Setting Up Enterprise Manager Preferences
Enterprise manager enables Oracle DBA to set up preferences that help Oracle DBA manage the
database. These include the following:
Notification---These are settings that enable Oracle to email Oracle DBA alert notifications.
Alerts are notifications of when a database is in an undesirable state and needs
your attention. By default, the Enterprise Manager home page lists all alerts.
However, set up is required for email notification.
Blackout Administration---When Oracle DBA have planned downtime for database
maintenance, you can indicate to Oracle that you do not want false alerts to be
sent to you. To do so, you define a black out period. See Defining Blackout Time
Periods in this section.
Preferred Credentials---Enterprise Manager can automatically execute many
routine administrative tasks, such as backups on your behalf. This is done using
sophisticated job scheduling system built into the Enterprise. To keep your
environment secure, setting up tasks for automatic execution in Enterprise Manger
requires Oracle DBA to provide login information for the machine and database. In order
to avoid having to enter this information every time Oracle DBA create a job or task,
Enterprise Manager enables Oracle DBA to save this information as preferred credentials.
Preferred credentials are stored in the database in encrypted mode to protect it
from unauthorized use. See Setting Preferred Credentials in this section.
Defining Blackout Time Periods
When Oracle DBA plan to bring your database down for maintenance, you can indicate that
you do not want alert notifications to be sent to Oracle DBA. Alerts are notifications of when
the database is in an undesirable state and needs your attention.
To define a blackout time period, follow these steps
1. From the home page, click Setup at the top of the page. The Setup page appears.
2. Click Blackouts in the left hand pane. The Blackouts page appears.
3. Click Create. This starts the Create Blackout wizard. On the Properties page, name
your blackout, and select the target that has planned downtime. Click Next.
4. On the Schedule page, enter the start time of your planned blackout, or choose
immediately if you are bringing the database down now. Also select the duration
of the blackout, either as indefinite, as a length or time, or until a time in the
future. Under Repeating, accept the default of Do Not Repeat. If you want to
repeat the blackout periodically, Oracle DBA can select a repeat frequency in the pull
down menu. Click Next.
5. The review page appears. Review what you have entered, and if satisfied, click
Finish. If not, you can click Back to change a setting.
Setting Preferred Credentials
Oracle DBA can have Enterprise Manager automatically fill in host and database login
credentials for you, such as when you schedule jobs and tasks to perform
administrative operations like backup and recovery. For security, Oracle stores
preferred credentials in encrypted mode.
To set preferred credentials for the database, do the following:
1. From the home page, click Preferences at the top of the page. The Preferences
page appears.
2. Click Preferred Credentials in the left hand pane. The Preferred Credentials page
appears. For the Database target, click the icon under Set Credentials. The
Database Preferred Credentials page appears.
3. For your database, enter the credentials for Normal Username/Password,
SYSDBA Username/Password, and Host Username/Password.
4. Click Test to test your credentials. Oracle DBA should get a confirmation message if your
credentials can be verified.
5. Click Apply to apply the changes.
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