Explanation/Reference:
Using Enterprise Manager, you can transform existing data centers into a Cloud environment. Before
setting up a Cloud, you should map out your infrastructure requirements, such as the physical and virtual
networks, storage arrays, applications and so on.
The Enterprise Manager Consolidation Planner is a powerful tool that helps administrators plan the Cloud
architecture. It allows you to identify source and destination targets and applicable technical and functional
constraints such as where the application can reside, and so on. You can generate consolidation
advisories that may include plans to move from Physical to Virtual (P2V) (A) , Physical to Physical (P2P),
or Physical to an Exadata solution (B).
The Consolidation Planner can also be used to identify the database consolidation plan which is helpful
when setting up Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS).