Preface

Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control Basic Installation Guide provides an overview of Enterprise Manager Grid Control and explains how you can install Enterprise Manager 11g Grid Control Release 1 (11.1.0.1.0), an additional Oracle Management Service (OMS), or an Oracle Management Agent (Management Agent). This guide also explains how you can upgrade Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control Release 4 (10.2.0.4.0) or higher to Enterprise Manager 11g Grid Control Release 1 (11.1.0.1.0).

This preface contains the following topics:

• Intended Audience

• Purpose of the Document

• Documentation Accessibility

• Related Documents

• Conventions

Intended Audience

Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control Basic Installation Guide is meant for system administrators and others who want to do the following:

• Install Enterprise Manager 11g Grid Control Release 1 (11.1.0.1.0), an additional OMS, or a standalone Management Agent.

• Upgrade Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control Release 4 (10.2.0.4.0) or higher to Enterprise Manager 11g Grid Control Release 1 (11.1.0.1.0).

Purpose of the Document

This section explains why and when you must use the Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control Basic Installation Guide, and clarifies what falls outside the scope of this guide.

In particular, this section covers:

• What Can this Guide Be Used for?

• What Is Excluded from this Guide?

What Can this Guide Be Used for?

Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control Basic Installation Guide can be used for:

• Installing Enterprise Manager 11g Grid Control Release 1 (11.1.0.1.0) in graphical mode.

• Installing an additional Oracle Management Service 11g Release 1 (11.1.0.1.0) in graphical mode.

• Installing Oracle Management Agent 11g Release 1 (11.1.0.1.0) in graphical mode

• Upgrading Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control Release 4 (10.2.0.4.0) or higher to Enterprise Manager 11g Grid Control Release 1 (11.1.0.1.0), in graphical mode.

For information about the different operating systems for which Enterprise Manager 11g Grid Control has been released, refer to My Oracle Support note 412431.1.

What Is Excluded from this Guide?

Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control Basic Installation Guide does NOT cover procedures for the following. The procedures are documented in Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide.

• Installing the following in graphical mode:

  • Oracle Management Agent 11g Release 1 (11.1.0.1.0) on a cluster using Agent Deployment Wizard

  • Oracle Management Agent 11g Release 1 (11.1.0.1.0) with a shared Oracle home from a mounted location using Shared Agent Deployment Wizard

  • Enterprise Manager 11g Grid Control Release 1 (11.1.0.1.0) software only so that you can configure it later

  • Additional Oracle Management Service 11g Release 1 (11.1.0.1.0) software only so that you can configure it later

• Cloning Oracle Management Agent 11g Release 1 (11.1.0.1.0) in graphical and silent mode.

• Installing the following in silent mode:

  • Enterprise Manager 11g Grid Control Release 1 (11.1.0.1.0)

  • Additional Oracle Management Service 11g Release 1 (11.1.0.1.0)

  • Oracle Management Agent 11g Release 1 (11.1.0.1.0)

  • Enterprise Manager 11g Grid Control Release 1 (11.1.0.1.0) software only so that you can configure it later

  • Oracle Management Service 11g Release 1 (11.1.0.1.0) software only so that you can configure it later for additional Oracle Management Services

  • Oracle Management Agent 11g Release 1 (11.1.0.1.0) on a cluster

  • Oracle Management Agent 11g Release 1 (11.1.0.1.0) with a shared Oracle home from a mounted location

  • Oracle Management Agent 11g Release 1 (11.1.0.1.0) using agentDownload script

• Upgrading Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control Release 4 (10.2.0.4.0) or higher to Enterprise Manager 11g Grid Control Release 1 (11.1.0.1.0) in silent mode.

• Upgrading Oracle Management Agent 10g Release 4 (10.2.0.4.0) or higher to Oracle Management Agent 11g Release 1 (11.1.0.1.0) in graphical and silent mode.

• Deinstalling Enterprise Manager 11g Grid Control Release 1 (11.1.0.1.0) or Oracle Management Agent 11g Release 1 (11.1.0.1.0).

Documentation Accessibility

For information about Oracle's commitment to accessibility, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program website at http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=docacc.

Access to Oracle Support

Oracle customers have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=info or visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=trs if you are hearing impaired.

Related Documents

For more information, see the following books in the Enterprise Manager Grid Control documentation library:

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Administration Guide

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Administrator's Guide for Software and Server Provisioning and Patching

For the latest releases of these and other Oracle documentation, check the Oracle Technology Network at the following URL:

http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/oem.html

Grid Control also provides extensive online Help. Click Help at the top of any Grid Control page to display the online help window.

Conventions

The following table describes those conventions and provides examples of their use.