Oracle Enterprise Manager Plugin
for Oracle on VMware Licensing (OVL)
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Monitor
Oracle on
VMware
license
violations
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Plugin for
Oracle on
VMware
Licensing
Plugin for
VMware
Extend
EM12c to
VMware
Plugin for
Oracle on
VMware
Licensing
Monitor
Oracle on
VMware
license
violations
NOW YOU CAN…
Monitor Oracle on VMware
Manage the virtual layer
Monitor Oracle on VMware Licenses
ENTIRELY FROM EM12C
• “Plug-in” that extends Oracle Enterprise Manager and
provides ‘Oracle on VMware’ license monitoring and
alerting from within the preferred Oracle management
tool
• Interrogates both the Oracle and VMware infrastructures
to identify current ‘Oracle on VMware’ license violations
or the potential for violations
• Generates historical reports on historical compliance
OVLPLUG-IN:WHAT IS IT?
OVLPLUGIN:ANORACLE EMBASED SOLUTION
• Oracle on VMware adoption has been slowed due to
Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) re: Oracle licensing
concerns around virtual machine mobility
• Customers who <have> adopted Oracle on VMware have
have typically silo’d off their Oracle workloads due to
licensing concerns – forcing admins to manage Oracle
differently than the rest of their workloads
• The fear of an Oracle audit has forced many IT execs to
decide running on VMware is too risky
OVLPLUG-IN:WHAT’S THE CONCERN?
OVLPLUGIN:YOUR GOAL –NO EXPOSURE
No Oracle VMs are on
unlicensed ESX hosts
AND
All the Oracle VMs are
locked down to
prevent moving to
unlicensed ESX hosts
1. Oracle EM-based Alerts when violations have
occurred
1. Oracle EM-based Warnings when violations have
the possibility of occurring due to
misconfiguration
1. “Look back” reporting capability to tell you
when violations occurred last week, month,
quarter, etc
OVLPLUGIN:HOW DOES OVLPROTECT YOU?
REAL TIME ORACLE EMALERTING OF LICENSE VIOLATIONS
Be alerted immediately when a
monitored VM with an Oracle
workload moves to a non-licensed
ESX server, an Oracle EM critical
“Incident” fires and emails, texts,
SNMP traps, etc sent
• Oracle on VMware IS supported
• Oracle software is typically licensed by processor
• VMware is always considered Soft Partitioning
• Improperly configured VMware environments introduce
Oracle licensing exposure
ORACLE ON VMWARE:WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Improper configuration could cost
you millions of dollars
in Oracle software audits
LICENSING ORACLE ON VMWARE:THE RISKS
“One large enterprise virtualized
Oracle using VMware products
but didn’t put much thought into
how they were doing it,”
“Oracle was going to conduct an
audit at this company and its
own audits beforehand showed
that there was a $14.8m licensing
compliance issue.”
• By design VMware environments are constantly changing
• Oracle workloads running on unlicensed ESX hosts expose
your organization to increased Oracle licensing costs
• Every change represents additional risk
• At audit time, Oracle will challenge you to proof your
Oracle workloads have not migrated to non-licensed ESX
hosts
LICENSING ORACLE ON VMWARE:THE RISKS
THE SOLUTION:OVLPLUGIN
Oracle
Enterprise
Manager 12c
Oracle
VMware
The Plugin for Oracle on VMware licensing connects directly
to your Oracle and VMware estates and provide automated
alerting and reporting of licensing violations and risks
Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c
Management Server (OMS)
VMware (vCenter)
Oracle on VMware Licensing Plug-in
Oracle
Management
Agent (OMA)
Connects to VMware -
remote agentless connection
to VMware environment via
vSphere API
Connects to Oracle EM -
Since it is Oracle EM plug-in,
the plug-in can interrogate
the Oracle Management
Repository (OMR) for details
on the Oracle managed
environment
No agents required on
VMware ESX servers or VMs
Oracle
Management
Repository
THE SOLUTION:OVLPLUGIN
Key Components
Monitor Report
PARTI:MONITOR
PARTI:MONITOR
Virtual Machine Metrics Hypervisor Metrics
Name
UUID
Workloads
Is Compliant
Violations
State
Config Locked
VMotion Enabled
Host Affinity Set
IP Address
Hypervisor
Cluster
Name
UUID
Licensed
Workloads
CPU Count
Total Core Count
Hardware Model
Hardware Vendor
CPU Model
VMotion Enabled
State
Cluster
ORACLE ON VMWARE LICENSE STATUS DASHBOARD
How many VMs with Oracle
workloads are on unlicensed
ESX servers?
How many VMs with Oracle
workloads are on licensed
ESX servers, however, based
on the vMotion or DRS host
affinity configuration, are in
danger of moving an
unlicensed host?
ARE MY VMS ON LICENSED ESXSERVERS –YES OR NO?
‘Is Compliant?’ indicates
whether the VM containing an
Oracle workload currently on a
licensed ESX host
CAN THE ORACLE VMMOVE TO A UNLICENSED HOST?
‘Config Locked?’ indicates whether the VM containing an Oracle
workload is configured in a manner that could allow the VM to
move to an unlicensed ESX server. The plug-in calculates this by
analyzing and evaluating all of the Host, VM, and Cluster DRS
Affinity and vMotion rules and settings
HAVE DRSAFFINITY RULES BEEN APPLIED?
‘Host Affinity Set?’ indicates whether
the VM containing an Oracle workload
is governed by host affinity rules which
dictate which ESX servers the VM can
move to
IS VMOTION ENABLED ON THE ESXSERVER
‘vMotion Enabled?’ indicates whether
the VM containing an Oracle workload
is on a ESX server that has vMotion
enabled
WHERE IN THE VMWARE INFRASTRUCTURE IS THE VM?
‘ESX Host’ indicates which ESX server
the VM is currently residing on
REAL TIME ORACLE EMALERTING OF LICENSE VIOLATIONS
Be alerted immediately when a
monitored VM with an Oracle
workload moves to a non-licensed
ESX server, an Oracle EM critical
“Incident” fires and emails, texts,
SNMP traps, etc sent
• Know when Oracle on
VMware license violations
occurred
• Easily consumable and
interactive
• Weekly/quarterly/yearly
audit reports
PARTII:REPORT
• Full report of Oracle on
VMware VM travel
history activity
• Understand where
every ESX host an
Oracle VM has been on
along with when and
how long
PARTII:REPORT
How to contact us
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Oracle on VMware Licensing Plugin for Oracle EM12c Beta Overview

  • 1.
    Oracle Enterprise ManagerPlugin for Oracle on VMware Licensing (OVL) The leader in extending Oracle Enterprise Manager
  • 2.
    Plugin for File and Directories Indepth file system monitoring and alerting Plugin for VMware Extend EM12c to VMware Plugin for Ping Probe ICMP based host availability monitoring Plugin for SSL Certificates SSL certificate expiration monitoring Plugin for Time Drift Time server drift and availability monitoring Plugin for SAP Extend EM12c to SAP Plugin for Hyper-V Extend EM12c to Hyper-V Monitor Oracle on VMware license violations Partner Plugins Hardware and software partner sponsored plugins Blue Medora EM12c Solutions Today Soon Plugin for Oracle on VMware Licensing
  • 3.
    Plugin for VMware Extend EM12c to VMware Pluginfor Oracle on VMware Licensing Monitor Oracle on VMware license violations NOW YOU CAN… Monitor Oracle on VMware Manage the virtual layer Monitor Oracle on VMware Licenses ENTIRELY FROM EM12C
  • 4.
    • “Plug-in” thatextends Oracle Enterprise Manager and provides ‘Oracle on VMware’ license monitoring and alerting from within the preferred Oracle management tool • Interrogates both the Oracle and VMware infrastructures to identify current ‘Oracle on VMware’ license violations or the potential for violations • Generates historical reports on historical compliance OVLPLUG-IN:WHAT IS IT?
  • 5.
  • 6.
    • Oracle onVMware adoption has been slowed due to Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) re: Oracle licensing concerns around virtual machine mobility • Customers who <have> adopted Oracle on VMware have have typically silo’d off their Oracle workloads due to licensing concerns – forcing admins to manage Oracle differently than the rest of their workloads • The fear of an Oracle audit has forced many IT execs to decide running on VMware is too risky OVLPLUG-IN:WHAT’S THE CONCERN?
  • 7.
    OVLPLUGIN:YOUR GOAL –NOEXPOSURE No Oracle VMs are on unlicensed ESX hosts AND All the Oracle VMs are locked down to prevent moving to unlicensed ESX hosts
  • 8.
    1. Oracle EM-basedAlerts when violations have occurred 1. Oracle EM-based Warnings when violations have the possibility of occurring due to misconfiguration 1. “Look back” reporting capability to tell you when violations occurred last week, month, quarter, etc OVLPLUGIN:HOW DOES OVLPROTECT YOU?
  • 9.
    REAL TIME ORACLEEMALERTING OF LICENSE VIOLATIONS Be alerted immediately when a monitored VM with an Oracle workload moves to a non-licensed ESX server, an Oracle EM critical “Incident” fires and emails, texts, SNMP traps, etc sent
  • 10.
    • Oracle onVMware IS supported • Oracle software is typically licensed by processor • VMware is always considered Soft Partitioning • Improperly configured VMware environments introduce Oracle licensing exposure ORACLE ON VMWARE:WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
  • 11.
    Improper configuration couldcost you millions of dollars in Oracle software audits
  • 12.
    LICENSING ORACLE ONVMWARE:THE RISKS “One large enterprise virtualized Oracle using VMware products but didn’t put much thought into how they were doing it,” “Oracle was going to conduct an audit at this company and its own audits beforehand showed that there was a $14.8m licensing compliance issue.”
  • 13.
    • By designVMware environments are constantly changing • Oracle workloads running on unlicensed ESX hosts expose your organization to increased Oracle licensing costs • Every change represents additional risk • At audit time, Oracle will challenge you to proof your Oracle workloads have not migrated to non-licensed ESX hosts LICENSING ORACLE ON VMWARE:THE RISKS
  • 14.
    THE SOLUTION:OVLPLUGIN Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Oracle VMware ThePlugin for Oracle on VMware licensing connects directly to your Oracle and VMware estates and provide automated alerting and reporting of licensing violations and risks
  • 15.
    Oracle Enterprise Manager12c Management Server (OMS) VMware (vCenter) Oracle on VMware Licensing Plug-in Oracle Management Agent (OMA) Connects to VMware - remote agentless connection to VMware environment via vSphere API Connects to Oracle EM - Since it is Oracle EM plug-in, the plug-in can interrogate the Oracle Management Repository (OMR) for details on the Oracle managed environment No agents required on VMware ESX servers or VMs Oracle Management Repository THE SOLUTION:OVLPLUGIN
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    PARTI:MONITOR Virtual Machine MetricsHypervisor Metrics Name UUID Workloads Is Compliant Violations State Config Locked VMotion Enabled Host Affinity Set IP Address Hypervisor Cluster Name UUID Licensed Workloads CPU Count Total Core Count Hardware Model Hardware Vendor CPU Model VMotion Enabled State Cluster
  • 19.
    ORACLE ON VMWARELICENSE STATUS DASHBOARD How many VMs with Oracle workloads are on unlicensed ESX servers? How many VMs with Oracle workloads are on licensed ESX servers, however, based on the vMotion or DRS host affinity configuration, are in danger of moving an unlicensed host?
  • 20.
    ARE MY VMSON LICENSED ESXSERVERS –YES OR NO? ‘Is Compliant?’ indicates whether the VM containing an Oracle workload currently on a licensed ESX host
  • 21.
    CAN THE ORACLEVMMOVE TO A UNLICENSED HOST? ‘Config Locked?’ indicates whether the VM containing an Oracle workload is configured in a manner that could allow the VM to move to an unlicensed ESX server. The plug-in calculates this by analyzing and evaluating all of the Host, VM, and Cluster DRS Affinity and vMotion rules and settings
  • 22.
    HAVE DRSAFFINITY RULESBEEN APPLIED? ‘Host Affinity Set?’ indicates whether the VM containing an Oracle workload is governed by host affinity rules which dictate which ESX servers the VM can move to
  • 23.
    IS VMOTION ENABLEDON THE ESXSERVER ‘vMotion Enabled?’ indicates whether the VM containing an Oracle workload is on a ESX server that has vMotion enabled
  • 24.
    WHERE IN THEVMWARE INFRASTRUCTURE IS THE VM? ‘ESX Host’ indicates which ESX server the VM is currently residing on
  • 25.
    REAL TIME ORACLEEMALERTING OF LICENSE VIOLATIONS Be alerted immediately when a monitored VM with an Oracle workload moves to a non-licensed ESX server, an Oracle EM critical “Incident” fires and emails, texts, SNMP traps, etc sent
  • 26.
    • Know whenOracle on VMware license violations occurred • Easily consumable and interactive • Weekly/quarterly/yearly audit reports PARTII:REPORT
  • 27.
    • Full reportof Oracle on VMware VM travel history activity • Understand where every ESX host an Oracle VM has been on along with when and how long PARTII:REPORT
  • 28.
    How to contactus Available via Trial Download Contact us for more info: Twitter: http://www.linkedin.com/company/744031 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Blue- Medora-LLC/159103284124046 Twitter: https://twitter.com/bluemedora Email: info@bluemedora.com
  • 29.
    The leader inextending Oracle Enterprise Manager INFO@BLUEMEDORA.COM · 1.616.504.1708 (NORTH AMERICAN) · 1.800.851.9485 (OUTSIDE OF NORTH AMERICA) bluemedora.com