Preface

This chapter describes the purpose and organization of this guide. The Preface contains the following information:

Purpose of this Guide

This guide explains how to configure Oracle Enterprise Manager. Oracle Enterprise Manager is Oracle's graphical administration and networking tool for distributed database environments.

For program updates, important notes on using Oracle Enterprise Manager, and information on the online documentation, see the Oracle Enterprise Manager Readme.

After you have completed the configuration procedures, see the Oracle Enterprise Manager online help or the Oracle Enterprise Manager Administrator's Guide for information on how to use Oracle Enterprise Manager.

Audience

This guide is written for those who wish to install Enterprise Manager on a Microsoft Windows NT or Windows 95 platform.

How this Guide is Organized

This guide is comprised of the following chapters:

Chapter 1, "Agent Configuration"

This chapter describes the configuration of the Oracle Intelligent Agent.

Chapter 2, "Console Configuration"

This chapter describes methods for starting Oracle Enterprise Manager. This chapter also discusses connecting to a database.

Chapter 3, "Software Manager Configuration"

This chapter describes the installation procedure for Oracle Software Manager.

Chapter 4, "Performance Pack Configuration"

This chapter describes the configuration of the Oracle Performance Pack.

Appendix A, "Configuration Files"

This appendix describes the files necessary for Oracle Enterprise Manager configuration.

Appendix B, "Directory Structure"

This appendix describes the directory structure of Oracle Enterprise Manager components and the Intelligent Agent.

Appendix C, "Hints and Tips"

This appendix describes helpful tips for the successful operation of Oracle Enterprise Manager.

"Glossary"

This glossary lists the definitions of some of the terms related to Oracle Enterprise Manager and its components.

Documentation Set

Because this guide only covers the configuration process, refer to the following publications for more information about the Oracle Enterprise Manager:

The Oracle Enterprise Manager Readme provides important notes regarding the updates to the software, documentation, and late-breaking news.
The Oracle Enterprise Manager Installation CD-ROM Insert provides information about installing the Oracle Enterprise Manager system.
The Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts provides an overview of the Enterprise Manager system.
The Oracle Enterprise Manager Administrator's Guide provides information on how to use the components and features of the Oracle Enterprise Manager system.
The Oracle Performance Monitoring User's Guide, Oracle Expert User's Guide, Oracle Trace User's Guide, and Oracle Trace Developer's Guide provide information about performance monitoring applications.
The Oracle Enterprise Manager Messages Manual describes the Oracle Enterprise Manager error messages and methods for diagnosing the messages.
The Oracle Enterprise Manager Application Developer's Guide provides information on programming external interfaces to Oracle Enterprise Manager. The guide includes information on using Tcl and OraTcl to write custom job and event scripts.

Related Publications

For information about related Oracle products, refer to the following publications:

For general information about the Oracle8 Server and how it works, see the Oracle8 Server Concepts.
For information about administering the Oracle8 Server, see the Oracle8 Server Administrator's Guide.
For the procedures for migrating a previous version of Oracle to Oracle8, see the Oracle8 Server Migration.
For information on Oracle's SQL commands and functions, see the Oracle8 Server SQL Reference.
For information about the utilities bundled with the Oracle Server, including Export, Import, and SQL*Loader, refer to the Oracle8 Server Utilities.
For information about Oracle messages and codes, refer to Oracle8 Server Messages.
For information about Net8, see the Net8 Administrator's Guide.
For information about the Oracle Server on Windows NT, see the Oracle8 Server for Windows NT Installation and User's Guide and the system release bulletins, if available.

Conventions Used in this Guide

This guide uses the following conventions:

Examples

This guide contains examples. This is an example of text that the user should type in a dialog box:

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Note that the text of the examples appears in a different font than the text of this guide.

The examples in this guide use the following conventions:

Examples of commands to be typed in by the user are in uppercase.
Menu items and buttons referenced appear in initial uppercase.