The platform's interface could be more streamlined. Currently, there are multiple ways to navigate to a specific point, which can be confusing. Additionally, there could be further enhancements in AI-driven analytics or more intuitive navigation.
Improving the integration speed would be beneficial, as the current Java-based system can sometimes result in slow responses. Enhancing performance overall would also be valuable.
The interface offered by Oracle Enterprise Manager has certain shortcomings and needs improvement to become a nice tool. The interface offered by Oracle Enterprise Manager needs to be more user-friendly.
Systems Analyst at a government with 201-500 employees
Real User
Top 5
2023-07-25T08:06:54Z
Jul 25, 2023
We are facing a problem due to the upgrade of TLSv1.2. We cannot access OEM currently. We have to upgrade our server to the latest version to be compatible with the security layer of TLSv1.2. The solution is not as simple as people say it is. We need to be trained in it. It is supposed to manage the whole infrastructure. Currently, I'm using it to manage only my databases and Oracle applications. Oracle must provide some training courses to use the solution. When we procure Oracle products, they should include training courses. Oracle is responsible for training the users before installing the software or the hardware. Other products provide training.
In my opinion, rather than a younger DBA, think the user interface could be improved. I like the tree-type system. In all of Oracles products, you can get anywhere in several different ways, and I find that navigation to be a little bit tedious. For instance, you might wonder, "How did I get there that time?" " Oh, I got there a different way" the next time. It would be easier for me to remember if there was only one route to get there. This is my point of view. If you spoke with a younger DBA who has just started, they would have no trouble at all. When you have been doing something for the past 30 years, or how you learned to do it, or how you learned to learn when you were younger versus what they are doing today.
Oracle has made a pretty complex system, which has made us want to explore other options. The solution has a very large resource system. It's too big. There are too many items. The solution has too many licenses. If you want to monitor the MSS or the other tasks, they want you to use their license. However, it's a very expensive license. Oracle is a very big company. The database is the number one product in Oracle, and in the world. They don't need to charge for the adjusted monitoring tool. They already are making so much on licensing elsewhere. I don't like it. The initial setup is rather difficult. It would be ideal if Oracle offered something that was open-source. They don't yet offer an open-source database. We would like to have the freedom to monitor in-house. The solution does not scale at all.
Manager Database at a real estate/law firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
2021-01-11T12:08:18Z
Jan 11, 2021
In my experience, the monitoring could be improved. If the solution had an auditing feature, I would not look into other software, for example, Imperva or IBM Guardium. These other solutions have an audit feature and monitoring together, this one is strictly monitoring only. Oracle does have a separate product for auditing, which is very expensive.
Oracle Database Administrator Senior Team leader at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2020-10-11T08:58:25Z
Oct 11, 2020
We would like to have a single dashboard for monitoring and controlling all of our products. This would add value, for us, because as it is now, we have to go to different screens to check different products.
Sometimes the solution can be quite difficult in terms of when you want to deploy agents. You need to go through the Oracle documentation in order for you to be able to deploy an agent. Sometimes it just takes a long time, however, the thing is there is the overall concept of deploying. I don't think it is a problem, for the most part. That said, for someone who is starting to use the product, it takes quite a long while for you to get to know and understand the actions. The issue is the solution has got so many items and products for you to use. You just need to basically get to what you want. There's a lot of documentation to go through as a new user. It takes a while for a new user to get the hang of the product.
Commercial Manager at Natco Information technology
Real User
2019-11-14T06:33:00Z
Nov 14, 2019
RMAN tools need improvement. There are some doubts about the Oracle policy on price quotes. I have a good relationship with the customers and If I start dealing with them, and get them a discount, then that discount is available to all of the Oracle partners. I prefer the way it works with other companies, like HP, where any discount that I negotiate on behalf of a customer will be available only to me.
With regards to masking still, some options could be added like running in simulation mode, creation of audit file option, file summary, file after masking.
The product is pretty comprehensive, but quite resource hungry. This might be due to the majority of the application seemingly being written in Java. Also, better mobile access would be useful.
Consultant at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 10
2014-03-25T08:04:00Z
Mar 25, 2014
Customization for double secure / nonce based / token based Business Transaction Management. Where you can monitor DB calls as well as Web service calls under firewall.
Team Lead - Oracle Applications DBA at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Top 10
2014-03-23T11:34:00Z
Mar 23, 2014
Reporting and statistical charting is largely still left up the end-user to develop custom solutions. Having more pre-built standard industry-generic reports using Business Intelligence (BI) Publisher provides out-of-the box basic analysis would be increasingly useful. The actual product inventory discovery and configuration process has improved, but is still fairly convoluted and requires multiple pre-requisite setup steps to be completed, requiring numerous Cancel, Go back and set something else up, then Return to the process you were performing types of process flows. It works really well if all the technology stack layers are current releases, but the more heterogeneous the architecture is, the more you will spend more time configuring outlying systems, or systems that aren't quite up-to-date. The OMC array of offerings is quite numerous, so when you first try to navigate the menu offerings, you'll experience 7 to 10 layers of click-throughs to find what you may be looking for in the mass number of options. There is currently a hybrid UI between the Cloud Classic menus and the revised OCI v2.0 menus that has many duplicates, but are found using different navigation paths, which can be confusing. While the main dashboards are fairly clear, there are often click-throughs that lead you down not so clear breadcrumb trails during your navigation.
Patching. It's extremely difficult to determine what requires patching and the process to patch each component is slightly different. In desperate need of a single patch or a simplified process at a minimum. OEM 13c is out and we have it installed. There seems to be some potential bugs associated with implementing third party certificates and the Tuning Advisor so just something to consider before upgrading. One new issue came up recently. We upgraded to 12.2 and went with a container/pdb model for each database. After doing so, some of the functionality gets a little tricky with OEM. For some things you need to be in the PDB to work and for other things you need to be in the cdb$root. You can create SQL Profiles through OEM but dropping them through OEM has become a point in futility. Instead, we are doing more manual SQL Tuning Advisor functional through sqlplus which works well.
Oracle Enterprise Manager is an on-premises management platform that provides a comprehensive integrated solution for managing and automating your various Oracle products, including applications, databases, middleware, hardware, and engineered systems located either in your Oracle data center or in the cloud.
With the Oracle Enterprise Manager's console, you can administer multiple databases and servers, distribute software to multiple servers and clients, monitor objects and events...
Setting up the Oracle Enterprise Manager is challenging as it requires setting up a separate server.
The platform's interface could be more streamlined. Currently, there are multiple ways to navigate to a specific point, which can be confusing. Additionally, there could be further enhancements in AI-driven analytics or more intuitive navigation.
Improving the integration speed would be beneficial, as the current Java-based system can sometimes result in slow responses. Enhancing performance overall would also be valuable.
The tool's pricing is costly.
The deployment is not straightforward.
The fact that Oracle Enterprise Manager is an expensive solution is a matter of concern and needs to be considered for improvement.
I would like to improve the cost.
The interface offered by Oracle Enterprise Manager has certain shortcomings and needs improvement to become a nice tool. The interface offered by Oracle Enterprise Manager needs to be more user-friendly.
The tool is expensive.
We are facing a problem due to the upgrade of TLSv1.2. We cannot access OEM currently. We have to upgrade our server to the latest version to be compatible with the security layer of TLSv1.2. The solution is not as simple as people say it is. We need to be trained in it. It is supposed to manage the whole infrastructure. Currently, I'm using it to manage only my databases and Oracle applications. Oracle must provide some training courses to use the solution. When we procure Oracle products, they should include training courses. Oracle is responsible for training the users before installing the software or the hardware. Other products provide training.
My opinion is that this solution needs to improve consolidation. That is what our business needs the most right now.
Technical support could be faster.
Oracle Enterprise Manager could improve the monitoring types and the graphics.
The interface could be more friendly for basic users.
In my opinion, rather than a younger DBA, think the user interface could be improved. I like the tree-type system. In all of Oracles products, you can get anywhere in several different ways, and I find that navigation to be a little bit tedious. For instance, you might wonder, "How did I get there that time?" " Oh, I got there a different way" the next time. It would be easier for me to remember if there was only one route to get there. This is my point of view. If you spoke with a younger DBA who has just started, they would have no trouble at all. When you have been doing something for the past 30 years, or how you learned to do it, or how you learned to learn when you were younger versus what they are doing today.
I would like to see better pricing.
Oracle has made a pretty complex system, which has made us want to explore other options. The solution has a very large resource system. It's too big. There are too many items. The solution has too many licenses. If you want to monitor the MSS or the other tasks, they want you to use their license. However, it's a very expensive license. Oracle is a very big company. The database is the number one product in Oracle, and in the world. They don't need to charge for the adjusted monitoring tool. They already are making so much on licensing elsewhere. I don't like it. The initial setup is rather difficult. It would be ideal if Oracle offered something that was open-source. They don't yet offer an open-source database. We would like to have the freedom to monitor in-house. The solution does not scale at all.
In my experience, the monitoring could be improved. If the solution had an auditing feature, I would not look into other software, for example, Imperva or IBM Guardium. These other solutions have an audit feature and monitoring together, this one is strictly monitoring only. Oracle does have a separate product for auditing, which is very expensive.
The user interface is not very interactive. It needs improvement.
We would like to have a single dashboard for monitoring and controlling all of our products. This would add value, for us, because as it is now, we have to go to different screens to check different products.
The solution is considered expensive.
Sometimes the solution can be quite difficult in terms of when you want to deploy agents. You need to go through the Oracle documentation in order for you to be able to deploy an agent. Sometimes it just takes a long time, however, the thing is there is the overall concept of deploying. I don't think it is a problem, for the most part. That said, for someone who is starting to use the product, it takes quite a long while for you to get to know and understand the actions. The issue is the solution has got so many items and products for you to use. You just need to basically get to what you want. There's a lot of documentation to go through as a new user. It takes a while for a new user to get the hang of the product.
RMAN tools need improvement. There are some doubts about the Oracle policy on price quotes. I have a good relationship with the customers and If I start dealing with them, and get them a discount, then that discount is available to all of the Oracle partners. I prefer the way it works with other companies, like HP, where any discount that I negotiate on behalf of a customer will be available only to me.
With regards to masking still, some options could be added like running in simulation mode, creation of audit file option, file summary, file after masking.
They should improve the hover text context. This would provide assistance whenever a task is attempted by a DBA.
The product is pretty comprehensive, but quite resource hungry. This might be due to the majority of the application seemingly being written in Java. Also, better mobile access would be useful.
Oracle is always making improvements to Oracle Enterprise Manager. I think Enterprise cloud integration presents new management challenges.
Middleware (weblogic) has some bugs and crashes occur which should be fixed to make OEM more productive. This
Customization for double secure / nonce based / token based Business Transaction Management. Where you can monitor DB calls as well as Web service calls under firewall.
Reporting and statistical charting is largely still left up the end-user to develop custom solutions. Having more pre-built standard industry-generic reports using Business Intelligence (BI) Publisher provides out-of-the box basic analysis would be increasingly useful. The actual product inventory discovery and configuration process has improved, but is still fairly convoluted and requires multiple pre-requisite setup steps to be completed, requiring numerous Cancel, Go back and set something else up, then Return to the process you were performing types of process flows. It works really well if all the technology stack layers are current releases, but the more heterogeneous the architecture is, the more you will spend more time configuring outlying systems, or systems that aren't quite up-to-date. The OMC array of offerings is quite numerous, so when you first try to navigate the menu offerings, you'll experience 7 to 10 layers of click-throughs to find what you may be looking for in the mass number of options. There is currently a hybrid UI between the Cloud Classic menus and the revised OCI v2.0 menus that has many duplicates, but are found using different navigation paths, which can be confusing. While the main dashboards are fairly clear, there are often click-throughs that lead you down not so clear breadcrumb trails during your navigation.
Patching. It's extremely difficult to determine what requires patching and the process to patch each component is slightly different. In desperate need of a single patch or a simplified process at a minimum. OEM 13c is out and we have it installed. There seems to be some potential bugs associated with implementing third party certificates and the Tuning Advisor so just something to consider before upgrading. One new issue came up recently. We upgraded to 12.2 and went with a container/pdb model for each database. After doing so, some of the functionality gets a little tricky with OEM. For some things you need to be in the PDB to work and for other things you need to be in the cdb$root. You can create SQL Profiles through OEM but dropping them through OEM has become a point in futility. Instead, we are doing more manual SQL Tuning Advisor functional through sqlplus which works well.