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Preface

1 Introducing Oracle Enterprise Manager

Oracle Enterprise Manager's Architecture

Oracle Enterprise Manager System and Hardware Requirements

Basic Terminology

What is a repository?

What is a repository owner?

What is an administrative user?

What is a Console?

What is an Oracle Management Server?

What is the Oracle Intelligent Agent?

What is service discovery?

What are preferred credentials?

Configuring Oracle Enterprise Manager Overview

2 Creating a Release 2.1 Repository

Creating a New Release 2.1 Repository

Starting the Enterprise Manager Configuration Assistant

Step 1 "Configuration Operation"

Step 2 "Select Database for Repository"

Step 3 "Repository Login Information"

Step 4 "Select Repository User Tablespaces"

Step 5 "Create Repository Summary"

Step 6 "Configuration Assistant Progress Window"

3 Controlling the Management Server

Starting the Management Server

Checking the Status of the Management Server

Stopping the Management Server

Checking the Management Server Log Files

4 Adding Additional Management Servers

Installing an Additional Management Server

Setting Up an Additional Management Server

Step 1 "Configuration Operation"

Step 2 "Configuration Parameters"

Step 3 "Modify Configuration Parameters"

5 Starting the Intelligent Agent

Starting and Stopping the Oracle Intelligent Agent on Windows NT

Starting the Intelligent Agent on Windows NT

Stopping the Intelligent Agent on Windows NT

Verify Intelligent Agent is Running on Windows NT

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

Starting and Stopping the Oracle Intelligent Agent on UNIX

6 Setting Up the Console

Starting the Enterprise Manager Console

Discovering Services

Creating Administrator Accounts

Running Oracle Enterprise Manager from a Web Browser

General Setup

Setting Up the Job System

Creating a Windows NT User Account for Running Jobs

Setting Up Preferred Credentials for Managed Services

Setting Up Email Notification

Setting Up the SMTP Gateway

Setting Up Email and Paging Notifications

Configuring and Starting the Paging Service

Setting Up Paging

Starting the Paging Service

Querying Status of the Paging Service

Stopping the Paging Service

Paging Status Codes for Numeric Pages

Configuring the Console If Using a Dialup Line to Connect to the Management Server

Configuring a Remote Database for Backup or SYSDBA Administration

Server Side (NT)

Server Side (UNIX)

7 Migrating a Release 1.x Repository to a Release 2.1 Repository

Important Notes

Phases of Migration

How the Differences Between Release 1.x and Release 2.1 Impact Migration

Preparing for Repository Migration

Create New Release 2.1 Administrators

Refresh All Services in the Release 1.x Console

Shut Down the Release 1.x Console and the Release 2.1 Management Server

Check the Information Currently in the Release 1.x Repository

Back Up the Existing Release 1.x Repository

Migrating the Repository Using the Migration Assistant

Step 1 "Introduction"

Step 2 "Component Selection"

Step 3 "Source Repository Login"

Step 4 "Target Repository Login"

Step 5 "Administrator Data"

Work in Progress

Deleting and Deregistering All Active Jobs and Events from the Release 1.x Console

Confirming a Successful Migration

Backing out of a Migration

Release 1.x Objects Reference

Release 1.x Objects Which Will Migrate to Release 2.1

Release 1.x Objects Which Need to be Re-created

Release 1.x Objects Which No Longer Exist

8 Setting Up DBA Studio

DBA Studio in Standalone or Management Server Mode

Direct Connection to Databases

Connection through the Oracle Management Server

Setting Up DBA Studio in Standalone Mode

Starting DBA Studio in Standalone Mode

Adding Databases to the Tree in DBA Studio Standalone Mode

Connecting to a Database in DBA Studio Standalone Mode

Editing Local Preferred Credentials in DBA Studio Standalone Mode

Setting Up DBA Studio in OMS Mode

Setting Up DBA Studio to Connect to a Management Server

Starting DBA Studio OMS Mode

Connecting to a Database in DBA Studio OMS Mode

Other DBA Studio Procedures

Accessing the Quick Tour in DBA Studio

Connecting to the Database As a Different User

Viewing Which Role You Are Connected As In DBA Studio

Removing a Database from Tree in DBA Studio Standalone Mode

Removing a Database from the Navigator in OMS Mode

Adding Databases to the Navigator Tree For DBA Studio OMS Mode

Changing from OMS Mode to Standalone Mode

Changing from Standalone Mode to OMS Mode

A Directory Structure

Directory Structure of Oracle Enterprise Manager Release 2.1

Directory Structure for $ORACLE_HOME\sysman

Other Important Directories

B Configuration Assistant Operations

Upgrade a Release 2.0 Repository to a Release 2.1 Repository

Step 1 "Configuration Operation"

Step 2 "Select Database for Repository"

Step 3 "Select Repository"

Step 4 "Repository Login Information"

Step 5 "Upgrade Repository Summary"

Step 6 "Configuration Assistant Progress"

Drop an Existing Repository

Step 1 "Configuration Operation"

Step 2 "Select Database for Repository"

Step 3 "Select Repository"

Step 4 "Select Drop Repository Options"

Step 5 "Drop Repository Summary"

Step 6 "Configuration Assistant Progress"

Edit Configuration Parameters

Step 1 "Configuration Operation"

Step 2 "Configuration Parameters"

Step 3 "Modify Configuration Parameters"

Configuration File Not Accessible

C Troubleshooting

Reporting Problems to Oracle Support

Manuals

MetaLink

Oracle Technical Support

Setting Up Logging and Tracing

Tracing and Logging for the Management Server

Logging and Tracing Properties

Management Server Logs

Tracing for the Client

Tracing for the Web Browser

Tracing for Paging

Troubleshooting the Management Server

Management Server May Not Run Correctly from a Non-Default Oracle Home

Management Server Does Not Start from the Windows NT Start Menu

You Did Not Enter the Repository Credentials in the Service Dialog

You Enter the Wrong Credentials in the Service Dialog

Accessing the Windows NT Event Log

Changing Your Management Server for Client Access

Setting the Ping Interval

Troubleshooting the Paging Service

Paging Does Not Work

Registering the Paging Service with a Remote Oracle Management Server

Modifying the Paging Service Information from the Enterprise Manager Console

Page Notification Fails

Troubleshooting the Web Browser

Resetting the Password

Troubleshooting the Enterprise Manager Configuration Assistant

Enterprise Manager Configuration Assistant Errors

Repository Database Default Tablespace Does Not Contain Enough Free Space

Creating an OEM_REPOSITORY Tablespace if One Does Not Exist

Creating Another Tablespace

Increasing the Size of an Existing Tablespace

Database Parameters Not Large Enough for Repository Operation

Changing the Permissions on the omsconfig.properties File

Determining the SGA Size

Troubleshooting Job Notifications

D Repository Sizing

E Configuring the Webserver and Directory Mapping

Apache 1.3.9 on Solaris

Oracle Application Server 4.0.8 on Windows NT and Solaris

Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0

Index