Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide

400 Pages·2010·2.7 MB·English

by  Aravind Jayaraaman

Oracle® Enterprise Manager
Grid Control Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide
11g Release 1 (11.1.0.1.0)
E16847-07
July 2010
Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide, 11g Release 1
(11.1.0.1.0)
E16847-07
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Primary Author: Aravind Jayaraaman
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Contents
Preface............................................................................................................................................................... xv
Intended Audience.................................................................................................................................... xv
Purpose of the Document......................................................................................................................... xv
Documentation Accessibility................................................................................................................... xvi
Related Documents.................................................................................................................................. xvii
Conventions.............................................................................................................................................. xvii
1 Getting Started
1.1 Installing Enterprise Manager Grid Control........................................................................... 1-1
1.2 Adding Additional Oracle Management Service................................................................... 1-2
1.3 Installing Oracle Management Agent...................................................................................... 1-2
1.4 Upgrading Enterprise Manager Grid Control or Oracle Management Service................. 1-3
1.5 Upgrading Oracle Management Agent................................................................................... 1-4
2 Things to Know
2.1 Procuring Enterprise Manager Grid Control Software......................................................... 2-1
2.1.1 How Do You Access the Software from DVD?............................................................... 2-1
2.1.1.1 Accessing Software from DVD................................................................................... 2-2
2.1.1.2 Setting Mount Point for DVD..................................................................................... 2-2
2.1.2 How Do You Procure the Software from Oracle Technology Network?.................... 2-3
2.1.2.1 Downloading Software................................................................................................ 2-3
2.1.2.2 Verifying File Size......................................................................................................... 2-4
2.1.2.3 Extracting Contents...................................................................................................... 2-4
2.1.2.4 Verifying Platform Information................................................................................. 2-4
2.2 Procuring Oracle Management Agent Software.................................................................... 2-5
2.2.1 Automatically Downloading Management Agent Software Using Download Agent
Software Application 2-6
2.2.1.1 What Is Agent Download Application?.................................................................... 2-6
2.2.1.2 What Prerequisites You Must Meet?......................................................................... 2-6
2.2.1.3 How Do You Download the Management Agent Software?................................. 2-7
2.2.2 Manually Downloading Management Agent Software from OTN............................. 2-9
2.3 Understanding Installation Basics ........................................................................................... 2-9
2.3.1 What Different Installation Modes Can You Use?.......................................................... 2-9
2.3.2 What Is Enterprise Manager Grid Control Installation Wizard?............................... 2-10
2.3.3 What Installation Types Are Offered by the Installation Wizard?............................ 2-10
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2.3.4 What Ports Are Used for Installation?........................................................................... 2-12
2.3.4.1 What Default Ports Are Used?................................................................................ 2-12
2.3.4.2 How Can You Customize Ports?............................................................................. 2-12
2.3.4.3 What Precautions Must You Take While Customizing Port Numbers?........... 2-13
2.3.5 How Can You Change the Language Used in Enterprise Manager Grid Control
Console? 2-14
2.3.6 What Data Files Are Created While Configuring Oracle Management Repository?........
2-14
2.3.7 How Do You Delete Data Files?..................................................................................... 2-14
2.4 Understanding Oracle WebLogic Server Requirement...................................................... 2-15
2.4.1 How Do I Install Oracle WebLogic Server?.................................................................. 2-15
2.4.2 How Do I Verify Whether Oracle WebLogic Server Is Installed?............................. 2-16
2.4.3 Is Oracle WebLogic Server Cluster Supported?........................................................... 2-16
2.4.4 Is the Existing Admin Server in Oracle WebLogic Server Used?.............................. 2-16
2.4.5 When and Why Do You Need Oracle WebLogic Server Credentials?..................... 2-16
2.4.6 When and Why Do You Need Node Manager Credentials?..................................... 2-17
2.4.7 How Do You Find Admin Server Port While Installing an Additional OMS......... 2-17
2.4.8 How Do You Verify Whether Admin Server Is Running?......................................... 2-17
2.4.9 How Do You Start Admin Server?................................................................................. 2-17
2.5 Understanding Installation Directories................................................................................ 2-17
2.5.1 What Is Oracle Inventory Directory?............................................................................. 2-18
2.5.2 What Is Oracle Middleware Home?............................................................................... 2-18
2.5.3 What Is Oracle Management Service Instance Base Location?.................................. 2-19
2.5.4 What Is Oracle Home?..................................................................................................... 2-19
2.5.5 What Is Installation Base Directory?.............................................................................. 2-19
2.5.6 What Is EMSTATE Directory?........................................................................................ 2-20
2.5.7 What Is /TMP C:\Temp Directory Used For?............................................................. 2-20
2.6 Understanding Additional Components Installed............................................................. 2-21
2.6.1 What Is Oracle Configuration Manager?...................................................................... 2-21
2.6.1.1 Manually Collecting and Uploading Configuration Information...................... 2-21
2.6.1.2 Enabling Oracle Configuration Manager After Installing Enterprise Manager Grid
Control 2-22
2.6.2 What Are Software Updates?.......................................................................................... 2-22
2.6.2.1 How Can You Download the Software Updates?................................................ 2-22
2.6.2.2 When Can You Apply the Software Updates?...................................................... 2-22
2.6.2.3 Where Are the Software Updates Downloaded?.................................................. 2-23
2.7 Understanding Configuration Assistants............................................................................. 2-23
2.7.1 What Are Configuration Assistants?............................................................................. 2-24
2.7.2 What Configuration Assistants Are Run by the Installation Wizard?...................... 2-24
2.7.3 What Is Agent Configuration Assistant Used For?..................................................... 2-25
2.7.4 What Do You Do When Configuration Assistants Fail?............................................. 2-26
2.8 Understanding Prerequisite Checks...................................................................................... 2-32
2.8.1 What Prerequisite Checks Are Run by Default?.......................................................... 2-32
2.8.2 How Can You Run Prerequisite Checks in Standalone Mode?................................. 2-33
2.9 Understanding Limitations of Enterprise Manager Grid Control.................................... 2-33
2.9.1 Can You Access Unlicensed Components?................................................................... 2-34
2.9.2 What Are the Limitations with DHCP-Enabled Machines?....................................... 2-34
2.10 Understanding Other Miscellaneous Concepts................................................................... 2-34
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2.10.1 What Is a Host List File?.................................................................................................. 2-34
2.10.2 What SYSDBA Privileges Are Required for Creating Repository Schema?............ 2-35
2.10.3 What Scripts Are Run During the Installation Process?............................................. 2-36
Part I Installing Enterprise Manager System
3 Installing Enterprise Manager System
3.1 Overview...................................................................................................................................... 3-1
3.2 Before You Begin......................................................................................................................... 3-2
3.3 Prerequisites................................................................................................................................ 3-4
3.3.1 Setting Database Initialization Parameters................................................................... 3-11
3.4 Installation Procedure............................................................................................................. 3-12
3.5 After You Install....................................................................................................................... 3-18
4 Installing Enterprise Manager Software Only in Graphical Mode and
Configuring Later
4.1 Overview...................................................................................................................................... 4-1
4.2 Before You Begin......................................................................................................................... 4-2
4.3 Prerequisites................................................................................................................................ 4-3
4.4 Installation Procedure................................................................................................................ 4-3
4.5 After You Install.......................................................................................................................... 4-5
4.6 Configuration Procedure........................................................................................................... 4-5
4.7 After You Configure................................................................................................................... 4-5
5 Installing Enterprise Manager Software Only in Silent Mode and Configuring
Later
5.1 Overview...................................................................................................................................... 5-1
5.2 Before You Begin......................................................................................................................... 5-2
5.3 Prerequisites................................................................................................................................ 5-2
5.4 Installation Procedure................................................................................................................ 5-2
5.5 After You Install.......................................................................................................................... 5-3
5.6 Configuration Procedure........................................................................................................... 5-3
5.7 After You Configure................................................................................................................... 5-4
Part II Adding Additional Oracle Management Service
6 Adding Additional Oracle Management Service
6.1 Overview...................................................................................................................................... 6-1
6.2 Before You Begin......................................................................................................................... 6-3
6.3 Prerequisites................................................................................................................................ 6-4
6.4 Installation Procedure................................................................................................................ 6-9
6.5 After You Install....................................................................................................................... 6-12
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7 Installing Oracle Management Service Software Only in Graphical Mode and
Configuring Later
7.1 Overview...................................................................................................................................... 7-1
7.2 Before You Begin......................................................................................................................... 7-2
7.3 Prerequisites................................................................................................................................ 7-3
7.4 Install Additional OMS.............................................................................................................. 7-3
7.5 Install Add-Ons........................................................................................................................... 7-4
7.6 After You Install OMS................................................................................................................ 7-4
7.7 Configure OMS........................................................................................................................... 7-4
7.8 After You Configure OMS......................................................................................................... 7-5
8 Installing Oracle Management Service Software Only in Silent Mode and
Configuring Later
8.1 Overview...................................................................................................................................... 8-1
8.2 Before You Begin......................................................................................................................... 8-2
8.3 Prerequisites................................................................................................................................ 8-2
8.4 Install Additional OMS.............................................................................................................. 8-2
8.5 Install Add-Ons........................................................................................................................... 8-3
8.6 After You Install OMS................................................................................................................ 8-3
8.7 Configure OMS........................................................................................................................... 8-3
8.8 After You Configure OMS......................................................................................................... 8-4
Part III Installing Oracle Management Agent
9 Installing Oracle Management Agent on a Cluster Using Agent Deployment
Wizard
9.1 Overview...................................................................................................................................... 9-1
9.2 Before You Begin......................................................................................................................... 9-2
9.3 Prerequisites................................................................................................................................ 9-3
9.4 Installation Procedure................................................................................................................ 9-7
9.5 After You Install....................................................................................................................... 9-13
10 Installing Oracle Management Agent Using Shared Oracle Home
10.1 Overview................................................................................................................................... 10-1
10.2 Before You Begin...................................................................................................................... 10-2
10.3 Prerequisites............................................................................................................................. 10-2
10.4 Installation Procedure............................................................................................................. 10-6
10.5 After You Install....................................................................................................................... 10-8
11 Cloning Oracle Management Agent Using Agent Cloning Wizard
11.1 Overview................................................................................................................................... 11-1
11.2 Before You Begin...................................................................................................................... 11-2
11.3 Prerequisites............................................................................................................................. 11-2
11.4 Cloning Procedure................................................................................................................... 11-7
11.5 After You Clone...................................................................................................................... 11-11
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12 Installing Oracle Management Agent Using Response File
12.1 Overview................................................................................................................................... 12-1
12.2 Prerequisites............................................................................................................................. 12-2
12.3 Installation Procedure............................................................................................................. 12-4
12.4 After You Install....................................................................................................................... 12-6
13 Installing Oracle Management Agent Using agentDownload Script
13.1 Overview................................................................................................................................... 13-1
13.2 Prerequisites............................................................................................................................. 13-2
13.3 Installation Procedure............................................................................................................. 13-4
13.4 After You Install....................................................................................................................... 13-6
14 Installing Oracle Management Agent on a Cluster Using Response File or
agentDownload Script
14.1 Overview................................................................................................................................... 14-1
14.2 Before You Begin...................................................................................................................... 14-2
14.3 Prerequisites............................................................................................................................. 14-2
14.4 Installation Procedure............................................................................................................. 14-3
14.4.1 Installing Using Response File........................................................................................ 14-3
14.4.1.1 Editing Parameters for Installing Oracle Management Agent on a Cluster..... 14-4
14.4.1.2 Updating the Node List After Installing the Management Agent..................... 14-5
14.4.2 Installing Using agentDownload Script........................................................................ 14-7
14.5 After You Install..................................................................................................................... 14-10
15 Installing Oracle Management Agent Using Shared Oracle Home Using
nfsagentinstall Script
15.1 Overview................................................................................................................................... 15-1
15.2 Before You Begin...................................................................................................................... 15-2
15.3 Prerequisites............................................................................................................................. 15-2
15.4 Installation Procedure............................................................................................................. 15-5
15.5 After You Install....................................................................................................................... 15-6
16 Cloning Oracle Management Agent Using ZIP File
16.1 Overview................................................................................................................................... 16-1
16.2 Before You Begin...................................................................................................................... 16-1
16.3 Prerequisites............................................................................................................................. 16-2
16.4 Cloning Procedure................................................................................................................... 16-5
16.5 After You Clone........................................................................................................................ 16-6
17 Cloning Oracle Management Agent on Clusters Using ZIP File
17.1 Overview................................................................................................................................... 17-1
17.2 Before You Begin...................................................................................................................... 17-1
17.3 Prerequisites............................................................................................................................. 17-1
17.4 Cloning Procedure................................................................................................................... 17-2
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17.5 After You Clone........................................................................................................................ 17-2
Part IV Advanced Configuration
18 Introduction to Enterprise Manager Advanced Configuration
18.1 Types of Advanced Configuration Tasks............................................................................. 18-1
18.2 Understanding the Enterprise Manager Directory Structure............................................ 18-1
18.2.1 Understanding the Enterprise Manager Directories Installed with Oracle Enterprise
Manager Grid Control 11g Release 1 18-2
18.2.1.1 About the Oracle Management Service Home Directory.................................... 18-2
18.2.1.2 About the Oracle Management Agent Home (AGENT_HOME) Directory..... 18-2
18.2.1.3 Summary of the Important Directories in the Oracle Management Service Home....
18-2
18.2.2 Understanding the Enterprise Manager Directories Installed with the Management
Agent 18-3
18.2.2.1 Summary of the Important Directories in the Oracle Management Agent Home.....
18-4
18.2.2.2 Understanding the Oracle Management Agent Directory Structure on Windows....
18-4
18.2.3 Identifying the Oracle Home When Using the emctl Command.............................. 18-5
18.3 Enabling Enterprise Manager Accessibility Features......................................................... 18-5
18.3.1 Enabling Enterprise Manager Accessibility Mode....................................................... 18-5
18.3.2 Providing Textual Descriptions of Enterprise Manager Charts................................ 18-6
19 Configuring Enterprise Manager for Firewalls
19.1 Considerations Before Configuring Your Firewall............................................................. 19-1
19.2 Firewall Configurations for Enterprise Management Components................................. 19-2
19.2.1 Firewalls Between Your Browser and the Grid Control Console.............................. 19-3
19.2.2 Configuring the Management Agent on a Host Protected by a Firewall................. 19-4
19.2.2.1 Configuring the Management Agent to Use a Proxy Server.............................. 19-5
19.2.2.2 Configuring the Firewall to Allow Incoming Communication From the
Management Service 19-6
19.2.3 Configuring the Management Service on a Host Protected by a Firewall............... 19-6
19.2.3.1 Configuring the Management Service to Use a Proxy Server............................. 19-7
19.2.3.2 About the dontProxyfor Property........................................................................... 19-7
19.2.3.3 Configuring the Firewall to Allow Incoming Management Data From the
Management Agents 19-8
19.2.4 Firewalls Between the Management Service and the Management Repository..... 19-8
19.2.5 Firewalls Between the Grid Control and a Managed Database Target.................... 19-9
19.2.6 Firewalls Used with Multiple Management Services.................................................. 19-9
19.2.7 Configuring Firewalls to Allow ICMP and UDP Traffic for Beacons..................... 19-10
19.2.8 Enabling ICMP Echo Requests on Firewalls............................................................... 19-10
19.2.9 Configuring Firewalls When Managing Oracle Application Server....................... 19-10
19.3 Viewing a Summary of the Ports Assigned During the Application Server Installation.........
19-11
19.4 Additional Considerations for Windows XP..................................................................... 19-11
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20 Additional Configuration Tasks
20.1 Understanding Default and Custom Data Collections....................................................... 20-1
20.1.1 How Enterprise Manager Stores Default Collection Information............................. 20-1
20.2 Enabling Multi-Inventory Support for Configuration Management............................... 20-2
20.2.1 AGENT_HOME Versus AGENT_STATE Directories................................................. 20-3
20.3 Manually Configuring a Database Target for Complete Monitoring.............................. 20-3
20.4 Modifying the Default Login Timeout Value...................................................................... 20-6
20.5 Configuring Clusters and Cluster Databases in Grid Control.......................................... 20-7
20.5.1 Configuring Clusters........................................................................................................ 20-7
20.5.2 Configuring Cluster Databases....................................................................................... 20-7
20.5.3 Discovering Instances Added to the Cluster Database............................................... 20-8
20.5.3.1 Troubleshooting......................................................................................................... 20-8
20.6 Collecting Client Configurations........................................................................................... 20-9
20.6.1 Configuring the Client System Analyzer.................................................................... 20-10
20.6.1.1 Client System Analyzer in Oracle Grid Control................................................. 20-10
20.6.1.2 Deploying Client System Analyzer Independently........................................... 20-10
20.6.2 Configuration Parameters............................................................................................. 20-11
20.6.2.1 Associating the Parameters with an Application............................................... 20-14
20.6.3 Rules................................................................................................................................. 20-15
20.6.4 Customization................................................................................................................. 20-17
20.6.5 CSA Deployment Examples.......................................................................................... 20-17
20.6.5.1 Using Multiple Collection Tags............................................................................. 20-17
20.6.5.2 Privilege Model for Viewing Client Configurations.......................................... 20-18
20.6.5.3 Using the Customization API Example............................................................... 20-19
20.6.5.4 Using the CSA Servlet Filter Example.................................................................. 20-20
20.6.5.5 Sample Deployments.............................................................................................. 20-21
20.6.5.5.1 Example 1: Helpdesk....................................................................................... 20-21
20.6.5.5.2 Example 2: Inventory....................................................................................... 20-22
20.6.5.5.3 Example 3: Problem Detection....................................................................... 20-23
20.7 Configuring Privilege Delegation Providers..................................................................... 20-23
20.7.1 Creating a Privilege Delegation Setting...................................................................... 20-24
20.7.1.1 Creating a Sudo Setting Using EMCLI................................................................. 20-25
20.7.1.2 Creating a PowerBroker Setting Using EMCLI................................................... 20-25
20.7.2 Applying Privilege Delegation Settings...................................................................... 20-26
20.7.2.1 Applying Settings to Host Targets Using EMCLI.............................................. 20-26
20.7.2.2 Applying Settings to a Composite Target............................................................ 20-26
20.7.3 Disabling Host Privilege Delegation Provider Settings Using EMCLI................... 20-27
20.7.4 Sudo Configuration: Sudoers File................................................................................ 20-27
20.7.5 Configuring Privilege Delegation Providers Using Grid Control Console........... 20-27
20.7.5.1 Configuring Sudo Settings For a Host Using Enterprise Manager Grid Control
Console 20-28
20.7.5.2 Configuring PowerBroker Settings For a Host Using the Grid Control Console.......
20-28
20.7.5.3 Applying Settings to Multiple Host Targets Using the Grid Control Console...........
20-29
20.7.5.4 Disabling Host Privilege Delegation Provider Settings For One or More Hosts
Using Grid Control Console 20-30
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20.8 Installing a Self-Signed Certificate For Production Environments................................. 20-31
Part V Upgrading Enterprise Manager System
21 Upgrading to Enterprise Manager 11g
21.1 Overview................................................................................................................................... 21-2
21.2 Before You Begin...................................................................................................................... 21-2
21.3 Prerequisites............................................................................................................................. 21-3
21.4 Upgrade Procedure.................................................................................................................. 21-8
21.5 After You Upgrade................................................................................................................ 21-12
22 Upgrading Enterprise Manager System with Add-Ons Installed in Graphical
Mode
22.1 Overview................................................................................................................................... 22-1
22.2 Prerequisites............................................................................................................................. 22-2
22.3 Upgrade Enterprise Manager................................................................................................. 22-2
22.4 Install Add-Ons........................................................................................................................ 22-3
22.5 After You Install Add-Ons..................................................................................................... 22-3
22.6 Configure Enterprise Manager.............................................................................................. 22-3
22.7 After You Configure Enterprise Manager............................................................................ 22-4
23 Upgrading Enterprise Manager System with Add-Ons Installed in Silent
Mode
23.1 Overview................................................................................................................................... 23-1
23.2 Prerequisites............................................................................................................................. 23-2
23.3 Upgrade Enterprise Manager................................................................................................. 23-2
23.4 Install Add-Ons........................................................................................................................ 23-3
23.5 After You Install Add-Ons..................................................................................................... 23-4
23.6 Configure Enterprise Manager.............................................................................................. 23-4
23.7 After You Configure Enterprise Manager............................................................................ 23-4
Part VI Upgrading Oracle Management Agent
24 Upgrading Oracle Management Agent Using Agent Upgrade Wizard
24.1 Overview................................................................................................................................... 24-1
24.2 Before You Begin...................................................................................................................... 24-2
24.3 Prerequisites............................................................................................................................. 24-2
24.4 Upgrade Procedure.................................................................................................................. 24-6
24.4.1 Additional Parameters You Can Specify for Agent Upgrade.................................. 24-10
24.5 After You Upgrade................................................................................................................ 24-11
25 Upgrading Oracle Management Agent Using a Response File
25.1 Overview................................................................................................................................... 25-1
25.2 Before You Begin...................................................................................................................... 25-1
25.3 Prerequisites............................................................................................................................. 25-1
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