Oracle Enterprise Manager. Getting Started with Oracle Change Management Pack

Rich B.

Table of contents :
Contents……Page 3
Send Us Your Comments……Page 7
Preface……Page 9
New Features for This Release of Oracle Change Management Pack……Page 17
Database Objects Supported by Oracle Change Management Pack Applications……Page 19
Understanding Oracle Change Management Pack Objects……Page 20
Tracking Applications……Page 22
Change Applications……Page 23
Overview of Create Baseline……Page 24
Overview of Compare Database Objects……Page 26
Performing a Comparison from the Oracle Enterprise Manager Console……Page 27
Overview of Synchronization Wizard……Page 28
Overview of DB Quick Change……Page 29
Overview of DB Propagate……Page 30
Copying Definitions Using Drag and Drop……Page 31
Overview of Plan Editor……Page 32
Comparison of Other Change Applications and Plan Editor……Page 33
Sample Uses for the Oracle Change Management Pack……Page 34
Planning and Defining Changes……Page 37
Evaluating the Impact of Changes……Page 38
Implementing the Changes……Page 39
Learning More About Making Changes Using Change Plans……Page 40
Displaying a Help Topic for Your Current Context in an Application……Page 41
Finding a Particular Type of Help Topic……Page 42
Running Change Manager Connected to an Oracle Management Server or Standalone……Page 43
Changing Your Standalone Change Management Pack Repository……Page 44
Starting Change Manager……Page 45
Using the Change Manager Main Window……Page 46
Starting Change Management Pack Applications from Change Manager……Page 48
Working with Baselines……Page 49
Working with Comparisons……Page 50
Working with Change Plans……Page 52
Viewing History Entries for Tasks……Page 53
Viewing and Completing Pending Tasks……Page 54
Working With a Particular Version of a Change Plan, Baseline, or Comparison……Page 55
Exporting and Importing Change Plans, Baselines, and Comparisons……Page 56
3 Using Plan Editor……Page 59
Modifying and Creating Object Definitions with Plan Editor……Page 60
Creating a Plan with Plan Editor……Page 61
Understanding Directives……Page 62
Understanding Modified Exemplars……Page 63
Defining Change Requests with Plan Editor……Page 64
Defining a Directive with Plan Editor……Page 65
Defining a Scoped Directive with Plan Editor……Page 66
Defining an Exemplar with Plan Editor……Page 68
Creating a Modified Exemplar with Plan Editor……Page 71
Understanding Script Generation……Page 72
Generating a Script with Plan Editor……Page 73
Viewing the Impact Report and Script Summary with Plan Editor……Page 76
Understanding Script Execution……Page 77
Executing the Script with Plan Editor……Page 78
Dealing with Script Execution Errors……Page 80
Possible Uses for the Command Line Interface……Page 83
Requirements for Using the Command Line Interface……Page 84
Using the Command Line Interface with the Oracle Management Server……Page 85
Using the Command Line Interface Commands……Page 86
login command……Page 87
capture command……Page 89
compare command……Page 90
generate command……Page 91
execute command……Page 92
Specifying the Direction in Which to Execute the Script……Page 93
Specifying Completion Actions for a Script Execution……Page 94
Examples of Using the Execute Command……Page 95
Status Codes Returned by the Command Line Interface……Page 96
Using Environment Variables When Running Change Manager from the Command Line……Page 99
Enabling Tracing and Debugging for Oracle Change Management Pack……Page 100
Index……Page 105