Preface

This guide introduces you to managing Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g with Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control 11g Release 1.

The preface covers the following:

• Audience

• Documentation Accessibility

• Terminology

• Related Documents

• Conventions

Audience

This document is intended for users who want to discover and monitor Oracle Fusion Middleware products such as Oracle WebLogic Server and Oracle SOA components, as well as deployed Java EE applications. It is also intended for users of JVM Diagnostics and Application Dependency and Performance.

Documentation Accessibility

Our goal is to make Oracle products, services, and supporting documentation accessible to all users, including users that are disabled. To that end, our documentation includes features that make information available to users of assistive technology. This documentation is available in HTML format, and contains markup to facilitate access by the disabled community. Accessibility standards will continue to evolve over time, and Oracle is actively engaged with other market-leading technology vendors to address technical obstacles so that our documentation can be accessible to all of our customers. For more information, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program Web site at http://www.oracle.com/accessibility/.

Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation

Screen readers may not always correctly read the code examples in this document. The conventions for writing code require that closing braces should appear on an otherwise empty line; however, some screen readers may not always read a line of text that consists solely of a bracket or brace.

Accessibility of Links to External Web Sites in Documentation

This documentation may contain links to Web sites of other companies or organizations that Oracle does not own or control. Oracle neither evaluates nor makes any representations regarding the accessibility of these Web sites.

Access to Oracle Support

Oracle customers have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit http://www.oracle.com/support/contact.html or visit http://www.oracle.com/accessibility/support.html if you are hearing impaired.

Related Documents

For more information, see the following documents in the Enterprise Manager Grid Control documentation library:

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control Basic Installation Guide

For the latest releases of these and other Oracle documentation, check the Oracle Technology Network at

http://otn.oracle.com/documentation/oem.html

Oracle Enterprise Manager also provides extensive online Help. Click Help at the top of any Enterprise Manager page to display the online help window.

Terminology

The following terminology is used throughout this manual.

Term	Definition
ASM	Application Service Management
APM	Application Performance Management
DIY	Do-It-Yourself
ISV	Independent Software Vendor
Request Trace	A single thread executing a request. Shows as a bar in the hierarchy view (Application Dependency and Performance).
Request Trace Events	The nodes in the left pane (Application Dependency and Performance)
Request Trace Event View	Transaction event view (Application Dependency and Performance)
SLA	Service Level Agreement
SLO	Service Level Objective
SOA	Service-Oriented Architecture
Transaction Analysis	Transaction tracing (Application Dependency and Performance)
Transaction Hierarchy View	The Transaction Hierarchy View displays a complete transaction hierarchy in a Gantt chart representation showing the execution of each transaction on an absolute timeline.
UI	User Interface
WSRP	Web Services Remote Portlets
WSDL	Web Services Description Language

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document:

Convention	Meaning
boldface	Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an action, or terms defined in text or the glossary.
italic	Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for which you supply particular values.
monospace	Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph, URLs, code in examples, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter.