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Note to self on how to upgrade EM Agents using EMCLI Find upgradeable agents: $ emcli get_upgradable_agents Upgradable Agents Agent Installed Version Version After Upgrade Platform Oracle Home ----- ----------------- --------------------- -------- ----------- oradba10t:3872 12.1.0.2.0 12.1.0.3.0 IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-bit) /u02/oracle/agent12c/core/12.1.0.2.0 oradba11t:3872 12.1.0.2.0 12.1.0.3.0 IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-bit) /u02/oracle/agent12c/core/12.1.0.2.0 $ vi /tmp/oradba_agents.txt $ cat /tmp/oradba_agents.txt oradba10t:3872 oradba11t:3872 Upgrade agents using an input file  $ emcli upgrade_agents -input_file="agents_file:/tmp/oradba_a...

The third release of Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control is now available. It includes numerous enhancements such as updated user interface, improved EMCLI with scripting options, Administration Group enhancements, OMS Disaster improvements among others. For the complete list see the New Features page. For users still running on pre-12c or 12.1.0.1, it is a highly recommended upgrade. If you are running EM 12.1.0.2 you may see some benefits of upgrading but I personally wouldn't rush off unless there were some compelling features/fixes that would be of benefit. That said, if you do decide on going full speed with the new release, here is a step-by-step document on how I upgraded a POC environment with a single OMS and repository on the same server from 12.1.0.2 with PSU3 to 12.1.0.3. The official Oracle documentation lists the detailed steps for the upgrade here . The pre-requisite steps needed for the upgrade are listed below: 0. Allocate additional space (14GB on Linux...