Preface

Purpose of this Guide

This manual provides configuration information and answers to crucial troubleshooting questions pertaining to the Oracle Intelligent Agent. The Intelligent Agent User's Guide is directed towards users of Oracle Enterprise Manager Version 1 and Version 2, as well as other supported system management frameworks that communicate with the Oracle database through the Intelligent Agent.

Important: Enterprise Manager Version 2 uses a middle-tier Management Server. Users of Enterprise Manager Version 1 should ignore references to this component.

Intended Audience

This manual is intended for anyone installing or configuring the Oracle Intelligent Agent on UNIX or Windows NT platforms.

Structure

This manual contains five chapters and two appendices:

Chapter 1	Provides a functional overview to the Intelligent Agent and discovery services.
Chapter 2	Describes Agent installation and configuration procedures.
Chapter 3	Provides Intelligent Agent troubleshooting guidelines and procedures.
Chapter 4	Describes Data Gatherer installation and configuration.
Chapter 5	Describes Job and Event scripting using the Tool Command Language (Tcl).
Appendix A	Describes requisite configuration files used by Oracle Enterprise Manager.
Appendix B	Describes the directory structure of Oracle Enterprise Manager components and the Intelligent Agent.

Related Documents

For more information, see the following documents:

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Configuration Guide

• Oracle SNMP Reference Guide

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