This section describes new features and enhancements for Installation and Upgrade.

• Zero Downtime Patching: This is a new method to patch the OMS with the system being up during the patching activity. It minimizes the maintenance window during patching while having monitoring visibility and alerting for mission critical targets during planned maintenance.

  For more information, see Zero Downtime Patching in Oracle Enterprise Manager Administrator's Guide.

  This feature is available starting with Oracle Enterprise Manager 24ai Release 1 Update 1 (24.1.0.1).

This section describes new features and enhancements for Configuration, Security, and Maintenance.

• Enhanced Enterprise Manager Federation: Enterprise Manager Federation allows you to have a consolidated view of multiple Enterprise Manager sites deployed across your enterprise. This version includes enhancements that significantly reduce the configuration steps, improve the security of EM Federation, and eliminate the ongoing credential management for secondary sites.

  For more information, see Configuring Enterprise Manager Federation in Oracle Enterprise Manager Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide.

This section describes new features and enhancements for Enterprise Monitoring.

• Enterprise Menu Reorganization: Enterprise Manager's main Enterprise menu section has been reorganized, removing obsolete sections, grouping together sections, and allowing for easier and faster access to the various features within its sub-menu.

  This feature is available starting with Oracle Enterprise Manager 24ai Release 1 Update 2 (24.1.0.2).

• Key-Based Metric Widgets in Dashboards and the Default Target Home Page: Key-based metric widgets, which display a list of n key-value pairs (supporting both numeric and string values), are now available across all dashboards in Enterprise Manager, including the default target home page and target dashboards.

  This feature is available starting with Oracle Enterprise Manager 24ai Release 1 Update 2 (24.1.0.2).

• Triage Notification Backlog Runbook: As a new Oracle Provided Runbook, the Triage Notification Backlog Runbook covers the notification sub system part of Enterprise Manager, which is essential for notifications delivered by Enterprise Manager. The Triage Notification Backlog Runbook can be used for triaging and fixing its issues.

  For more information, see Oracle Provided Runbooks in Oracle Enterprise Manager Monitoring Guide.

  This feature is available starting with Oracle Enterprise Manager 24ai Release 1 Update 2 (24.1.0.2).

• Go to Step Support for Runbooks: Runbook step instructions to go to other steps in the Runbook allows the author to define a better flow when there is a situation when a step should be skipped.

  For more information, see Creating Runbooks in Oracle Enterprise Manager Monitoring Guide.

  This feature is available starting with Oracle Enterprise Manager 24ai Release 1 Update 2 (24.1.0.2).

• Universal Context for Runbooks: The Universal context type is introduced as a new context type, which requires no specific context ID. A Runbook with a Universal context that is not dependent on a metric or an incident, allows the creation of Runbooks for preventative maintenance while having maximum portability.

  For more information, see Creating Runbooks in Oracle Enterprise Manager Monitoring Guide.

  This feature is available starting with Oracle Enterprise Manager 24ai Release 1 Update 2 (24.1.0.2).

• Edit Dashboard Privileges: The privileges required to view, edit, and delete a custom dashboard can now be granted or revoked on the Dashboards page in Enterprise Manager.

  For more information, see Editing Dashboard Privileges in Oracle Enterprise Manager Monitoring Guide.

  This feature is available starting with Oracle Enterprise Manager 24ai Release 1 Update 1 (24.1.0.1).

• New Navigation Menu: This release introduces a modern, new navigation menu that allows you to easily search and access the various monitoring and administration options from anywhere in the Enterprise Manager console.
• Enterprise Manager Dashboard Enhancements: The following Enterprise Manager Dashboard enhancements are now available:
  • Time Selector Capability: When creating a custom dashboard, you can use the time selector to select the duration of time for which you want to display data in the widgets in the dashboard. You also have the option of increasing or decreasing the number of days in the time selector or deleting it.

    When customizing an out-of-the-box dashboard, you can click + Add time selector to add the time selector.

  • EM Federation Data Source for Custom SQL: When creating a widget using custom SQL, you can now select EM Federation as the data source and the SQL query then retrieves the data from federated Enterprise Manager sites.

  For more information, see Using Dashboards in Oracle Enterprise Manager Monitoring Guide.

• Monitoring Using Remote Agents: Enterprise Manager remote agents allow the remote monitoring and management of targets without requiring an agent to be installed on the same host as the targets. Remote agents can significantly reduce the number of agents needed to be deployed on managed environments, therefore simplifying deployment and maintenance tasks.

  For more information, see Discovering and Monitoring Using Remote Agents in Oracle Enterprise Manager Monitoring Guide.

• Zero Down Time Monitoring: The Zero Downtime (ZDT) Monitoring service is a new service in Enterprise Manager, responsible for processing and handling all event management, incident management and notification capabilities. Because it is a ZDT service, this means it will continue to be operational even during planned maintenance events such as updating to a new Release Update (RU).

  For more information, see Zero Downtime Monitoring in Oracle Enterprise Manager Monitoring Guide.

• New Job System Console: The new and improved Job System Console displays critical information at a glance with two main sections, Job System Health and Job System Performance, which provide an overall summary of the respective sections. Going deeper into each section provides detailed information regarding your Job System in a clear and coherent manner.

  For more information, see Job System Console: Overview in Oracle Enterprise Manager Monitoring Guide.

• Support for Oracle Key Vault: Oracle Key Vault is a key and secrets management appliance to store, manage and share security objects such as encryption keys, Oracle wallets, Java keystores, SSH keys, passwords, and other secrets in a secure, fault-tolerant, highly available and scalable environment.

  Two new target types have been added to enable the monitoring of Oracle Key Vault (OKV):

  • Oracle Key Vault Cluster (oracle_kv_cluster) - assists in the monitoring of OKV clusters
  • Oracle Key Vault Server (oracle_kv_server) - assists in the monitoring of individual OKV nodes (or a standalone server for non-cluster deployments)

  For more information, see Discovering and Adding Oracle Key Vault in Oracle Enterprise Manager Monitoring Guide.

This section describes new features and enhancements for Database Management.

• Database Fleet Page: The new Database fleet page in Enterprise Manager provides a unified view of the databases in your fleet or group. On the Database fleet page, you can monitor your Oracle Databases, which include single instance, RAC, and Autonomous Databases, as well as plug-in databases such as IBM DB2 and MySQL. To access the Database fleet page, from the navigation menu, select Targets, and then select Databases.

  On the Database fleet page, you can:

  • Use the filters on the left pane to filter the databases by name, database type, status, or target properties.
  • Monitor important status and performance information at a glance. For example, the Inventory tile displays an overview of the databases in your fleet or group in a donut chart.
  • View the list of databases in the Members tab, along with information such as the name of the database, type, status, and incident count.

  This feature is available starting with Oracle Enterprise Manager 24ai Release 1 Update 3 (24.1.0.3).

• Monitor AWR Data for Standby Databases: In Oracle Database 23ai, AWR snapshots can be generated for standby databases in an Oracle Data Guard configuration. In Enterprise Manager, you can now monitor AWR data for a standby database instead of only the primary database, for Oracle Database 23ai. This allows you to analyze performance-related issues for standby databases.

  This feature is available starting with Oracle Enterprise Manager 24ai Release 1 Update 3 (24.1.0.3).

• New Metrics to Monitor and Manage High Availability Log Archive Destination: The following metrics are now available for Database Instances, Cluster Databases, and Far Sync instances (remote Oracle Data Guard destinations). These metrics collect redo shipping status and statistics from the v$archive_dest and v$archive_dest_status views to provide comprehensive configuration and performance data for High Availability Log Archive Destinations (LAD):
  • High Availability - Remote Log Archive Destinations: This metric provides a single source of truth for High Availability LAD configuration data, making it easier to monitor and manage.
  • Log Archive Destination Status: This metric provides real-time performance data related to High Availability LAD, enabling you to monitor and troubleshoot performance issues.

  For more information, see High Availability - Remote Log Archive Destinations and Log Archive Destination Status in Oracle Enterprise Manager Oracle Database Metric Reference Manual.

  This feature is available starting with Oracle Enterprise Manager 24ai Release 1 Update 3 (24.1.0.3).

• New Metric for Autonomous Databases: A new metric category, OCI Database Cloud Identity Properties, is now available for Autonomous Databases. The Compute Count metric in this category provides the number of ECPUs or OCPUs allocated by the service.

  This feature is available starting with Oracle Enterprise Manager 24ai Release 1 Update 3 (24.1.0.3).

• SQL Performance Analyzer Enhancements in Enterprise Manager: The following SQL Performance Analyzer (SPA) enhancements are now available in Enterprise Manager:
  • Modernized UI for Creating and Viewing SPA Tasks and Trials with Oracle Javascript Extension Toolkit (JET)
    • Tasks and Trials Overview: New graphical charts displaying recent reports and recently created tasks for a better overview.
    • Unified User Experience: Same workflow for the creation of new tasks regardless of change type.
    • Increased Flexibility: Basic mode can be used with minimal inputs while the Advanced mode allows more flexibility and allows changes to configuration parameters such as EXECUTE_FULLDML and WORKLOAD_IMPACT_THRESHOLD for individual tasks.
    • Streamlined and Saves Time: Ability to generate reports on several metrics at the same time; Provides an overview of the results of the SPA task, without you having to access the report.
    • New Workflow: Optimized workflow for migration.
  • Performance Enhancements for SPA Tasks and Trials, which include a new hybrid workflow to reduce execution time by only executing statements with plan changes and the ability to execute statements in parallel.

  These enhancements are available starting with Oracle Enterprise Manager 24ai Release 1 Update 1 (24.1.0.1).

• Guided Discovery Process for Autonomous Databases: You can now discover Autonomous Databases using the guided process. This simplified process enables you to discover multiple Autonomous Databases at the same time, use advanced search functionality to filter and search for Autonomous Databases, and navigate through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure regions and compartments in the Enterprise Manager console.

  For more information, see Discover Autonomous Databases as Non-host Targets Using the Guided Process in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Administrator's Guide for Oracle Autonomous Databases.

• Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor (ADDM) Tab in Performance Hub: You can now use the ADDM tab in Performance Hub to access the information stored by ADDM. ADDM analyzes the AWR data on a regular basis, locates the root causes of performance problems, provides recommendations for correcting any problems, and identifies non-problem areas of the application. As AWR is a repository of historical performance data, ADDM can be used to analyze performance issues after the event, often saving time and resources that would be needed to reproduce a problem.

  For more information, see Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor (ADDM) in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure documentation.

• New Swim Lanes Visualization in ADDM Spotlight: In ADDM Spotlight, the Swim Lanes visualization uses time series data aggregated for the selected time range to display findings by overall impact (%) for ADDM tasks. To use this visualization option, click the (swim lanes) icon in the upper-right corner of the Summary chart in the Findings tab. In the Swim Lanes visualization, the size of the bubbles indicates the overall impact of the finding and you can hover the mouse over each bubble for detailed information regarding the analysis period and findings.
• Data Masking and Subsetting Enhancements in Enterprise Manager: The following Oracle Data Masking and Subsetting enhancements are now available in Enterprise Manager:

  • Modernized UI for Data Discovery and Data Masking with Oracle Javascript Extension Toolkit (JET)

    • Unified Console Experience: Easily switch between key Data Masking and Subsetting components, Overview, Data Discovery, Data Masking, and Data Subsetting, all within a single, streamlined interface.

    • Simplified Navigation: Access features with a reorganized menu, enabling direct and intuitive navigation within each component.

    • Workflow Diagrams: Visualize typical workflows with newly introduced, clean and easy-to-understand diagrams.

    • Enterprise-Level Overview Dashboard: Gain insights with the all-new Data Masking and Subsetting Overview dashboard, offering metrics to effectively manage discovery and masking activities across your databases.

  • UI Performance Enhancements for Data Discovery and Data Masking

    • Optimized Workflow Execution: Perform workflows without unnecessary delays by loading only the data required for the requested operation, reducing resource usage and user wait time.
    • Responsive Design: Use a UI that seamlessly adapts to devices of various sizes, ensuring a consistent experience across desktops, tablets, and smartphones.
    • Faster Workflow Execution: Use enhanced flow execution time for operations like creating masking formats or definitions, leveraging Oracle JET UI, and optimizations such as lazy loading.
    • Improved Filtering: Use faster, client-side searches by loading data, removing the dependency on server-side filtering.
    • Support for Bulk Operations: Perform simplified repetitive tasks with bulk operations, such as adding sensitive columns in bulk, minimizing clicks and effort.
    • Intuitive Masking Format Creation: Use the simplified workflow for the creation of custom masking formats with drag-and-drop support for reorganizing format entries.

  For more information, see About Data Masking and Subsetting in Oracle Database Data Masking and Subsetting Guide.

• New Metrics to Monitor Raft-based Sharding: For Oracle Database 23c and later, you can now use the following metrics to monitor shard replication units in Enterprise Manager:
  • For Globally Distributed Databases
    • Shard Replication Units Summary: Provides a summary of the replication units in an Oracle Globally Distributed Database.
  • For Pluggable Databases
    • Shard Apply Lag: Provides information regarding the shard replication apply coordinator process and replication unit apply lag.
    • Shard Replication Units: Provides details of the replication units in the shard.
    • Shard Transport Lag: Provide information regarding the shard replication transport lag.

  For more information, see Globally Distributed Database and Pluggable Database in Oracle Enterprise Manager Oracle Database Metric Reference Manual.

This section describes new features and enhancements for Extensibility and Integration.

• REST APIs for Blackouts Management: You can now use the Blackouts Management REST API to perform maintenance operations such as create, edit, or stop a blackout, as well as retrieve various information and statistics on your defined blackouts.

  For more information, see Blackouts Management APIs in REST API for Oracle Enterprise Manager.

• Redesigned Plug-ins: Plug-ins available with Oracle Enterprise Manager or via Self Update extend the Enterprise Manager monitoring capabilities to non-Oracle components. This release includes new or redesigned plug-ins for Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP), Apache Tomcat, and IBM WebSphere.