4 Oracle Configuration Manager Administration

This chapter contains the following sections:

Chapter4, "Configuration Data Collection"
Chapter4, "Automatic Updates"

Configuration Data Collection

Configuration data is automatically collected on a regular schedule. By default, collections are scheduled to run daily at the time the original installation was done. To start a manual collection of configuration data, enter the following command:

$ORACLE_HOME/ccr/bin/emCCR collect

This command collects the configuration data and uploads it to the repository.

Configuration data is collected only if the Scheduler has been started. The Scheduler is always running unless it has been manually stopped with the emCCR stop command. In this case, you will have to manually restart the Scheduler so that configuration data can be automatically collected. Check the status of the Scheduler by entering emCCR status which indicates whether the Scheduler has been started. To start the Scheduler, enter the following command:

$ORACLE_HOME/ccr/bin/emCCR start

Using the Scheduler to Collect Configuration Data

The Scheduler acts as a coordinator of activities, provides a richer schedule capability and the ability to perform collections on a regular schedule.

Configuration data can be collected daily, weekly, or monthly, at a particular date and time. You can set the interval for automatically collecting the configuration data with the emCCR set collection_interval command.

The emCCR stop, emCCR set collection_interval, emCCR hold, emCCR resume, emCCR getupdates, emCCR upload, and emCCR config commands can be used only if the Scheduler has been started.

For more information on these commands, refer to Chapter 5, "Managing the Oracle Configuration Manager Client".

Automatic Updates

After the Oracle Configuration Manager client has been installed, it automatically schedules a collection. If any updates to the Oracle Configuration Manager client are available, they are downloaded and applied when the configuration data is collected.

To disable the automatic updates, enter the following command:

$ORACLE_HOME/ccr/bin/emCCR automatic_update off

Note:

The automatic update feature is enabled by default. When you disable automatic updates, the configuration data will be collected and uploaded until a new mandatory Oracle Configuration Manager software update is available. When a mandatory update is available, configuration data will not be uploaded until the mandatory update is installed.

If you have disabled the automatic updates, the updates can be manually downloaded and applied. To manually download the updates, enter the following command:

$ORACLE_HOME/ccr/bin/emCCR getupdates

The updates are automatically deployed the next time the configuration data is collected.