Preface

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

• Purpose of this Guide

• Audience

• How this Guide is Organized

• Documentation Set

• Related Publications

• Conventions Used in this Guide

Purpose of this Guide

This guide explains how to configure Oracle^® Enterprise Manager Release 2.1.

Oracle Enterprise Manager is a system management tool which provides an integrated solution for managing your heterogeneous environment. The product combines a graphical console, agents, common services, and tools to provide an integrated, comprehensive systems management platform for managing Oracle products.

For program updates and important notes on using Oracle Enterprise Manager, 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 configure Oracle Enterprise Manager. You should already be familiar with Oracle and the administrative tasks you wish to perform.

For general information about the Oracle8i Release 2 (8.1.6) and how it works, see the Oracle8i Release 2 (8.1.6) Concepts Guide. For information about database administration procedures, see the Oracle8i Release 2 (8.1.6) documentation set. The Oracle8i Release 2 (8.1.6) documentation set contains specific and thorough descriptions of the database administration tasks you can perform with Oracle Enterprise Manager tools. In addition, the Oracle8i Release 2 (8.1.6) documentation set provides recommendations on how to administer your database optimally.

You should also be familiar with the operation of your specific Microsoft Windows or Solaris system. See the documentation for your Windows or Solaris system, if necessary.

How this Guide is Organized

This guide is comprised of the following chapters:

Chapter	Description
Chapter 1, "Introducing Oracle Enterprise Manager"	This chapter provides an overview for configuring Oracle Enterprise Manager.
Chapter 2, "Creating a Release 2.1 Repository"	This chapter describes how to create a new repository using the Oracle Enterprise Manager Configuration Assistant.
Chapter 3, "Controlling the Management Server"	This chapter describes how to start, stop, and check the status of the Oracle Management Server.
Chapter 4, "Adding Additional Management Servers"	This chapter describes how to add an additional Management Server to manage an already existing repository.
Chapter 5, "Starting the Intelligent Agent"	This chapter describes how to start the Oracle Intelligent Agent.
Chapter 6, "Setting Up the Console"	This chapter describes how to configure and start Oracle Enterprise Manager Release 2.1.
Chapter 7, "Migrating a Release 1.x Repository to a Release 2.1 Repository"	This chapter describes methods for migrating the user's private Release 1.x repositories into a specific user in a new Release 2.1 repository. For information about upgrading a Release 2.0 repository to a Release 2.1 repository, see "Upgrade a Release 2.0 Repository to a Release 2.1 Repository" on page B-2.
Chapter 8, "Setting Up DBA Studio"	This chapter describes how to set up DBA Studio.
Appendix A, "Directory Structure"	This appendix describes the directory structure of Oracle Enterprise Manager Release 2.1.
Appendix B, "Configuration Assistant Operations"	This appendix describes how to upgrade a repository, how to drop a repository, and how to redirect the local Management Server to use a different repository or to respond to changes in the repository user's password.
Appendix C, "Troubleshooting"	This appendix describes possible issues for troubleshooting.
Appendix D, "Repository Sizing"	This appendix contains recommendations for repository sizing.
Appendix E, "Configuring the Webserver and Directory Mapping"	This appendix contains information about configuring your webserver and directory mapping if you did not install the Oracle Application Server Listener.

Documentation Set

The Oracle Enterprise Manager Release 2.1 documentation includes the following:

• The Oracle Enterprise Manager Readme Release 2.1 provides important notes on updates to the software and other late-breaking news, as well as any differences between the product's behavior and how it is documented.

• The Oracle Enterprise Manager Configuration Guide Release 2.1 provides information about configuring the Oracle Enterprise Manager system.

• The Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide Release 2.1 provides an overview of the Enterprise Manager system.

• The Oracle Enterprise Manager Administrator's Guide Release 2.1 describes the components and features of the Oracle Enterprise Manager system.

• The Oracle Intelligent Agent Users Guide describes how to administer the Oracle Intelligent Agent.

• The Oracle Enterprise Manager Messages Manual Release 2.1 contains probable causes and recommended actions for Oracle Enterprise Manager errors.

In addition to the Oracle Enterprise Manager documentation set, extensive on-line help is provided for components in Oracle Enterprise Manager.

Related Publications

The Oracle Enterprise Manager Configuration 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 Oracle8i Release 2 (8.1.6) and how it works, see Getting to Know Oracle8i Release 2 (8.1.6) and Oracle8i Release 2 (8.1.6) Concepts.

• For information about administering the Oracle8i Release 2 (8.1.6), see the Oracle8i Release 2 (8.1.6) Administrator's Guide.

• For the procedures for migrating a previous version of Oracle, see Oracle8i Release 2 (8.1.6) Migration.

• For information on Oracle's SQL commands and functions, see the Oracle8i Release 2 (8.1.6) SQL Reference.

• For information about utilities bundled with the Oracle8i Release 2 (8.1.6), refer to the Oracle8i Release 2 (8.1.6) SQL Reference.

• For information about Oracle messages and codes, refer to Oracle8i Release 2 (8.1.6) Error Messages.

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

• For information about the Oracle8i Release 2 (8.1.6) on Windows NT, see the Oracle8i Release 2 (8.1.6) Installation Guide for Windows NT, the Oracle8i Release 2 (8.1.6) Administrator's Guide for Windows NT, and the Release Notes.

• For information on Oracle Parallel Server, refer to the Oracle8i Release 2 (8.1.6) Parallel Server Setup and Configuration Guide, which provides essential information for preparing Oracle8i Release 2 (8.1.6) for use with Oracle Parallel Server and Oracle Enterprise Manager. The "Introducing Oracle Parallel Server" chapter provides a conceptual and component overview of Oracle Parallel Server. This information will help you prepare and plan your Oracle Parallel Server installation and configuration in an Oracle8i Release 2 (8.1.6) environment.

Conventions Used in this Guide

The following sections explain the conventions used in this guide.

Examples

This guide contains code examples. Note that the text of examples appears in a different font than the text of the guide. This is an example of a SELECT statement:

SELECT * FROM emp

Examples in this guide follow these case conventions:

• Keywords, such as CREATE and NUMBER, appear in uppercase. Keywords have special meanings. When you specify them, they can be in uppercase or lowercase, but they must be used exactly as they appear in the code example.

• Names of database objects and their parts, such as emp and empno, appear in lowercase. However, in the text of this guide, names of database objects and their parts appear in uppercase.

• Parameters act as place holders in examples. They appear in lowercase. Parameters are usually names of schema objects, Oracle datatypes, or expressions. When you see a parameter in a syntax diagram, you should substitute an object or expression of the appropriate type. Note that parameter names appear in italics in the text of this guide.

Command Syntax

• Italics is used for variables, such as application_name. Substitute an appropriate value.

• | denotes alternative choices

• {param1 | param2 | ... } signifies that one of the parameters in {} must be used. Do not type the brackets.

• [ ] identifies optional parameters. Do not type the brackets.