Book excerpt: Master Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Achieve peak database efficiency and derive unprecedented value from your corporate assets by implementing an end-to-end cloud computing solution. Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Deep Dive thoroughly explains best practices for deployment, administration, and monitoring. Learn how to prepare and install Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c, use agents, apply system-wide patches, perform real-time diagnostics, and discover, monitor, and administer hosts, databases, and middleware. Security and select plug-ins are also fully covered in this Oracle Press guide. Install and configure Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Deploy management agents in one of six available ways Handle security with Cloud Control administrators, roles, and credentials Track performance with SQL monitoring and Active Session History (ASH) analytics Dynamically provision middleware and enterprise applications Work with Oracle Exadata and Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud Force policy compliance and employ global change detection Manage and monitor hosts, virtual machines, and server pools