1 Getting Started

	Super Administrator Operations As a super administrator or designer, perform the following steps to get started with the product.				Administrator Operations As a normal administrator or operator, perform the following steps to get started with the product.
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Install Browser Certificates Install trusted certificates to avoid any browser certification issues.	Verify and Backup Encryption Key Verify if emkey is configured properly, and back it up to a safe location.	Log In to Enterprise Manager Console Log in to the console using your super administrator credentials.		Install Browser Certificates Install trusted certificates to avoid any browser certification issues.	Log In to Enterprise Manager Console Log in to the console using your super administrator credentials.	Explore the User Interface Take a tour of the user interface, and understand the menus and options.
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Explore the User Interface Take a tour of the user interface, and understand the menus and options.	Set Up Your Home Page Select any Enterprise Manager page, and set it up as your home page.	Create Roles and Administrators Create different roles and user accounts based on those roles.		Set Up Your Home Page Select any Enterprise Manager page, and set it up as your home page.	Discover Targets Scan your network and discover hosts and targets running on those hosts.	Monitor Targets Promote and monitor the discovered targets.
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Configure Audit Framework Configure the audit framework to track logins and other critical operations.	Configure My Oracle Support Configure My Oracle Support for online patching and other operations.	Configure Software Library Configure Software Library for storing entities, profiles, and so on.
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Configure Self Update Configure Self Update for automatically downloading software, software updates, plug-ins, and so on from My Oracle Support.	Download Agent Software Download the Management Agent software for platforms other than the one on which OMS is running.	Deploy Plug-Ins Download plug-ins and deploy them on the OMS so that you can discover and monitor targets in your network.
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Discover Targets Scan your network and discover hosts and targets running on those hosts.	Monitor Targets Promote and monitor the discovered targets.	Create Monitoring Templates Specify monitoring settings once and apply them to all monitored targets.
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Set Up Administration Group Hierarchy Create an administration group hierarchy so that the monitored targets can be logically grouped, and the monitoring templates can be applied globally	Set Up Notifications Set up e-mail servers, e-mail addresses, and notification schedule for e-mail notifications.	Set Up and Subscribe to Incident Rule Sets Set up incident rule sets and subscribe to them for e-mail notifications.
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Set Up Reporting Framework Set up Business Intelligence (BI) Publisher to create custom report based on the monitored targets.