How To Set Up OEM

Once the username and password are entered, the web interface will display the instance summary which provides guidance through the rest of the instance administration tasks. The new look and feel of OEM provides a feature rich display that allows a DBA to drill down and scroll down to detailed reports on any metric. The default Home screen is shown in Figure 3.16.

Since the screen is long and has to be scrolled down to be viewed completely, it is presented here in multiple parts.

Figure 3.16 OEM Home

Additional screens are for Performance, Administration and Maintenance, and are similar to the  images shown in the following Figures. Displays will differ depending on the instance configuration and number of databases being monitored.

Figure 3.17 OEM Performance

Figure 3.18 OEM Administration

Figure 3.19 OEM Maintenance

Each of the Automatic DBA screens will be reviewed in detail in later chapters.

Conclusion

In this chapter, the important database installation procedures including checking for prerequisites, installation process, database editions, starter database types, storage options, use of DBCA and setting up of OEM have been examined. To summarize: