Oracle Enterprise Manager Licensing information

When it comes to licensing, Oracle has made it as complex and confusing as it could ever be!

Fortunately, Oracle made a little progress with OEM licensing with this document:


http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E24628_01/license.121/e24474.pdf


Finally, it's easier to identify and enable/disable Management Packs for OEM now:

“Beginning with Oracle Database 11g, the CONTROL_MANAGEMENT_PACK_ACCESS

initialization parameter controls access to the Diagnostic Pack and Tuning Pack. You

can set this parameter to one of the following values:

■ DIAGNOSTIC+TUNING — Diagnostic Pack and Tuning Pack functionally is

enabled in the database server.

■ DIAGNOSTIC — Only Diagnostic Pack functionality is enabled in the server.

■ NONE — Diagnostic Pack and Tuning Pack functionally is disabled in the database

server.“

“To determine which links are part of the Diagnostics Pack:

■ Click Setup (upper right corner of the page), then Management Pack Access.

■ On the Management Pack Access page, you can grant and remove access for all

management packs.

– For Enterprise Manager Database Control, remove access for the Database

Diagnostics Pack and click Apply.

– For Enterprise Manager Cloud Control, remove access for the Database

Diagnostics Pack and click Apply.

This disables all links and menu items associated with the Diagnostics Pack in

Enterprise Manager. All disabled links and menu are part of the Diagnostics Pack and

therefore require a pack license.”