Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Supported Plug-ins
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

Part I Cloud Management with Enterprise Manager

1 Cloud Management - An Overview

• Introduction to Cloud Management
• Oracle Cloud Solution
• Cloud Management Lifecycle
  • Planning
  • Setting Up
  • Building
  • Testing and Deploying
  • Monitoring and Managing
  • Metering, Charging, and Optimization
• Cloud Resource Models
  • IaaS Cloud Anatomy
  • DBaaS and MWaaS Cloud Anatomy
• Users and Roles
• Enterprise Manager Console and the Self Service Portal
• Cloud APIs

2 Getting Started with Cloud Management

• Installing Virtualization and the Cloud Plug-ins
• Deploying the Cloud Plug-ins
  • Deploying the Cloud Plug-ins to the Management Server
  • Deploying the Enterprise Manager for Oracle Virtualization Plug-in to the Management Agent
• Setting Up the Software Library
• Using Self Update to Download Oracle VM Templates and Oracle Virtual Assemblies
• Managing Users and Roles
  • Creating a Role
  • Creating a User and Assigning Roles
• LDAP Authentication
• Customizing the Self Service Login Page
  • Configuring the Self Service Login Page
  • Switching Back to the Enterprise Manager Login Page
  • Routing SSA Requests to a Specific OMS Pool

3 Using Consolidation Planner

• Overview of Consolidation Planner
  • Key Concepts
• Consolidation Constraints
  • Source Server Constraints
  • Destination Server Constraints
• Using Consolidation Planner
  • Creating a Consolidation Project
  • Using a Pre-configured Consolidation Scenario
  • Creating a Custom Consolidation Scenario
  • Evaluating Consolidation Scenarios

4 Chargeback Administration

• Overview of Chargeback
  • Why Implement Chargeback
  • Enterprise Manager Chargeback
  • Understanding Targets and Metrics
  • About Chargeback, Self Service Applications, and Zones
• Setting Up Chargeback
  • Defining Charge Plans
    • Defining the Universal Charge Plan
    • Defining an Extended Charge Plan
  • Creating Cost Centers
    • Setting the Cost Center Property on the Target Home Page
    • Creating the Cost Center in Chargeback
    • Importing a Business Hierarchy from an LDAP Server
  • Adding Targets for Chargeback
  • Assigning Cost Centers to Targets
  • Assigning Charge Plans to Targets
  • Configuring Chargeback Settings
• Accessing Chargeback Information
  • Following Usage and Charge Trends
  • Viewing a Target's Collected Metric Data
  • Generating and Distributing Chargeback Reports
  • Viewing Chargeback Information in the Self Service Portal
  • Sharing Chargeback Data with Other Applications

Part II Infrastructure as a Service

5 Setting Up Cloud Infrastructure

• Getting Started
• Registering the Oracle VM Manager
  • Registering Oracle VM Manager 3.1.x With Enterprise Manager
  • Upgrading from Oracle VM Manager 3.0.x
  • Discovering and Promoting the Oracle VM Manager (Optional)
• Synchronizing the OVM Manager Targets (Optional)
• Discovering an Oracle VM Server
• Rediscovering a Virtual Server
• Setting Up Networks
  • Generating MAC Addresses
  • Configuring a VLAN Group
  • Creating Networks
• Creating a Network Profile
• Registering Storage Servers
• Creating a Storage Repository
  • Performing Administrative Operations on a Storage Repository
• Presenting the Storage Repository
• Importing Assembly, Template, and Virtual Disk Resources into a Repository
  • Creating a Repository Export (Optional)
• Creating a Virtual Server Pool
  • Editing a Virtual Server Pool
• Creating a Zone
• Setting Up the Storage Quality of Service (QoS)
  • Setting Up the Network Type
  • Setting Up the Machine Sizes
  • Configuring the Software Library User
  • Defining the Request Archiving Policy
• Patching the Oracle VM Server
  • Configuring the YUM Repository
  • Upgrading the Virtual Server
• Acknowledging OVM Events

6 Setting Up and Using the Self Service Application for IaaS

• Setting Up the Self Service Portal
• Using the Self Service Portal
  • Viewing My Requests
  • Viewing My Servers
    • Server Details Page
    • Scaling Up a Tier Instance
    • Scaling Down a Tier Instance
  • Viewing Storage
  • Viewing Chargeback Details
  • My Library
  • Viewing Policies
  • Viewing My Preferences
• Requesting Servers

7 Administering and Monitoring the Cloud for IaaS

• Viewing the Infrastructure Cloud Home Page
• Viewing the OVM Manager Home Page
• Viewing and Managing Members
• Managing Zones
  • Viewing the Zone Home Page
  • Creating or Editing a Zone
• Deleting a Zone
• Virtual Server Pool Home Page
• Managing Virtual Servers
  • Virtual Server Home Page
  • Editing a Virtual Server
  • Upgrading a Virtual Server
  • Starting and Stopping a Virtual Server
  • Performing Maintenance on the Virtual Server
• Managing Guest Virtual Machines
  • Creating a Guest Virtual Machine
  • Guest Virtual Machine Home Page
  • Live Migrating a Guest Virtual Machine
  • Starting and Shutting Down a Guest Virtual Machine
    • Starting a Guest Virtual Machine
    • Restarting a Guest Virtual Machine
    • Stopping a Guest Virtual Machine
  • Cloning a Guest Virtual Machine
  • Editing a Guest Virtual Machine
  • Saving a Guest Virtual Machine as a Template
• Deploying Guest Virtual Machines
  • Getting Started
  • Deployment Options
  • Prerequisites
    • Creating the Software Library Components
  • Provisioning Guest Virtual Machines Using Oracle Virtual Assemblies (OVA)
  • Provisioning a Guest Virtual Machine Using Oracle VM Templates
  • Provisioning a Guest Virtual Machine Using an ISO Image
  • Creating PXE Bootable Guest Virtual Machines
• Bare Metal Provisioning

8 Managing Cloud Policies

• Managing Cloud Policies
• Viewing Cloud Policies
• Viewing Policies for a Target
• Defining a Performance Policy
• Defining a Schedule Based Policy
  • Example 1
    • Policy for Shutting Down Guest Virtual Machine
    • Policy for Starting Up Guest Virtual Machine
    • Creating a Policy Group (Start Up and Shut Down)
• Activating and Deactivating Policies
• Defining Policy Groups
  • Example 2
    • Policy to Scale Down a Tier Instance
    • Policy to Scale Up a Tier Instance
    • Creating a Policy Group (Scale Up and Scale Down)
• Managing DRS and DPM Policies
  • Creating Automated DRS and DPM Policies

Part III Platform as a Service

9 About Platform as a Service

• About Platform as a Service (PaaS)
• Platform as a Service with Enterprise Manager

10 Using the Self Service Framework

• Creating a PaaS Infrastructure Zone
  • Editing a PaaS Infrastructure Zone
  • Deleting a PaaS Infrastructure Zone
• Viewing the Middleware and Database Cloud Home Page
• Viewing the Middleware and Database Request Dashboard Page
• Viewing All Requests Page
• Viewing the Service Instances Page
• Viewing the Service Template Details Page
• Viewing the PaaS Infrastructure Zones Page
• PaaS Infrastructure Zone Home Page

Part IV Database as a Service

11 About Database as a Service (DBaaS)

• About Database as a Service (DBaaS)
• Database as a Service in Enterprise Manager

12 Setting Up Database as a Service

• Getting Started
• Defining Roles and Assigning Users
  • Creating a Custom Role for Self Service Application Users
  • Creating a User and Assigning Roles
• Adding Hosts
• Configuring Privilege Delegation Settings
• Configuring the Software Library
• Setting Up Credentials for Provisioning
• Provisioning Database Software
• Creating Oracle Home and Configuring the Oracle Listener

13 Setting Up and Using the Self Service Application for DBaaS

• Customizing and Saving the Database Deployment Procedure
• Setting Up the Self Service Portal
• Using the Database Self Service Portal
• Requesting Databases
• Troubleshooting Tips for Database Request Failures
  • Viewing the Output Log of a Request
  • Initialization Step Errors
  • User Quota Validation Errors
  • Placement Logic Failures
  • Troubleshooting Failures in Other Steps

Part V Middleware as a Service

14 About Middleware as a Service (MWaaS)

• About Middleware as a Service

15 Setting Up Middleware as a Service

• Getting Started
• Defining Roles and Assigning Users
  • Creating a Custom Role for Self Service Application Users
  • Creating a User and Assigning Roles
• Adding Hosts
• Configuring Privilege Delegation Settings
• Configuring the Software Library
• Loading Provisioning Profiles to the Software Library
• Creating a Middleware Home
• Configuring and Saving the Deployment Procedure

16 Setting Up the Middleware Self Service Portal

• Setting Up the Self Service Portal
  • Sample Scenario
• Viewing the Middleware Pool Home Page

17 Using the MWaaS Self Service Portal

• Using the MWaaS Self Service Portal
• Requesting a Service
• Viewing the Middleware Service Home Page
  • Deploying and Redeploying an Application
    • Redeploying an Application
    • Deleting an Application
  • Scaling Up and Scaling Down a Service
  • Creating a Data Source
    • Editing a Data Source
• Uploading a Java EE Component to the Software Library
• Viewing the Application Home Page

Part VI Cloud APIs

18 Introduction to Cloud APIs

• Introduction
• When to Use Cloud APIs
• Common Behaviors
  • Transport Protocol
  • URI Space
  • Media Types
  • Request Headers
  • Response Headers
  • HTTP Status Codes
  • Common Resource Attributes
    • Resource State
  • Collection
  • Error Response Message

19 Cloud Resource Models

• Enterprise Manager Cloud Resource Model 10001
• Introduction
• Resource Data Models
  • Cloud
  • ServiceTemplate
  • Zone
  • Service Family Type
  • Service Instance Type
  • Metric
  • Service Instance
• Resource Models for Infrastructure as a Service
  • IaaS Zone [application/oracle.com.cloud.iaas.Zone]
  • AssemblyInstance
  • Scalability Group
  • VM
  • VNet
  • NetworkInterface
  • VMTemplate
  • AssemblyTemplate

20 Cloud API Examples

• Introspecting Resources
  • Cloud Resource
  • Service Family Type Resource
  • Service Instance Type resource
  • Zone
  • Service Template Resource
  • Metric resource
• Creating a Service Instance
  • VM Creation
    • POST to the "iaas" Zone
    • POST to the VMTemplate
    • Polling the VM Creation
  • Assembly Instance Creation
• Updating a Service Instance
  • Updating a VM Resource
    • Change VM Status
    • Changing VM Sizes
• Deleting a Service Instance
• Listing Service Instances
• Version 10000 Support

21 Database as a Service APIs

• Operations on ServiceTemplate Resources
  • Retrieving Service Template Details
  • Deleting a Service Template
• Operations on DbPlatformInstance Resources
  • Creating a New DbPlatformInstance
  • Retrieving all the DbPlatformInstances in a Virtual Data Center
  • Deleting a DbPlatformInstance
• Operations on DbPlatformTemplate Resources
  • Retrieving all the DbPlatformTemplates in the Cloud
  • Retrieving Information about a DbPlatformTemplate

22 Chargeback and Metering EMCLI Verbs

• When to Use Chargeback APIs
• Retreiving Metering Data from Enterprise Manager
  • get_metering_data Output
    • Examples

Index