3 Getting Started with Oracle Enterprise Manager

This chapter introduces you to the Oracle Enterprise Manager, the Web-based interface for managing an Oracle database. Understanding this tool is essential to managing the Oracle database as described in the rest of this book.

This chapter contains the following topics:

• Introduction to the Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control

• Starting and Stopping the Oracle Enterprise Manager Console

• Accessing the Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control

• Granting Database Control Administrative Privileges

• Setting Up Enterprise Manager Preferences

• SQL Statements and Other Management Tools: SQL*Plus and iSQL*Plus

• Managing Your Database: A Roadmap

• Getting Started: Oracle by Example Series