Viewing Targets on the Host

Enterprise Manager allows you to view summary information about the targets on the host target. You can quickly determine how the individual targets are performing by analyzing the incidents and availability information. This gives you the opportunity to make changes as needed so the targets will function at peak performance.

Examples of targets that can reside on a host are: Database Instance, Web Cache, and Oracle HTTP Server.

When working with targets on a host:

• Study incident information. The message associated with a particular incident provides a detailed description of what is wrong with the target.

• Determine whether there are any compliance violations against this target.

• If needed, remove multiple targets from the host.

  This function is particularly useful when you want to eliminate, from the Management Repository and the Management Agent, those targets that no longer need to be monitored. This need can occur when a monitored target is deinstalled from the computer, or the Management Agent or host is no longer in service.

  When removing multiple targets:

  • Ensure that the Management Agent is up when you are removing a target. If the Management Agent is down when the target is deleted, the target will be removed from the Management Repository only and not from the Management Agent. Therefore when the Management Agent is brought back up, the target will be back again.

  • Be aware that the Management Agent cannot be deleted unless it is the only target remaining on the host.