Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Intended Audience
• Purpose of the Document
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 Getting Started

• Installing Enterprise Manager Grid Control
• Adding Additional Oracle Management Service
• Installing Oracle Management Agent
• Upgrading Enterprise Manager Grid Control or Oracle Management Service
• Upgrading Oracle Management Agent

2 Things to Know

• Procuring Enterprise Manager Grid Control Software
  • How Do You Access the Software from DVD?
    • Accessing Software from DVD
    • Setting Mount Point for DVD
  • How Do You Procure the Software from Oracle Technology Network?
    • Downloading Software
    • Verifying File Size
    • Extracting Contents
    • Verifying Platform Information
• Procuring Oracle Management Agent Software
  • Automatically Downloading Management Agent Software Using Download Agent Software Application
    • What Is Agent Download Application?
    • What Prerequisites You Must Meet?
    • How Do You Download the Management Agent Software?
  • Manually Downloading Management Agent Software from OTN
• Understanding Installation Basics
  • What Different Installation Modes Can You Use?
  • What Is Enterprise Manager Grid Control Installation Wizard?
  • What Installation Types Are Offered by the Installation Wizard?
  • What Ports Are Used for Installation?
    • What Default Ports Are Used?
    • How Can You Customize Ports?
    • What Precautions Must You Take While Customizing Port Numbers?
  • How Can You Change the Language Used in Enterprise Manager Grid Control Console?
  • What Data Files Are Created While Configuring Oracle Management Repository?
  • How Do You Delete Data Files?
• Understanding Oracle WebLogic Server Requirement
  • How Do I Install Oracle WebLogic Server?
  • How Do I Verify Whether Oracle WebLogic Server Is Installed?
  • Is Oracle WebLogic Server Cluster Supported?
  • Is the Existing Admin Server in Oracle WebLogic Server Used?
  • When and Why Do You Need Oracle WebLogic Server Credentials?
  • When and Why Do You Need Node Manager Credentials?
  • How Do You Find Admin Server Port While Installing an Additional OMS
  • How Do You Verify Whether Admin Server Is Running?
  • How Do You Start Admin Server?
• Understanding Installation Directories
  • What Is Oracle Inventory Directory?
  • What Is Oracle Middleware Home?
  • What Is Oracle Management Service Instance Base Location?
  • What Is Oracle Home?
  • What Is Installation Base Directory?
  • What Is EMSTATE Directory?
  • What Is /TMP C:\Temp Directory Used For?
• Understanding Additional Components Installed
  • What Is Oracle Configuration Manager?
    • Manually Collecting and Uploading Configuration Information
    • Enabling Oracle Configuration Manager After Installing Enterprise Manager Grid Control
  • What Are Software Updates?
    • How Can You Download the Software Updates?
    • When Can You Apply the Software Updates?
    • Where Are the Software Updates Downloaded?
• Understanding Configuration Assistants
  • What Are Configuration Assistants?
  • What Configuration Assistants Are Run by the Installation Wizard?
  • What Is Agent Configuration Assistant Used For?
  • What Do You Do When Configuration Assistants Fail?
• Understanding Prerequisite Checks
  • What Prerequisite Checks Are Run by Default?
  • How Can You Run Prerequisite Checks in Standalone Mode?
• Understanding Limitations of Enterprise Manager Grid Control
  • Can You Access Unlicensed Components?
  • What Are the Limitations with DHCP-Enabled Machines?
• Understanding Other Miscellaneous Concepts
  • What Is a Host List File?
  • What SYSDBA Privileges Are Required for Creating Repository Schema?
  • What Scripts Are Run During the Installation Process?

Part I Installing Enterprise Manager System

3 Installing Enterprise Manager System

• Overview
• Before You Begin
• Prerequisites
  • Setting Database Initialization Parameters
• Installation Procedure
• After You Install

4 Installing Enterprise Manager Software Only in Graphical Mode and Configuring Later

• Overview
• Before You Begin
• Prerequisites
• Installation Procedure
• After You Install
• Configuration Procedure
• After You Configure

5 Installing Enterprise Manager Software Only in Silent Mode and Configuring Later

• Overview
• Before You Begin
• Prerequisites
• Installation Procedure
• After You Install
• Configuration Procedure
• After You Configure

Part II Adding Additional Oracle Management Service

6 Adding Additional Oracle Management Service

• Overview
• Before You Begin
• Prerequisites
• Installation Procedure
• After You Install

7 Installing Oracle Management Service Software Only in Graphical Mode and Configuring Later

• Overview
• Before You Begin
• Prerequisites
• Install Additional OMS
• Install Add-Ons
• After You Install OMS
• Configure OMS
• After You Configure OMS

8 Installing Oracle Management Service Software Only in Silent Mode and Configuring Later

• Overview
• Before You Begin
• Prerequisites
• Install Additional OMS
• Install Add-Ons
• After You Install OMS
• Configure OMS
• After You Configure OMS

Part III Installing Oracle Management Agent

9 Installing Oracle Management Agent on a Cluster Using Agent Deployment Wizard

• Overview
• Before You Begin
• Prerequisites
• Installation Procedure
• After You Install

10 Installing Oracle Management Agent Using Shared Oracle Home

• Overview
• Before You Begin
• Prerequisites
• Installation Procedure
• After You Install

11 Cloning Oracle Management Agent Using Agent Cloning Wizard

• Overview
• Before You Begin
• Prerequisites
• Cloning Procedure
• After You Clone

12 Installing Oracle Management Agent Using Response File

• Overview
• Prerequisites
• Installation Procedure
• After You Install

13 Installing Oracle Management Agent Using agentDownload Script

• Overview
• Prerequisites
• Installation Procedure
• After You Install

14 Installing Oracle Management Agent on a Cluster Using Response File or agentDownload Script

• Overview
• Before You Begin
• Prerequisites
• Installation Procedure
  • Installing Using Response File
    • Editing Parameters for Installing Oracle Management Agent on a Cluster
    • Updating the Node List After Installing the Management Agent
  • Installing Using agentDownload Script
• After You Install

15 Installing Oracle Management Agent Using Shared Oracle Home Using nfsagentinstall Script

• Overview
• Before You Begin
• Prerequisites
• Installation Procedure
• After You Install

16 Cloning Oracle Management Agent Using ZIP File

• Overview
• Before You Begin
• Prerequisites
• Cloning Procedure
• After You Clone

17 Cloning Oracle Management Agent on Clusters Using ZIP File

• Overview
• Before You Begin
• Prerequisites
• Cloning Procedure
• After You Clone

Part IV Advanced Configuration

18 Introduction to Enterprise Manager Advanced Configuration

• Types of Advanced Configuration Tasks
• Understanding the Enterprise Manager Directory Structure
  • Understanding the Enterprise Manager Directories Installed with Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control 11g Release 1
    • About the Oracle Management Service Home Directory
    • About the Oracle Management Agent Home (AGENT_HOME) Directory
    • Summary of the Important Directories in the Oracle Management Service Home
  • Understanding the Enterprise Manager Directories Installed with the Management Agent
    • Summary of the Important Directories in the Oracle Management Agent Home
    • Understanding the Oracle Management Agent Directory Structure on Windows
  • Identifying the Oracle Home When Using the emctl Command
• Enabling Enterprise Manager Accessibility Features
  • Enabling Enterprise Manager Accessibility Mode
  • Providing Textual Descriptions of Enterprise Manager Charts

19 Configuring Enterprise Manager for Firewalls

• Considerations Before Configuring Your Firewall
• Firewall Configurations for Enterprise Management Components
  • Firewalls Between Your Browser and the Grid Control Console
  • Configuring the Management Agent on a Host Protected by a Firewall
    • Configuring the Management Agent to Use a Proxy Server
    • Configuring the Firewall to Allow Incoming Communication From the Management Service
  • Configuring the Management Service on a Host Protected by a Firewall
    • Configuring the Management Service to Use a Proxy Server
    • About the dontProxyfor Property
    • Configuring the Firewall to Allow Incoming Management Data From the Management Agents
  • Firewalls Between the Management Service and the Management Repository
  • Firewalls Between the Grid Control and a Managed Database Target
  • Firewalls Used with Multiple Management Services
  • Configuring Firewalls to Allow ICMP and UDP Traffic for Beacons
  • Enabling ICMP Echo Requests on Firewalls
  • Configuring Firewalls When Managing Oracle Application Server
• Viewing a Summary of the Ports Assigned During the Application Server Installation
• Additional Considerations for Windows XP

20 Additional Configuration Tasks

• Understanding Default and Custom Data Collections
  • How Enterprise Manager Stores Default Collection Information
• Enabling Multi-Inventory Support for Configuration Management
  • AGENT_HOME Versus AGENT_STATE Directories
• Manually Configuring a Database Target for Complete Monitoring
• Modifying the Default Login Timeout Value
• Configuring Clusters and Cluster Databases in Grid Control
  • Configuring Clusters
  • Configuring Cluster Databases
  • Discovering Instances Added to the Cluster Database
    • Troubleshooting
• Collecting Client Configurations
  • Configuring the Client System Analyzer
    • Client System Analyzer in Oracle Grid Control
    • Deploying Client System Analyzer Independently
  • Configuration Parameters
    • Associating the Parameters with an Application
  • Rules
  • Customization
  • CSA Deployment Examples
    • Using Multiple Collection Tags
    • Privilege Model for Viewing Client Configurations
    • Using the Customization API Example
    • Using the CSA Servlet Filter Example
    • Sample Deployments
• Configuring Privilege Delegation Providers
  • Creating a Privilege Delegation Setting
    • Creating a Sudo Setting Using EMCLI
    • Creating a PowerBroker Setting Using EMCLI
  • Applying Privilege Delegation Settings
    • Applying Settings to Host Targets Using EMCLI
    • Applying Settings to a Composite Target
  • Disabling Host Privilege Delegation Provider Settings Using EMCLI
  • Sudo Configuration: Sudoers File
  • Configuring Privilege Delegation Providers Using Grid Control Console
    • Configuring Sudo Settings For a Host Using Enterprise Manager Grid Control Console
    • Configuring PowerBroker Settings For a Host Using the Grid Control Console
    • Applying Settings to Multiple Host Targets Using the Grid Control Console
    • Disabling Host Privilege Delegation Provider Settings For One or More Hosts Using Grid Control Console

Part V Upgrading Enterprise Manager System

21 Upgrading to Enterprise Manager 11g

• Overview
• Before You Begin
• Prerequisites
• Upgrade Procedure
• After You Upgrade

22 Upgrading Enterprise Manager System with Add-Ons Installed in Graphical Mode

• Overview
• Prerequisites
• Upgrade Enterprise Manager
• Install Add-Ons
• After You Install Add-Ons
• Configure Enterprise Manager
• After You Configure Enterprise Manager

23 Upgrading Enterprise Manager System with Add-Ons Installed in Silent Mode

• Overview
• Prerequisites
• Upgrade Enterprise Manager
• Install Add-Ons
• After You Install Add-Ons
• Configure Enterprise Manager
• After You Configure Enterprise Manager

Part VI Upgrading Oracle Management Agent

24 Upgrading Oracle Management Agent Using Agent Upgrade Wizard

• Overview
• Before You Begin
• Prerequisites
• Upgrade Procedure
  • Additional Parameters You Can Specify for Agent Upgrade
• After You Upgrade

25 Upgrading Oracle Management Agent Using a Response File

• Overview
• Before You Begin
• Prerequisites
• Upgrade Procedure
• After You Upgrade

26 Upgrading Oracle Management Agent Using agentDownload Script

• Overview
• Before You Begin
• Prerequisites
• Upgrade Procedure
  • Arguments You Can Pass While Running agentDownload Script

27 Upgrading Shared Oracle Management Agent

• Overview
• Prerequisites
• Upgrade Procedure
• After You Upgrade

28 Upgrading Oracle Management Agent with Add-Ons

• Overview
• Before You Begin
• Prerequisites
• Upgrade Management Agent
• After You Upgrade
• Configuration Procedure
• After You Configure

Part VII Deinstalling Enterprise Manager System

29 Deinstalling Enterprise Manager System in Graphical Mode

• Prerequisites
• Deinstallation Procedure
• After You Deinstall

30 Deinstalling Enterprise Manager System in Silent Mode

• Prerequisites
• Deinstallation Procedure
• After You Deinstall

Part VIII Deinstalling Oracle Management Agent

31 Deinstalling Oracle Management Agent in Graphical Mode

• Prerequisites
• Deinstallation Procedure
  • Deinstalling Standalone or Cluster-Based Oracle Management Agents
  • Deinstalling Cluster-Based Oracle Management Agent from Only One Node of a Cluster
• After You Deinstall

32 Deinstalling Oracle Management Agent in Silent Mode

• Prerequisites
• Deinstallation Procedure
  • Deinstalling Standalone or Cluster-Based Oracle Management Agents
  • Deinstalling Cluster-Based Oracle Management Agent from Only One Node of a Cluster
  • Deinstalling Shared Oracle Management Agent
• After You Deinstall

Part IX Using Enterprise Manager Grid Control

33 Using Enterprise Manager Grid Control

• Accessing Enterprise Manager Grid Control
• Logging In
• Enabling or Disabling Licenses
• Accessing Online Help

Part X Appendixes

A Meeting Hardware Requirements

B Meeting Package, Kernel Parameter, and Library Requirements

• Package Requirements for Oracle Management Service
• Package Requirements for Oracle Management Agent
• Kernel Parameter Requirements for Oracle Management Service and Oracle Management Agent
• Library Requirements for Oracle Management Service

C Creating Operating System Groups and Users Requirements

• What Operating System Groups and Users Are Required?
• How To Create the Operating System Groups and Users?
  • Creating the Oracle Inventory Group
    • Determining Whether the Oracle Inventory Group Exists
    • Creating the Oracle Inventory Group
  • Creating the OSDBA Group
  • Creating an OSOPER Group (Optional)
  • Creating the Oracle Software Owner User
    • Determining Whether an Oracle Software Owner User Exists
    • Creating an Oracle Software Owner User
    • Modifying an Oracle Software Owner User
    • Verifying that the User nobody Exists

D Setting Up SSH Connectivity

• Overview
• Setting Up SSH Server (SSHD) on Microsoft Windows
• Setting Up SSH on Microsoft WIndows Using sshUserSetupNT.sh
• Setting Up the Timezone Variable on Remote Hosts
  • Set the TZ variable and Restart the SSH Daemon
  • Set the TZ Variable in the "Shell rc" File

E Validating Command Locations

• Overview of Property Files
  • Property Files Loaded from platformInfo.properties File
  • Other Property Files Loaded
• Validating Command Locations
  • Validating Command Locations on the OMS Host
  • Validating Command Locations on the Destination Host

F Passing Additional Parameters

• Additional Parameters Supported by agentDownload Script
• Additional Parameters Supported by Agent Deployment Wizard for Custom Location

G Configuring Database and ASM Targets for Monitoring

H Setting Up Proxy Configuration for Oracle Management Service

I Reconfiguring Oracle Management Agent and Discovering New Targets

• Discovering New Targets with Standalone Management Agents
• Converting Standalone Management Agents to Cluster-Based Management Agents
  • Convering in Graphical Mode
  • Converting in Silent Mode
• Discovering New Targets with Cluster-Based Management Agents
• Reconfiguring Cluster-Based Management Agents

J Understanding Optional Arguments Run with ConfigureGC.pl Script

K Using RepManager Utility

• Overview
• Prerequisites
• Supported Actions and Commands

L Installation and Configuration Log Files

• Enterprise Manager Grid Control Installation Logs
  • Installation Logs
  • Configuration Logs
    • General Configuration Logs
    • Repository Configuration Logs
    • Secure Logs
    • Oracle Management Service Logs
• Agent Deployment Log Files
  • Connectivity Logs
  • Application Prerequisite Logs
  • System Prerequisite Logs
  • Other Installation Logs

M List of Deprecated Features

Index