We switched to Oracle Database Appliance from the commodity server for better compatibility and performance.

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Previously used prior release of OEM (version 9.2.0.6) - these older versions are no longer supported by Oracle, and are prone to many security, stability and incompatibility issues with most newer product releases (for example, 10g (10.2.0.x) is the only client still capable of backwards-compatible connections to 9i and 8i databases, and also forwardly compatible to 11g and 12c databases - but it is not supported anymore, patch or bugfix-wise.)

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We used cron jobs and custom scripts for some of the capability. However, many of those scripts are no longer necessary.

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We use multiple tools like Grid, oracle OEM and Toad is also helpful for  monitoring and live activity specially for DDL commands. 

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Oracle Enterprise Manager is the only solution which can monitor and drill down into the inner workings of engineered systems, like Exadata and Exalytics. Thus, we had to use this system when we deployed those systems. Being system integrators we work with a wide variety of tools however this tool has very wide support across all of oracles hardware and software.

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I've used Toad before, as well as a SQL developer that they have, which does some of the same things as this, but none of those products provide the overall picture that Enterprise Manager does, though Toad is frequently used. That's something I've done for a variety of customers. Quest Spotlight was a product that was used in the past. There were a few products that did the same thing, and it's possible that those were the only ones. But these days, if I walk into a client and they're using a tool, I'd probably prefer it to be Enterprise Manager.

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We had other solutions such as Toad and Spotlight, but once we saw this, there was no going back. It was pretty good. It's a one-point destination; one umbrella. It has so much to offer. Basically, if someone were to start using this product, they will not deviate. It has so much potential, honestly.

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I have previously worked with Grafana and Zoho.

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We did have another database tool, and we wanted a more stable environment. Oracle offered good stability and a rich toolset. It was the preferred database at the time. 

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We were previously using SQL and we switched to Oracle Enterprise Manager because of compatibility issues with our system.

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We still have t-mart alert system. We switched to this one to monitor systems in detail. T-mart alert is just a replication of a user's behavior which does not show the cause of the issue.

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We are transmitting from one ERP to another ERP, so the people need to be supported. Basically, Oracle advised us since it is the same product.

After which, we moved to EBS for future data support. They created a custom solution since we are unable to apply the patches or anything, so then we moved to this product.

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Our business is doing consultancy for different types of companies and I was looking for an RMM system to manage all of these systems.

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Some of my customers had either customer scripts scheduled through cron schedulers or Windows schedulers. Having all jobs running within the EM12c eases management for any DBA who might not be familiar with my coding style or know where jobs are scheduled. All they need to know is how to log into the EM12c for that client and they are able to mange the environment when I'm unavailable. View full review »

I used several monitoring solutions, including open source, both free and proprietary. Most of them are designed to monitor system health and require additional plugins to monitor Oracle databases. Unfortunately, they do not provide the same level of insights when monitoring Oracle products as Oracle Enterprise Manager provides.

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We used DBArtisan, Embarcadero technologies, and Quest tools.

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I have not really utilized anything other than Oracle Enterprise Manager for monitoring, alerting and management of Oracle based environments.

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No.

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Previously I was using all command-based, I needed to manually run things, but now I don't need to. Now, whatever I need, I can go and find it.

The switch was a company decision.

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The software was acquired as part of merger.

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We did not use a solution previous to this one.

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I have used a number of monitoring, provisioning and lifecycle management solutions and continue to do so. I have never found a product that has so many of these capabilities in a single product and a single user interface. I don't believe there is another product in the same class as Enterprise Manager. The fact that I work so closely with Oracle products on a daily basis makes this even more relevant. Enterprise Manager is obviously at its best when working with Oracle products and not as strong as other third party products that are designed to work more closely with their own products so I will continue to work with other products similar to Enterprise Manager as well when it is more advantageous.

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No, previously we used Enterprise Manager Database Console, that is a local DB console. View full review »

I never used OEM before I started with Dynamite. Being with IBM, it was more like a contract we were being sent out on, so it was a different type of environment. It wasn't a performance tool, it was more building the databases and then walking away. OEM didn't come into the picture. Being with Dynamite, it's completely different.

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Generally, with Enterprise Manager, the question is when do you decide to use it. My thought is if you're running an Oracle product and you want to enterprise great IT, you need to use it from day one.

From just the monitoring and the provisioning, just all the capabilities of it, it saves you a lot of time. It simplifies a lot of the workload you do day-to-day in an IT shop.

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I have used custom scripts and still do use it for standard edition of databases where OEM cannot be used. However, I prefer to use OEM wherever possible.

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For managing estate-wide security compliance, the only previous option was a scripted solution which was costly and not scaleable.

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Previously have used TOAD. The main reason for the switch is that OEM is free and offers more functionality. View full review »

No.

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We used just spreadsheets and common-sense practices, which were often doomed to fail. The solution provided now by Oracle covers the last missing piece of the complete set-up when consolidating databases. One can think of Database Consolidation Workbench OEM 13c as the “Holy Grail” of Database Consolidation.

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We previously used vendor-specific monitoring or control systems to administer different type of resources; hardware, software. OEM gives me the ability to expand that by putting everything under one control console.

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We did have Foglight. It was providing us decent monitoring of the targets, but the OEM, specifically for managing the Oracle databases, is a lot more robust. You have more tools to work with to administer the Oracle databases.

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We were pretty much doing our own thing with an in-house script. Since we were growing fast, we could not continue like that.

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We were using custom build application to monitor the systems but this product provides more functionality and GUI interface.

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I think we used to use Sybase and then we transferred to Oracle. Now they no longer use the Sybase servers. I’m not so sure why we switched from Sybase to Oracle; maybe the technology made them move from Sybase to Oracle, maybe it was more stable, more space or something like that.

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We were covered by the Oracle enterprise license agreement and it made more sense for us to go with this product as opposed to looking for another one. They have had it for a very long time.

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I have had the opportunity to work with various other UNIX as well as Linux systems, but among all of them, I found Solaris to be a very stable operating system. Now with the evolution of LDOMs, ZFS and zones, it’s providing a perfect platform for virtualization solutions.

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Home-built shell scripts required maintenance, incurred higher overhead, and exposed the company to risk if a key employee left View full review »

We previously used Dell Spotlight, but needed more in-depth administration and monitoring capabilities, as well as a web interface.

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We have always been using this product.

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We are using Ruckus.

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It was an old system. That's why we transferred into this. In technology, you need to be advanced. You need to keep up.

The decision was made by top management, but I'm sure that they look at cost and the support of it. Mainly the cost.

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We were using hand grown scripts as our previous solution. This has a nice GUI interface, and all that, and that's the reason we went with this.

We didn't consider much because we didn't have any competitor for that here. We do have another product called Ignite. We were using it, and we used it also linked with this one; but they were home grown scripts we had.

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We weren't using anything previously. The decision was just made to go with this one because I was familiar with it, and it's a pretty solid stable product from Oracle.

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Before using OEM we had a lot of scripts to check database health, also we have and use some other solutions for monitoring. OEM provided everything in a single package and has a lot more options, plus it is a lot better at monitoring databases then anything else. View full review »

We use a variety of solutions, according to our client's needs, as we are service providers.

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My client has always been Oracle based.

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We did not use a previous solution.

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We were using something off the mainframe before we switched to EPM. We went from mainframe to distributed, which made a big difference.

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I used ignite8 which is a must have for the perf part and a lot cheaper. View full review »

They wanted something that was available everywhere instead of being available only on a particular laptop or PC. That was one of the reasons for it: easy accessibility.

The first reason we chose Oracle was the feature set; it was really comprehensive. Plus, it met most of our immediate needs. That kind of led us to pick Oracle.

When I’m looking at a vendor like Oracle, the most important factors are stability, scalability, and of course, the price. All three of them definitely help to make a decision.

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Oracle recommended it to us: "Everybody is using it out there, so use it!"

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Used to monitor manually before. View full review »

Used Toad a little bit but didn't have a solution exactly like EM. Toad licensees were expensive and had to be installed on each user's machine while enterprise manager was web based and I'm sure Oracle gave the company special pricing since we already used so many of their products. View full review »

Just the old OEM 10g/11g View full review »

Shell scripts. The reasons to switch were obvious.

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We had bought Oracle before. We moved away from a proprietary system into the Oracle Database, so this was a needed this functionality.

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We were using our manual scripts for monitoring, and backup scripts which Oracle provides.

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I used BMC earlier, but OEM is very vast and mature as compared to other similar products. View full review »