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Middleware Management with Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control 10g R5
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Middleware Management with Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control 10g R5

Chapter 2. Installing Enterprise Manager Grid Control

We introduced Rob, the Middleware administrator, at the beginning of the book. After sleepless nights and many escalations from the user community, Rob felt the heat. He convinced his management and fellow administrators to implement proactive monitoring within their IT organization. He decided to do away with his pride and an all scripts approach. The majority of Rob's applications ran on Oracle Fusion Middleware and therefore, Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control was the obvious choice.

In the last chapter, we introduced the architecture of Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control. In this chapter, we will help you get started with the installation process. The actual installation steps are very well documented in the Enterprise Manual and we will not bore you to death by duplicating all those steps in this chapter. Our primary goal is to help you get started with the installation of Enterprise Manager Grid Control with the simplest...

Installation procedure

In the last chapter, you learnt that Enterprise Manager Grid Control has three main components:

  • The Oracle Management Service

  • The Oracle Management Repository

  • The Oracle Management Agent

Thus, the actual installation procedure may sound a bit overwhelming when you think of a three-tier install. However, the reality is that the installation process is a very straight-forward and well-documented procedure. To make it simple, we recommend that you choose the default install type and install all components (at least the OMS and repository) on a single machine. But, before you get started with the install, you will need to download the binaries that follow.

Pre-requisite

Before you get started with the install, you will have to make sure that you have the right resources on the machine that you are installing Grid Control on to. The following table shows the minimum recommended resource requirement for Linux or Windows environment. You will need to check the install guide for...

Starting and stopping Grid Control

Now that we have completed the installation of Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control, we will discuss how to start and stop the various components. For a more detailed explanation of these commands or more detailed options, we recommend that you follow the Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control Advanced Configuration Guide.

Starting and stopping OMS

Before logging in to Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control you will have to start the OMS and ensure that you are in the $OMS_HOME/bin directory to execute these commands. $OMS_HOME is the directory where you have installed OMS. However, if you are using Microsoft Windows then you can start the Windows Service for OMS.

  • To automatically start the OMS and the underlying application server processes, you will have to execute the following command:

    emctl start oms

  • You will see the following message:

    Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Release 5 Grid Control
Copyright (c) 1996, 2009 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
opmnctl: opmn started
Starting HTTP Server ...
Starting Oracle Management Server ...
Checking Oracle Management Server Status ...
Oracle Management Server is Up.

  • To check the status of the OMS, you will have to use the following command:

    emctl status oms

  • To stop the OMS, you will use:

    emctl stop oms

Although starting the OMS automatically starts the underlying...

Starting and stopping the repository database

As discussed earlier, the Oracle Management Repository is an Oracle database that stores information about the managed targets. You may need to start/stop the repository database. If you are using Windows then you can start/stop the Windows service to start/stop the DB instance.

However, here are the commands to start the repository database in a UNIX environment:

setenv ORACLE_HOME /scratch/OracleHomes/db10g
setenv ORACLE_SID emrep
setenv PATH $ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH
sqlplus /nolog
SQL*Plus: Release 10.1.0.4.0 - Production on Mon Apr 20 14:28:37 2009
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
SQL> connect sys as sysoper
Enter password:
Connected to an idle instance.
SQL> startup

The Oracle database is automatically restarted when you reboot the host machine; you do not have to restart the database repository.

Starting and stopping the Agent

Finally, we will discuss how to start/stop the Agent, and how to verify whether the...

Summary

By exploring the various stages of installing Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control, we should now be aware of the following:

  • Where to go to download Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control and the installation procedure for each component

  • That installation with the new database is the simplest and fastest way to get started with EM Grid Control

  • How to execute basic commands to start/stop and check the status of the different components of Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control Control

In the next chapter, we will be discussing basic concepts in enterprise applications and systems management. You will learn more about targets modeling and discovery. You will learn more about how you can be proactive by implementing alerts and event notification mechanisms and service level monitoring. Also we will introduce you to how you can automate mundane administration tasks such as jobs, provisioning, and configuration management. So tighten your seat belt while we take you on the exciting...

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Key benefits

  • Manage your Oracle Fusion Middleware and non-Oracle middleware applications effectively and efficiently using Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Conrol
  • Implement proactive monitoring to maximize application performance
  • Best practices and troubleshooting tips to manage your middleware and SOA applications for optimal service levels and reduced down time from Oracle Product Managers
  • A Hands-on tutorial detailing Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control's management of Middleware

Description

Today's IT environment is very complex, encompassing a myriad of technologies and middleware platforms. Many organizations have large and heterogeneous middleware platforms that power their enterprise applications and it is often a real challenge for administrators to meet agreed service levels and minimize downtime. Oracle Enterprise Manager allows administrators to manage the complete lifecycle of an entire application infrastructure for middleware and SOA applications. This book will help you kick-start the setup of Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control and master all aspects of middleware management supported by Oracle Enterprise Manager. This book, written by senior members of the Oracle team serves as the only hands on guide to provisioning middleware and implementing proactive monitoring to maximize application performance and compliance using Oracle Enterprise Manager. The book starts with an introduction to the challenges faced by middleware administrators in their everyday life, and how Oracle Enterprise Manager helps solve those challenges. This book will help you manage your middleware infrastructure and applications effectively and efficiently using Oracle Enterprise Manager. By following the practical examples in this book you will learn to proactively monitor your production middleware applications running on Oracle Application Server, Oracle WebLogic Server, Oracle SOA suite (such as Oracle BPEL Process manager), Oracle Server Bus, and Oracle Coherence. You will also learn different aspects to proactive monitoring and alert notifications, service level and incident management, diagnostics for production applications, lifecycle automation using out-of-the-box deployment procedures, and patching mechanisms. This book also helps you to master best practices for managing your middleware and SOA applications for optimal service performance and reduced down time.

Who is this book for?

This book is targeted at Middleware Administrators, IT Architects, and System Administrators who want to monitor, diagnose, and maximize the system performance of Oracle Fusion Middleware solutions. The book assumes basic knowledge of middleware/application server management. It can also be used by Database Administrators who want to become Middleware Administrators.

What you will learn

  • You will:
  • Gain a deep understanding of the challenges in managing middleware platforms and applications
  • Understand the architecture of Enterprise Manager, and how  best to set it up
  • Discover middleware platforms (WebLogic, OC4J, BPEL, OSB, Coherence, Oracle Forms and Reports, etc. and non-Oracle middleware) from Oracle Enterprise Manager
  • Monitor event notifications and diagnostics for middleware platforms and Java EE/Composite applications
  • Create and export application service levels
  • Manage middleware and application configurations
  • Provision your middleware platform
  • Build plug-ins for new target types

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Table of Contents

14 Chapters
Enterprise Manager Grid Control Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Enterprise Manager Grid Control
Key features of Enterprise Manager Grid Control
Enterprise Manager product family
Products managed by Enterprise Manager
Enterprise Manager Architecture
Summary
Installing Enterprise Manager Grid Control Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Installing Enterprise Manager Grid Control
Installation procedure
Starting and stopping Grid Control
Starting and stopping OMS
Starting and stopping the repository database
Summary
Enterprise Manager Key Concepts and Subsystems Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Enterprise Manager Key Concepts and Subsystems
Target
Monitoring
Configuration management
Job
Notification system
Provisioning
Service Level Management
Information publishing
Summary
Managing Oracle WebLogic Server Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Managing Oracle WebLogic Server
Introducing WebLogic Server
Monitoring WebLogic Server
Performance monitoring
Jobs and corrective action
Configuration management
Service level management
Role based access control
Summary
Managing Oracle Application Server Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Managing Oracle Application Server
Discovery and Target Model
Tasks for Oracle Applications Server Administrator
Summary
Managing Forms and Reports Services and Applications Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Managing Forms and Reports Services and Applications
Architecture of Oracle Forms and Reports Services
Monitoring of Oracle Forms and Reports Services
Discovery of Oracle Forms and Reports Server
Monitoring Forms applications
Configure your Windows client
Configure SSL certificate
Creating a Forms System
Forms and Reports provisioning
Summary
SOA Management — BPEL Management Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
SOA Management — BPEL Management
Introducing BPEL Process Manager
Discovery of BPEL Process Manager
Monitoring BPEL PM and BPEL processes
Configuration management
Lifecycle Management for BPEL PM
Best practices for BPEL PM management and monitoring
Summary
SOA Management — OSB (aka ALSB) Management Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
SOA Management — OSB (aka ALSB) Management
Introducing Oracle Service Bus (OSB)
Discovery of Oracle Service Bus
Monitoring OSB and OSB services
Configuration management for Oracle Service Bus
Lifecycle management for Oracle Service Bus
OSB best practices
Summary
Managing Identity Manager Suite Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Managing Identity Manager Suite
Oracle Identity Management targets
Discovery of Oracle Identity and Access Management Suite
Discovery of Identity Server
Monitoring Identity and Access Management Suite
Service level management
Configuration management
Summary
Managing Coherence Cluster Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Managing Coherence Cluster
Coherence overview
Discovery of the Coherence cluster
Monitoring of Coherence cluster
Comparing and propagating changes
Provisioning the Coherence cluster
Summary
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Managing Non-Oracle Middleware
Non-Oracle middleware support
Managing open source middleware
Managing JBoss Application Server
Managing IBM middleware
Best practices for managing non-Oracle Java middleware
Managing Microsoft Middleware
Service Level Monitoring for third-party targets
Summary
Java and Composite Applications Monitoring and Diagnostics Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Java and Composite Applications Monitoring and Diagnostics
Composite Application Monitor and Modeler
Application Diagnostics for Java (AD4J)
Summary
Building Your Monitoring Plug-in Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Building Your Monitoring Plug-in
Introducing Sun Java Web Server
How plug-ins work
Exercise — monitor Sun Java Web Server
Overview of artefacts used for monitoring of Sun Java Web Server
Packaging and deploying a plug-in
Advance features for plug-ins
Summary
Best Practices for Managing Middleware Components Using Enterprise Manager Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Best Practices for Managing Middleware Components Using Enterprise Manager
Provisioning
Routine monitoring
Configuration management
Configuration compliance
Lifecycle management
Information publishing
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Oracle Enterprise Manager conceptionally works for many different management areas. As a user you often think of managing databases with it. This is a wide area and deserves another book. The least known area is the middleware management and that's what the booked aimes for. The first 3 chapters cover the key features of Enterprise Manager Grid Control, Installing Enterprise Manager Grid Control, and Enterprise Manager Key Concepts and Subsystems. The foundation you need to understand the whole software and the following chapters. Read them in order and you are well prepared for the next 10 chapters on managing the various bits and pieces in your data center.The list of bits and pieces is always a surprise, no matter how often you open the book. You can manage Oracle WebLogic Server, Oracle Application Server, Oracle Forms and Reports Services, SOA Suite 10g, Oracle Service Bus 10g, Oracle Internet Directory, Oracle Virtual Directory, Oracle Access Manager, Oracle Identity Manager, Oracle Identity Federation, Oracle Coherence Cluster, Non-Oracle Middleware like Apache, Tomcat, JBoss, OBM WebSphere and much much more. The chapters for these components can be read in any order you like, you only need the foundation chapters and continue with the parts in your data center.Once you are done with them, don't forget to read the last chapter, Best Practices for Managing Middleware Components using Enterprise Manager. Read it, understand it, and implement it in your organization. This will save you valueable time and budget.This book is mainly written for the Enterprise Manager newbies and saves you a lot of time while going through the standard product documentation. All chapters are considerable short and tell exactly what need to know to get started with. Nothing more and nothing less. That's the beauty of it and why I love it. Due to its limitation it will cover everything you'd like to know, but it gets you started and interested for more insights. But that is the job of the product documentation.
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