4 Oracle Enterprise Manager Licensed Management Plug-Ins

Features

The following features are available for this plug-in:

• Real-time and historical performance monitoring and trending (hosts)

• Event management and monitoring

• Event/alert notifications: notification methods, rules, and schedules

• Event/alert history and metric history (hosts)

• User-defined metrics

• Metric snapshots

• Blackouts/planned outages

• Monitoring templates

• Corrective actions (including response actions)

• Performance and event reports

• Repository tables/views that store/expose the above data

To use these features, you must license the System Monitoring Plug-in for Hosts.

Licensed Links

The list that follows itemizes the links that require licensing of the System Monitoring for Hosts plug-in. Some features for the plug-in are accessed only when you are in Grid Control mode. You can navigate to these features in several ways. The list that follows assumes that you begin from the main Grid Control Home page.

• From the Oracle Enterprise Manager Hosts page:

  • When you click the link in the Status column, Enterprise Manager displays the Availability (Status History) page, which is part of this licensed plug-in.

  • When you select the value in the CPU Util % column, the metric history page for CPU Utilization (%) appears, which is part of this licensed plug-in.

  • When you select the value in the Memory Util % column, the metric history page for Memory Utilization (%) appears, which is part of licensed System Monitoring for Hosts plug-in.

  • When you select the value in the Total IO/sec column, the metric history page for Total Disk I/O Per Second appears, which is part of the licensed plug-in.

• From the Oracle Enterprise Manager Host Home page:

  • When you click the link in the Status field or the Availability field, the Availability (Status History) page appears, which is part of this licensed plug-in.

  • When you click the Black Out button, the Create Blackout wizard initiates, which is part of this licensed plug-in.

  • When you click the Metric Name in the Alerts Table, the metric history page that is displayed is part of the System Monitoring for Hosts plug-in.

• From the Related Links section of the Oracle Enterprise Manager Host Home page, the following links are licensed under the System Monitoring for Hosts plug-in:

  • Alert History

  • Blackouts

  • Storage Details

  • User-defined Metrics

  • From the All Metrics link and the resultant All Metrics page, drilling down to Metric History pages is licensed.

  • From the Metrics and Policy Settings link, selecting Metric Snapshots from the Metric Thresholds Links section is a licensed feature.

• All links, charts, and information on the Performance sub-tab of the Host Home page are licensed under the System Monitoring for Hosts plug-in.

• Select the Preferences link on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Hosts page. From the General Preferences list, selecting either Notification Rules or Notifications Public Rules, and then Create to create a notification rule, or selecting the Notification Schedules feature is a licensed activity of the System Monitoring for Hosts plug-in.

• Creating a notification rule that applies to a host is a licensable feature of the System Monitoring for Hosts plug-in.

• Select the Setup link on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Hosts page. The following links on the Overview of Setup page are licensed as part of the System Monitoring for Hosts plug-in:

  • Monitoring Templates

  • Corrective Action Library

  • Notification Methods

  • Blackouts

• Select the Alerts tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Hosts page. Clicking on the Message link for any host-related alert is a licensed feature of the plug-in.

• Select the Groups sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page. On the Groups page, click an Alert in the Alert column. The Message link on the Status Report page is a licensed feature of the plug-in.

• Select the Groups sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page. Navigate to the Group Home page. The following items are licensed as part of the System Monitoring Plug-in for Hosts:

  • Message links for host-related alerts accessible from links in the Alerts section

  • Alert History button in the Alerts section

  • Status History button in the Status section

• Select the Groups sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page. Navigate to the Group Home page. All information on the Groups Charts page is licensed if the host is part of the membership of the group.

• Select the Groups sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page. Navigate to the Group Home page. On the Groups Administration page, all links in the Blackouts section are licensed if the host is a member of the group.

• Select the Groups sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page. Navigate to the Group Home page. On the Groups Members page, the following items are licensed as part of the System Monitoring Plug-in for Hosts:

  • Host-related links in the Status column

  • Message links for host-related alerts accessible from links in the Alerts column

  • Links in the performance metric columns for hosts; for example, CPU Usage and Memory Usage

• Select the Systems sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page. On the Systems page, click an Alert in the Alert column. The Message link on the Status Report page is a licensed feature of the plug-in.

• Select the Systems sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page. Navigate to the System Home page. Whenever a host target is included in the system, the following items are licensed as part of the System Monitoring Plug-in for Hosts on the Systems Home page:

  • Message links for host-related alerts accessible from links in the Alerts section

  • Alert History button in the Alerts section

  • Status History button in the Status section

• Select the Systems sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page. Navigate to the System Home page. All information on the Systems Charts page is licensed if the host is part of the system.

• Select the Systems sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page. Navigate to the System Home page. On the Systems Administration page, all links in the Blackouts section are licensed if the host is part of the system.

• Select the Systems sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page. Navigate to the System Home page. On the Systems Components page, the following items are licensed:

  • Host links in the Status column

  • Message links for host-related alerts accessible from links in the Alerts column

  • Links in the performance metric columns for host metrics

• Select the Systems sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page. Navigate to the System Home page. On the Systems Topology page, the following items are licensed:

  • Status link in the Selection Details column for host components

  • Message links accessible from the alerts links in the Selection Details and Summary sections for host alerts

• Select the Systems sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page. Navigate to the System Home page. Click the Launch Dashboard button. On the Dashboard, all Message links for host-related alerts in the Message column are licensed as are status links in the status column.

• Select the Services sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page. On the Services page, the following items are licensed as part of the System Monitoring Plug-in for Hosts:

  • The Status link is licensed if service availability is system-based and if at least one host component is a key component

  • Message links accessible from links in the Performance Alerts section if host metrics are used as performance metrics

  • Message links accessible from links in the Usage Alerts column if host metrics are used as usage metrics

  • Message links for host-related alerts accessible from links in the Alerts column of the Key Components sub-column

• Select the Services sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page. On the Services page, select a Service to add from the Add drop-down menu and click Go. On the Services Creation wizard, the use of host metrics as performance and usage metrics is a licensed feature of the plug-in.

• Select the Services sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page. Click a generic service link on the Services page to display the Service Home page. The following items are licensed as part of the System Monitoring Plug-in for Hosts on the Service Home page:

  • The Blackout button in the General section is licensed if the availability of the service is system-based and at least one host is a key component

  • The Availability link in the General section is licensed if the availability of the service is system-based and at least one host is a key component

  • Actual Service Level link in the General section is licensed if the availability of the service is system-based and at least one host is a key component

  • Message links in the Message column for host-related alerts accessible from Alert links in the Key Component Summary section

  • Message links in the Message column of the Possible Causes of Service Failure section if a host component is one of the possible causes of failure

  • Message links in the Message columns accessible from the Root Cause Analysis Details link in the Possible Causes of Service Failure section if a host component is one of the possible causes of failure

  • Message links for host-related alerts in the Message column of the Alerts section

• Select the Services sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page. Click a generic service link on the Services page to display the Service Home page. Click the System link. The following items are licensed as part of the System Monitoring Plug-in for Hosts on the Service System page:

  • Status link for host key components

  • Message links for host-related alerts accessible from links in the Alerts column

• Select the Services sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page. Click a generic service link on the Services page to display the Service Home page. Click the Topology link. The following items are licensed as part of the plug-in on the Service Topology page:

  • The Status link in the Selection Details section is licensed if service availability is system-based and if at least one host is a key component

  • Message links for host-related alerts accessible from the Alerts link in the Selection Details section

  • Possible Root Cause link in the Selection Details section if the root cause is a host

• Select the Services sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page. Click a generic service link on the Services page to display the Service Home page. Click the Monitoring Configuration link. The following items are licensed as part of the plug-in on the Service Monitoring Configuration page:

  • Host links for host targets in the Component Test column accessible from the Root Cause Analysis Configuration link

  • Adding Performance Metrics based on host metrics accessible from the Performance Metrics link

  • Adding Usage Metrics based on host metrics accessible from the Usage Metrics link

• Select the Services sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page. Click a generic service link on the Services page to display the Service Home page. The following items are licensed as part of the plug-in in the Related Links section:

  • Blackouts and all subsequent pages are licensed if the availability of the service is system-based and at least one host is a key component

  • Alert History link and subsequent pages if any host metrics are used as performance or usage metrics for the service

• Select the Services sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page. Click an aggregate service link on the Services page to display the Service Home page. The following items are licensed as part of the System Monitoring Plug-in for Hosts on the Service Home page:

  • The Blackout button in the General section is licensed if the availability of one of the sub-services is system-based and at least one host is a key component

  • The Availability link in the General section is licensed if the availability of one of the sub-services is system-based and at least one host is a key component

  • Actual Service Level link in the General section is licensed if the availability of one of the sub-services is system-based and at least one host is a key component

  • Message links in the Message column for host-related alerts accessible from Alert links in the Key Component Summary section

  • Message links in the Message column of the Possible Causes of Service Failure section, if a host component is one of the possible causes of failure

  • Message links in the Message columns accessible from the Root Cause Analysis Details link in the Possible Causes of Service Failure section, if a host component is one of the possible causes of failure

  • Message links for host-related alerts in the Message column of the Alerts section

• Select the Services sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page. Click an aggregate service link on the Services page to display the Service Home page. Click the Topology link. The following items are licensed as part of the plug-in on the Service Topology page:

  • The Status link in the Selection Details section is licensed if the availability of one of the sub-services is system-based and if at least one host is a key component

  • Message links for host-related alerts accessible from the Alerts link in the Selection Details section

  • Possible Root Cause link in the Selection Details section if the root cause is a host

• Select the Services sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page. Click an aggregate service link on the Services page to display the Service Home page. The following items are licensed as part of the plug-in in the Related Links section:

  • Blackouts and all subsequent pages are licensed if the availability of one of the sub-services is system-based and at least one host is a key component

  • Host links for host targets in the Component Test column accessible from the Root Cause Analysis Configuration link

• Select the Web Applications sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page. On the Web Applications page the following items are licensed as part of the System Monitoring Plug-in for Hosts:

  • If Web Application availability is system-based and if at least one host component is a key component, then the Status link is licensed

  • Message links for host-related alerts accessible from links in the Alerts column

• Select the Web Applications sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page. Click a web application. The following items are licensed as part of the System Monitoring Plug-in for Hosts on the Web Application Home page:

  • The Blackout button in the General section is licensed if the availability of the service is system-based and at least one host is a key component

  • The Availability link in the General section is licensed if the availability of the service is system-based and at least one host is a key component

  • Actual Service Level link in the General section is licensed if the availability of the service is system-based and at least one host is a key component

  • Message links in the Message column for host-related alerts accessible from Alert links in the Key Component Summary section

  • Message links in the Message column of the Possible Causes of Service Failure section, if a host component is one of the possible causes of failure

  • Message links in the Message columns accessible from the Root Cause Analysis Details link in the Possible Causes of Service Failure section, if a host component is one of the possible causes of failure

  • Message links for host-related alerts in the Message column of the Alerts section for host alerts

• Select the Web Applications sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page. Click a web application. Click the System link. The following items are licensed as part of the plug-in on the Web Application System page:

  • Status link is licensed if service availability is system-based and if at least one host is a key component

  • Message links for host-related alerts accessible from links in the Alerts column

• Select the Web Applications sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page. Click a web application. Click the Topology link. The following items are licensed as part of the plug-in on the Web Application Topology page:

  • The Status link in the Selection Details section is licensed if service availability is system-based and if at least one host is a key component

  • Message links for host-related alerts accessible from the Alerts link in the Selection Details section

  • Possible Root Cause link in the Selection Details section if the root cause is a host

• Select the Web Applications sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page. Click a web application. Click the Monitoring Configuration link. The following items are licensed as part of the plug-in on the Web Application Monitoring Configuration page:

  • Host links in the Component Test column accessible from the Root Cause Analysis Configuration link

  • Adding Performance Metrics based on host metrics accessible from the Performance Metrics link

  • Adding Usage Metrics based on host metrics accessible from the Usage Metrics link

• Select the Web Applications sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page. Click a web application. The following item is licensed as part of the plug-in in the Related Links section:

  • Blackouts and all subsequent pages are licensed if the availability of the web application is system-based and at least one host is a key component

• From the Grid Control Home page, select Targets, then Databases, and then select a database link to drill down to the Database Home page. On the Database Home page, any Message link for host-related alerts in the Related Alerts section is a licensed part of the System Monitoring Plug-in for Hosts

• From the Grid Control Home page, select Targets, then Application Servers. Click an application server. On the Application Server Home page, all Message links in the Host Alerts section are licensed

• From the home page for any target type, all Message links in the Host Alerts section are licensed

Licensed Repository Views

The following repository views are part of the System Monitoring Plug-in for Hosts:

• Monitoring Views

  • MGMT$BLACKOUT_HISTORY

  • MGMT$BLACKOUTS

  • MGMT$ALERT_ANNOTATIONS

  • MGMT$ALERT_NOTIF_LOG

  • MGMT$AVAILABILITY_HISTORY

  • MGMT$ALERT_HISTORY

  • MGMT$METRIC_DETAILS

  • MGMT$METRIC_HOURLY

  • MGMT$METRIC_DAILY

• Template Views

  • MGMT$TEMPLATES

  • MGMT$TEMPLATE_POLICY_SETTINGS

  • MGMT$TEMPLATE_METRIC_COLLECTION

  • MGMT$TEMPLATE_METRIC_SETTINGS

Licensed Command Line Interface Verbs

The following command line interface (CLI) verbs are licensed as part of the System Monitoring Plug-in for Hosts:

• delete_blackout

• get_blackout_details

• get_blackout_reasons

• get_blackout_targets

• get_blackouts

• stop_blackout

Licensed Reports

The following reports are part of the System Monitoring Plug-in for Hosts. To display the Reports page, click the Reports tab on the Grid Control Home page.

• 20 Most Common Alerts and Policy Violations

• 20 Most Common Alerts and Policy Violations (Target): for a host target

• Alerts and Policy Violations History

• Alerts and Policy Violations History (Group): if a host is one of the members of the group

• Alerts and Policy Violations History (Target): for a host target

• Availability History (Group): if a host is one of the members of the group

• Availability History (Redundancy Group): if a host is one of the members of the redundancy group

• Availability History (Target): for a host target

Features

The following features are available for these plug-ins:

• Real-time and historical performance monitoring and trending (storage)

• Event management/monitoring (storage)

• Event/alert notifications: notification methods, rules and schedules

• Event/alert history/metric history /metric history (storage)

• User-defined metrics

• Metric snapshots

• Blackouts/planned outages

• Monitoring templates

• Corrective actions (including response actions)

• Performance and event reports

• Repository tables/views that store/expose the above data

To use these features, you must license the System Monitoring Plug-ins for Storage.

Licensed Links

The list that follows itemizes the links that require licensing of the System Monitoring Plug-Ins for Storage. All of the plug-ins (except host) are available in Grid Control only. You can navigate to these features in several ways. The list that follows assumes that you begin from the main Grid Control Home page.

• From the Host Home page, select All Targets. Click an Agent to display the Agent Home page. From the Add menu drop-down, the Network Appliance Filer selection is a licensed option of the System Monitoring Plug-in for Storage. This also applies to EMC Celerra Server.

• From the command line interface, the add_target command (with type=Ónetapp_filerÓ) is licensed as part of this plug-in. This also applies to the EMC Celerra Server.

Features

The following features are available for these plug-ins:

• Real-time and historical performance monitoring and trending (network devices)

• Event management/monitoring (network devices)

• Event/alert notifications: notification methods, rules and schedules

• User-defined metrics

• Metric snapshots

• Blackouts/planned outages

• Monitoring templates

• Corrective actions (including response actions)

• Performance and event reports

• Repository tables/views that store/expose the above data

To use these, you must license the System Monitoring Plug-in for Network Devices.

Licensed Links

The list that follows itemizes the links that require licensing of the System Monitoring for Network Devices plug-ins. The features for the plug-ins are available only in Grid Control mode. You can navigate to these features in several ways. The list that follows assumes that you begin from the main Grid Control Home page.

• From the Host Home page, select All Targets. Click an Agent to display the Agent Home page. From the Add menu drop-down, the Load Balancer Switch selection is a licensed option of the System Monitoring Plug-in for Network Devices. Add other plug-ins as needed. Respective target type names are BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager, Check Point Firewall, and Juniper Netscreen Firewall.

• From the command line interface, the add_target command (with type=ÓslbÓ) is licensed as part of this plug-in. The internal names to be used with the add_target command are listed below:

  • f5_bigip_v9plus_loadbalancer

  • juniper_netscreen_firewall

  • checkpoint_firewall

Features

The following features are available for one or more of these plug-ins:

• End-user performance monitoring

• Real-time and historical performance monitoring and trending

• Monitoring of JMX/Web Services end points hosted on the application server

• Event management/monitoring

• Event/alert notifications: notification methods, rules and schedules

• Event/alert history/metric history /metric history

• User-defined metrics

• Metric snapshots

• Blackouts/planned outages

• Monitoring templates

• Corrective actions (including response actions)

• Performance and event reports

• Repository tables and views that store or expose the above data

• Distributed management through groups and systems

To use the features above, you must license the System Monitoring Plug-in for Non-Oracle Middleware.

Licensed Links

The list that follows itemizes the links that require licensing of the plug-ins. You can navigate to these features in several ways. The list that follows assumes that you begin from the main Grid Control Home page.

• From the Grid Control Home page, navigate to the Host Home page, then select the Targets tab. Select the Application Servers sub-tab. On the Application Servers page, the following links on the Add drop down menu are licensable features of the System Monitoring Plug-in for Non-Oracle Middleware.

  • BEA WebLogic Server Domain

  • IBM WebSphere Application Server Cell

  • IBM WebSphere Application Server

  • JBoss Application Server

  Note that Microsoft links cannot be added on this page. You can add the Microsoft links via the Agents page.

• From the Grid Control Home page, click the Setup link in the upper right corner of the page. On the Overview of Setup page, click the Agents sub-tab. From the Agents page, click an agent to display the Agent Home page. The following selections from the Add drop-down menu under the Monitored Targets section are licensed features of the System Monitoring Plug-in for Non-Oracle Middleware:

  • IBM Websphere Application Server

  • IBM Websphere MQ Queue Manager

  • BEA Weblogic Managed Server

  • Microsoft Active Directory

  • Microsoft Internet Information Services (Microsoft IIS)

  • Microsoft .NET Framework

  • Microsoft Commerce Server

  • Microsoft BizTalk Server

  • Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server (Microsoft ISA Server)

  • JBoss Application Server

• From the command line interface (CLI), the add_target command (as it relates to adding non-Oracle middleware) is licensed as part of this plug-in. The internal names to be used with the CLI add_target command are listed below:

  • websphere_j2eeserver

  • wmq (see note below)

  • weblogic_j2eeserver

  • active_directory

  • microsoft_iis

  • microsoft_dotnet

  • microsoft_commerceserver

  • microsoft_biztalk

  • microsoft_isaserver

  • jboss_j2eeserver

    Note:

    For wmq, another jar file is needed after executing the add_target command. After adding the target, modify the jar path property from the "Monitoring Configuration link" by appending the following path:

    /scratch/mqjars/com.ibm.mq.jar

    Use a colon as a separator between the two jar files if the agent is Linux-based, and a semicolon if the Agent is Windows-based.