Preface

This chapter describes the purpose and organization of this guide. The Preface contains the following information:

• Purpose of this Guide on page viii

• Audience on page viii

• How this Guide is Organized on page viii

• Documentation Set on page ix

• Related Publications on page ix

Purpose of this Guide

This guide explains how to configure Oracle Enterprise Manager. Oracle Enterprise Manager is Oracle's graphical administration and networking tool for distributed database environments.

For program updates, important notes on using Oracle Enterprise Manager, and information on the online documentation, see the Oracle Enterprise Manager Readme.

After you have completed the configuration procedures, see the Oracle Enterprise Manager online help or the Oracle Enterprise Manager Administrator's Guide for information on how to use Oracle Enterprise Manager.

Audience

This guide is written for DBAs and system administrators who wish to install Oracle Enterprise Manager.

How this Guide is Organized

This guide is comprised of the following chapters:

Chapter	Description
Chapter 1, "Agent Configuration"	This chapter describes the configuration of the Oracle Intelligent Agent.
Chapter 2, "Console Configuration"	This chapter describes methods for starting Oracle Enterprise Manager. This chapter also discusses connecting to a database.
Chapter 3, "Software Manager Configuration"	This chapter describes the installation procedure for Oracle Software Manager.
Chapter 4, "Performance Pack Configuration"	This chapter describes the configuration of the Oracle Performance Pack.
Appendix A, "Configuration Files"	This appendix describes the files necessary for Oracle Enterprise Manager configuration.
Appendix B, "Directory Structure"	This appendix describes the directory structure of Oracle Enterprise Manager components and the Intelligent Agent.
Appendix C, "Hints and Tips"	This appendix describes helpful tips for the successful operation of Oracle Enterprise Manager.
Glossary	This glossary lists the definitions of some of the terms related to Oracle Enterprise Manager and its components.

Documentation Set

Because this guide only covers the configuration process, refer to the following publications for more information about the Oracle Enterprise Manager:

• The Oracle Enterprise Manager Readme provides important notes regarding the online documentation, updates to the software, and other late-breaking news.

• The Oracle Enterprise Manager Installation Guide provides information about installing Oracle Enterprise Manager components. This guide is in an insert in the Enterprise Manager CDRom.

• The Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide provides an overview of the Enterprise Manager system.

• The Oracle Enterprise Manager Administrator's Guide describes the components and features of the Oracle Enterprise Manager system.

• The Oracle Performance Monitoring User's Guide, Oracle Expert User's Guide, and Oracle Trace User's Guide provide information about performance monitoring applications.

• The Oracle Enterprise Manager Messages Manual describes the Oracle Enterprise Manager error messages and methods for diagnosing the messages.

• The Oracle Enterprise Manager Application Developer's Guide provides information on programming external interfaces to Oracle Enterprise Manager.

The guides are available on the Oracle Enterprise Manager CD in HTML format for viewing with a web browser.

In addition to the Oracle Enterprise Manager documentation, extensive online help is provided for Oracle Enterprise Manager components.

Related Publications

The Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide refers to important information in the related publications. The related books referred to in this guide are listed below:

• For general information about the Oracle Server and how it works, see the Oracle Server Concepts Guide.

• For information about administering the Oracle Server, see the Oracle Server Administrator's Guide.

• For the procedures for migrating a previous version of Oracle, see the Oracle Server Migration.

• For information on Oracle's SQL commands and functions, see the Oracle Server SQL Reference.

• For information about utilities bundled with the Oracle Server, refer to the Oracle Server SQL Reference.

• For information about Oracle messages and codes, refer to Oracle Server Messages.

• For information about the Oracle networking system, see your network-specific documentation.

• For information about the Oracle Server on Windows NT, see the Oracle Server for Windows NT Installation and User's Guide and the system release bulletins, if available.

• For information on Oracle Parallel Server, please to the Oracle Parallel Server Management Configuration Guide, which provides essential information for preparing your Oracle8 Server for use with Oracle Parallel Server and Oracle Enterprise Manager. The Quick Start section lists all the server and console-related steps you need to perform to get started with the Oracle Parallel Server Management quickly.

  Note: This guide is directed at administrators settingup OPS on UNIX platforms only. For installation instructions, refer to your platform-specific installation guide.

  The Oracle Parallel Server Management User's Guide provides information on using the Oracle Enterprise Manager Console to monitor and control Oracle Parallel Servers.

Conventions Used in this Guide

This guide uses the following conventions:

Examples

This guide contains examples. This is an example of text that the user should type in a dialog box:

D:\WINDOWS.PRD

Note that the text of the examples appears in a different font than the text of this guide.

The examples in this guide use the following conventions:

• Examples of commands to be typed in by the user are in uppercase.

• Menu items and buttons referenced appear in initial uppercase.

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