Re: Monitoring multiple application servers with grid control

From: John Piwowar <jpiwowar_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:41:51 -0800
Message-ID: <b7fb88be0912141141i52d150efm9f85ccf1ca27a23d_at_mail.gmail.com>

Let's try that again; who knew that accidental combination of keystrokes would send a message? :-P

It was a recommendation from a security whitepaper; my link to it is now broken, so maybe the opinion has been revised, but based on the filename it seems to be from OpenWorld 2006. I'll see if I can dig up a working reference.

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Regards,

John P.

On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Niall Litchfield <
niall.litchfield_at_gmail.com> wrote:



> Where is the recommendation? I've not seen it, and would be surprised

> by it for among others the reasons you give.

>

> On 12/14/09, John Piwowar <jpiwowar_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> > If you follow Oracle's recommendation to install the agent software as a

> > different OS user than software to be monitored, you may have file

> > permission issues that lead to problems with target discovery.  My Oracle

> > Support Doc 437078.1 covers this topic.  There's a section in the Grid

> > Control release notes that discusses this as well.

> >

> > Regards,

> >

> > John P.

> >

> >

> > On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 11:44 PM, Niall Litchfield <

> > niall.litchfield_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> >

> >> The agent should detect oracle app servers and oc4j instances out of

> >> the box, if it doesn't target discovery is the keyword to search for

> >> on metalink

> >>

> >> On 12/14/09, Domagoj Smoljanovic <dsmoljanovic_at_ieee.org> wrote:

> >> > Not yet. We will have. Does the agent autodetect everything or do i

> need

> >> to

> >> > add manualy application servers? And what about solo OC4J instances?

> >> >

> >> > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 8:13 PM, <lyallbarbour_at_sanfranmail.com>

> wrote:

> >> >

> >> >> have you got Agents installed on those servers?  There's a Mass

> >> Deployment

> >> >> Agent for download from Oracle

> >> >>

> >> >>

> >> >>

> >>

> http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/oem/htdocs/agentsoft.html

> >> >>

> >> >> Lyall

> >> >>

> >> >>

> >> >>  -----Original Message-----

> >> >> From: Domagoj Smoljanovic <dsmoljanovic_at_ieee.org>

> >> >> To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org

> >> >> Sent: Fri, Dec 11, 2009 1:52 pm

> >> >> Subject: Monitoring multiple application servers with grid control

> >> >>

> >> >> Hi all.

> >> >>

> >> >>   Is there a guide or documentation on how to add and configure

> >> >> application

> >> >> server targets for monitoring on Grid Control? We'd like to add

> >> everything

> >> >> to one monitoring portal, but I can't find the procedure needed to do

> >> >> this.

> >> >> We have application server installations as well as simple OC4J

> >> instances

> >> >> running on different servers.

> >> >>   I did search the web, but couldn't find anything.

> >> >>

> >> >> Thank you in advance,

> >> >> Domagoj

> >> >>

> >> >>

> >> >

> >>

> >> --

> >> Sent from my mobile device

> >>

> >> Niall Litchfield

> >> Oracle DBA

> >> http://www.orawin.info

> >> --

> >> http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >

> >

> > --

> > jp

> >

> > John E. Piwowar

> > Bright, early, John...pick any two

> >

>

> --

> Sent from my mobile device

>

> Niall Litchfield

> Oracle DBA

> http://www.orawin.info

>


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