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Contents
List of Examples
List of Figures
List of Tables
Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Intended Audience
Purpose of the Document
Documentation Accessibility
Related Documents
Conventions
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Getting Started
Installing Enterprise Manager Grid Control
Adding Additional Oracle Management Service
Installing Oracle Management Agent
Upgrading Enterprise Manager Grid Control or Oracle Management Service
Upgrading Oracle Management Agent
2
Things to Know
Procuring Enterprise Manager Grid Control Software
How Do You Access the Software from DVD?
Accessing Software from DVD
Setting Mount Point for DVD
How Do You Procure the Software from Oracle Technology Network?
Downloading Software
Verifying File Size
Extracting Contents
Verifying Platform Information
Procuring Oracle Management Agent Software
Automatically Downloading Management Agent Software Using
Download Agent Software
Application
What Is Agent Download Application?
What Prerequisites You Must Meet?
How Do You Download the Management Agent Software?
Manually Downloading Management Agent Software from OTN
Understanding Installation Basics
What Different Installation Modes Can You Use?
What Is Enterprise Manager Grid Control Installation Wizard?
What Installation Types Are Offered by the Installation Wizard?
What Ports Are Used for Installation?
What Default Ports Are Used?
How Can You Customize Ports?
What Precautions Must You Take While Customizing Port Numbers?
How Can You Change the Language Used in Enterprise Manager Grid Control Console?
What Data Files Are Created While Configuring Oracle Management Repository?
How Do You Delete Data Files?
Understanding Oracle WebLogic Server Requirement
How Do I Install Oracle WebLogic Server?
How Do I Verify Whether Oracle WebLogic Server Is Installed?
Is Oracle WebLogic Server Cluster Supported?
Is the Existing Admin Server in Oracle WebLogic Server Used?
When and Why Do You Need Oracle WebLogic Server Credentials?
When and Why Do You Need Node Manager Credentials?
How Do You Find Admin Server Port While Installing an Additional OMS
How Do You Verify Whether Admin Server Is Running?
How Do You Start Admin Server?
Understanding Installation Directories
What Is Oracle Inventory Directory?
What Is Oracle Middleware Home?
What Is Oracle Management Service Instance Base Location?
What Is Oracle Home?
What Is Installation Base Directory?
What Is EMSTATE Directory?
What Is /TMP C:\Temp Directory Used For?
Understanding Additional Components Installed
What Is Oracle Configuration Manager?
Manually Collecting and Uploading Configuration Information
Enabling Oracle Configuration Manager After Installing Enterprise Manager Grid Control
What Are Software Updates?
How Can You Download the Software Updates?
When Can You Apply the Software Updates?
Where Are the Software Updates Downloaded?
Understanding Configuration Assistants
What Are Configuration Assistants?
What Configuration Assistants Are Run by the Installation Wizard?
What Is Agent Configuration Assistant Used For?
What Do You Do When Configuration Assistants Fail?
Understanding Prerequisite Checks
What Prerequisite Checks Are Run by Default?
How Can You Run Prerequisite Checks in Standalone Mode?
Understanding Limitations of Enterprise Manager Grid Control
Can You Access Unlicensed Components?
What Are the Limitations with DHCP-Enabled Machines?
Understanding Other Miscellaneous Concepts
What Is a Host List File?
What SYSDBA Privileges Are Required for Creating Repository Schema?
What Scripts Are Run During the Installation Process?
Part I Installing Enterprise Manager System
3
Installing Enterprise Manager System
Overview
Before You Begin
Prerequisites
Setting Database Initialization Parameters
Installation Procedure
After You Install
4
Installing Enterprise Manager Software Only in Graphical Mode and Configuring Later
Overview
Before You Begin
Prerequisites
Installation Procedure
After You Install
Configuration Procedure
After You Configure
5
Installing Enterprise Manager Software Only in Silent Mode and Configuring Later
Overview
Before You Begin
Prerequisites
Installation Procedure
After You Install
Configuration Procedure
After You Configure
Part II Adding Additional Oracle Management Service
6
Adding Additional Oracle Management Service
Overview
Before You Begin
Prerequisites
Installation Procedure
After You Install
7
Installing Oracle Management Service Software Only in Graphical Mode and Configuring Later
Overview
Before You Begin
Prerequisites
Install Additional OMS
Install Add-Ons
After You Install OMS
Configure OMS
After You Configure OMS
8
Installing Oracle Management Service Software Only in Silent Mode and Configuring Later
Overview
Before You Begin
Prerequisites
Install Additional OMS
Install Add-Ons
After You Install OMS
Configure OMS
After You Configure OMS
Part III Installing Oracle Management Agent
9
Installing Oracle Management Agent on a Cluster Using Agent Deployment Wizard
Overview
Before You Begin
Prerequisites
Installation Procedure
After You Install
10
Installing Oracle Management Agent Using Shared Oracle Home
Overview
Before You Begin
Prerequisites
Installation Procedure
After You Install
11
Cloning Oracle Management Agent Using Agent Cloning Wizard
Overview
Before You Begin
Prerequisites
Cloning Procedure
After You Clone
12
Installing Oracle Management Agent Using Response File
Overview
Prerequisites
Installation Procedure
After You Install
13
Installing Oracle Management Agent Using agentDownload Script
Overview
Prerequisites
Installation Procedure
After You Install
14
Installing Oracle Management Agent on a Cluster Using Response File or agentDownload Script
Overview
Before You Begin
Prerequisites
Installation Procedure
Installing Using Response File
Editing Parameters for Installing Oracle Management Agent on a Cluster
Updating the Node List After Installing the Management Agent
Installing Using agentDownload Script
After You Install
15
Installing Oracle Management Agent Using Shared Oracle Home Using nfsagentinstall Script
Overview
Before You Begin
Prerequisites
Installation Procedure
After You Install
16
Cloning Oracle Management Agent Using ZIP File
Overview
Before You Begin
Prerequisites
Cloning Procedure
After You Clone
17
Cloning Oracle Management Agent on Clusters Using ZIP File
Overview
Before You Begin
Prerequisites
Cloning Procedure
After You Clone
Part IV Advanced Configuration
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Introduction to Enterprise Manager Advanced Configuration
Types of Advanced Configuration Tasks
Understanding the Enterprise Manager Directory Structure
Understanding the Enterprise Manager Directories Installed with Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control 11g Release 1
About the Oracle Management Service Home Directory
About the Oracle Management Agent Home (AGENT_HOME) Directory
Summary of the Important Directories in the Oracle Management Service Home
Understanding the Enterprise Manager Directories Installed with the Management Agent
Summary of the Important Directories in the Oracle Management Agent Home
Understanding the Oracle Management Agent Directory Structure on Windows
Identifying the Oracle Home When Using the emctl Command
Enabling Enterprise Manager Accessibility Features
Enabling Enterprise Manager Accessibility Mode
Providing Textual Descriptions of Enterprise Manager Charts
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Configuring Enterprise Manager for Firewalls
Considerations Before Configuring Your Firewall
Firewall Configurations for Enterprise Management Components
Firewalls Between Your Browser and the Grid Control Console
Configuring the Management Agent on a Host Protected by a Firewall
Configuring the Management Agent to Use a Proxy Server
Configuring the Firewall to Allow Incoming Communication From the Management Service
Configuring the Management Service on a Host Protected by a Firewall
Configuring the Management Service to Use a Proxy Server
About the dontProxyfor Property
Configuring the Firewall to Allow Incoming Management Data From the Management Agents
Firewalls Between the Management Service and the Management Repository
Firewalls Between the Grid Control and a Managed Database Target
Firewalls Used with Multiple Management Services
Configuring Firewalls to Allow ICMP and UDP Traffic for Beacons
Enabling ICMP Echo Requests on Firewalls
Configuring Firewalls When Managing Oracle Application Server
Viewing a Summary of the Ports Assigned During the Application Server Installation
Additional Considerations for Windows XP
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Additional Configuration Tasks
Understanding Default and Custom Data Collections
How Enterprise Manager Stores Default Collection Information
Enabling Multi-Inventory Support for Configuration Management
AGENT_HOME Versus AGENT_STATE Directories
Manually Configuring a Database Target for Complete Monitoring
Modifying the Default Login Timeout Value
Configuring Clusters and Cluster Databases in Grid Control
Configuring Clusters
Configuring Cluster Databases
Discovering Instances Added to the Cluster Database
Troubleshooting
Collecting Client Configurations
Configuring the Client System Analyzer
Client System Analyzer in Oracle Grid Control
Deploying Client System Analyzer Independently
Configuration Parameters
Associating the Parameters with an Application
Rules
Customization
CSA Deployment Examples
Using Multiple Collection Tags
Privilege Model for Viewing Client Configurations
Using the Customization API Example
Using the CSA Servlet Filter Example
Sample Deployments
Configuring Privilege Delegation Providers
Creating a Privilege Delegation Setting
Creating a Sudo Setting Using EMCLI
Creating a PowerBroker Setting Using EMCLI
Applying Privilege Delegation Settings
Applying Settings to Host Targets Using EMCLI
Applying Settings to a Composite Target
Disabling Host Privilege Delegation Provider Settings Using EMCLI
Sudo Configuration: Sudoers File
Configuring Privilege Delegation Providers Using Grid Control Console
Configuring Sudo Settings For a Host Using Enterprise Manager Grid Control Console
Configuring PowerBroker Settings For a Host Using the Grid Control Console
Applying Settings to Multiple Host Targets Using the Grid Control Console
Disabling Host Privilege Delegation Provider Settings For One or More Hosts Using Grid Control Console
Part V Upgrading Enterprise Manager System
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Upgrading to Enterprise Manager 11g
Overview
Before You Begin
Prerequisites
Upgrade Procedure
After You Upgrade
22
Upgrading Enterprise Manager System with Add-Ons Installed in Graphical Mode
Overview
Prerequisites
Upgrade Enterprise Manager
Install Add-Ons
After You Install Add-Ons
Configure Enterprise Manager
After You Configure Enterprise Manager
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Upgrading Enterprise Manager System with Add-Ons Installed in Silent Mode
Overview
Prerequisites
Upgrade Enterprise Manager
Install Add-Ons
After You Install Add-Ons
Configure Enterprise Manager
After You Configure Enterprise Manager
Part VI Upgrading Oracle Management Agent
24
Upgrading Oracle Management Agent Using Agent Upgrade Wizard
Overview
Before You Begin
Prerequisites
Upgrade Procedure
Additional Parameters You Can Specify for Agent Upgrade
After You Upgrade
25
Upgrading Oracle Management Agent Using a Response File
Overview
Before You Begin
Prerequisites
Upgrade Procedure
After You Upgrade
26
Upgrading Oracle Management Agent Using agentDownload Script
Overview
Before You Begin
Prerequisites
Upgrade Procedure
Arguments You Can Pass While Running agentDownload Script
27
Upgrading Shared Oracle Management Agent
Overview
Prerequisites
Upgrade Procedure
After You Upgrade
28
Upgrading Oracle Management Agent with Add-Ons
Overview
Before You Begin
Prerequisites
Upgrade Management Agent
After You Upgrade
Configuration Procedure
After You Configure
Part VII Deinstalling Enterprise Manager System
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Deinstalling Enterprise Manager System in Graphical Mode
Prerequisites
Deinstallation Procedure
After You Deinstall
30
Deinstalling Enterprise Manager System in Silent Mode
Prerequisites
Deinstallation Procedure
After You Deinstall
Part VIII Deinstalling Oracle Management Agent
31
Deinstalling Oracle Management Agent in Graphical Mode
Prerequisites
Deinstallation Procedure
Deinstalling Standalone or Cluster-Based Oracle Management Agents
Deinstalling Cluster-Based Oracle Management Agent from Only One Node of a Cluster
After You Deinstall
32
Deinstalling Oracle Management Agent in Silent Mode
Prerequisites
Deinstallation Procedure
Deinstalling Standalone or Cluster-Based Oracle Management Agents
Deinstalling Cluster-Based Oracle Management Agent from Only One Node of a Cluster
Deinstalling Shared Oracle Management Agent
After You Deinstall
Part IX Using Enterprise Manager Grid Control
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Using Enterprise Manager Grid Control
Accessing Enterprise Manager Grid Control
Logging In
Enabling or Disabling Licenses
Accessing Online Help
Part X Appendixes
A
Meeting Hardware Requirements
B
Meeting Package, Kernel Parameter, and Library Requirements
Package Requirements for Oracle Management Service
Package Requirements for Oracle Management Agent
Kernel Parameter Requirements for Oracle Management Service and Oracle Management Agent
Library Requirements for Oracle Management Service
C
Creating Operating System Groups and Users Requirements
What Operating System Groups and Users Are Required?
How To Create the Operating System Groups and Users?
Creating the Oracle Inventory Group
Determining Whether the Oracle Inventory Group Exists
Creating the Oracle Inventory Group
Creating the OSDBA Group
Creating an OSOPER Group (Optional)
Creating the Oracle Software Owner User
Determining Whether an Oracle Software Owner User Exists
Creating an Oracle Software Owner User
Modifying an Oracle Software Owner User
Verifying that the User nobody Exists
D
Setting Up SSH Connectivity
Overview
Setting Up SSH Server (SSHD) on Microsoft Windows
Before You Begin
Installing Cygwin
Setting Up SSH on Microsoft Windows Using sshUserSetupNT.sh
Setting Up the Timezone Variable on Remote Hosts
Set the TZ variable and Restart the SSH Daemon
Set the TZ Variable in the "Shell rc" File
E
Validating Command Locations
Overview of Property Files
Property Files Loaded from platformInfo.properties File
Other Property Files Loaded
Validating Command Locations
Validating Command Locations on the OMS Host
Validating Command Locations on the Destination Host
F
Passing Additional Parameters
Additional Parameters Supported by agentDownload Script
Additional Parameters Supported by Agent Deployment Wizard for Custom Location
G
Configuring Database and ASM Targets for Monitoring
H
Setting Up Proxy Configuration for Oracle Management Service
I
Reconfiguring Oracle Management Agent and Discovering New Targets
Discovering New Targets with Standalone Management Agents
Converting Standalone Management Agents to Cluster-Based Management Agents
Convering in Graphical Mode
Converting in Silent Mode
Discovering New Targets with Cluster-Based Management Agents
Reconfiguring Cluster-Based Management Agents
J
Understanding Optional Arguments Run with ConfigureGC.pl Script
K
Using RepManager Utility
Overview
Prerequisites
Supported Actions and Commands
L
Installation and Configuration Log Files
Enterprise Manager Grid Control Installation Logs
Installation Logs
Configuration Logs
General Configuration Logs
Repository Configuration Logs
Secure Logs
Oracle Management Service Logs
Agent Deployment Log Files
Connectivity Logs
Application Prerequisite Logs
System Prerequisite Logs
Other Installation Logs
M
List of Deprecated Features
Index
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