RMOUG 2013

2.  Kellyn Pot’Vin,
 Westminster, Colorado
 Oracle ACE, Sr. Technical Specialist at Enkitec
 Finishing up EM12c book and starting EM CLI
book
 Specialize in performance and management
of large enterprise environments.
 Board of directors for RMOUG, Director of
Training Days 2013, KSCOPE DB Track Lead
2013
 Blog: DBAKevlar.com
 Twitter: @DBAKevlar

3.  What to Include?
 What to Exclude?
 What are the most important areas of
the EM CLI?
 What commands are best covered to
create the best educational introduction
to the topic?

4.  Enterprise Manager Command Line
Interface History
 How EM12c has changed level of
knowledge requirements for the
administrator
 The Command Line Interface Basics
 Enterprise Manager commands
 EM CLI Procedure Scripting

5.  Introduced in Oracle 9i with very limited
use.
 Access to EM functionality from text
based consoles.
 Ability to incorporate scripts, including
SQL*Plus, Perl, Shell, Python, etc.
 Fully integrated as part of the EM
environment, including same security.
 Ability to simplify multi-target tasks
through command line interface.

6.  Create Jobs, schedule jobs, delete jobs
 Administer groups, members, targets
 Administer users and credentials.
 Upload patches, delete patches-create
patch plans.
 Execute host and SQL commands.
 Get information about all targets,
monitoring.
 Over 30 verb “groups” and 250 commands
that I have documented “so far”.

7.  EM CLI Login- Online or Offline?
 “Verbs” grant the administrator initial
commands for the interface.
 May Require one or more arguments.
 Can utilize a argument file, aka
properties file.
 Syntax often changes with version of
Enterprise Manager.
emcli help <verb>

8.  The Command Line must be logged into
for the first time before commands will
be accepted, (login dependent upon
EM security time out feature or
connection mode.)
emcli login –username=<username>
 Syncronize the EMCLI with the OMS:
emcli sync

9.  Check connection mode, if complete,
then offline the EM CLI
emcli get_connection_mode
emcli set_connection_mode -mode="offline“
emcli get_jobs
Set back to online mode if wanting to proceed.

10. emcli
<verb>
1st_argument[-name, -procedure, -
instance, -guid, -argfile, -
input_file, -type, -targets, -
action…] = <value>
2nd_argument [-xml, -tailLength, -
info, -analyze, -grants, -
scheduler, -notification] =
<value>

11.  Redirection example of output, (similar to
Unix):
emcli get_procedure_xml –
procedure=“PROC_GUID” >
test_proc.xml

12.  get_resolution_states - Incident
Information
 stop/start_agent - Manage Agents
 create/stop_blackout - Manage Blackouts
 clone_database_home - Clone home
 execute_sql - Execute SQL
 get_jobs - Get a list of jobs
 clear_stateless_alerts - Clears stateless
alerts
 Argfile: File of verbs to execute from the
emcli.

13.  EM CLI for EM12c support
› Checking Incidents
› Retrieve Targets Monitored
› Retrieve Agent Properties
› Agent Deployment
› Platform support
› Creating/Stopping Blackouts
› Executing Host Commands

14. emcli get_resolution_states

15.  What database targets are being
monitored, both single instance and RAC?
emcli get_targets -targets="%database%"

16. emcli get_supported_platforms

17. emcli get_agentimage -
destination=/home/oracle -
platform="Microsoft Windows x64
(64-bit)" –version="12.1.0.1.0"

18. emcli get_targets
emcli delete_target –name="<trg_nm>“
emcli import_update –file="file_nm" –
omslocal
emcli deploy_plugin_on_server -
plugin=oracle.sysman.db –
sys_password=<passwd>
emcli deploy_plugin_on_agent –
plugin="oracle.sysman.db" –
agent_name="<dbname>:<port>"

19. emcli set_credential -
target_type=oracle_database -
target_name="<preferred_nm>"-
credential_set=DBCredsMonitoring -
user=sysman
-
column="Role:SYSDBA;UserName:sys;pass
word:<passwd>"-monitoring

20.  Save off Templates
 Inventory Existing Jobs
 Create secure credentials for targets
 Create administrator groups to ease
administration.
 Reuse templates, post creating first one,
easy updates!

21. emcli create_blackout -name="Linux
Patch 120612" -reason="Needs to be
Done" -
add_targets="emrep12:oracle_databa
se" -schedule="duration::60“
How fast could you blackout entire
environment for maintenance window with
this scripted?

22. Simply state the name of the blackout and
the agent will issue a stop to the OMS:
emcli stop_blackout
-name="Linux Patch 120612“
How quickly could you end a blackout of
environment post maintenance?

24. emcli execute_hostcmd –cmd=“ls -ltr
/home/oracle”
-credential_set_name=“HostCredsPriv”
-targets=“<host>.com:host”

25.  Simplify management of large number of
targets with simple script vs. multiple
steps through EM12c console.
 This simplicity includes creating,
managing, editing and purging of jobs
and patching job tasks.
 Retain EM12c security and single console
monitoring if required.

26.  Need to verify job information
emcli get_jobs

27. emcli get_job_execution_detail -
execution=C07388B855B44C38B5953B8C
3C7C6A5E -xml

28.  Assumption is that patches are
downloaded via EM12c.
 Process:
› Verify Patch Available.
› Create Patch Plan
› Schedule Patches in Patch Plan
› Deploy Patch Plan

29.  list_aru_languages -- List ARU Language
information.
 list_aru_platforms -- List ARU platform
information.
 list_aru_products -- List ARU Product
information.
 list_aru_releases -- List ARU Release
information.
 list_patch_plans -- List existing Patch Plans.
 search_patches -- Search patches from
ARU site or Software

30. emcli search_patches
-patch_name="patch number"
-platform="platform id“
emcli search_patches
–patch_name=“5875660” (BI
Publisher)
–platform=“233” (Windows 64 bit)

31.  Multi-step, multi-tasked or chained
scripting through the EM CLI.
 Ability to execute SQL, Perl, OS
Commands from one procedure.
 Ability to use properties file to simplify
work and reuse with other procedures.
 EM Console access through Job Activity
Interface.

32. emcli submit_procedure
-name='<Procedure Name>'
-input_file="<data:path to file>"
-instance_name="<Procedure
Instance>"
-schedule=start_time:yyyy/mm/dd
HH:mm;

33. emcli submit_procedure -
input_file=data:data.xml -
procedure=3D7F4D139E70453CB56D7621
BB56D390
-schedule="start_time:2012/12/03
21:00; tz:America/Central" -
grants="KPOTVIN:VIEW_JOB;
SYSMAN:FULL_JOB" -
notification="action required,
failed"

34.  Create a template to use for your new
properties file, sourced from a procedure
definition.
 Fill in all pertinent information for the
target lists.
 Submit the procedure, using the
properties file as part or whole of the
entry at the command line.
 Verify all was successful.

35. emcli get_procedures –type=DBPROV
Example Output:
$>BFC71D3485629B93E04014AC08001B7D
, DBPROV, DBREPLAYCLIENTDP_NG,
Provision Oracle Database Client,
6.2, ORACLE
BFC71D3485599B93E04014AC08001B7D,
DBPROV, SIHA_SIDB_PROC, Provision
Oracle Database, 1.1, ORACLE

36. Using the GUID, (or the procedure
<NAME>, we can then generate a
properties file template:
emcli describe_procedure_input –
procedure=
BFC71D3485629B93E04014AC08001B7D >
dbreplay_tst.properties
$> Verifying parameters…
$>

37. Edit the new template properties file and
add the new values for the following:
$ vi dbreplay_tst.properties
 Source and Reference Host Data
 Agent Info
 Oracle Home
 Credentials

39. emcli submit_procedure –name=test_dbrpl_job
-owner=sys_jobs
-procedure= C23E10B1F427B4EEE040578CD74442G4
-
input_file=/u01/emjobs/emcli/dbreplay_tst.pro
perties
-notification="action required, failed"
-grants=“KPOTVIN:VIEW_JOB; SYSMAN:FULL_JOB"
-schedule= "start_time:2012/12/06 01:00:00;
tz:America/Denver"

40. emcli get_instance_status -
instance=C23E10B1F427B4EEE040578CD
74442G4
-details -showJobOutput
Output:
C23E10B1F427B4EEE040578CD74442G4
, test_job, test_job, SUCCESSFUL

41. Rob Zoeteweij, Patching with EM12c
http://oemgc.wordpress.com/tag/oem-gc-
12c/
Laurent Leturgez, Useful EMCLI Commands
http://laurentleturgez.wordpress.com/2012/06
/11/useful-emcli-commands-in-em-cloud-
control-12c/
Laurent Schneider, The EM CLI
http://laurentschneider.com/wordpress/2011/
11/enterprise-manager-command-line-
interface.html

42. http://enkitec.com
http://dbakevlar.com
dbakevlar@gmail.com
kpotvin@enkitec.com