Re: using oracle enterprise manager console

Hi Howard,

The way we think alike is almost frightening (for who more so I'm not so sure :).

Spooky

Richard
"Howard J. Rogers" <dba_at_hjrdba.com> wrote in message news:ag0h7u$qpb$1_at_lust.ihug.co.nz...
>
> "Lao Gao" <lpgao_at_centtel.com> wrote in message
news:3d23c2e1_at_news.eol.ca...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I use SYSMAN/OEM_TEMP to login OEM(Oracle Enterprise Maneger) and I got
a
> > message which said unanble to connect to the Oracle Management Server
and
> > check the status of management server.
> >
> > I checked windows service manager of windows 2000 server. I found OMS is
> not
> > started and it can not be started from service manager too. Do you know
> why?
> > what reason? How to fix it?
>
>
> Have you configured it? The usual reason for this, as a search through
the
> Google archives will reveal, since people keep making exactly the same
> mistake time and time again, is that you have neglected to actually create
> the Management Server repository.
>
> That's a fancy name for a bunch of tables stored inside a database
> somewhere. It's these tables that the OMS service interacts with to do its
> stuff. If you haven't create a database to hold the tables, or the tables
> themselves, then the service won't be able to start.
>
> I'm afraid I don't know what version you are using (since you didn't
include
> that nugget of information -please ALWAYS do so in future), but in 9i R2,
> the relevant command to create a repository is Start - Programs - Oracle
> <home> - Configuration and Migration Tools - Enterprise Manager
> Configuration Assistant. If you let it, this tool will create a new
database
> from scratch, and then proceed to create the needed repository tables. If
> you already have a database that can act as a suitable home for the
> repository, then you can simply direct it to use that. You could use the
> Database Configuration Assitant to create a new one manually, also.
>
> Whilst it is possible to put the repository inside the database you are
> hoping to manage with the Console, it is not a good idea: you won't be
able
> to use the Console to do startups and shutdowns if you do that.
>
> Incidentally, 9i permits you to run the Console without a repository at
all,
> and no need for a Management Server, either. But that's a uniquely 9i
thing,
> and also means quite a bit of Console functionality is lost.
>
> >
> > By the way I heard that Oracle 8i can not be installed on Pentium 4
> computer
> > is this true?
>
> No. It installs fine, once you've sorted out one or two of the file names
> involved. Until you've done that, though, it is true that the installer
> won't even start.
>
> >what files I have to change if I copy all file to harddisk to
> > install?
>
> OK, here's a tip for a newbie. And I'm being serious. You *cannot* be a
DBA
> unless you can work out how to navigate to the Google.Com website, and
> search the Usenet archives, specifying this group. Whilst you're at it,
> specify words like "Pentium 4" and "8i". Google is an *enormous*
repository
> of incredibly useful information. You must get used to using it.
>
> Regards
> HJR
>
>
> >
> > Thank you very much.
> >
> > Liping Gao
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Wed Jul 03 2002 - 23:12:47 CDT