The Symantec Storage Foundation and VCS plug-ins for Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) enable you to view Storage Foundation and VCS objects through the OEM interface. The Symantec plug-ins extend OEM Grid Control to add support for managing Symantec’s storage stack and RAC extensions.

The Storage Foundation Plug-in enables you to view the following through the OEM interface:

• VxFS properties
• VxVM volume information
• LUN information for database objects such as tablespace, redo logs, controlfile, datafiles

The Veritas Cluster Server Plug-in enables you to do the following through the OEM interface:

• Monitor Symantec VERITAS Cluster Server
• Raise alerts and violations based on resource state

Requirements for Symantec plug-in support for OEM
Storage Foundation and High Availability product requirements are included in:

• Veritas Storage Foundation™ Release Notes
• Veritas Storage Foundation™ for Cluster File System Release Notes
• Veritas Storage Foundation™ª for Oracle RAC Release Notes
• Veritas Cluster Server™ª Release Notes

For Storage Foundation for Databases (SFDB) tools requirements:
Hardware requirements for Symantec plug-in support for OEM
There are no specific hardware requirements or limitations for theOEMplug-ins. Consult the installation requirements in the documentation for your Storage Foundation product.

Software requirements for Symantec plug-in support for OEM
All Storage Foundation Enterprise products on UNIX support the Storage Foundation Plug-in. All VCS products on UNIX support the VCS plug-in.

The Storage Foundation Plugin supports the following Oracle database versions:

• Oracle 10gR2
• Oracle 11gR1

Deploying Storage Foundation for Databases (SFDB) tools with Oracle Enterprise Manager
Requirements for Symantec plug-in support for OEM 8

• Oracle 11gR2
• Oracle 10gR2 RAC
• Oracle 11gR1 RAC
• Oracle 11gR2 RAC

Prerequisites for Symantec plug-in support for OEM
The following prerequisites must be installed before you can deploy the plug-in:

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control 10g Release 2 or higher system and Agent
• The Symantec Plug-in can only be deployed on UNIX Enterprise Manager Agents
• Access must be granted to run plug in as Oracle user for the VCS plugin

Supported configurations for Symantec plug-in support for OEM
Symantec plug-ins for OEM are supported for the following configurations:

• Storage Foundation with single-instance Oracle
• Storage Foundation HA with single-instance Oracle
• Storage Foundation for Cluster File System with single-instance Oracle
• Storage Foundation for Cluster File System HA with single-instance Oracle
• Storage Foundation for Cluster File System with Oracle RAC database
• Storage Foundation for Cluster File System HA with Oracle RAC database
• Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC, with multiple-instance Oracle

The Storage Foundation Plug-in for OEM does not support:

• Non-VxFS file systems
• Non-VxVM volumes
• SmartTier for Oracle
• Volume or plex rename
• Clone databases created from either checkpoints or snapshots
• RAW datafiles

Get the most up-to-date information from the Application Note: Deploying Storage Foundation for Databases (SFDB) tools with Oracle Enterprise Manager including:

• Deploying the Storage Foundation Plug-in for OEM
• Deploying the Veritas Cluster Server Plug-in for Oracle Enterprise Manager
• Adding instances for monitoring in the VCS Plug-in for OEM
• Adding instances for monitoring in the Storage Foundation Plug-in for OEM
• Viewing Storage Foundation Plug-in for OEM reports
• Viewing Veritas Cluster Server Plug-in for OEM reports
• Troubleshooting Symantec plug-ins for OEM

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