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Starting the Intelligent Agent

Oracle Intelligent Agents are processes running on remote nodes in the network. Oracle Enterprise Manager uses Intelligent Agents to discover services on the node where it resides and to run jobs, monitor events, and collect data on remote sites. Refer to the Oracle Intelligent Agent User's Guide for detailed information about troubleshooting any Intelligent Agent problems.

Intelligent Agents local to the Management Server will be discovered automatically when the Management Server is started. In order to discover distributed services, the Intelligent Agents on the nodes where those services reside must be started.

This chapter discusses the following topics:

• Starting and Stopping the Oracle Intelligent Agent on Windows NT

• Starting and Stopping the Oracle Intelligent Agent on UNIX

Please check the Intelligent Agent compatibility matrix in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Readme before installing or using Enterprise Manager. emreadme.wri or emreadme.html is located in the ORACLE_OEM_HOME\RelNotes\EM directory. For example, C:\Oracle\Ora81\RelNotes\EM.

Starting and Stopping the Oracle Intelligent Agent on Windows NT

This section contains information on controlling the Intelligent Agent through the Windows NT Control Panel and the command prompt.

Note: Oracle Enterprise Manager and the Intelligent Agent use Net8 to communicate with the databases. Verify that Net8 can connect to every SID in question before attempting to use the Intelligent Agent.

Starting the Intelligent Agent on Windows NT

To start the Intelligent Agent on Windows NT, perform the following steps:

1. From the Start menu->Settings->Control Panel, double-click the Services icon.

2. Select the Oracle<Oracle_Home_Name>Agent service.

3. Click the Start push-button to start the Intelligent Agent.

The Intelligent Agent Startup Type is set to Automatic, which allows the Intelligent Agent to start automatically whenever you start the system. If you want the Intelligent Agent to be started by a user, set the Startup Type for Manual.

1. From the Start menu->Settings->Control Panel, double-click the Services icon.

2. Select the Oracle<Oracle_Home_Name>Agent service.

3. Click the Startup push-button. A Service Startup dialog box appears.

4. Choose Manual under the Startup Type.

5. Click OK on the Service Startup dialog box.

Stopping the Intelligent Agent on Windows NT

To stop the Intelligent Agent on Windows NT, perform the following steps:

1. From the Start menu->Settings->Control Panel, double-click the Services icon.

2. Select the Oracle<Oracle_Home_Name>Agent service.

3. Click the Stop push-button to stop the Intelligent Agent.

Verify Intelligent Agent is Running on Windows NT

To verify that the Intelligent Agent is running, look for its status in the control panel services or type net start at a command prompt. Oracle<Oracle_Home_Name>Agent should appear in the list of services.

You may also view the NT Task Manager to see the dbsnmp.exe process information.

Starting, Stopping, and Verifying the Status from the Command Prompt

To start or stop the Intelligent Agent from the command prompt, enter the appropriate command. From the command prompt, you can also verify that the service is running.

If you want to...	Enter the following command
Start the Intelligent Agent from the prompt	net start Oracle<Oracle_Home_Name>Agent
Stop the Intelligent Agent from the prompt	net stop Oracle<Oracle_Home_Name>Agent
Verify status of the Intelligent Agent from the prompt	net start

Note: Do not use the lsnrctl command to start the Intelligent Agent for Windows NT. It is not supported. Use the net command for Windows NT instead.

Starting and Stopping the Oracle Intelligent Agent on UNIX

On UNIX, Oracle Enterprise Manager uses the lsnrctl to start and stop the Intelligent Agent. The relevant lsnrctl commands to control the UNIX Intelligent Agent are listed in the table below.

If you want to...	Enter the command...
Start the Intelligent Agent on UNIX platforms	lsnrctl dbsnmp_start
Stop the Intelligent Agent on the UNIX platform	lsnrctl dbsnmp_stop
Verify status of the Intelligent Agent	lsnrctl dbsnmp_status

Note: You must always start and stop the Intelligent Agent as the same operating system user.