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Preface

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1 Introduction to Enterprise Manager Advanced Configuration

1.1 Types of Advanced Configuration Tasks

1.2 Understanding the Enterprise Manager Directory Structure

1.2.1 Understanding the Enterprise Manager Directories Installed with the Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control

1.2.1.1 About the Oracle Management Service Home Directory

1.2.1.2 About the Oracle Management Agent Home (AGENT_HOME) Directory

1.2.1.3 Summary of the Important Directories in the Management Service Home

1.2.2 Understanding the Enterprise Manager Directories Installed with the Management Agent

1.2.2.1 Summary of the Important Directories in the Management Agen t Home

1.2.2.2 Understanding the Management Agent Directory Structure on Windows

1.2.3 Understanding the Ent erprise Manager Directories Installed with Oracle Application Server

1.2.4 Understanding the Enterprise Manager Directories Installed with Oracle Database 10g

1.2.5 Configuring the Database Control During and After the Oracle Database 10g Installation

1.2.5.1 Configuring the Database Control During Installation

1.2.5.2 Configuring the Database Control with DBCA

1.2.5.3 Configuring the Database Control with EMCA

1.2.5.4 Using an Input File for EMCA Parameters

1.2.5.5 Using EMCA with Real Application Clusters

1.2.5.6 EMCA Troubleshooting Tips

1.3 Starting and Stopping Enterprise Manager Components

1.3.1 Controlling the Oracle Management Agent

1.3.1.1 Starting, Stopping, and Checking the Status of the Management Agent o n UNIX

1.3.1.2 Starting and Stopping the Management Agent on Windows

1.3.1.3 Checking the Status of the Management A gent on Windows

1.3.2 Controlling the Oracle Man agement Service

1.3.2.1 Using OPMN to Start and Stop the Management Service

1.3.2.2 Using emctl to Start, Stop, and Check the Status of the Oracle Management Service

1.3.2 .3 Starting and Stopping Oracle Application Server Web Cache

1.3.3 Controlling the Application Server Control

1.3.4 Controlling the Database Control on UNIX

1.3.4.1 Starting the Database Control on UNIX

1.3.4.2 Stopping the Database Control on UNIX

1.3.5 Starting and Stopping the Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control Framework

1.3.5.1 Starting the Grid Control Framework

1.3.5.2 Stopping the Grid Control Framework

1.4 Additional Management Agent Commands

< span class="secnum">1.4.1 Uploading and Reloading Data to the Management Repository

1.4.2 Specifying New Target Monitoring Credentials

1.4.2.1 Using the Grid Control to Modify the Monitoring Credentials

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1.4.3 Listing the Targets on a Managed Host< /dd>

1.4.4 Controlling Blackouts

1.5 Enabling Enterprise Manager Accessibility Features

1.5.1 Enabling Enterprise Manager Accessibility Mode

1.5.2 Providing Textual Descriptions of Enterprise Manager Charts

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2 Enterprise Ma nager Security

2.1 About Oracle Enterprise Man ager Security

2.1.1 Oracle Enterprise Manager Se curity Model

2.1.2 Classes of Users and Their Privileges

2.1.3 Resources Protected

2.1.4 Authorization and Access Enforcement

< span class="secnum">2.1.5 Leveraging Oracle Application Server Security Services

2.1.6 Leveraging Oracle Identity Management Infrastructure

2.2 Configuring Security for the Grid Control Framework

2.2.1 About Enterprise Manager Framework Security

2.2.2 Overview of the Steps Required to Enable Enterprise Manager Framework Security

2.2.3 Enabling Security for the Oracle Management Service

2.2.4 Enabling Security for the Oracle Management Agent

2.2.5 Enabling Security with Multiple Management Service Installati ons

2.2.6 Restricting HTTP Access to the Management Servic e

2.2.7 Managing Agent Registration Passwords

2.2.7.1 Using the Grid Control to Manage Agent Registration Passwords

2.2.7.2 Using emctl to Change the Agent Registra tion Password

2.2.8 Enabling Security for the Ma nagement Repository Database

2.2.8.1 About Oracl e Advanced Security and the sqlnet.ora Configuration File

2.2.8.2 Configuring the Management Service to Connect to a Secure Management Repository Database

2.2.8.3 Enabling Oracle Advanced Security for the Management Repository

2.2.8.4 Enabling Security for the Management Agent that is Monitoring a Secure M anagement Repository or Database

2.3 C onfiguring Security for the Enterprise Manager Application Server Control

2.4 Configuring Security for the Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Database Control

2.5 Configuring Enterprise Manager for Use with Oracle Application Server Single Sign- On

2.5.1 Configuring Enterprise Manager to Use t he Single Sign-On Logon Page

2.5.2 Registering Single Sign -On Users as Enterprise Manager Administrators

2.5.3 Grid Control as a Single Sign-On Partner Application

2.5.4 Bypa ssing the Single Sign-On Logon Page

2.6 Configur ing Enterprise Manager for Use with Enterprise User Security

2.7< /span> Additional Security Considerations

2.7.1 Responding to Browser-Specific Security Certificate Alerts

2.7.1.1 Responding to the Internet Explorer Security Alert Dialog Box

2.7.1.2 Responding to the Netscape Navigator New Site Certificate Dialog Box

2.7.1.3 Preventing the Display of the Internet Explorer Security Information Dialog Box

2.7.2 Configuring Beacons to Monitor Web Applicatio ns Over HTTPS

3 Configuring Enterprise Manager for Firewalls

3.1 Considerations Before Configuring Your Firewall

3.2 Firewall Configurations for Enterprise Management Components

3.2.1 Firewalls Between Your Browser and the Grid Control

3.2.2 Configuring the Management Agent on a Host Protected by a Firewall

3.2.2.1 Configuring the Management Agent to Use a Proxy Server

3.2.2.2 Configuring the Firewall to Allow Incoming Communication From the Mana gement Service

3.2.3 Configuring the Management Service on a Host Protected by a Firewall

3.2.3.1 Configuring the Management Service to Use a Proxy Server

3.2.3. 2 About the dontProxyfor Property

3.2.3.3 Configuri ng the Firewall to Allow Incoming Management Data From the Management Agents

3.2.4 Firewalls Between the Management Service and the Management Repository

3.2.5 Firewalls Between the Grid Control and a Managed Database Target

< a href="firewalls.htm#sthref470">3.2.6 Firewalls Used with Multiple Management Services

3.2.7 Configuring Firewalls to Allow ICMP and UDP Traffic for Beacons

3.3 Viewing a Summary of the Ports Assigned During th e Application Server Installation

4 Configuring Application Performance Management

4.1 Before You Begin Configuring Application Performance Management

4.2 Summary of Application Performance Management Configuration Tasks

4.3 Configuring Transaction Performance Monitoring

4.3.1 Basic Configuration of Transaction Performance Monitoring

4.3.2 Advanced Configuration of Transaction Performance Monitoring

4.3.3 Configuring Business Transaction Tracing

4.4 Configuring End-User Response Time Monitoring

4.4.1 Configuring End-User Response Time Monitoring Using Oracle Application Server Release 2 (9.0.4)

4.4.1.1 Configuring Oracle Application Server Web Cache 9.0.4 for End-Us er Response Time Monitoring

4.4.1.2 Starting and Stopping End-Us er Response Time Monitoring

4.4.2 Configuring End-User Response Time Monitoring Using Earlier Versions of Oracle Application Server Web Cache

4.4.2.1 About the chronos_setup Configuration Script

4.4.2.2 Configuring the Document Root for Each Web Server

4.4.2.3 Configuring Oracle Application Server Web Cache for End-User Response Time Monitoring

4.4.2.4 Starting End-User Response Time Monitoring

4.4.3 Configuring End-User Response Time Monitoring Using Standalone Oracle Application S erver Web Cache

4.4.3.1 Installing Standalone Oracle A pplication Server Web Cache

4.4.3.2 Configuring Standalone Oracl e Application Server Web Cache

4.4.3.3 Enabling End-User Respons e Time Monitoring for Standalone Oracle Application Server Web Cache

4.4.4 Confirming that End-User Response Time Monitoring is Enabled

4.5 Configuring OC4J for Middle-Tier URL Performance Monitoring

4.5.1 Configuring OC4J Tracing for Middle-Tier URL Monitoring

4.5.2 Additional Configuration for Monitoring UIX Applications

5 Locating and Configuring Enterprise Manager Log Files

5.1 Locating and Configuring M anagement Agent Log and Trace Files

5.1.1 About th e Management Agent Log and Trace Files

5.1.2 Locating the Ma nagement Agent Log and Trace Files

5.1.3 About Management Ag ent Rollover Files

5.1.4 Controlling the Size and Number of Management Agent Log and Trace Files

5.1.5 Controlling the C ontents of the Management Agent Trace File

5.1.6 Controlling the Size and Number of Fetchlet Log and Trace Files

5.1.7 C ontrolling the Contents of the Fetchlet Trace File

5.2 Locating and Configuring Management Service Log and Trace Files

5.2.1 About the Management Service Log and Trace Files

5.2.2 Locating the Management Service Log and Trace Files

5.2.3 Controlling the Size and Number of Management Service Log and Trace Files

5.2.4 Controlling the Contents of the Management Service Trace File

6 Maintaining and Troubleshooting the Repository

6.1 Management Repository Dep loyment Guidelines

6.2 Management Repository Data Retenti on Policies

6.2.1 Management Repository Default Aggregation and Purging Policies

6.2.2 Management Reposi tory Default Aggregation and Purging Policies for Other Management Data

6.2.3 Modifying the Default Aggregation and Purging Policies

6.2.4 Modifying Data Retention Policies When Targets Are Deleted

6.3 Requirement to Manually Analyze Specific Management Repository Tables

6.4 Changing the SYSMAN Password

6.5 Dropping and Recreating the Management Repository

6.5.1 Dropping the Management Repository

6.5.2 Recreating the Management Repository

6.5.2.1 Using the RepManager Script to Create the Management Repository

6.5.2.2 Using a Connect Descriptor to Identify the Management Repository Database

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6.6 Troubleshooting Management Repository Creation Error s

6.6.1 "Package Body Does Not Exist" Error Whi le Creating the Repository

6.6.2 "Server Connection Hung" Error While Creating the Repository

6.6.3 General Troubl eshooting Techniques for Creating the Repository

7 Reconfiguring the Management Agent and Management Service

7.1 Reconfiguring the Oracle Management Agent

7.1.1 Configuring the Management Agent to Use a New Management Service

7.1.2 Changing the Manag ement Agent Port

7.1.3 Controlling the Amount of Disk Space Used by the Management Agent

7.1.4 Abo ut the Management Agent Watchdog Process

7.1.5 Se tting the Management Agent Time Zone

7.1.5.1 Understanding How the Management Agent Obtains Time Zone Information

7.1.5.2 Troubleshooting Management Agent Time Zone Problems

7.1.5.3 Troubleshooting Oracle Management Service Time Zone Problems

7.2 Reconfiguring the Oracle Management Service

7.2.1 Configuring the Management Service to Use a New Repository

7.2.1.1 Changing the Repository Properties in the emoms.properties File

7.2.1 .2 About Changing the Repository Password

7.2.2 Configuring the Management Service to Use a New Port