Manage all databases with one tool

When Oracle acquired Sun a lot of active MySQL users have been wondering in which direction the development of MySQL would go to. Oracle has been developing and expanding the functionality of the MySQL database continuously since the acquisition. The surprising part of the MySQL database has been that the integration with Oracle Enterprise Manager has not been developed. Up until now, during Oracle OpenWorld 2014, Oracle announced the launch of the Oracle Enterprise Manager plugin for the MySQL enterprise edition.

A non-official version of a MySQL plugin has already been around for some time, however, the launch of the official MySQL plugin is significant. Not especially from a new technological point of view but rather from an integration and management point of view the introduction of the MySQL plugin is considered important.

The majority of the enterprises who do host Oracle databases do also host Oracle MySQL databases in their IT infrastructure. The statement that MySQL is only used for small databases and small deployments is incorrect as an example Facebook runs tens of thousands of MySQL servers and a typical instance is 1 to 2 TB. As companies do implement and use Oracle databases and most likely Oracle middleware they do have the need for central management by using Oracle Enterprise Manager 12C. Possibly use it to improve the day to day operations and maintenance of the landscape, possibly to use a cloud based approach to IT management.

Prior to the launch of the Oracle Enterprise Manager MySQL plugin launch companies where forced to use out of band management tooling for day to day operations.

With the introduction of the Oracle Enterprise Manager MySQL plugin you can now incorporate the management of the MySQL databases into your Oracle Enterprise Manager. This will provide you a single point of management and monitoring resulting directly in a more and better managed IT landscape and a quick return on investment due to better management.

On a high level the new Oracle Enterprise Manager MySQL plugin provides the following features:

• MySQL Performance Monitoring
• MySQL Availability Monitoring
• MySQL Metric Collection
• MySQL Alerts and Notifications
• MySQL Configuration Management
• MySQL Reports
• MySQL Remote Monitoring

In general the use of the MySQL plugin for Oracle Enterprise Manager provides you the option to unify the monitoring and management of all your MySQL and Oracle databases in one tool which will result in better management, improved service availability and stability as well as a reduction in cost due to centralizing tooling and mitigating against unneeded downtime.