it_user101802 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oracle DBA at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
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Very useful for infrastructure related tasks. Great real time performance tuning of SQL queries.

What is most valuable?

Overall monitoring of Oracle databases and operating systems. Real time performance tuning of SQL queries.

How has it helped my organization?

By using OEM, less time and resources are spent to monitor and manage databases.

What needs improvement?

It comes with some monitoring bugs, which once reported to Oracle support is always solved.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for the last 6 years.
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What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No issues at all, very easy to deploy.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

A very stable product.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Up until now I have not had any issues.

How are customer service and support?

Customer Service: The best in the industry.Technical Support: Very good. Sometimes there is a need to escalate things, but that's ok.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I used BMC earlier, but OEM is very vast and mature as compared to other similar products.

How was the initial setup?

Straightforward, easy setup GUI.

What about the implementation team?

In-house team.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Not really.

What other advice do I have?

Go ahead and implement it, as you'll find that it is very useful for infrastructure related tasks.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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it_user92496 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Manager at a recruiting/HR firm with 51-200 employees
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I really like that Statspack has evolved into AWR, ADDM and ASH reports, fully automated out of the box.

Valuable Features:

I really like how Statspack has evolved into AWR, ADDM and ASH reports, fully automated out of the box.

Improvements to My Organization:

Being able to capture performance information that occurred in the past is very helpful, when tracking down anomalies.

Room for Improvement:

I would like to see more functionality/information in Standard Edition Oracle for the same performance analysis.

Use of Solution:

I have used Oracle Enterprise Manager since version 9i.

Deployment Issues:

No, not really.

Stability Issues:

No, not really.

Customer Service:

Good.

Initial Setup:

Initial setup is straightforward.

Implementation Team:

DBA Team implementations.

Cost and Licensing Advice:

Cant speak to that.

Other Advice:

Network. Ask what other people are doing and using, and if their environment is similar in terms of use and capacity.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Database Manager at a tech company with 51-200 employees
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Provides complete integrated solutions to achieve the level of business service quality

Valuable Features:

• Provides a platform for tuning multiple databases and scheduling of multiple tasks. • Monitors database health and performs regular monitoring. • Used to administer multiple networks and services from multiple locations. • The Oracle environment, including database servers and application servers can be administered • Very useful for oracle database administrators. Because DBAs are required to create new user, manage database backups, adding tablespace and data files. Oracle Enterprise Manager offers database administration functionality that helps simplifies the routine tasks of database administrators. • The graphical interface of Oracle Enterprise Manager provides ease of use to database administrators for managing routine tasks including scheduling of database backup using RMAN.

Room for Improvement:

• In a large organization with large number of targets, managing systems on an individual basis can be time consuming and difficult. • Upgrades/Patches Installation and implementation timelines can be extensive as each and every system must be upgraded one by one.

Other Advice:

Oracle Enterprise Manager is a set of system management tools from Oracle that are used to monitor the Oracle environment, automating tasks to make database management easier for business. Enterprise Manager uses web based architecture and its HTML based console can be accessed from anywhere through browsers. Oracle Enterprise Manager provides complete, integrated solutions to achieve the level of business service quality required of enterprise applications, tools for managing configuration, performance and availability, and when combined with other management packs and plug-ins, it provides the means to achieve end-to-end management of the entire application infrastructure.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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it_user1068 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user1068Tech Support Staff at a tech company with 51-200 employees
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Oracle Enterprise Manager is indeed the ultimate solution for integrating databases in different locations. Our company has been growing to neighboring countries. We just implemented this great database software to help us manage all our databases from the central office. It has been great so far. Thank you imran_sh for sharing this vital information with us.

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