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April 10, 2006
Oracle Extends Enterprise Manager w/ Support for IBM DB2
Oracle announced a new plug-in for systems management support of IBM DB2
Universal Database (IBM DB2), further reducing the complexity and cost
of managing information technology environments where IBM and
Oracle co-exist. The plug-in extends the
capabilities of Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (Oracle
Grid Control), enabling joint customers to monitor their applications
and services more efficiently through a single, integrated management
solution.
The plug-in enables Oracle Grid Control to monitor IBM DB2 (version
8.1.9 and higher) instances, gather configuration data and track
configuration changes for IBM DB2 instances, raise alerts and
violations based on thresholds set on monitoring and configuration
data, and run pre-built reports. With improved insight into the
performance of IBM DB2, Oracle Grid Control allows administrators to
deliver higher quality of service by detecting and resolving issues in
diverse IT environments quickly and effectively. In conjunction with
the plug-in for IBM WebSphere released in October 2005, Oracle Grid
Control provides a view of the complete topology of applications and
performs comprehensive root cause analysis, helping administrators
reduce the cost of managing applications that use a mix of IBM and
Oracle technologies.
"Oracle Grid Control helps customers monitor the health of their IT
systems, enabling them to identify and fix the critical problems they
face daily, including the potential of unplanned downtime, performance
problems and data loss," said Jay Rossiter, vice president of System
Management Products at Oracle. "Oracle is committed to providing its
customers with the ability to manage key sets of technology components
found in an application environment. From performance to configuration,
Oracle Grid Control helps users collect, analyze and rollup the
information they need to manage their applications that rely upon IBM
DB2 or IBM WebSphere."
Administrators working in a joint IBM DB2 and Oracle environment can use Oracle Grid Control to:
- Collect and monitor over 250 pre-packaged availability and performance metrics, including key indicators of status, memory, cache, CPU statistics, locks and processes, database backups, database storage, agents, connections and SQL statements.
- Model IBM DB2 in Oracle Grid Control's systems and services views for complete application performance management without requiring installation an agent on the computer hosting the IBM DB2 instance.
- Receive immediate notification of issues stemming from metric violation of pre-defined thresholds; Gather comprehensive configuration data to track changes, and provide historical trending, reporting and comparisons for compliance and root-cause analysis.
- Utilize 17 pre-defined reports on DB2 systems configuration,
applications performance, database health, tablespace health and
numerous other statistics.
Launched in October 2005, the Oracle Enterprise Manager Partner offering provides participating partners with instant access to a wide range of services to help them deliver the best value to joint customers of enterprise grids comprised of Oracle and non-Oracle systems. Partners engage with Oracle to develop an extensive set of plug-ins and management connectors, increasing the value of Oracle's management product suite and reducing the cost and complexity of managing enterprise systems for customers.
