3 Getting Started with Database Administration

This chapter provides a brief roadmap for administering your database. It introduces you to Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Express (EM Express), the Web-based interface for managing an Oracle database.

This chapter contains the following sections:

• Managing Your Database: An Overview

• Configuring the Operating System Environment Variables

• Introduction to Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Express

• Starting EM Express

• Configuring the HTTPS Port for EM Express

• Accessing the Database Home Page

• Granting Access to EM Express for Nonadministrative Users

• Administering the Database with SQL-Based Management Tools

• Getting Started with Oracle Enterprise Manager: Oracle by Example Series