Head of Data Analytics at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees
Drastically reduced our diagnostic time and helps us monitor multiple instances
What is most valuable?
The performance console is a must.
How has it helped my organization?
Can drastically reduce the diagnostic time and help monitoring multiple instances. Be aware that a lot of the features need appropriate licensing.
What needs improvement?
I would say the footprint on the server. Also the GUI can be tricky.
For how long have I used the solution?
More than 7 years
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What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
To uninstall I needed to refer to the documentation.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
No and it's a good point.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
No.
How are customer service and support?
Customer Service: Very good.Technical Support: Very good.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I used ignite8 which is a must have for the perf part and a lot cheaper.
How was the initial setup?
It requires some reading but nothing is too complex.
What about the implementation team?
Myself.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Yes, quest spotlight- too messy. Nothing like AWR.
What other advice do I have?
Give it a try with the version embedded within the database and then go further.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
DBA Team Lead at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
A stable monitoring tool that shows the performance of Oracle products and databases
Pros and Cons
- "We use Oracle Enterprise Manager as a tool to monitor Oracle products."
- "The solution's agents work with Java, and the Java code sometimes consumes a lot of memory on the CPU."
What is most valuable?
We use Oracle Enterprise Manager as a tool to monitor Oracle products. It's a monitoring tool that shows the performance of your Oracle database or many other products.
What needs improvement?
The solution's agents work with Java, and the Java code sometimes consumes a lot of memory on the CPU.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with Oracle Enterprise Manager for five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate Oracle Enterprise Manager ten out of ten for stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Around five to seven users use the solution in our organization.
I rate Oracle Enterprise Manager ten out of ten for scalability.
How was the initial setup?
I rate Oracle Enterprise Manager ten out of ten for the ease of its initial setup.
What about the implementation team?
Oracle Enterprise Manager can be deployed in one hour by one person. You deploy the Oracle Enterprise Manager server, then deploy the agents to the targets you want to monitor.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Oracle Enterprise Manager is a free tool from Oracle.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, I rate Oracle Enterprise Manager a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Fast and compatible, easy to customize, has improved our security
What is most valuable?
The look and feel I think. Fast and compatible. It's easy to customize.
How has it helped my organization?
Security.
What needs improvement?
The performance, I feel. The performance needs to be increased a little bit.Sometimes it will take some time to open forms, so I feel it should be a little bit faster.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Downtime is there, but it depends on the user's needs.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Scales well.
How is customer service and technical support?
They're good.
What other advice do I have?
I recommend it. You should learn it; you need to know about it before you start using it. There are tools and thing which can help. There is development training you can attend, and then you can start with it.
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Works at a tech company with 10,001+ employees
Valuable features include SQLrun and the performance page.
What is most valuable?
Valuable features include SQLrun and the performance page.
How has it helped my organization?
It has helped us in terms of automated switch-over and fail-over.
What needs improvement?
The SQLrun sometimes does not work, and it crashes most of the time.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using this for two years.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
There were no issues with deployment.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
There were no issues with stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
There were no issues with scalability.
How are customer service and technical support?
Customer Service:
Customer service is good.
Technical Support:Technical support is very good.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We did not use a solution previous to this one.
How was the initial setup?
The setup was straightforward.
What about the implementation team?
The implementation was done in-house.
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Sr Oracle DBA at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
One of the valuable features is performance drill down.
What is most valuable?
One of the valuable features is performance drill down.
What needs improvement?
I would like to see drill-down tabs.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using this for eight years.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
There were no issues with deployment.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
There were no issues with stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
There were no issues with scalability.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We did not use a previous solution.
What about the implementation team?
The implementation was done in-house.
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Software Engineer, Banking Officer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
The best features are the usability and the interface.
What is most valuable?
The best features are the usability and the interface.
What needs improvement?
More tools along the lines of support would be valuable. It would also be nice to catch things either as they happen or before they happen, as opposed to seeing that something is broken and having to go in and fix it.
For how long have I used the solution?
I’ve used the product for four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Services are pretty inconsistent. Too much usage will make it go down, and we will have to step in to bring it back up.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is a scalable solution that meets our needs for now.
How are customer service and technical support?
Every couple of weeks we need support. We always use the community, and as long as the issues have happened before, it’s a good help.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We were using something off the mainframe before we switched to EPM. We went from mainframe to distributed, which made a big difference.
How was the initial setup?
Setup is pretty complex for a large system. It was pretty complicated for us, but we had consultants who helped a lot.
What other advice do I have?
It’s a great product, but make sure that you have people on staff that are familiar with it, or get your staff familiarized with it, because there are a lot of things that you need to learn to maintain it.
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Database Analyst at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
The automating diagnostic monitor (ADM) is valuable. I don't see anything like a dashboard.
Valuable Features
The automating diagnostic monitor (ADM) is the most valuable feature.
Improvements to My Organization
It will list the top findings: numbers one, two and three. Those are the areas where we have to troubleshoot. That helps my organization.
Room for Improvement
There are a lot of options; it takes time. I don't see anything like a dashboard or something similar. Adding some dashboards would possibly be a nice thing.
Stability Issues
Stability’s good; no downtime.
Scalability Issues
Scalability’s good; it's okay.
Customer Service and Technical Support
We get good support. Tickets are resolved quickly and we are happy with the resolution. It is perfect.
Initial Setup
I was not involved in the installation. A different team did it.
Other Solutions Considered
I think we are an Oracle shop; naturally we lean toward them.
Other Advice
It's pretty self-explanatory; just log in and explore the options. That's it.
I believe training would help. An expert can go over several options and make it easier.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Lead App Adviser at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
It moves data, runs business rules, and runs calculation scripts. It's new and the user interface is clunky.
Valuable Features
The most valuable feature is its ability to integrate directly into S Space and move data, run business rules, run calculation scripts, and things like that.
Room for Improvement
The user interface is pretty clunky.
I have not rated it higher because it’s still new.
Use of Solution
I have been using it for about 18 months.
Stability Issues
It seems to be as stable as any other ETL product we use.
Scalability Issues
We're still in the development process. We haven't really put anything into production just yet.
As far as scalability, we're learning as we go on how to parameterize everything and stop hard-coding stuff. It seems to be handling what we're asking it to do.
Customer Service and Technical Support
Technical support is good. We get answers that we need within a couple of days. They are knowledgeable.
Initial Setup
Initial setup is a little kind of hokey, but once you figure it out, it's okay.
Other Solutions Considered
We use also use DataStage and Informatica, outside of the Hyperion stack and the Oracle stack.
Other Advice
I recommend using the product for similar situations, just because it does technically integrate all the Oracle products together, especially in the EPM space.
Reputation is a big part of the decision regarding which vendor to work with. The other part is strategy: Do they have partners that can help us strategize on implementation? We don't need people on the keyboard, we need people helping us with setting up the big picture.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

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Hello,
You mentioned in deployment issues : To uninstall I needed to refer to the documentation.
So can you please share your thoughts on Installation part ?