Oracle Enterprise Manager vs SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor

• Database status. Being able to see which databases are up/down, at a glance, allows us to quickly react to issues.
• Reporting. We report on last backups, daily status, a host of metrics, and compliance levels of all our databases. With reporting we come into the office with a set of "status" reports and we know instantly if a database has issues.
• Metrics. We have a number of KPI's and SLA's we need to meet. Metrics applied to the databases allow us to stay on top of those requirements as well as fix common issues without a DBA needing to log in to assess the issue.

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• It integrates with MS Windows, so you can keep track of services, processes or nic utilization/bandwidth.
• You can also view the history of a lot of the monitor you choose. It can be helpful to isolate an issue if it's happening at a regular interval.
• Linux and non-Windows OSs are supported using SNMP and even an agent if want to take advantage of other Solarwinds features.
• It plays nice with other software, so you won't have conflicts with monitoring. Always a plus if more than one team is looking at data on the host.

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• We also use OEM to monitor SQL Server. However, OEM only provided limited features for SQL Server. It would be nice if we can schedule backup jobs for SQL Server in OEM.
• The ability to run SQL queries. You can't run queries in OEM. I have to go to SQL Developer or SQL PLUS to run. queries.

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• I would much like to see the modules sold in categorically grouped bundles, such as a networking bundle which would include all modules relating to the network.
• Would love to see an addition of an API or something like that to connect to VMware Vcenters.
• Found that if you acknowledge alerts, it makes it very difficult to remediate them inside of the program.

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• You are practically blind without OEM. There are other tools available but are expensive and negatively impact database performance.
• If a bug hits OEM and it skips monitoring or doesn't catch something, it can have extremely negative consequences.
• Being able to deploy scripts through OEM has replaced thousands of hours of work.

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• One of the biggest areas of ROI is for our DBA, with the combination of SAM and DPA we have been able to streamline the maintenance and troubleshooting of applications. On several instances, it has taken us probably less than 5 minutes to tell supervisors where the issue lies when something is not working.
• The second area that it helps is helping us see trends on our servers to know if we need to address specific areas of growth to ensure continued productivity and smooth operations.
• Initially this was not part of our "initial" purchase with SolarWinds, however, now it is definitely one of the core SolarWinds modules that are used on a daily basis to assist in monitoring our network.

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