Oracle just released Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Release 3. (see Oracle Enterprise Manager Downloads ) for all supported platforms. Is assume this release is related to Oracle Database 12c which has been released about a week ago.

The new release can immediately be downloaded downloaded on OTN for the following platforms:

• Linux x86-64 (64-bit)
• Linux x86 (32-bit)
• Windows x86-64 (64-bit)
• Solaris Operating System (SPARC)
• Solaris Operating System (x86-64)
• IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-bit)
• HP-UX Itanium (64-bit)

What’s New in 12.1.0.3

According the online documentation this release includes the following new features:

Framework and Infrastructure
• Simplified OMS Disaster Recovery
• System Dashboard Enhancements
• LDAP Integration Enhancements
• Administrator Entitlement Summary Page
• Auditing Enhancements
• Enterprise Manager Command Line Interface With Scripting Option
• Administrator Entitlement Summary Page

Enterprise Monitoring and Incident Management Features
• Flexible Editing of Administration Group Hierarchy
• Metric Extensions Enhancements
• All Metrics Chart Enhancements
• Incident Manager Updates in 12.1.0.3
• Target Down Root Cause Analysis
• SLA Management Enhancements
• Service Target Dashboard

Fusion Application Management Features

• Oracle Fusion Applications Plug-in 12.1.0.4 Features

Database Management Features

• Performance Diagnostics Enhancements

Middleware Management Features

• Fusion Middleware Plug-in 12.1.0.4 Features
• Application Replay Enhancements

Exadata Features

• Exadata Plug-in

Siebel Features

• Siebel Plug-in 12.1.0.3

Extensibility

• Support for SQL Server 2012 (32-bit / 64-bit)

Cloud Management Features

• Cloud Management Plug-in 12.1.0.5 Features
• Cloud Management Plug-in 12.1.0.6 Features
• Virtualization Management Plug-in 12.1.0.5 Features

Lifecycle Management Features

• Change Activity Planner
• Offline Patching – Uploading Patches to the Software Library Directly from Remote Patch Repositories

Resources

Links all around the Enterprise Manager, software, presentations and documentation:

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Product Page with all kind of WebCasts, Videos and more
• Oracle Technology Network Oracle Enterprise Manager Downloads
• Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Documentation (view) (download)

Requirements

The requirements are still the same as for 12c release 1 and release 2. The following excerpt has been taken from Oracle® Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Basic Installation Guide.

• OS requirements: Oracle Linux 6, Oracle Linux 5.x, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x, SUSE Linux Enterprise 10, SUSE Linux Enterprise 11, Asianux Server 3
• Hardware Requirments OMS (small) : 2 Cores, 4 GB RAM 6 GB RAM with ADPFoot 1 , JVMDFoot 2, 10 GB Hard Disk Space or 14GB Hard Disk Space with ADP, JVMD