High level overview of the Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c (EM12c) based MIddleware-as-a-Service (DBaaS), also known as WebLogic-as-a-Service, on VMware using the Blue Medora EM12c plugin for VMware.

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Enabling
Oracle
EM12c-­‐based
MWaaS
on
VMware
with
the
Blue
Medora
Plugin
for
VMware

2. 2 2
EM12c
Plugin
for
VMware
–
Solu?on
details
§ Developed
by
Blue
Medora,
key
Oracle
partner
§ Extends
Oracle
EM12c
capabili?es
to
VMware
• Monitoring
• Power
management
of
virtual
machines
• BI
Publisher-­‐based
repor;ng
• Virtual
machine
provisioning
• Enables
EM12c-­‐based
MWaaS
on
VMware
• Enables
EM12c-­‐based
DBaaS
on
VMware

3. 3 3
Fully-­‐automated
provisioning
of
any
#
of
VMware-­‐based
WebLogic
servers
using
EM12c
How
it
enhances
Oracle
Enterprise
Manager

4. 4 4
Key
Benefits
§ Extends
MWaaS
to
VMware
§ Provisioning
of
WebLogic
server
on
VMware
virtual
machines
automated
by
plugin
• Separate
workflows
for
VM
crea;on
and
WebLogic
crea;on
no
longer
required
§ Massive
reduc?on
in
deployment
?mes
of
WebLogic
on
VMware

5. 5 5
Enables
Oracle
MWaaS
on
VMware
Adds
new
‘VMware
Management’
target
to
Oracle
EM12c
Create
Oracle
WebLogic
on
VMware
provisioning
profiles
and
link
VMware
VM
templates
to
them
Determine
how
many
WebLogic
on
VMware
servers
to
deploy,
which
Oracle
Cloud
zone
and
pools
they
should
go,
and
kick-­‐off
the
deployment
Clone
VMware
VMs
or
deploy
from
templates
outside
of
the
Oracle
MMaaS
process
Power
on,
power
off,
suspend,
etc
VMware
VMs
from
within
EM12c

6. 6 6
How
Oracle
on
VMware
MWaaS
works
1. VMware
plugin
is
installed
and
configured
2. 1
to
100s
of
WebLogic
servers
requested
and
deployed
from
purpose
built
VMware
template(s)
3. host,
weblogic
j2ee,
and
oracle
home
targets
automa;cally
promoted
within
EM12c
4. New
WebLogic
targets
are
placed
into
appropriate
Oracle
Cloud
pools
and
zones
for
use
within
Self-­‐
Service
portal

7. 7 7
Oracle
Enterprise
Manager
12c
Management
Server
(OMS)
VMware (vCenter)
Blue
Medora
VMware
Plug-­‐in
for
EM
Oracle
EM12 Cloud
Middleware-
as-a-Service
How the VMware plugin works
§ Remote
agentless
connec;on
to
VMware
environment
via
vSphere
API
§ WebLogic
Server
can
be
deployed
to
mul;ple
VMware
environments
from
a
single
OMA
§ No
agents
required
on
VMware
ESX
servers
or
VMs
§ Uses
standard
VMware
virtual
machine
templates
customized
for
use
with
Oracle
MWaaS
Oracle
WebLogic
on
VMware
MWaaS
Architecture

8. 8 8
Comparison
How
the
plugin
eases
Weblogic
on
VMware
deployment

9. 9 9
Enables
up
to
95%
reduc?on
in
deployment
?mes
Without
the
plugin,
VMware
VMs
must
be
provisioned
‘out-­‐of-­‐
band’
by
the
VMware
opera;ons
team
With
the
plugin,
VMware
VM
provisioning
is
fully
automated
within
the
WebLogic
provisioning
workflow

10. 1010
Enables
WebLogic
scale-­‐out
on
VMware
Define
the
#
of
WebLogic
servers
on
VMware
to
be
deployed
Complete
the
process
by
clicking
“Provision
Resources”
Select
the
Oracle
Cloud
‘Zone’
and
‘Pool’
the
new
VMware-­‐based
WebLogic
Servers
are
to
be
deployed
to
1
2
3

11. 1111
Creates
new
VMware
VM
from
WebLogic
Template
2
Configures
VM
Networking
and
make
available
to
Oracle
EM
3
Push
and
configure
Oracle
Management
Agent
(OMA)
4
Promote
Oracle
Homes
within
Oracle
EM
5
Add
to
Oracle
EM
MWaaS
Zone
and
Pool
6
Automated
deployment
of
new
WebLogic
Server
on
VMware,
fully
managed
by
Oracle
EM12c,
in
less
than
40
minutes
7
From
the
new
VMware
Management
target
in
Oracle
EM12c,
choose
MWaaS
deployment
and
kick
off
a
provisioning
job
1
What
MWaaS
on
VMware
looks
like
end-­‐to-­‐end

12. 1212
So[ware
Pre-­‐requisites
for
Oracle
MwaaS
on
VMware
§ Oracle
EM12cR3
or
greater
• WebLogic
Lifecycle
Management
Pack
• Oracle
Cloud
plugins
§ VMware
vSphere
v4.1
or
greater
• VMware
virtual
machine
template
• Linux-­‐based
• Containing
WebLogic
binaries
• Configured
for
integra;on
with
EM12c
§ Blue
Medora
EM12c
plugin
for
VMware
v12.0.1.8
or
greater