Preface

This preface describes the purpose and organization of the Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide and contains the following information:

Topic	See Page
Purpose of This Guide	ix
Audience	ix
How this Guide Is Organized	x
Documentation	xi
Related Publications	xiii

Purpose of This Guide

This guide presents a general overview of Oracle^® Enterprise Manager version 2.1. Oracle Enterprise Manager is a system management tool that 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.

Audience

This guide explains the general concepts of Oracle Enterprise Manager. You should already be familiar with Oracle and the administrative tasks you wish to perform.

For general information about the Oracle Server and how it works, see the Oracle Server Concepts Guide. For further information about database administration procedures, see the rest of the Oracle Server documentation set. The Oracle Server documentation contains specific and thorough descriptions of the database administration tasks you can perform with Oracle Enterprise Manager tools and provides recommendations on how to administer your database optimally.

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

How this Guide Is Organized

This guide is divided into the following chapters:

Chapters	Description
Chapter 1, "Overview of Oracle Enterprise Manager"	Chapter 1 describes the overall architecture and features of Oracle Enterprise Manager - the console, Oracle Management Server, and the common services.
Chapter 2, "The Console"	Chapter 2 describes the layout and use of the Oracle Enterprise Manager Console.
Chapter 3, "Job and Event Systems"	Chapter 3 describes the Job Scheduling and Event Management Systems, which execute jobs and monitor for occurrences on sites throughout the network.
Chapter 4, "DBA Management Pack"	Chapter 4 describes the DBA Management Pack, which is a set of administrative tools bundled with Oracle Enterprise Manager.
Chapter 5, "Oracle Management Packs and Integrated Applications"	Chapter 5 describes Oracle Enterprise Manager's integrated applications and the optional system management packs which extend Oracle Enterprise Manager's functionality.

Documentation

The following is a list of the Oracle Enterprise Manager documentation, including the documentation for the optional management packs:

Oracle Enterprise Manager Documentation

• The Oracle Enterprise Manager Readme provides important information regarding updates to the software and other late-breaking information.

• The Oracle Enterprise Manager Administrator's Guide explains how to use Oracle Enterprise Manager's console, common services, and database administration tools.

• The Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide provides an overview of Oracle Enterprise Manager, its architecture, and components.

• The Oracle Enterprise Manager Configuration Guide explains how to configure and start Oracle Enterprise Manager.

• The Oracle Intelligent Agent User's Guide describes how to use the Oracle Intelligent Agent with Oracle Enterprise Manager.

• The Oracle SNMP Support Reference Guide is intended for third-party developers of SNMP-based management applications. Database administrators who may be familiar with Oracle products, but who may be less familiar with SNMP may also find this guide useful.

• The Oracle Enterprise Manager Messages Manual lists the Oracle Enterprise Manager error messages and methods for diagnosing them.

Oracle Change Management Pack Documentation

• The Oracle Enterprise Manager Change Management Pack Readme provides important notes regarding the Oracle Change Management Pack on-line documentation, updates to the software, and other late-breaking information.

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

• The Oracle Change Management Installation CD-ROM insert describes how to install the Oracle Change Management Pack.

Oracle Diagnostics Pack Documentation

• The Oracle Enterprise Manager Diagnostics Pack Readme provides important notes regarding the Oracle Diagnostics Pack on-line documentation, updates to the software, and other late-breaking information.

• The Oracle Enterprise Manager Performance Monitoring and Planning Guide explains how to monitor system performance with Oracle Diagnostics Pack.

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

• The Oracle Enterprise Manager Oracle Trace Developer's Guide explains how to instrument your application with Oracle Trace routines.

• The Oracle Diagnostics Pack Installation CD-ROM describes how to install the Oracle Diagnostics Pack.

Oracle Tuning Pack Documentation

• The Oracle Enterprise Manager Tuning Pack Readme provides important notes regarding the Tuning Pack on-line documentation, updates to the software, and other late-breaking information.

• The Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Tuning With the Oracle Tuning Pack guide provides information on how to tune your system optimally with Oracle Tuning Pack and its components.

• The Oracle Tuning Pack Installation CD-ROM describes how to install the Oracle Tuning Pack.

Oracle Standard Management Pack Documentation

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

• The Getting Started With the Oracle Standard Management Pack guide provides information about the concepts and features of Oracle Standard Management Pack.

• The Oracle Standard Management Pack Installation CD-ROM insert describes how to install the Oracle Standard Management Pack.

Oracle Management Pack for Oracle Applications Documentation

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

• The Getting Started with Oracle Management Pack for Oracle Applications guide provides information about the concepts and features of the Management Pack for Oracle Applications.

• The Oracle Management Pack for Oracle Applications Installation CD-ROM insert describes how to install the Management Pack for Oracle Applications.

Oracle Management Pack for SAP R/3 Documentation

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

• The Oracle Enterprise Manager Getting Started with Oracle Management Pack for SAP R/3 guide provides information about the concepts and features of the Management Pack for SAP R/3.

• The Oracle Management Pack for SAP R/3 Installation CD-ROM insert describes how to install the Management Pack for SAP R/3.

Related Publications

The following publications contain related information:

• For general information about Oracle8i and how it works, see Getting to Know Oracle8i and Oracle8i Concepts.

• For information about administering Oracle8i, see the Oracle8i Administrator's Guide.

• For the procedures for migrating a previous version of Oracle, see Oracle8i Migration.

• For information on Oracle's SQL commands and functions, see Oracle8i SQL Reference.

• For information about utilities bundled with Oracle8i, refer to the Oracle8i SQL Reference.

• For information about Oracle messages and codes, refer to Oracle8i Error Messages.

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

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

• For information on Oracle Parallel Server, refer to the Oracle8i Parallel Server Setup and Configuration Guide, which provides essential information for preparing Oracle8i 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 environment.

Oracle Corporation also publishes several files that are available on your distribution media. These files are usually named README, RELNOTE, BUGHST, and RESTRICT and have extensions such as .WRI, .DOC, and .TXT. These files describe changes to the software or documentation that have not been described in the documentation.

Note:

The exact names and locations of the files mentioned above may vary depending on your operating system.