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EM 24.1ai: How To Discover Single Instance High Availability (SIHA, Oracle Restart) Into OEM (Doc ID 3049735.1)

Last updated on MARCH 21, 2025

Applies to:

Enterprise Manager for Oracle Database - Version 13.5.1.0.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

 This document is to discuss the different methods of discovering a High Availability Service (HAS) and Database in Enterprise Manager (EM) Cloud Control, including relevant background information and required prerequisites.

Solution

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In this Document
Goal
Solution
 A) Background Information
 Discovery Concepts
 Plug-ins
 B) Prerequisites for SIHA target discovery
 1) An agent must be installed and running on the machine where the database target resides.
 2) The database plug-in which exists on the OMS must support the version of the database to be discovered
 C) Discovering the SIHA (5 different ways to discover the database)
 1) SIHA Discovery using 'Guided Process'
  HAS Target Discovery using 'Guided Process'
  Database Target Discovery using 'Guided Process'
 2) SIHA Discovery using Manual Discovery
 HAS Target Discovery using 'Manual Process'
 Database Target Discovery using 'Manual Process'
 3) SIHA Discovery using Automatic Discovery of Targets
 How to run "Run Discovery Now"
 How to Promote the HAS 
 How to promote the Database Target
 How to check HAS or Database or Listener target that has not been Automatically discovered?
 4) SIHA Discovery via EMCLI
 The emcli add_target command for HAS target
 The emcli add_target command for Database target
 5) SIHA Discovery using REST API
 D) Troubleshooting Discovery Issues
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