Oracle Database inventory improvements
Earlier releases allowed for an inventory beacon to connect directly to an Oracle
Database server and gather inventory from any container database (for Oracle 12c or
later) and any pluggable databases available through your chosen discovery method
(such as a TNSNames.ora
file); and this functionality remains
available unchanged. However, a locally-executing copy of ndtrack
(the core inventory component) running on the Oracle server could not previously
discover and collect inventory from the pluggable databases.
This functionality has now been added for ndtrack
, regardless of how
the tracker is delivered to the target inventory device (the Oracle server). Thus,
you can now collect inventory from pluggable databases using:
- The complete FlexNet inventory agent, whether installed automatically during ‘adoption’ of the inventory device, or installed by third-party tools/techniques
- The lightweight FlexNet Inventory Scanner (for UNIX-like platforms, this is packaged as the ndtrack.sh shell script)
- The zero-footprint method, where an inventory beacon installs
ndtrack
on the target device, executes it, and removes it immediately afterwards (leaving zero installation footprint).
After inventory upload and import to the compliance database (which typically happens overnight), the pluggable databases are displayed in the Oracle Instances page of the web interface for FlexNet Manager Suite:
- The container instance has
~CDB_ROOT
attached to its instance name - Each pluggable database displays the same instance name, a tilde character, and
the name of the pluggable database:
containerInstance~pluggableDBName
.
On UNIX-like platforms, collection of Oracle inventory may be configured to require the FlexNet inventory agent (which must run as root) to impersonate other trusted accounts with lower privilege levels (for details see Common: Child Processes on UNIX-Like Platforms in Gathering FlexNet Inventory). The impersonation has been improved at this release, increasing both reliability and security.
FlexNet Manager Suite (On-Premises)
2022 R2