Oracle Enterprise Manager Configuration Guide 
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Preface

This chapter describes the purpose and organization of this guide. The Preface contains the following information:

Purpose of this Guide

This guide explains how to configure Oracle Enterprise Manager. Oracle Enterprise Manager is Oracle's graphical administration and networking tool for distributed database environments.

For program updates, important notes on using Oracle Enterprise Manager, and information on the online documentation, see the Oracle Enterprise Manager Readme.

After you have completed the configuration procedures, see the Oracle Enterprise Manager online help or the Oracle Enterprise Manager Administrator's Guide for information on how to use Oracle Enterprise Manager.

Audience

This guide is written for DBAs and system administrators who wish to install Oracle Enterprise Manager.

How this Guide is Organized

This guide is comprised of the following chapters:
Chapter  Description 

Chapter 1, "Agent Configuration" 

This chapter describes the configuration of the Oracle Intelligent Agent. 

Chapter 2, "Console Configuration" 

This chapter describes methods for starting Oracle Enterprise Manager. This chapter also discusses connecting to a database. 

Chapter 3, "Software Manager Configuration" 

This chapter describes the installation procedure for Oracle Software Manager. 

Chapter 4, "Pack Configuration" 

This chapter describes the configuration of the applications in the Oracle Diagnostics Pack and the Oracle Tuning Pack. 

Appendix A, "Configuration Files" 

This appendix describes the files necessary for Oracle Enterprise Manager configuration. 

Appendix B, "Directory Structure" 

This appendix describes the directory structure of Oracle Enterprise Manager components and the Intelligent Agent. 

Appendix C, "Hints and Tips" 

This appendix describes helpful tips for the successful operation of Oracle Enterprise Manager. 

Glossary 

This glossary lists the definitions of some of the terms related to Oracle Enterprise Manager and its components. 

 

Documentation Set

Because this guide only covers the configuration process, refer to the following publications for more information about the Oracle Enterprise Manager:

Oracle Enterprise Manager base documentation

Oracle Enterprise Manager Change Management Pack documentation

Oracle Enterprise Manager Diagnostics Pack documentation

Oracle Enterprise Manager Tuning Pack documentation

The guides are available on the Oracle Enterprise Manager CD in HTML format for viewing with a web browser.

In addition to the Oracle Enterprise Manager documentation, extensive online help is provided for Oracle Enterprise Manager components.

Related Publications

The Oracle Enterprise Manager Configuration Guide refers to important information in the related publications. The related books referred to in this guide are listed below:

Conventions Used in this Guide

This guide contains examples. This is an example of text that the user should type in a dialog box:

D:\WINDOWS.PRD

Note that the text of the examples appears in a different font than the text of this guide.

The examples in this guide use the following conventions:



 
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