Preface

The Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide presents a general overview of Oracle Enterprise Manager Release 9.2.0.

Oracle Enterprise Manager Console is a system management tool which provides an integrated solution for managing your heterogeneous environment. The product combines a graphical console, agents, common services, and tools to provide an integrated, comprehensive systems management platform for managing Oracle products.

Refer to the Oracle Enterprise Manager online help or the Oracle Enterprise Manager Administrator's Guide for information on how to use the Oracle Enterprise Manager Console.

Intended Audience

This guide explains the general concepts of Oracle Enterprise Manager. You should already be familiar with Oracle and the administrative tasks you wish to perform.

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Organization

This guide is divided into the following chapters:

Chapter 1, "Overview of Oracle Enterprise Manager"

describes the overall architecture and features of Oracle Enterprise Manager: the Console, Oracle Management Server, and the common services.

Chapter 2, "The Console"

Describes the layout and use of the Oracle Enterprise Manager Console.

Chapter 3, "Job and Event Systems"

Describes the Job Scheduling and Event Systems, which execute jobs and monitor for occurrences on sites throughout the network.

Chapter 4, "Database Administration"

Describes the database administrative functionality in Oracle Enterprise Manager.

Chapter 5, "Oracle Management Packs and Integrated Applications"

Describes the optional management packs. Combined with Oracle Enterprise Manager's Console and framework, these specialized application packs offer integrated solutions for monitoring system bottlenecks, optimizing and tuning system performance, managing system changes, and planning for increases in resource utilization of your entire information system environment.

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Conventions

The following conventions are used in this manual:

Convention	Meaning
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. . .	Horizontal ellipsis points in statements or commands mean that parts of the statement or command not directly related to the example have been omitted
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< >	Angle brackets enclose user-supplied names.
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