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Preface

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1 Introduction

Product Architecture

First Tier: Centralized Consoles

Second Tier: Central, Scalable and Reliable Oracle Management Servers

Third Tier: Managed Targets and Autonomous Intelligent Agents

Architectural Extensibility

Deployment Options

Client/Server Deployment

Three Tier Deployment

Certifications

System and Hardware Requirements

Oracle Enterprise Manager Client

Management Server or Management Server and Client

Management Server, Client, HTTP Server, Intelligent Agent or Management Server and Client

Enterprise Manager Web Site

Java Runtime Environment (JRE)

Version Compatibility

2 Standalone

Choosing to Start the Console Standalone

Starting the Standalone Console

Adding Databases to the Tree in the Standalone Console

Standalone Repository

Database Requirements for Standalone Repository

Create a Tablespace for Standalone Repository

Create a Database User for Standalone Repository

3 Configuring and Controlling the Management Server

Starting the Enterprise Manager Configuration Assistant

Configuring a Local Management Server To Use a New Release 9i Repository

Configuration Operation

Configure Oracle Management Server

Create New Repository Options

Select Database Location

Change Database SID

Select Database for Repository

Repository Login Information

Select Repository User Tablespaces

Create Repository Summary

Configuration Assistant Progress Window

Configuring a Local Management Server To Use An Existing Repository

Configuration Operation

Configure Management Server

Edit Configuration Parameters

Select Management Region

Configuration Parameters Summary

Upgrading a Repository

Stopping Management Servers and Enterprise Manager Applications

Backing Up the Repository

Coordinating the Upgrade of Oracle Enterprise Manager Products

Configuration Assistant Steps to Upgrading the Repository

Configuration Operation

Select Database for Repository

Select Repository for Upgrade

Repository Login Information

Upgrade Repository Summary

Upgrade Repository Configuration Assistant Progress

Dropping an Existing Repository

Stop the Management Servers and Enterprise Manager Applications

Start the Configuration Assistant

Drop Repository Configuration Operation

Select the Database of the Repository You Want to Drop

Select Repository to Drop

Select Drop Repository Options

Drop Repository Summary

Drop Repository Configuration Assistant Progress

Controlling the Management Server After Configuration

Starting a Local Management Server

Starting a Local Management Server On Windows

Starting a Local Management Server On UNIX

Checking the Status of the Management Server

Stopping a Local Management Server

4 Configuring the Console when Connected to a Management Server

Choosing to Start the Console by Logging into a Management Server

Starting the Console with a Management Server Connection

Discovering Nodes in Your Environment

Creating Administrator Accounts

Granting OEM_MONITOR Role to Database Preferred Credentials

Enabling the Job System

Creating a New Windows NT User Account

Assigning Privileges to an Existing Windows NT User Account

Configuring a Windows NT Domain User as Your Intelligent Agent User

Configuring the E-mail Server

Starting the Enterprise Manager Paging Server

Configuring the Enterprise Manager Paging Server

Adding a Paging Server

Adding Paging Carrier

Specifying Paging Notification Preferences

Configuring Enterprise Manager Reporting

Steps to Perform from the Console

Steps to Perform from the Management Server/HTTP Server Machine

Access Reporting Web Site URL

Note about Service Availability Reports

Configuring the Console If Using a Dialup Line

Using System Colors for Windows

Customizing Access to Enterprise Manager's Areas of Database Management

Using Oracle LogMiner Viewer

Using the Enterprise Manager Console

Launching LogMiner Viewer as a Separate Application

5 Running Enterprise Manager Console from a Web Browser

Running the Oracle Enterprise Manager Console from a Web Browser

Server-Side Install

Run the Browser-Based Oracle Enterprise Manager Console on the Client

Configuring the Web Server and Directory Mapping for Web Site

Internet Information Server (IIS)

Oracle Internet Application Server

6 Tuning the Oracle Management Server

Setting the Ping Interval

Setting the Maximum Connections Out

Setting the Maximum Connections In

Setting the Management Server Retry Interval

Smoothing Over Temporary Network Failures

A Directory Structure

Useful Directories

$ORACLE_HOME/sysman/ Directory

B Activating Logging and Tracing

Logging and Tracing Enterprise Manager Client Applications

Enabling Tracing Quickly

Enabling Tracing Deliberately

Performing Additional JAVA debugging

Logging and Tracing Management Server

Logging and Tracing of the Event Handler

Logging and Tracing the Dynamic Web Site

Logging and Tracing the Oracle HTTP Server

Logging and Tracing JServ

Logging and Tracing the Dynamic Web Site

Logging and Tracing the Oracle Intelligent Agent

Tracing Browser-Based Enterprise Manager

Tracing the Paging Server

Tracing the SQL Engine

Tracing the Management Pack Applications

C General Repository Guidelines

Repository Sizing

D Globalization Support

Repository Setting

Setting the Language and NLS_LANG Parameter

Language Setting

NLS_LANG Setting

Accessing Browser-Based Enterprise Manager in a Language Other Than English

Directly Accessing Enterprise Manager in Another Language

Edit the oem.conf File

Change the Preferred Language Setting

E Using Enterprise Manager on Windows 2000

Differences between using Enterprise Manager on Windows NT and Windows 2000

Manipulating Windows 2000 Services

Creating a New Windows 2000 User

Assigning Privileges to a Windows 2000 User

F Troubleshooting

Reporting Problems to Oracle Support Services

Oracle Support Services

Troubleshooting the Enterprise Manager Configuration Assistant

Enterprise Manager Configuration Assistant Errors

Repository Database Default Tablespace Does Not Contain Enough Free Space

Creating an OEM_REPOSITORY Tablespace if One Does Not Exist

Creating Another Tablespace

Increasing the Size of an Existing Tablespace

Database Parameters Not Large Enough for Repository Operation

Changing the Permissions on the omsconfig.properties File

Troubleshooting the Management Server

Management Server May Not Run Correctly from a Non-Default Oracle Home

Management Server Does Not Start

Windows NT Event Log

oemctl Batch File

Error Messages When Starting the Management Server

Changing Your Management Server for Client Access

Running the Management Server on a Multiple NIC Machine

Troubleshooting the Paging Server

Troubleshooting the Web Browser

Console Does Not Open Web Browser

Changing the Repository User Password

Resetting the Password

Setting the Format of Dates

Troubleshooting for Reporting

Webserver Will Be Deconfigured Error

Blank Page or Internal Server Error

G Keyboard Navigation

H Repository Views Addendum

Operational System Metrics

Job Definition Views

Event Definition Views

Index