Preface

Oracle Enterprise Manager provides the tools to effectively and efficiently manage your Oracle Exadata Database Machine. With a consolidated view of the Exadata Database Machine, Oracle Enterprise Manager provides a consolidated view of all the hardware components and their physical location with indications of status. Oracle Enterprise Manager also provides a software view of the databases residing on it and their resource consumption on compute node and Exadata Storage Cell.

This document provides the installation and administration instructions to set up Oracle Enterprise Manager to monitor and manage your Oracle Exadata Database Machine.

Audience

This system monitoring installation guide is for users who perform administrative and problem-resolution tasks on Oracle Exadata Database Machine.

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