Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g: Grid Control Release 2

Prerequisites:

Familiarity with Oracle Application Server 10g and Familiarity with Oracle Database 10g

Course Description:

This course introduces students to Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control. Students learn how to use Grid Control to install the management agent, configure administrators and groups, manage targets and jobs and establish security of the environment. Hands-on practice sessions give students an opportunity to examine many of the Grid Control capabilities for themselves.

Course Objectives

On completing this course, you will be able to:

- Install and configure Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control
- Administer Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control
- Use the Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control job system
- Monitor Web Applications using Application Service Level Monitoring (ASLM)
- Secure Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control

Who Should Attend

- Support Engineers
- Technical Consultants
- Database Administrators

This course includes the following modules:

Understanding Grid Control

• Grid Control Components
• Grid Control Console

Installing the Management Framework

• Oracle Management Repository Installation
• Oracle Management Service Installation

Managing Grid Control

• EMCTL Utility
• Grid Control Component Stop and Start

Configuring Groups and Grid Control Administrators

• Groups
• Roles
• Administrator Creation and Configuration

Monitoring Grid Control

• Problem Area Detection
• Individual Component Monitoring

Monitoring the Grid

• Metrics and Thresholds
• Metric Baselines
• Response Actions
• Metric Comparisons
• Blackouts

Using the Job System

• Job Creation and Scheduling
• Job Results
• Jobs Search

Host Monitoring and Management with Grid Control

• Metric Threshold Values
• Host Configuration Comparisons

Database Monitoring and Management with Grid Control

• Database Groups
• Oracle8i/Oracle9i Target Configurations

Application Server Monitoring and Management with Grid Control

• Application Server Control Tasks
• Application Server Grid Control Tasks
• J2EE Application deployment
• Historical Performance Data
• Performance Comparisons

Application Service Level Monitoring

• Web Application Creation
• Web Application Configuration
• Web Application Monitoring

Oracle Collaboration Suite Monitoring and Management with Grid Control

• OCS Configuration Tasks in Grid Control
• OCS Groups
• OCS Component Monitoring

Managing Your Configuration

• Configuration Tasks
• Change Tracking
• Patching
• Policy Violations
• Oracle Home and Database Cloning

Grid Control Security

• Secure Communications
• Proxy Server Configuration
• Grid Control Administrator Authentication
• Enterprise User Security Configuration Tasks

Using EM2Go

• EM2Go Interface
• EM2Go Usage

Extending and Customizing Grid Control

• User-Defined Metrics
• Custom Targets
• Custom Reports

High Availability Options for Grid Control

• Describe high availability options for the Oracle Management Service
• Describe high availability options for the Oracle Management Repository

Migrating from EMv2 or EMv9 to EM10g

• Understand the requirements for migration
• Deploy management agents using the legacy job system
• Migrate repository data

High Availability Options for Grid Control

• Options for Grid Control