Oracle Enterprise Manager Configuration Guide
Release 1.5.0
A57696-01

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Preface

1 Agent Configuration

Installing the Intelligent Agent on Windows NT

Configuring an Intelligent Agent on Windows NT

Agent Discovery Algorithm

Creating a Windows NT User Account for Running Jobs

Creating a New NT User Account

Assigning Privileges to an Existing NT User Account

Configuring a Domain User as Your Agent User

Controlling Operations of the NT Agent

Starting the Intelligent Agent on Windows NT

Stopping the Intelligent Agent on Windows NT

Verify Agent is Running

Starting, Stopping, and Verifying the Status from the DOS prompt

Troubleshooting the NT Agent If It Did Not Start Up

Controlling Operations of the NT Agent Data Gathering Service

Starting and Stopping the Agent Data Gathering Service on Windows NT

Verify Agent Data Gathering Service is Running

Starting, Stopping, and Verifying the Agent Data Gathering Service from the DOS Prompt

Installing the Oracle Intelligent Agent on UNIX

Running the root.sh Shell Script

Verifying that root.sh Had Been Run Successfully

Running root.sh

Configuring an Intelligent Agent on UNIX

Agent Discovery Algorithm

Setting the $ORATAB/ORATAB System Environment

Controlling Operations of the UNIX Agent

Troubleshooting the UNIX Agent If It Did Not Start Up

Controlling Operations of the UNIX Agent Data Gathering Service

Oracle Intelligent Agent and Oracle Names

Roles and Users Required by the Agent

2 Console Configuration

Setting Up the Repository User Account

Creating a Repository

Starting Oracle Enterprise Manager

Connecting to a Repository

Discovering Network Services

Enterprise Manager Console and Oracle Names

Starting Enterprise Manager DBA Tools

Setting Preferences

Administering a Remote UNIX Database

Recovery Catalog Setup and Configuration

Setting Up the Recovery Catalog

Configuring a Database for Remote SYSDBA Access

Server Side (UNIX):

Client Side (Windows NT):

Registering the Recovery Catalog with Oracle8 Recovery Manager (GUI)

Encoding Japanese Characters When Sending Email

Troubleshooting

3 Software Manager Configuration

Configuring Software Manager

Modifying Oracle Host Up/Down Event

Registering Host Up/Down Event

Refreshing Hosts

Additional Configurations

4 Performance Pack Configuration

Setting up the Performance Pack Applications

Setting up TopSessions

Setting Up Tablespace Manager

Setting up Oracle Trace

Using Oracle Trace for Oracle 8 Server Collections

Using Oracle Trace for Oracle 7.3 Server Collections

Creating Oracle Trace Repository Tables

Creating Oracle Trace Formatter Tables

Creating New Formatter Tables

Dropping Existing Formatter Tables

Upgrading Formatter Tables

Other Configuration Information

Setting up Oracle Performance Manager

Using Performance Manager with Parallel Server

Setting up Oracle Expert

Creating Oracle Expert Repository Tables

Running XPVIEW.SQL

A Configuration Files

Configuration Files

Configuration for Console Machine

Configuration for Remotely Managed Machines

snmp.ora for Pre-7.3.3 Agents Only

Parameters for snmp*.ora Files

B Directory Structure

Directory Structure of Oracle Enterprise Manager

Enterprise Manager Components

Directory Structure of the Intelligent Agent

C Hints and Tips

Troubleshooting

System Registry Errors

Job and Event Systems

Intelligent Agent

Error Messages When Starting the NT Intelligent Agent

Testing the Connectivity to Any SID

Manually Defining a Local Database

Manually Creating, Dropping, or Upgrading the Repository

Using Online Help

Glossary

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