Product and management focus areas in OEM 11gR1

The previous sections introduced the concepts of OEM. We looked at managing individual entities of the IT infrastructure. However, OEM also provides out-of-the-box solutions for managing some of the key products and focus areas. These management solutions focus on certain products and provide models for managing the base targets, and the management of the business functions provided by these products. These models are built into the Grid Control product and come into effect post discovery of the corresponding product suite. Let's look at the list of key products and areas that are the focus of management in OEM 11gR1.

The following image illustrates the various focus areas in OEM Grid Control 11gR1:

The support for these focus areas are provided out-of-the-box with OEM Grid Control 11gR1. However, these options are licensed individually and are sold as OEM management packs. As an example, let's consider the Applications Management Product Focus...