Select Journal - First Quarter 2013 - (Page 2)

From the Editor From the IOUG President Manageability in the New Year An Exciting Year Ahead April Sims Executive Editor This edition of the SELECT Journal is focused on manageability with several articles focused on the newest edition of Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Cloud Control. Mike Messina gives us a quick look at what has changed in this OEM with his article “Enterprise Manager 12c Cloud Control: What’s Changed, What’s New” as a heads up before you migrate to this new version. Ray Smith brings to light one of most underused utilities for OEM called the Command Line Interface, or OEMCLI, in “Introduction to Oracle Enterprise Command Line Interface.” It should be part of your toolkit to optimize the use of OEM across your enterprise, improving the efficiency of repetitive tasks versus the point-and-click of the GUI interface. Also in this issue, it’s back to basics on skills with advice from Andrei Dzianisau in his article “Retrieving Large Volumes of Data.” Tom Sager also delves into achieving high-availability without using Real Application Clusters in “A Multilayered Approach to Oracle Database Availability.” It is my job to make sure you, the reader, take something away from each of these articles no matter your role in the organization. I look forward to meeting with readers at IOUG’s upcoming annual conference, COLLABORATE 13. Please provide feedback on how we are doing! This issue also includes a new installation of the Oracle ACE Spotlight featuring Gokhan Atil. In this section, SELECT Journal gets the opportunity to highlight certain members of IOUG. Expect to witness a small, personal glimpse into what has been important to the professional careers of those featured. 2013 Themes and Topics We are actively looking for article, features and discussions related to the following topics for next year. Other themes will be announced as they are finalized. Q2: Reducing Risk — Is your enterprise able to deploy quarterly security updates in a timely manner? Q3: Consolidation — With the anticipated release of 12g RDBMS as a pluggable containerized database, this issue starts the deep dive into this new release. Once again, we would like to thank all our authors and reviewers for their efforts in providing high-quality content for SELECT Journal. We always welcome your input and feedback, and we look forward to you sharing your expertise via this fine medium. Email us at select@ioug.org if you would like to submit an article or sign up to become reviewer. April Sims Executive Editor, IOUG SELECT Journal Page 2 ■ 1st Qtr 2013 John Matelski IOUG President Happy 20th anniversary, IOUG! 2013 marks two decades of existence for this outstanding user community and also heralds the start of many new and exciting things for the association. As the voice of the Oracle technology user community, IOUG has been, and will continue to be, directly involved in providing feedback and insight into Oracle. In January, numerous IOUG community members participated in a weeklong beta testing program for the next generation of Oracle database in the interest of helping to influence product direction, documentation and the overall value for the community. Additionally, IOUG’s ResearchWire program continues to influence and inform the Oracle technology community. By soliciting feedback directly from Oracle users who live and experience front-line challenges on a daily basis, IOUG ResearchWire studies influence future business strategy, IT spending and the content of training at events like the upcoming COLLABORATE 13 – IOUG Forum. The most recent study, which focuses on the emerging role of the data scientist, revealed that more and more data professionals are being tapped to “tell a story” with their data and to drive business decision making. Keep an eye out throughout the next month or two for this forthcoming study, as well as related sessions at COLLABORATE 13. Speaking of COLLABORATE 13, the annual user conference is fast approaching, taking place this April 7-11 in Denver. To stay ahead of the curve on the latest topics, the IOUG Forum has it all. From sessions designed for both new and advanced DBAs; to user experience-driven case studies on manageability and engineered systems; to the Senior IT Leadership Program — this brand-new, IOUG-exclusive curriculum will provide attendees with skills to enable them to influence, present business cases and help develop business solutions for their company. This program kicks off that Sunday with an expert panel covering “The Essence of Great Leadership” and continues through the week with sessions led by an impressive lineup of Oracle pros. Beyond COLLABORATE, in the year of our 20th anniversary, IOUG delivers an even greater value to its membership. Look for more ways to access leading practices in our year-round virtual education program, an expansion of SELECT Journal online (including author videos and letters to the editor), an improved tip booklet, as well as new e-news briefs on enterprise management topics. As always, IOUG encourages and welcomes additional contributors to SELECT Journal. Express your interest in becoming an author or reviewer by emailing select@ioug.org. On behalf of the IOUG, I’m really looking forward to another fantastic year for the community. John Matelski IOUG President

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Select Journal - First Quarter 2013

Select Journal - First Quarter 2013
Table of Contents
From the Editor
From the IOUG President
Enterprise Manager 12c Cloud Control: What’s Changed, What’s New
Introduction to Oracle Enterprise Manager Command Line Interface
Users Group Calendar
Retrieving Large Volumes of Data
A Multilayered Approach to Oracle Database Availability
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Ask an Oracle ACE

Select Journal - First Quarter 2013