Re: Enterprise Manager

C Scott Harris wrote:
>
> In article <51562c$l3e_at_athos.cc.bellcore.com>,
> Henry Nghiem <tsohxn_at_cc.bellcore.com> wrote:
> >
> >I am planning to install the Enterprise Manager on my NT box -
> >plan to use it to manage my 7.1.6 Oracle on Solaris 2.4
> >
> >Question:
> >
> >- What do I need on my Solaris box ? someone was telling
> > me I need an SMNP agent - where can I find this agent ?
> > (is it bundled with SQLnet 2.2 or 2.3 ?) - I have sqlnet 2.1
> > on my solaris box now - and do not recall the SNMP agent when
> > I installed 2.1.
>
> You don't need SNMP. Oracle provides an SNMP agent so that you can
> monitor your database status using SNMP based tools.
>
> >- Will Enterprise Manager work with a 7.1.6 server ?
>
> The release notes indicate full support for 7.3 and almost full support
> for 7.2. They don't even mention 7.1. Despite that, I have used most of
> the tools, at least superficially, against a 7.1.6 database. Maybe
> somebody can fill in the details.
>
> If you do start using EM, you'll needs lots of virtual memory on your
> NT box. EM is broken out into 8 different management tools that cover
> various aspects of DB management. In almost any activity, you'll find
> yourself using 3-4 of these apps simultaneously. Combine that with
> Oracle Book and you've got a noticeable memory drain. Beyond that,
> everything seems stable and very useable (for a GUI ;).
>
> Has anybody tried installing EM on 95?

I went to a Oracle Channel training course and the instructor said EM will not work on Windows 95. However, Oracle is in the process of developing a version of EM for Windows 95, which will be released in couple of months.

Patrick Received on Fri Sep 13 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST