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I thought the generic advice was to install (in a diff home as appropriate) the latest version of the intelligent agent on the db server - i.e. NOT the one that comes with the db. ?
-- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA Audit Commission UK "Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message news:1f1pauc9ms0021mihvdh769smfocqe4nip_at_4ax.com...Received on Thu Apr 04 2002 - 14:43:06 CST
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> On 4 Apr 2002 04:41:08 -0800, kdew1508_at_freebel.be (K De Weerd) wrote:
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> >We are considering setting up OEM to manage several if not all of our
> >instances. I'm trying to get a clear picture of the things that would
> >be needed and done to set it up flawless.
> >
> >Running on OpenVMS :
> >7.3.2.3.0
> >7.3.3.4
> >7.3.4.4
> >
> >Sunning on Solaris :
> >Different versions both 8.1.6 and 8.1.7, both 32bit as 64 bit
> >
> >AFAIK after investigating the info I can find on the web using both
> >Oracle and other sites is :
> >
> >OEM is best installed on a NT or 2000 environment. We'd possibly use a
> >somewhat standard PC with sufficient resources to continuesly run a
> >small Oracle instance containing the repository. After installing OEM
> >we'd have to enable Orafcle Server Manager. I could not find a
> >reference that this requires additional installation (?).
> >
> >Both on this machine as on every machine running instances we'd like
> >to manage through OEM, we have to install an Oracle Intelligent Agent.
> >
> >Here's a question :
> >Using different versions of Oracle server, what version of the agent
> >needs to be installed? Can or must we install the latest version of
> >the agent as supplied with the installation CD of OEM 2.2, or do we
> >need to install agent versions appropriate for the version of Oracle
> >Server running on that particular machine?
>
> The version that came with the server software
> >
> >Or even :
> >Is it at all possibly tu use OEM 2.2 to manage even the older versions
> >of Oracle Server?
>
> Yes
> >
> >More generally :
> >Do we need to consider any performance issue?
>
> No
> >
> >I'd appreciate ANY information one can provide me with. Even just a
> >link to a clear site can be helpfull.
> >
> >TIA
> >
> >K De Weerd
>
>
> Regards
>
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
>
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