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Preface

Intended Audience

Structure

Documentation Set

Related Documents

Conventions

Documentation Accessibility

Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation

1 Introduction

Product Architecture

First Tier: Centralized Consoles

Second Tier: Central, Scalable and Reliable Oracle Management Servers

Third Tier: Managed Targets and Autonomous Intelligent Agents

Architectural Extensibility

Deployment Options

Client/Server Deployment

Three Tier Deployment

Certifications

System and Hardware Requirements

2 Standalone

Choosing to Launch the Console Standalone

Starting the Standalone Console

Adding Databases to the Tree in the Standalone Console

Standalone Repository

Database Requirements for Standalone Repository

Create a Tablespace for Standalone Repository

Create a Database User for Standalone Repository

3 Configuring and Controlling the Management Server

Starting the Enterprise Manager Configuration Assistant

Configuring a Local Management Server To Use a New Release 9i Repository

Welcome

Configuration Operation

Configure Oracle Management Server

Create New Repository Options

Select Database Location

Change Database SID

Select Database for Repository

Repository Login Information

Select Repository User Tablespaces

Create Repository Summary

Configuration Assistant Progress Window

Configuring a Local Management Server To Use An Existing Repository

Configuration Operation

Configure Management Server

Edit Configuration Parameters

Select Management Region

Configuration Parameters Summary

Upgrading a Release 2.x Repository to a Release 9i Repository

Stopping Management Servers and Enterprise Manager Applications

Backing Up the Repository

Coordinating the Upgrade of Oracle Enterprise Manager Products

Configuration Assistant Steps to Upgrading the Repository

Configuration Operation

Select Database for Repository

Select Repository for Upgrade

Repository Login Information

Upgrade Repository Summary

Upgrade Repository Configuration Assistant Progress

Dropping an Existing Repository

Stop the Management Servers and Enterprise Manager Applications

Start the Configuration Assistant

Drop Repository Configuration Operation

Select the Database of the Repository You Want to Drop

Select Repository to Drop

Select Drop Repository Options

Drop Repository Summary

Drop Repository Configuration Assistant Progress

Controlling the Management Server After Configuration

Starting a Local Management Server

Starting a Local Management Server On Windows

Starting a Local Management Server On UNIX

Checking the Status of the Management Server

Stopping a Local Management Server

4 Configuring the Console when Connected to a Management Server

Choosing to Launch the Console by Logging into a Management Server

Starting the Console with a Management Server Connection

Discovering Nodes in Your Environment

Creating Administrator Accounts

Granting OEM_MONITOR Role to Database Preferred Credentials

Enabling the Job System

Creating a New Windows NT User Account

Assigning Privileges to an Existing Windows NT User Account

Configuring a Windows NT Domain User as Your Intelligent Agent User

Configuring and Starting the Paging Server

Configuring the Paging Server

Adding a Paging Server

Adding Paging Carrier

Specifying Paging Notification Preferences

Configuring the E-mail Server

Configuring Enterprise Manager Reporting

Starting and Stopping the Oracle HTTP Server

Change the REPORTS_USER Administrator Password

Run the oemctl configure rws Script

Configuring the Console If Using a Dialup Line

5 Running Enterprise Manager from a Web Browser

Running Oracle Enterprise Manager from a Web Browser

Client Install

Server-Side Install

Run the Browser-Based Oracle Enterprise Manager on the Client

Configuring the Web Server and Directory Mapping for OEM_Webstage

Apache 1.3.9 or Higher

Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0

6 Tuning the Oracle Management Server

Setting the Ping Interval

Setting the Maximum Connections Out

Setting the Maximum Connections In

Setting the Management Server Retry Interval

Smoothing Over Temporary Network Failures

A Directory Structure

$ORACLE_HOME/sysman/ Directory

$ORACLE_HOME/sysman/config/ Directory

B Activating Logging and Tracing

Intelligent Agent Tracing/Logging

Management Server Tracing/Logging

Tracing of the Management Server

Logging of the Management Server

Enterprise Manager Client Application Tracing

Browser-Based Enterprise Manager Tracing

Paging Server Tracing

SQL Engine Tracing

Tracing and Logging of Management Pack Applications

C General Repository Guidelines

Repository Sizing

D Globalization Support

Accessing Browser-Based Enterprise Manager in a Language Other Than English

Setting the Language for the Console

E Using Enterprise Manager on Windows 2000

Differences between using Enterprise Manager on Windows NT and Windows 2000

Procedures

Manipulating Windows 2000 Services

Creating a New Windows 2000 User

Assigning Privileges to a Windows 2000 User

F Troubleshooting

Reporting Problems to Oracle Support

Manuals

MetaLink

Oracle Technical Support

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

Troubleshooting the Management Server

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

Management Server Does Not Start

oms.log File

oms.nohup File

Windows NT Event Log

oemctl Batch File

Error Messages When Starting the Management Server

Changing Your Management Server for Client Access

Running the Management Server on a Multiple NIC Machine

Troubleshooting the Paging Server

Troubleshooting the Web Browser

Console Hangs

Console Does Not Launch Web Browser

Changing the Repository User Password

Resetting the Password

Setting the Format of Dates

G Keyboard Navigation

Index