate some of the Performance tab's
functionality in a freeware APEX app. Then again, I'm a big fan of irony.
:)
GL!
Rich
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