Target

As seen in Chapter 1, the term 'target' refers to an entity that is managed via Enterprise Manager Grid Control. Target is the most important entity in Enterprise Manager Grid Control. All other processes and subsystems revolve around the target subsystem. For each target there is a model of the target that is saved in the Enterprise Manager Repository. In this book, we will use the terms target and target model interchangeably.

Major building blocks of the target subsystem are:

Target definition

All targets are organized into different categories, just like the actual entity that they represent, for example there is WebLogic Server target, Oracle Database target, and so on. These categories are called target types.

For each target type there is a definition in XML format that is available with the agent as well as with the repository. This definition includes:

• Target Attributes: There are some attributes that are common across all target types, and there are some attributes specific...