3.5.1 MxDB-Oracle-HiAv Installation and Administration Guide

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Oracle Enterprise Manager
Configuration Issues with Failover High
Availability
Special configuration is required to take advantage of advanced
Enterprise Manager features such as Automatic Discovery and the
Enterprise Manager Job System in a failover High Availability
environment. Incidentally, configuring a shared Oracle Home offers an
increased level of availability with regard to submitted jobs. In a
traditional Failover HA scenario, submitted jobs are lost during
transition. The following documentation will enable the database
administrator to configure EM with autodiscovery and persistent jobs
submissions.
Critical Supplemental Documentation. The following Oracle documents
contain necessary documentation regarding Intelligent Agents in a High
Availability environment:
Metalink Note 190026.1
Metalink Note 295920.1
Critical Oracle Patch. Oracle Intelligent Agents do not function properly
without the following patch with revisions 9.2.0.4 through 9.2.0.6:
Oracle Patch 3238244