Preface

This section describes the purpose and organization of this guide: Getting Started with the Oracle Diagnostics Pack. Specifically, it covers the following topics:

• Purpose of This Guide

• Audience

• How This Guide Is Organized

• How to Use This Guide

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Pack Information

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Documentation

Purpose of This Guide

This guide provides an overview of the Oracle Performance Manager, Oracle Capacity Planner, and Oracle TopSessions applications and their features. It also describes the Oracle Event Tests that are provided with the Oracle Diagnostics Pack. As the guide describes how to use these applications and Oracle Event Tests provided with the Oracle Diagnostics Pack, it also introduces you to key concepts and terminology.

Audience

This guide is written for those who wish to use Oracle Performance Manager, Oracle Capacity Planner, Oracle TopSessions, and the Oracle Event Tests that are provided with the Oracle Diagnostics Pack.

This guide assumes that you are familiar with the Oracle Enterprise Manager console and base applications. If you are not, please read the Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide and the Oracle Enterprise Manager Administrator's Guide.

How This Guide Is Organized

This guide is organized as follows:

Chapter 1, "Overview"

Provides an overview of the Oracle Diagnostics Pack and its features.

Chapter 2, "Post-Installation Configuration"

Provides lists of steps to consider after the installation of the Oracle Diagnostics Pack has taken place.

Chapter 3, "Introduction to Oracle Performance Manager"

Provides an overview of the Oracle Performance Manager application and its features.

Chapter 4, "Introduction to Oracle Capacity Planner"

Provides an overview of the Oracle Capacity Planner application and its features.

Chapter 5, "Using Oracle TopSessions"

Provides an overview of the Oracle TopSessions application and its features.

Chapter 6, "Oracle Advanced Event Tests"

Provides an introduction to the Oracle Event Tests that are provided with the Oracle Diagnostics Pack.

Appendix A, "Using Advanced Event Tests Effectively"

Provides several case studies demonstrating how the Oracle Event Tests provided with the Oracle Diagnostics Pack can help database administrators simplify daily administration tasks.

How to Use This Guide

This guide should be read in its entirety to provide you with an overview of Oracle Performance Manager, Oracle Capacity Planner, Oracle TopSessions, and the Oracle Event Tests provided with the Oracle Diagnostics Pack, so that you are familiar with the tasks that the applications can perform and with the Oracle Event Tests that are provided. The online help provides more information about the applications and the Oracle Event Tests provided with the Oracle Diagnostics Pack.

Oracle Enterprise Manager Pack Information

The Oracle Enterprise Manager product family includes six packs: Oracle Change Management Pack, Oracle Diagnostics Pack, Oracle Tuning Pack, Oracle Standard Management Pack, Oracle Management Pack for SAP R/3, and Oracle Management Pack for Oracle Applications. Each pack is fully integrated into the Oracle Enterprise Manager Console framework.

Oracle Change Management Pack

• Includes Baseline Viewer, Change Manager, DB Alter, DB Capture, DB Diff, DB Propagate, DB Quick Change, DB Search, and Plan Editor.

• Tracks metadata changes in databases.

• Eliminates errors and loss of data when upgrading databases to support new applications.

• Analyzes the impact and complex dependencies associated with application change and automatically performs database upgrades.

• Allows you to find the database objects that match a set of search criteria that you specify.

• Initiates change with easy-to-use wizards that teach systematic steps necessary to upgrade databases.

Oracle Diagnostics Pack

• Includes Oracle Performance Manager, Oracle Capacity Planner, Oracle Trace, Oracle TopSessions, and Oracle Advanced Event Tests.

• Monitors, diagnoses, and maintains the stability of databases, operating systems, and applications. Both historical and real-time analyses are used to automatically avoid problems before they occur.

• Provides powerful capacity planning features that enable users to easily plan and track future system resource requirements.

Oracle Tuning Pack

• Includes Oracle SQL Analyze, Oracle Expert, Oracle Index Tuning Wizard, Reorg Wizard, and the Tablespace Map.

• Optimizes system performance by identifying and tuning major database and application bottlenecks such as inefficient SQL, poor data structures, and improper use of system resources.

• Discovers tuning opportunities and automatically generates the analysis and required changes to tune the system. Inherent in the product are powerful teaching tools that help DBAs learn to tune the system as they work.

• Helps increase developers and DBAs productivity.

Oracle Standard Management Pack

• Includes Baseline Viewer, Change Manager, DB Capture, DB Diff, Oracle Index Tuning Wizard, Oracle Performance Manager, and Oracle TopSessions.

• Monitors and diagnoses problems, tunes high impact indexes, and tracks and compares changes in your Oracle environment.

Oracle Management Pack for SAP R/3

• Includes Oracle Performance Manager, Oracle Capacity Planner, and Oracle Event Tests that are specific to monitoring your SAP R/3 environment.

• Monitors, diagnoses, and maintains the health of a SAP R/3 system. Both historical and real-time analysis are used to automatically avoid problems before they occur.

• Provides powerful capacity planning features that enable users to easily plan and track future system resource requirements.

Oracle Management Pack for Oracle Applications

• Includes Oracle Performance Manager, Oracle Capacity Planner, Concurrent Processing Tuning Assistant, and Oracle Applications Event Tests.

• Enables you to monitor all aspects of your system, including databases and concurrent managers.

• Enables the monitoring, diagnosing, and capacity planning of the Oracle Applications environment.

Oracle Enterprise Manager Documentation

Getting Started with the Oracle Diagnostics Pack is one of several Oracle Enterprise Manager documents.

Oracle Enterprise Manager Base Documentation

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

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Administrator's Guide explains how to use Oracle Enterprise Manager, the Oracle systems management console, common services, and integrated platform tool.

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide provides an overview of Oracle Enterprise Manager.

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Configuration Guide explains how to configure Oracle Enterprise Manager.

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

• Oracle Intelligent Agent User's Guide provides configuration information and answers to crucial troubleshooting questions pertaining to the Oracle Intelligent Agent.

Oracle Change Management Pack Documentation

• Oracle Change Management Pack Readme provides important notes regarding the Change Management Pack online documentation, updates to the software, and other late-breaking information.

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Getting Started with Oracle Change Management Pack provides an overview of the concepts and features of Oracle Change Management Pack applications.

Oracle Diagnostics Pack Documentation

• Oracle Diagnostics Pack Readme provides important notes regarding Diagnostics Pack online documentation, updates to the software, and other late-breaking information.

• Getting Started with the Oracle Diagnostics Pack provides an overview of the concepts and features of Oracle Performance Manager, Oracle Capacity Planner, and Oracle TopSessions applications. It also describes Oracle Event Tests that are provided with the Oracle Diagnostics Pack, which allow you to implement automatic problem detection and correction on databases, listeners, and nodes.

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Oracle Trace User's Guide explains how to use Oracle Trace to capture and use historical data to monitor Oracle databases.

Oracle Tuning Pack Documentation

• Oracle Tuning Pack Readme provides important notes regarding Tuning Pack online documentation, updates to the software, and other late-breaking information.

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack provides an overview of the concepts and features of each of the applications included in the Oracle Tuning Pack. The applications include: Oracle SQL Analyze, Oracle Expert, Oracle Index Tuning Wizard, Reorg Wizard, and the Tablespace Map. A description of how these applications can work together to tune an Oracle database is also provided.

Oracle Standard Management Pack Documentation

• The Oracle Standard Management Pack Readme provides important notes regarding the Oracle Standard Management Pack online documentation, updates to the software, and other late-breaking information.

• The Getting Started with Oracle Standard Management Pack manual provides an overview of the concepts and features of Baseline Viewer, Change Manager, DB Capture, DB Diff, Oracle Index Tuning Wizard, Oracle Performance Manager, and Oracle TopSessions.

Oracle Management Pack for SAP/R3 Documentation

• Oracle Management Pack for SAP/R3 Readme provides important notes regarding Oracle Management Pack for SAP R/3 online documentation, updates to the software, and other late-breaking information.

• Getting Started with the Oracle Management Pack for SAP/R3 provides an overview of the concepts and features of Oracle Performance Manager and Oracle Capacity Planner. It also describes Oracle Event Tests that are provided with the Oracle Management Pack for SAP/R3.

Oracle Management Pack for Oracle Applications Documentation

• Oracle Management Pack for Oracle Applications Readme provides important notes regarding Oracle Management Pack for Oracle Applications online documentation, updates to the software, and other late-breaking information.

• Getting Started with the Oracle Management Pack for Oracle Applications provides an overview of the concepts and features of Oracle Performance Manager, Oracle Capacity Planner, and Concurrent Processing Tuning Assistant. It also describes Oracle Applications Event Tests and Jobs that are specific to monitoring your Oracle Applications environment.

• Oracle Intelligent Agent User's Guide provides configuration information and answers to crucial troubleshooting questions pertaining to the Oracle Intelligent Agent.

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