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We performed a comparison between DX Unified Infrastructure Management and Oracle Enterprise Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Server Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed DX Unified Infrastructure Management vs. Oracle Enterprise Manager Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"I definitely appreciate the flexibility and ease of use. We've been using UIM for almost three years now. It's pretty much point and click, very easy to use. And we've had no problems scaling it to our own environment.""It reduced cycles for a lot of quick out-of-the-box functionality. It also allowed us to get away from being stuck in SNMP, VTP V2, based off of agent deployment.""The number of probes available. Out of the box, I believe about 200 probes are available. And, if there's a probe that is not available, you can write one. You can also go to the communities and suggest, and based on demand, CA will write one for you.""Technical support is great.""I can use the Drag and Drop feature to build dashboards within minutes.""What I like about DX Unified Infrastructure Management is that it's a very good product. The feature I found most valuable in the solution is the MCS feature, which is the automatic deployment of the objects you want to monitor. You can set up a system, for example, if it's a Windows machine and I want to test specific devices on it, I could do that through DX Unified Infrastructure Management. That type of deployment is very good because it means you won't miss any monitoring aspect on any server.""The benefit is easy installation. Thus, the model approach of the product and out-of-the-box probes, which deliver direct value.""It is very scalable."

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"There are a number of different user interfaces you can choose from.""Oracle Enterprise Manager triggers critical alerts.""It's user friendly.""The best part is the efficient database performance monitoring and the ability to take actions directly from there.""It can also help with capacity planning, sizing, and maximizing overall performance in a large scale environment.""I like that it's stable.""The 13cR2 updates to the OEM family, strongly integrate Cloud (off-site, hybrid and on-premise) services providing a seamless way to see all of your resources regardless of where they are deployed.""This solution allows us to quickly drill down when there are issues."

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Cons
"A useful feature to have would be automatic configuration per standard by new robots that check in for any particular customer.""We would like to see automatic network topology.""There should be wider coverage of storage infrastructure.""The only challenge that I have with this solution is the reporting part. The users are not really comfortable with the kind of reports they are getting. Sometimes, they want to see reports in their own format. Customizing those reports with Jasper is not very easy. It could be because of the knowledge gap. If you have the knowledge of how Jasper can be configured to suit customer requirements in terms of reporting, it is good. There was a time a customer complained about one issue related to Netflow analysis. Broadcom has a separate model for that, but the customer wanted everything bundled together. It could also have IP management so that I am able to see or analyze IPs so that the IPs that are already in use don't get assigned.""The biggest feature that I've been hoping they would enhance on is inventory management: things like adding/removing nodes.""Currently lacks a mobile application which would be helpful.""The dashboards need to be improved.""Stability."

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"The solution’s pricing could be improved.""I would like to see better pricing.""Reporting and statistical charting is largely still left up the end-user to develop custom solutions.""The solution is considered expensive.""I rate Oracle Enterprise Manager six out of 10 for affordability. It's expensive.""The product is pretty comprehensive, but quite resource hungry. This might be due to the majority of the application seemingly being written in Java.""RMAN tools need improvement.""We could use it but definitely with some effort we can streamline much better and sometimes some box here and there, like 13C you have to really wait, but there are great features. Just have to make sure it is a stable product."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "This product is expensive compared to other vendors (SolarWinds, ManageEngine)."
  • "The product-price ratio is better than other brands such as Fortinet or SonicWall."
  • "The license cost depends on the number of probes and robots."
  • "Reasonable setup cost and licensing prices."
  • "CAD $400,000 annually."
  • "Customers pay for the license and the support."
  • "Pricing for DX Unified Infrastructure Management isn't cheap at all. It's a complex tool, so you have to pay more. No one is happy with a large bill to pay, but if it's a complex product and you designed a complex solution to be monitored, it'll be your fault that you need to buy an expensive product, and that would be implicit in the design of DX Unified Infrastructure Management. Monitoring is just a small part of it. Sometimes you have to pay a significant amount of money for a complex yet very good solution."
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  • "It is part of Real Application Testing, so no new investment is necessary for clients who already are already using RAT."
  • "As with all Oracle products, care should be taken when using any features to ensure that they do not activate licensed features that have not been paid for."
  • "The basic functions are free. You only pay license fees for advanced features."
  • "The pricing is very high."
  • "We are satisfied with the pricing."
  • "There is only the standard licensing fee. There are no other costs."
  • "Evaluate your requirements carefully. Elaborate DR and HA setup of OEM can become expensive."
  • "Be careful to only enable the packs for which you have a license as this is an issue we see time and again."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The feature that we've found to be very helpful is the way the solution categorizes the devices to identify groups, groups of devices and clusters. This allows us to be aware of their position within… more »
    Top Answer:We have experienced challenges with finding a mechanism to deploy the agents, but it's only on the first deployment so it's not a big issue. We would also like to see some enhancements in assignment… more »
    Top Answer:I primarily use DX UIM to capture performance data and faults.
    Top Answer:Oracle Enterprise Manager helps to control servers.
    Top Answer:Initially, our deal was for three years, and we extended it to five years. Oracle solutions are very costly. We have totally our solution and including hardware with its license. we have no product… more »
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    Also Known As
    DX Infrastructure Manager, DX Infrastructure Manager for Z Systems and CA UIM for zSystems, CA UIM (DX Infrastructure Manager), CA Nimsoft Monitor, CA UIM, DX Infrastructure Manager
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    Overview

    DX Unified Infrastructure Management is the only solution that provides an open architecture, full-stack observability and zero-touch configuration for monitoring traditional data center, public cloud, and hybrid infrastructure environments.

    Designed to ensure an optimal end-user experience, this solution provides a modern HTML5 operations console that makes it easy and fast for today’s IT teams to implement, use, and scale – leading to faster time to value.

    Oracle Enterprise Manager is an on-premises management platform that provides a comprehensive integrated solution for managing and automating your various Oracle products, including applications, databases, middleware, hardware, and engineered systems located either in your Oracle data center or in the cloud.

    With the Oracle Enterprise Manager's console, you can administer multiple databases and servers, distribute software to multiple servers and clients, monitor objects and events throughout the network, and integrate with other tools.

    Key Oracle Enterprise Manager Features and Products

    • Hardware and virtualization management: Manage all Oracle environments from one central console. Oracle Enterprise Manager provides management and automation for Oracle engineered systems, databases, middleware, and hardware.

    • Database management: Oracle’s Database management provides a full lifecycle solution for updates and configuration management, patching, provisioning, testing, performance management and automatic tuning.

    • Application performance management (APM): User and database monitoring with diagnostics and performance analysis that provide rich reporting on real user activities.

    • Enterprise monitoring: Built-in monitoring of all components of the IT infrastructure enables rapid problem diagnosis. Both Oracle and non-Oracle components are constantly monitored.

    • Oracle real user experience insight: Insights on real user experiences and preferences enable businesses and IT stakeholders to develop a shared understanding into their application users’ experience.

    • Non-Oracle management: Oracle Enterprise Manager manages non-Oracle components with a comprehensive set of plugins. The self-update mechanism allows customers to download, import, and deploy extensions built by Oracle, Oracle partners, and Oracle customers. These extensions enjoy the same level of stability as Oracle's own products.

    • Installation and upgrade: The upgrade process provides efficient, reliable, secure data migration with minimal downtime of your environment.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Oracle Enterprise Manager stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Several major ones are its central management and monitoring and its reporting capabilities

    Robin C., head of Oracle Exadata Centre of Excellence at Tata Consultancy Services, writes, "The database performance monitoring features are very useful and allow us to quickly zero in on DB-related issues. Exadata storage server and Infiniband switches can be viewed from the GUI in OEM which cannot be done in other tools. The ability to deploy metric extensions makes this tool extensible for our custom monitoring also."

    PeerSpot users note the effectiveness of these features. A database manager at a tech services company notes, “The solution's most valuable aspect is the fact that it is embedded with the Oracle database and Oracle's engineering system, its extra data, and analytics.  They have plug-ins that are very helpful. Due to the infrastructure's size, the introduction they offer is very, very useful. It helps with an overall understanding of the product. They have a very nice graphical user interface. The monitoring is good. We can capture the SQL tune from us. With Oracle Enterprise Managers, we can see the rich performance tuning.”

    Sample Customers
    CBNCloud, IIJ Global Singapore, AT&S, AXSOS, Aozora Bank, HCL Technologies, IntelliNet, Securex
    7-Eleven, Halliburton, Cisco, Garmin, Nationwide, Korea Telecom, Allied Irish Bank
    Top Industries
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    Financial Services Firm23%
    Comms Service Provider12%
    Healthcare Company12%
    Insurance Company11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Manufacturing Company18%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Comms Service Provider6%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm23%
    Energy/Utilities Company14%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Computer Software Company9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization67%
    Financial Services Firm6%
    Computer Software Company4%
    Government4%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise63%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise65%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise59%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business5%
    Midsize Enterprise70%
    Large Enterprise25%
    Buyer's Guide
    DX Unified Infrastructure Management vs. Oracle Enterprise Manager
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about DX Unified Infrastructure Management vs. Oracle Enterprise Manager and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    DX Unified Infrastructure Management is ranked 14th in Server Monitoring with 120 reviews while Oracle Enterprise Manager is ranked 4th in Server Monitoring with 123 reviews. DX Unified Infrastructure Management is rated 8.2, while Oracle Enterprise Manager is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of DX Unified Infrastructure Management writes "Easy to set up, simple to use, and offers great technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Enterprise Manager writes "Provides good stability and has an easy implementation process". DX Unified Infrastructure Management is most compared with DX SaaS, DX Spectrum, SCOM, ManageEngine OpManager and SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor, whereas Oracle Enterprise Manager is most compared with Zabbix, Quest Spotlight, Dynatrace, AppDynamics and Quest Foglight for Databases. See our DX Unified Infrastructure Management vs. Oracle Enterprise Manager report.

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