Index

A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P R S T U V W X

A

accessing

compliance management pages, 7.2.1

configuration pages, 11.1.6

accounts, types of, 2.1.2

Active Session History (ASH), databases, 13.2.2.1

Active Sessions Waiting page, picture of, 13.2.2.1

adaptive alert thresholds, purpose of, 4.2.1.1.2

Adaptive Metric Thresholds feature, 3.2.1

ADDM, 4.1

Diagnostics Pack for Oracle Database, 3.2.1

purpose of, 4.1

using, 13.2.3

viewing findings, 13.2.3

administering

databases, 13.3

hosts, 17.1.3

Linux hosts, 17.1.3.1

administrators

administrator account, 2.1.2.2

defining rules, 1.2.2

responsibilities today, 1.2.1

setting up, 2.1.2

super administrator account (SYSMAN), 2.1.2.1

system and target privileges, 2.1.1

Advisor Central Home page, 13.3.15

advisors

database administration, 13.3.15

invoking, 13.3.15

versus alerts, 13.3.15

Aggregate Service service type, 12.1.1

Alert Details page, picture of, 4.5

alerts

advanced alert management, 3.6.4

automated responses, 4.2.4

Collaboration Suite, 15.2, 16.5

corrective actions, 4.2.4

initiating with AWR, 13.2

monitoring Oracle Application Server, 14.2.5.2

notification methods, 4.2.3

notifications for, 4.2.3

Oracle Application Server monitoring, 14.2.5.2

purpose of, 4.2.2

server-generated, 4.1

services, 12.4.5

versus advisors, 13.3.15

Warning Alerts page, 4.5

Analyze feature, services and, 12.4.7.2

analyzing

end-user client data, 2.1.11

job activity, 8.3

application database administrator, role of in data masking, 13.3.16.3

Application Management Pack for E-Business Suite, 3.8.3

Application Management Pack for PeopleSoft, 3.8.1

Application Management Pack for Siebel, 3.8.2

application management packs, 3.8

Application Server

advanced alert management, 3.6.4

analyzing historical performance, 14.3.11

backing up, 14.4.1

cloning, 14.4.2

diagnosing performance issues, 14.3.10

extensible monitoring, 14.3.9

management, 14

managing configurations, 14.3.8

out-of-box management, 14.1.1, 14.1.1

patching, 14.4.2

recovering, 14.4.1

topology, viewing, 14.2.6

viewing topology, 14.2.6

Application Server Control, 14.1.1

for Collaboration Suite, 15.8

Application Server enterprise management packs, 3.3

applying critical patches, 19.6.3.1

automated

RAC deployments, picture of, 1.2.3

responses to alerts, 4.2.4

Automatic Database Diagnostic (ADDM) page, picture of, 13.2.3

Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor

See ADDM

automatic restarts, RAC, 13.6.3

Automatic Storage Management (ASM), 13.3.3

Automatic Workload Repository (AWR), 3.2.1

databases and, 13.2

availability

definition, 12.1.1

diagnosing Collaboration Suite problems, 15.4, 16.6

in services, 12.1.1

of a service, 12.2.1

services dashboard, 12.4.1

Availability History Report, picture of, 5.3, 6.2

Average Active Sessions chart, databases, 13.2.1, 13.2.1

B

backing up

Application Server environment, 14.4.1

databases, 13.4.1

logical database objects, 13.5.1

backup settings, 13.4.4

baseline normalized views, 4.2.1.1.2

baselines

adaptive metric, 3.2.1

adaptive thresholds, 4.2.1.1.2

change management and, 13.3.14

for metrics, 4.2.1.1.2

metric, 13.2.5.2

normalized views, 4.2.1.1.2

services and, 12.4.5

BEA WebLogic, 17.2.1

extensions to Grid Control, 1.3.1

Oracle ecosystem and, 4.2.1

picture of Server Cluster page, 1.3.1

Beacons

Collaboration Suite, 15.1.1, 16.3.1

introduction, 4.2

services and, 12.1.1

benefits of

extending Enterprise Manager, 9.1

Information Publisher, 6.1

Oracle Grid, 1

Oracle Grid Control, 1

BIG-IP

see load balancer switches

blackouts

command-line interface and, 4.2.5

functionality of, 4.2.5

retroactive, 4.2.5

setting up, 2.1.5

blocking sessions, hang analysis feature, 13.2.5.4

Business Intelligence Management Pack, 3.5

business metrics, services and, 12.2.3

business needs and Grid Control, 1.1.1

C

change management, 13.3.14

Change Management Pack for Oracle Database, 3.2.3

Checkpoint Firewall, Oracle ecosystem and, 4.2.1

Client Configuration Collection Tag, 11.1.5.2

client configurations, 11.1.5

Client System Analyzer (CSA), 15.5

client configurations, 11.1.5

deployed independently, 11.1.5.2

in Grid Control, 11.1.5.1

setting up, 2.1.11

cloning

Application Server, 14.4.2

databases, 13.5.2

operation, 19.2.2

Cluster Cache Coherency page, picture of, 13.6.1

cluster cache coherency, RAC, 13.6.1

cluster interconnects, 13.6.2

Cluster Interconnects page, picture of, 13.6.2

Collaboration Suite

administration for instances, 15.8

Application Server Control for, 15.8

Beacons and, 15.1.1

collecting and using configuration data, 15.5

configuring services, 15.1.1

deployment, 15.1

diagnosing problems, 15.4, 16.6

Grid Control features for use with, 15.7, 16.7

monitoring and alerts, 15.2, 16.5

monitoring services, 15.1.1.1, 16.3.2

reports, 15.6

Root Cause Analysis, 15.3, 16.4

service topology, 15.1.1

services, 15.1.1

services dashboard, 15.1.1

systems, 15.1.2

Collaboration Suite Service Home page, picture of, 15.1.1

Collaboration Suite Service Topology page, picture of, 15.1.1.1

collected configurations for targets, 11.1.1

collecting end-user client data, 2.1.11

Command Line Interface (EMCLI)

blackouts and, 4.2.5

Management Plug-in Archive, 9.2.5

Compare Monitoring Template feature, 4.3

Compare Targets, picture of, 4.5

comparing configurations, 11.1.3, 13.5.4

compliance

management pages, accessing, 7.2.1

violations, investigating, 7.2.2

compliance evaluation

scheduling, 7.3.1

setting up, 7.3

Configuration Management Pack for Application Server, 3.3.2

Configuration Management Pack for Non-Oracle Systems, 3.6.1

Configuration Management Pack for Oracle Database, 3.2.4

configuration pages, accessing in Grid Control, 11.1.6

configurations

client, 11.1.5

Client System Analyzer (CSA), 11.1.5

comparing, 11.1.3, 13.5.4

features, databases, 13.3.2

hardware and software, 11.1

managing, 14.3.8

searching an enterprise, 11.1.4.2

using database configuration features, 13.3.2

viewing for an enterprise, 11.1.4.1

configuring

blackouts, functionality of, 4.2.5

collected configurations for targets, 11.1.1

corrective action library, 2.1.9

hardware and software, 11.1

Management Plug-ins, 2.1.10

monitoring templates, 4.3

notification rules, 2.2.3.1

notification schedule, 2.2.3.2

preferred credentials, 2.2.2

services for Collaboration Suite, 15.1.1

setting up

administrators, 2.1.2

blackouts, 2.1.5

management pack access, 2.1.7

monitoring templates, 2.1.8

notification methods, 2.1.3

patching, 2.1.4

registration passwords, 2.1.6

roles, 2.1.1

software, reducing time with provisioning tools, 1.2.3

target subtabs, 2.2.4

controlling distribution of resources, 13.3.6

converting

dictionary-managed tablespace, 13.3.5

single instances to RAC, 13.3.4

corrective action library, setting up, 2.1.9

corrective actions

alerts and, 4.2.4

policies, 7.3.3.1

privileges required for, 4.2.4

crash recovery, 13.4.2

Create Service page, picture of, 13.6.3

creating

custom reports, 6.3.1

database forms, 12.4.8

masking definition, 13.3.16.2

report definitions, 6.2

systems, 12.3.1, 12.3.1

user-defined metric, 4.4

credentials, setting up preferred, 2.2.2

critical patch advisories, 19.6.2

managing, 19.6.3

providing, 13.5.5

Critical Patch Facility, 19.6

Critical Patch metadata, downloading, 19.6.3.1

Critical URL Monitoring, as substitute for Management Agent, 4.2

CSA, 2.1.11

custom reports, 6.3

customizing

notifications, 4.2.3.1

policies, 7.3.3

D

dashboard

Collaboration Suite and, 15.1.1

definition and function, 1.1.1

groups, 5.2.5

picture of services dashboard, 1.1.1

services, 12.4.1

Data Guard, overview of, 13.4.6

data masking

application database administrator, role of, 13.3.16.3

creating masking definition, 13.3.16.2

description, 13.3.16

information security administrator, role of, 13.3.16.3

mask format libraries, description of, 13.3.16.2

masking definitions, description of, 13.3.16.2

other Oracle security products, 13.3.16.6

primary key, 13.3.16.2

recommended workflow, 13.3.16.4

security administrator, 13.3.16.2

staging region, 13.3.16.4

use cases, 13.3.16.5

Data Masking Pack for Oracle Database, 3.2.6

data, hiding with data masking, 13.3.16

Database Control and Grid Control, comparisons of, 13.1.1

database enterprise management packs, 3.2

Database Home page

features and information shown, 13.1.2

picture of, 13.1.2

Database Performance page, picture of, 13.2.1

Database Resource Manager, 13.3.6

databases

Active Session History (ASH), 13.2.2.1

ADDM, 13.2.3

administering, 13.3

administration, 13.3

advisors, 13.3.15

Automatic Storage Management (ASM), 13.3.3

Average Active Sessions chart, 13.2.1, 13.2.1

backing up, 13.4.1

backup and recovery settings, 13.4.4

change management, 13.3.14

cloning, 13.5.2

converting dictionary-managed tablespace, 13.3.5

converting single instance to RAC, 13.3.4

Data Guard overview, 13.4.6

Database Resource Manager, 13.3.6

diagnosing performance problems automatically, 13.2.3

Export to Files feature, 13.5.1

flashback recovery, 13.4.3

hang analysis feature, 13.2.5.4

historical SQL, 13.2.4.2, 13.2.4.3

home page, 13.1.2

Home Page capabilities, 13.1.2

Host chart, 13.2.1

Import from Database feature, 13.5.1

indexes and data retrieval, 13.3.10

instance activity, 13.2.4.2

Instance Disk I/O chart, 13.2.1

Instance Throughput chart, 13.2.1

Load Data from File feature, 13.5.1

maintaining, 13.4

management, introduction, 13.1

managing

materialized views, 13.3.13

objects, 13.3.10

restore points, 13.4.5

users and privileges, 13.3.12

Memory Access Mode, 13.2.5.3

metric baselines, 13.2.5.2

Monitor Export and Import Job feature, 13.5.1

monitoring, 13.2

optimizing performance, 13.3.1

Oracle Streams, 13.5.3

patching software, 13.5.5

recovery, 13.4.2

Recovery Manager (RMAN), 13.4.1

scheduling jobs, 13.3.8

schemas, working with, 13.3.9

Segment Advisor, 13.3.10

services, cluster-managed, 13.6.3

session details, viewing, 13.2.2.1.2

software patching, 13.5.5

SQL details, viewing, 13.2.2.1.1

top activity, viewing, 13.2.2.2

top consumers of system resources, 13.2.4.1

Topology Viewer, 13.2.5.1

tracking statistics to improve performance, 13.3.7

transporting tablespaces, 13.5.2

using configuration features, 13.3.2

views, 13.3.10

wait class drill-downs, 13.2.2.1

XML features, 13.3.11

Default Target Home page, picture of, 9.3.1

Dell PowerEdge Linux hosts, 17.1.1.9

Deploy Management Plug-in page, picture of, 9.2.6

deploying software, reducing time with provisioning tools, 1.2.3

deployments

applying critical patches, 19.6.3.1

Client Configuration Collection Tag, 11.1.5.2

Client System Analyzer (CSA), 11.1.5.2

Collaboration Suite, 15.1

Critical Patch Facility, 19.6

Linux host patching, 19.6.5

Management Repository, 11.1.1

managing critical patch advisories, 19.6.3

managing for hosts, 17.1.3.5

patching, 19.6

patching Oracle software, 19.6.2

diagnosing

Collaboration Suite problems, 15.4, 16.6

performance issues, Application Server, 14.3.10

performance problems automatically, 13.2.3

performance problems interactively, 13.2.1, 13.2.2

policy violations, 7.2.2

service problems, 12.5

slow or hung systems, 13.2.5.3

Web application problems, 12.5.2

diagnostics

Diagnostics Pack for Oracle Database, 3.2.1

Request Performance Diagnostics feature, 12.5.2.2

Diagnostics Pack for Application Server, 3.3.1

Diagnostics Pack for Non-Oracle Middleware, 3.6.2

Diagnostics Pack for Oracle Database, 3.2.1

dictionary baseline, 13.3.14

dictionary-managed tablespace, converting, 13.3.5

directory monitoring, 17.1.1.8

Distributed Configuration Management (DCM), 14.1.1, 15.8

documentation, getting from OTN, 4.5

downloading Critical Patch metadata, 19.6.3.1

E

EM2Go

highlights, 10.2

HTTPS communications, 10.1.1

in firewall environment, 10.1.1

mobile computing, 10.1

mobile security, 10.1.1

notifications from, 10.2.1

performance monitoring, 10.2.3

SQL and OS queries, 10.2.2

EM2Go Home page, picture of, 10.1.2

EM2Go Logon page, picture of, 10.1.2

e-mail addresses, specifying, 2.2.1

e-mails, formats of, 4.2.3.1

EMC SMARTS integration with Grid Control, 1.3.2

emergency patching, 19.6.5.2

End-User Performance Monitoring feature, 12.4.7.2

enterprise configuration, 11.1.4

hardware, 11.1.4.1

predefined searches, 11.1.4.2

searching, 11.1.4.2

user-defined searches, 11.1.4.2

viewing, 11.1.4.1

Enterprise Manager

blackouts, functionality of, 4.2.5

corrective action library, 2.1.9

Management Plug-ins, 2.1.10

monitoring templates, 4.3

setting up, 2

administrators, 2.1.2

blackouts, 2.1.5

management pack access, 2.1.7

monitoring templates, 2.1.8

notification methods, 2.1.3

notification rules, 2.2.3.1

notification schedule, 2.2.3.2

patching, 2.1.4

preferred credentials, 2.2.2

registration passwords, 2.1.6

roles, 2.1.1

target subtabs, 2.2.4

Enterprise Manager Console, picture of, 4.5

Execute Host Command page, description of, 17.1.3.2

Export to Files feature, 13.5.1

exporting files, 13.5.1

extended application server management, 1.1.1

Extended Network, as substitute for Management Agent, 4.2

extending Enterprise Manager

benefits of, 9.1

deploying new Management Plug-in, 9.2.6

development stage, 9.2.3

lifecycle stages for plug-ins, 9.2

plug-in design, 9.2.2

plug-in packaging, 9.2.5

plug-in user interface, 9.3

validation stage, 9.2.4

extensible monitoring, 14.3.9

F

see load balancer switches

fetchlets, descriptions of, 9.2.1

figures

Active Sessions Waiting Page, 13.2.2.1

Alert Details, 4.5

Application Server Home Page, 14.1.2

Automated RAC Deployments and Extensions, 1.2.3

Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor Page, 13.2.3

Availability History Report, 5.3, 6.2

Cluster Cache Coherency Page, 13.6.1

Cluster Interconnects Page, 13.6.2

Collaboration Suite Service Home Page, 15.1.1

Collaboration Suite Service Topology Page, 15.1.1.1

Compare Targets, 4.5

Consolidated Dashboard View of Multiple Services, 12.4.1

Create Service Page, 13.6.3

Database Home Page, 13.1.2

Database Performance Page, 13.2.1

Default Target Home Page, 9.3

Default Target Home Page with Real-Time Report, 9.3.1

Deploy Management Plug-in Page, 9.2.6

EM2Go Home Page, 10.1.2

EM2Go Logon Page, 10.1.1

Enterprise Manager Console, 4.5

Enterprise Manager Grid Control Console, 4.5

Grid Control's Overview of Setup Page, 2.1

Group Administration Page, 5.2.3

Group Charts Page, 5.2.2

Group Dashboard, 5.2.5

Group Home Page, 5.2.1

Group Members Page, 5.2.4

Historical SQL Page, 13.2.4.3

Host Configuration Page, 11.1.2

Host Hardware Details Page, 17.1.1.5

Host Home Page, 17.1.1.1

Host Operating System Details Page, 17.1.1.4

Host Performance Page, 17.1.1.2

Host Storage Details Page, 17.1.2

Instance Activity Page, 13.2.4.2

Job Activity Page, 8.1

Management Plug-in Home Page, 9.2.6

Management Plug-in Import Page, 9.2.6

Metric Baselines Page, 13.2.5.2

Monitoring BEA WebLogic, 1.3.1

Monitoring the Performance of Your Deployed J2EE Applications, 14.2.5.2

Monitoring Top JSPs for a J2EE Application, 14.3.10

Monitoring Top Servlets for a J2EE Application, 14.3.10

Oracle System Monitoring Dashboard, 14.2.7

Policy Trend Overview Page, 5.2.1

Searching for Patches, 1.2.4

Service Topology Page, 12.4.3

Services Dashboard Showing Multiple Services, 1.1.1

Session Details Page, 13.2.2.1.2

SQL Details Page, 13.2.2.1.1

Summary of Target Jobs, 8.3

System Home Page, 12.3.2

System Topology Page, 12.4.2

Top Consumers Top Modules Page, 13.2.4.1

Topology for SQL Details Plan, 13.2.5.1

Warning Alert Metric Details, 4.5

Warning Alerts Page, 4.5

file monitoring, 17.1.1.8

flashback recovery, 13.4.3

forms transactions, 12.4.8.1

G

generating HTML reports, 6.2

Generic Service service type, 12.1.1

Grid Control

ability to eliminate costs and errors, 1.2.1

accessing configuration pages, 11.1.6

administrators and, 1.2.2

application server management, 14.1.2

Client System Analyzer, 11.1.5.1

compared with Database Control, 13.1.1

console home page, 4.5

extensions and plug-ins, 1.3.1

functionality in Release 2, 1.1.1

leveraging for Collaboration Suite, 15.7, 16.7

log file monitoring, 17.1.1.6

lower management costs and, 1.2

Management Pack Access option, 3.1

managing host deployments, 17.1.3.5

monitoring hosts, 17.1.1

Overview of Setup page, 2.1

setting up, 2.1

setting up patches, 2.1.4

third-party management, 17.2

Group Administration page, picture of, 5.2.3

Group Charts page, picture of, 5.2.2

Group Home page, picture of, 5.2.1

Group Members page, picture of, 5.2.4

groups

administrative tasks, 5.2.3

central monitoring location, 5.2.1

dashboard, 5.2.5

description and purpose, 5.1

jobs and, 8.4

management features, 5.2

member targets, 5.2.4

monitoring collective performance, 5.2.2

policy trends, 5.2.1

redundancy, 5.4

Guaranteed Restore Point, 13.4.5

H

hang analysis, for hung systems, 13.2.5.4

hardware

configuration, collecting information, 11.1

enterprise configuration, 11.1.4.1

monitoring, Dell PowerEdge, 17.1.1.9

hiding data using data masking, 13.3.16

High Availability Oracle Clusterware, 13.6.4

historical

SQL, databases, 13.2.4.3

Historical SQL page, picture of, 13.2.4.3

historical SQL, databases, 13.2.4.2

Host chart, databases, 13.2.1

Host Configuration page

description of, 17.1.1.3

picture of, 11.1.2

Host Hardware Details page

description of, 17.1.1.5

picture of, 17.1.1.5

Host Home page

description of, 17.1.1.1

picture of, 17.1.1.1

host management feature, 17.1

Host Operating System Details page

picture of, 17.1.1.4

Host Performance page

description of, 17.1.1.2

picture of, 17.1.1.2

Host Storage Details page

description of, 17.1.2

picture of, 17.1.2

hosts

administration, 17.1.3

Dell PowerEdge Linux, 17.1.1.9

Execute Host Command page, description of, 17.1.3.2

executing host commands remotely, 17.1.3.2

Host Configuration page

description of, 17.1.1.3

Host Hardware Details page

description of, 17.1.1.5

Host Home page, description of, 17.1.1.1

Host Performance page, 17.1.1.2

Host Storage Details page, description of, 17.1.2

Linux host patching, 19.6.5

Linux hosts administration, 17.1.3.1

managing deployments, 17.1.3.5

monitoring, 17.1.1

Operating System Details page

description of, 17.1.1.4

Program Resource Utilization page, 17.1.1.7

Remote File Editor page, 17.1.3.4

remote host target, 17.1.3.4

running operating system commands for, 17.1.3.3

storage resource tracking, 17.1.2

HP OpenView Operations integration with Grid Control, 1.3.2

HTTP Server session volumes, 14.2.5.2

HTTPS communications, EM2Go and, 10.1.1

I

IBM WebSphere, 17.2.1

extensions to Grid Control, 1.3.1

Oracle ecosystem and, 4.2.1

identity management enterprise management packs, 3.4

ILINT tool for validation process, 9.2.4

Import from Database feature, 13.5.1

importing files, 13.5.1

indexes, data retrieval performance and, 13.3.10

Information Publisher, 9.3.1

Create Like function, 6.3

generating HTML reports, 6.2

overview of, 6

patches and, 19.6.2

predefined report definitions, 6.2

predefined reports, 5.3

report definitions, 6.2

report elements, 6.3.3

reporting framework, 6

sharing reports, 6.5

viewing reports, 6.5

information security administrator, role of in data masking, 13.3.16.3

installing software, reducing time with provisioning tools, 1.2.3

Instance Activity page, picture of, 13.2.4.2

instance activity, databases, 13.2.4.2

Instance Disk I/O chart, databases, 13.2.1

Instance Througput chart, databases, 13.2.1

integration with non-Oracle solutions, 1.3.2

Interactive Transaction Tracing, slow performance and, 12.5.2.1

IP traffic controllers, 17.2.3

IT infrastructure performance, 1.1

J

J2EE application responsiveness, monitoring, 14.2.5.2

JBoss, 17.2.1

Job Activity page

function of, 8.1

picture of, 8.1

Job System for hosts, 17.1.3.3

jobs

analyzing job activity, 8.3

defining, 8.2

definition of, 8.1

differences between runs and executions, 8.1.2

groups and, 8.4

Job Activity page, function of, 8.1

job executions, 8.1.1

job runs, 8.1.1

Job System for hosts, 17.1.3.3

library, 8.6

multitask, 8.8

notification rules for e-mail, 8.7

predefined tasks, 8.2

privileges for sharing job responsibilities, 8.5

purpose of, 8.1

scheduling, 13.3.8

using, 8.2

L

licensing management packs, 3.1

Linux

host patching, 19.6.5

host patching groups, 19.6.5.2

management pack, 3.9

unbreakable support, 3.9

load balancer switches

BIG-IP, Oracle ecosystem and, 4.2.1

F5 Networks, 17.2.4

F5 server load balancers, extensions of, 1.3.1

Load Data from File feature, 13.5.1

log file monitoring, 17.1.1.6

M

maintaining databases, 13.4

backups, 13.4.1

Data Guard, 13.4.6

flashback recovery, 13.4.3

managing restore points, 13.4.5

recovery, 13.4.2

management

Oracle Application Server instances, 14.1.2

out-of-box using application server control, 14.1.1, 14.1.1

third-party, 17.2

Management Agent

Critical URL Monitoring as substitute, 4.2

Extended Network as substitute, 4.2

purpose of, 4.2

Management Connectors

licensable features, 3.6.5

list of, 3.6.5

Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM), 3.6.5.2

Remedy Help Desk, 3.6.5.1

Management Pack Access option, 3.1

Management Pack Access, setting up, 2.1.7

Management Pack for Identity Management, 3.4

Management Pack for SOA, 3.3.4

management packs

application management, 3.8

Application Management Pack for E-Business Suite, 3.8.3

Application Management Pack for PeopleSoft, 3.8.1

Application Management Pack for Siebel, 3.8.2

Application Server enterprise management, 3.3

Business Intelligence Management Pack, 3.5

Change Management Pack for Oracle Database, 3.2.3

Configuration Management Pack for Application Server, 3.3.2

Configuration Management Pack for Non-Oracle Systems, 3.6.1

Configuration Management Pack for Oracle Database, 3.2.4

Data Masking Pack for Oracle Database, 3.2.6

database enterprise management, 3.2

Diagnostics Pack for Application Server, 3.3.1

Diagnostics Pack for Non-Oracle Middleware, 3.6.2

Diagnostics Pack for Oracle Database, 3.2.1

identity management enterprise management, 3.4

licensing, 3.1

Management Pack for Identity Management, 3.4

Management Pack for SOA, 3.3.4

other infrastructure management, 3.6

Provisioning Pack, 3.6.3

Provisioning Pack for Internet Application Server, 3.3.3

Provisioning Pack for Oracle Database, 3.2.5

Service Level Management Pack, 3.7

service management, 3.7

Tuning Pack for Oracle Database, 3.2.2

unbreakable Linux support, 3.9

Management Plug-in Import page, picture of, 9.2.6

Management Plug-ins

deploying, 9.2.6

designing, 9.2.2

developing, 9.2, 9.2.3

extending Enterprise Manager with, 9

extensions and, 1.3.1

fetchlets, 9.2.1

introduction, 1.3.1

Management Plug-in Archive (MPA), 9.2.5

packaging, 9.2.5

real-time reports, 9.3.1

setting up, 2.1.10

Target Type Default Collections file, 9.2.1

Target Type Metadata file, 9.2.1

user interface, 9.3

validating, 9.2.4

Management Plug-ins page, picture of, 9.2.6

Management Repository, 11.1.1

administrators and, 2.1.2

deployments and, 11.1

introduction of, 4.2.1

managing

backups, 13.4.1

compliance, 7.2

configurations, 14.3.8

critical patch advisories, 19.6.3

database objects, 13.3.10

databases, Home page, 13.1.2

groups, 5.2

hosts, 17.1

materialized views, 13.3.13

patches, 1.2.4

policies, 7.2

restore points, 13.4.5

storage objects, 13.3.1

systems, 12.3

third-party targets, 17.2

users and privileges, 13.3.12

mask format libraries, 13.3.16.2

masking definitions, 13.3.16.2

materialized views, managing, 13.3.13

media recovery, 13.4.2

Memory Access Mode, performance issues and, 13.2.5.3

message formats, specifying, 2.2.1

MetaLink

advisories on patches

connecting to, 19.6.2

credentials, 2.1.4

patch repository, 19.6

metric

snapshots, 4.2.1.1.1

threshold value and alerts, 4.2.2

thresholds, 4.2.1.1

metric baselines, 3.2.1, 4.2.1.1.2, 13.2.5.2

adaptive thresholds, 4.2.1.1.2

normalized views, 4.2.1.1.2

Metric Baselines page, picture of, 13.2.5.2

metrics

creating user-defined, 4.4

metric baselines, 13.2.5.2

performance and usage of services, 12.2.2

snapshots, 4.2.1.1.1

threshold values, 4.2.1

thresholds, 4.2.1.1

user-defined, creating, 4.4

user-defined, types of, 4.4

warning alert details page, 4.5

Micromuse integration with Grid Control, 1.3.2

Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM), management connector for, 3.6.5.2

Microsoft Pocket PC IE, 10.1

mobile computing, EM2Go, 10.1

mobile security, 10.1.1

modeling business applications using services, 12.2

Monitor Export and Import Job feature, 13.5.1

monitoring

alerts as they occur, 5.2.5

basics of, 4.2

business applications using services, 12.2

Collaboration Suite, 15.2, 16.5

databases, 13.2

end-user performance, 12.4.8.2

extensible, Application Server, 14.3.9

files and directories, 17.1.1.8

hardware for Dell PowerEdge systems, 17.1.1.9

hosts, 17.1.1

information, accessing, 4.5

log files, 17.1.1.6

Oracle Application Server, 14.2.5.2

Program Resource Utilization page, 17.1.1.7

RAC, 13.6

N

NetApp Filers

extensions of, 1.3.1

Oracle ecosystem and, 4.2.1

Network Appliance Filer, 17.2.3

new functionality in Grid Control Release 2, 1.1.1

notifications

alerts, 4.2.3

customizing, 4.2.3.1

for jobs, 8.7

from EM2Go, 10.2.1

methods, 4.2.3

methods to send notifications, 2.1.3

notification method, 4.2.3

rules, setting up, 2.2.3.1

schedule, setting up, 2.2.3.2

services, 12.4.5

O

object privileges, 13.3.12

objects

dictionary baseline, 13.3.14

managing, 13.3.10

offline patching, 19.6.2

online patching, 19.6.2

OPatch, 11.1.4.1

Operating System Details page, description of, 17.1.1.4

operating system user-defined metrics, 4.4

optimizing

database performance, 13.3.1

performance in RAC, 13.6.1

Oracle

Application Management Pack for E-Business Suite, 3.8.3

Application Management Pack for PeopleSoft, 3.8.1

Application Management Pack for Siebel, 3.8.2

Application Server

historical performance, 14.3.11

instances, 14.1.2

monitoring, 14.2.5.2

Web Cache, 14.2.5.2

Business Intelligence Management Pack, 3.5

Change Management Pack for Oracle Database, 3.2.3

Clusterware, 13.6.4

Clusterware Registry, 13.6.4

Configuration Management Pack for Application Server, 3.3.2

Configuration Management Pack for Non-Oracle Systems, 3.6.1

Configuration Management Pack for Oracle Database, 3.2.4

Data Masking Pack for Oracle Database, 3.2.6

Diagnostics Pack for Application Server, 3.3.1

Diagnostics Pack for Non-Oracle Middleware, 3.6.2

Diagnostics Pack for Oracle Database, 3.2.1

Dynamic Monitoring Service (DMS), 14.1.1, 15.8

ecosystem, 4.2.1

Grid Control, benefits of, 1

home credentials, patching and, 19.6.2

Management Agent, 14.2.5.2

Management Agent, configurations and, 13.5.4

Management Pack for Identity Management, 3.4

Management Pack for SOA, 3.3.4

management packs, 3.1

patching software, 19.6.2

Process Management Notification (OPMN), 14.1.1, 15.8

Provisioning Pack, 3.6.3

Provisioning Pack for Internet Application Server, 3.3.3

Provisioning Pack for Oracle Database, 3.2.5

Service Level Management Pack, 3.7

Streams, overview of, 13.5.3

Technology Network (OTN), 4.5

Tuning Pack for Oracle Database, 3.2.2

Oracle Forms, 12.4.8

Oracle Grid Control

See Grid Control

Oracle Management Agent, 9.2.1

Oracle MetaLink

See MetaLink

OS queries, using EM2Go for, 10.2.2

other infrastructure management packs, 3.6

OTN and documentation, 4.5

Outlook Express mail clients, 15.5

out-of-box

management using application server control, 14.1.1, 14.1.1

monitoring, 4.2.1

policies, 7.3.2

reports, 6.2

P

packs

application management, 3.8

Application Management Pack for E-Business Suite, 3.8.3

Application Management Pack for PeopleSoft, 3.8.1

Application Management Pack for Siebel, 3.8.2

Application Server enterprise management, 3.3

Business Intelligence Management Pack, 3.5

Change Management Pack for Oracle Database, 3.2.3

Configuration Management Pack for Application Server, 3.3.2

Configuration Management Pack for Non-Oracle Systems, 3.6.1

Configuration Management Pack for Oracle Database, 3.2.4

Data Masking Pack for Oracle Database, 3.2.6

database enterprise management, 3.2

Diagnostics Pack for Application Server, 3.3.1

Diagnostics Pack for Non-Oracle Middleware, 3.6.2

Diagnostics Pack for Oracle Database, 3.2.1

identity management enterprise management, 3.4

Management Pack for Identity Management, 3.4

Management Pack for SOA, 3.3.4

other infrastructure management, 3.6

Provisioning Pack, 3.6.3

Provisioning Pack for Internet Application Server, 3.3.3

Provisioning Pack for Oracle Database, 3.2.5

Service Level Management Pack, 3.7

service management, 3.7

Tuning Pack for Oracle Database, 3.2.2

unbreakable Linux support, 3.9

patch

advisories, setting up to receive, 2.1.4

management, 1.2.4

patches, searching for, 1.2.4

patching

Application Server, 14.4.2

applying critical patches, 19.6.3.1

compliance, 19.6.5.2

Critical Patch Facility, 19.6

deployment, 19.6

emergency, 19.6.5.2

information publisher, 19.6.2

Linux host patching groups, 19.6.5.2

Linux hosts, 19.6.5

MetaLink patch repository, 19.6

offline, 19.6.2

online, 19.6.2

OPatch, 11.1.4.1

Oracle home credentials, 19.6.2

Oracle software, 19.6.2

setup, 2.1.4, 19.6.2

shared agent patching, 19.6.2

software, 13.5.5

standalone database patching, 19.6.2

undoing, 19.6.5.2

validation, 19.6.2

performance

ADDM, 13.2.3

analyzing historical, 14.3.11

charts for services, 12.4.6

diagnosing Collaboration Suite problems, 15.4, 16.6

diagnosing problems

automatically, 13.2.3

interactively, 13.2.1, 13.2.2

with top reports, 14.3.10

for services, 12.1.1

hang analysis feature, 13.2.5.4

historical SQL, 13.2.4.2, 13.2.4.3

Host Performance page, description of, 17.1.1.2

increasing with indexes, 13.3.10

instance activity, 13.2.4.2

Interactive Transaction Tracing, 12.5.2.1

Memory Access Mode, 13.2.5.3

metric baselines, 13.2.5.2

metrics, services and, 12.2.2

monitoring, using EM2Go, 10.2.3

optimizing, 13.3.1

optimizing in RAC, 13.6.1

Oracle Application Server, historical, 14.3.11

service management and, 12.2.2

services dashboard, 12.4.1

session details, viewing, 13.2.2.1.2

SQL details, viewing, 13.2.2.1.1

top activity, viewing, 13.2.2.2

top consumers of system resources, 13.2.4.1

tracking statistics, 13.3.7

wait class drill-downs, 13.2.2.1

personal digital assistant (PDA), EM2Go and, 10.1

planning outage periods, blackouts, 4.2.5

PL/SQL procedures, sending notifications, 2.2.3.1

plug-ins

categories, 3.6.4

deploying, 9.2.6

designing, 9.2.2

developing, 9.2.3

for management, 1.3.1

licensable features, 3.6.4

list of, 3.6.4

Oracle Management Agent, 9.2.1

packaging, 9.2.5

user interface, 9.3

validating, 9.2.4

policies

assessing security policies, 7.2.3

corrective actions, defining, 7.3.3.1

customizing, 7.3.3

investigating violations, 7.2.2

managing, 7.2

out-of-box, 7.3.2

reports on violations, 7.2.5

using templates for monitoring, 7.3.3.2

violations reports, 7.2.5

policy group

Oracle database, 7.4.1

Oracle Listener, 7.4.3

RAC, 7.4.2

Policy Groups reports, 7.2.5

policy management, 7.2

Policy Trend Overview page, picture of, 5.2.1

Policy Violations reports, 7.2.5

predefined

job tasks, 8.2

searches, enterprise configuration, 11.1.4.2

preferred credentials, setting up, 2.2.2

primary key, data masking and, 13.3.16.2

privileges

for corrective actions, 4.2.4

for sharing job responsibilities, 8.5

managing for users, 13.3.12

Show Grantees function, 13.3.12

Provisioning Pack, 3.6.3

Provisioning Pack for Internet Application Server, 3.3.3

Provisioning Pack for Oracle Database, 3.2.5

R

RAC

adding cluster hosts for efficiency, 13.6

automatic restart of key components, 13.6.3

cluster cache coherency, 13.6.1

cluster interconnects, 13.6.2

cluster-managed database services, 13.6.3

converting single instances to RAC, 13.3.4

interconnects, 13.6.2

monitoring, 13.6

optimizing performance, 13.6.1

Oracle Clusterware, 13.6.4

Oracle Clusterware Registry, 13.6.4

purpose of, 13.6

tasks, 13.6

viewing current state of interfaces, 13.6.2

Voting Disk, 13.6.4

Real Application Clusters

See RAC

real-time reports for Management Plug-ins, 9.3.1

recovery

Application Server environment, 14.4.1

flashback, 13.4.3

settings, 13.4.4

types of, 13.4.2

Recovery Manager (RMAN), for backups, 13.4.1

redundancy groups, 5.4

registration passwords, setting up, 2.1.6

regulatory compliance using masked data, 13.3.16.1

Remedy Help Desk, management connector for, 3.6.5.1

Remote File Editor page, 17.1.3.4

remote host target, 17.1.3.4

reporting framework, Information Publisher, 9.3.1

reports

creating custom reports, 6.3.1

custom, 6.3

definitions, Information Publisher, 6.2

e-mailing, 6.4.3

for services, 12.4.4

generating HTML report, 6.2

Information Publisher, 6

Oracle Collaboration Suite, 15.6

out-of-box, Information Publisher, 6.2

policy violations, 7.2.5

predefined, 5.3

predefined definitions, 6.2

predefined report definitions, 6.2

report elements, 6.3.3

scheduling, 6.4, 6.4

service-level, 9.3.1

sharing, 6.5, 6.5

storing and purging, 6.4.2

viewing, 6.5

Request Performance Diagnostics feature, 12.5.2.2

resource tracking, storage, 17.1.2

restarts, RAC, 13.6.3

restore points, managing, 13.4.5

retroactive blackouts, 4.2.5

Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978, 13.3.16.1

roles, setting up, 2.1.1

Root Cause Analysis

Collaboration Suite, 15.3, 16.4

for services, 12.1.1, 12.5.1

service failure and, 12.4.3

Topology Viewer, 12.5.1

running operating system commands, 17.1.3.3

S

Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, 13.3.16.1

scheduled maintenance with blackouts, 4.2.5

scheduling

jobs, 13.3.8

reports, 6.4

reports, flexibility, 6.4.1

Schema Object Reorganization wizard, 3.2.2

schemas

objects, materialized views, 13.3.13

Schema Object Reorganization wizard, 3.2.2

working with, 13.3.9

searching

enterprise configuration, 11.1.4.2

for patches, picture of, 1.2.4

security

compliance with masked data, 13.3.16.1

data masking, 13.3.16

list of Oracle products, 13.3.16.6

mask format libraries, 13.3.16.2

masking definitions, 13.3.16.2

mobile, 10.1.1

policies and, 7.2.3

security administrator, data masking and, 13.3.16.2

Security At a Glance feature, policies and, 7.2.3

Segment Advisor, for managing databases, 13.3.10

server-generated alerts, 4.1

Service Level Management feature, 12.2.4

Service Level Management Pack, 3.7

service management packs, 3.7

service test, 12.1.1

Service Topology page, picture of, 12.4.3

service types

Aggregate Service, 12.1.1

Generic Service, 12.1.1

Web Application, 12.1.1

service, definition of, 12.1.1

service-level

agreements, 12.1

reports, 9.3.1

services, 12.1.1

alerts, 12.4.5

Analyze feature, 12.4.7.2

availability of, 12.2.1

baselines, 12.4.5

Beacons, 12.1.1

business metrics, 12.2.3

cluster-managed database services, 13.6.3

Collaboration Suite, 15.1.1

configuring for Collaboration Suite, 15.1.1

dashboard, 12.4.1

Collaboration Suite, 15.1.1

dashboard, picture of, 1.1.1

diagnosing problems, 12.5

diagnosing Web application problems, 12.5.2

End-User Performance Monitoring feature, 12.4.7.2

failure and Root Cause Analysis, 12.5.1

forms and, 12.4.8

forms transactions, 12.4.8.1

Interactive Transaction Tracing, 12.5.2.1

introduction, 12.1

key Beacons, 12.2.1

key components, 12.2.1

key tests, 12.2.1

monitoring, 12.4

monitoring for Collaboration Suite, 15.1.1.1, 16.3.2

Monitoring Templates feature, 12.2.5

monitoring templates for, 12.2.5

monitoring Web applications, Web application services, monitoring, 12.4.7

notifications, 12.4.5

performance and usage, 12.2.2

performance definition, 12.1.1

performance metrics, 12.2.2

performance of in charts, 12.4.6

reports for, 12.4.4

Root Cause Analysis, 12.5.1

Root Cause Analysis tool, 12.1.1

service level agreements, 12.1

service level definition, 12.1.1

Service Level Management feature, 12.2.4

service test, 12.1.1

service test-based availability, 12.2.1

Service Topology page, 12.4.3

setting service-level rules, 12.2.4

system-based availability, 12.2.1

topology for Collaboration Suite, 15.1.1

Topology Viewer, 12.3.1

transactions and, 12.4.7.1

usage definition, 12.1.1

usage metrics, 12.2.2

Web Application Management feature, 12.4.7

Services Dashboard, 12.4.1

session details, viewing, 13.2.2.1.2

setting

metric threshold values, 4.2.1

service-level rules, 12.2.4

setting up

administrators, 2.1.2

blackouts, 2.1.5

corrective action library, 2.1.9

Enterprise Manager, 2

Grid Control, 2.1

management pack access, 2.1.7

Management Plug-ins, 2.1.10

monitoring templates, 2.1.8

notification methods, 2.1.3

notification rules, 2.2.3.1

notification schedule, 2.2.3.2

patching, 2.1.4

preferred credentials, 2.2.2

registration passwords, 2.1.6

roles, 2.1.1

target subtabs, 2.2.4

shared agent patching, 19.6.2

Shared Global Area (SGA), for slow or hung systems, 13.2.5.3

sharing reports, 6.5, 6.5

slow performance, Interactive Transaction Tracing and, 12.5.2.1

snapshots of metrics, 4.2.1.1.1

SNMP traps, 2.1.3

sending notifications, 2.2.3.1

software configurations

collecting information, 11.1

working with, 13.5.4

Software Library, using, 19.4.4

software patching, 19.6.2

SQL

details, viewing, 13.2.2.1.1

historical, 13.2.4.2, 13.2.4.3

queries, using EM2Go for, 10.2.2

user-defined metrics, 4.4

SQL Access Advisor, Tuning Pack and, 3.2.2

SQL Details page, picture of, 13.2.2.1.2

SQL Tuning Advisor, Tuning Pack and, 3.2.2

stage and apply, for patches, 19.6.2

staging region, data masking and, 13.3.16.4

standalone database patching, 19.6.2

standby databases, Data Guard and, 13.4.6

storage

devices, 17.2.3

objects, managing, 13.3.1

resource tracking, 17.1.2

super administrator account, 2.1.2.1

support of third-party components, 4.1

SYSMAN super administrator account, 2.1.2.1

System Dashboard, picture of, 5.2.5

System Home page, picture of, 12.4

System Monitoring Plug-ins

categories, 3.6.4

licensable features, 3.6.4

list of, 3.6.4

System Topology page, picture of, 12.4.2

system-based availability, 12.2.1

systems

Collaboration Suite, 15.1.2

creating, 12.3.1, 12.3.1

definition of, 12.3

managing, 12.3

monitoring, 4, 12.3.2

privileges, 13.3.12

privileges for administrators, 2.1.1

System Topology page, 12.4.2

topologies, viewing and creating, 12.3.1

SYSUSER operations, 13.3.12

T

tablespaces, transporting, 13.5.2

target

definition of, 4.2

privileges for administrators, 2.1.1

subtabs, setting up, 2.2.4

Target Type Default Collections file, 9.2.1

Target Type Metadata file, 9.2.1

templates, policies and, 7.3.3.2

third-party

application servers, support for, 17.2.1

components, support of, 4.1

plug-ins, support for, 17.2.2

third-party management, 17.2

BIG-IP load balancer switches, 17.2.4

EMC SMARTS, 1.3.2

HP OpenView Operations, 1.3.2

Micromuse, 1.3.2

Network Appliance Filer, 17.2.3

thresholds

adaptive, 4.2.1.1.2

adaptive alert, 4.2.1.1.2

alerts and, 4.2.2

definition of, 4.2.1

for metrics, 4.2.1.1, 4.2.1.1

Tool Center, 2.1.10

Top Activity page, picture of, 13.2.2.2

top activity, viewing, 13.2.2.2

Top Consumers Top Modules page, picture of, 13.2.4.1

top consumers, databases, 13.2.4.1

Top J2EE Applications, 14.2.5.2, 14.2.5.2

topology

application server, 14.2.6

database, 13.2.5.1

service, 12.4.3

system, 12.4.2

Topology for SQL Details Plan, picture of, 13.2.5.1

Topology Viewer

application server, 14.2.6

database, 13.2.5.1

definition of, 12.3.1

Root Cause Analysis information, 12.5.1

service, 12.4.3

system, 12.4.2

tracking

statistics for databases, 13.3.7

storage resource allocation, 17.1.2

transporting tablespaces, 13.5.2

Tuning Pack for Oracle Database, 3.2.2

types of accounts, 2.1.2

U

unbreakable Linux support pack, 3.9

undoing patching, 19.6.5.2

usage metrics, services and, 12.2.2

use cases, data masking, 13.3.16.5

user-defined

metrics, 4.4

metrics, creating, 4.4

searches, enterprise configuration, 11.1.4.2

V

viewing

enterprise configuration, 11.1.4.1

reports, 6.5

session details, 13.2.2.1.2

SQL details, 13.2.2.1.1

top activity, 13.2.2.2

views, database objects and, 13.3.10

Voting Disk, 13.6.4

W

wait classes, databases, 13.2.2.1

Warning Alert Metric Details page, picture of, 4.5

Warning Alerts page, picture of, 4.5

Web Application Management feature, services and, 12.4.7

Web Application service type, 12.1.1

Workload Repository, database performance and, 13.3.7

X

XML database features, 13.3.11