19.1 Overview: Managing the Manager

Although Enterprise Manager functions as a single entity to manage your IT infrastructure, in reality it is composed of multiple components working in concert to provide a complete management framework from a functional standpoint. All major components of Enterprise Manager have been grouped into a single system. A special set of services has been created (based on the system) to model Enterprise Manager functions.

Management Features

• Topology view that allows you to see all major components of Enterprise Manager and their current status.

• Dashboard displaying the overall health of Enterprise Manager.

• Full control of the Agent directly from the Enterprise Manager console. Functions include:

  • View/edit Agent configuration properties.

  • View Agent(s) configuration history and compare the results against other Agents.

  • Perform Agent control operations (start/stop/secure).

  • Upgrade Management Agents