Database Reference
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its own with the root-cause analysis and service-level analysis that Enterprise Manager offers for managed systems.
The home page for a database system looks like Figure
4-42
(we use the Enterprise Manager repository database
system, so you can compare it with your installation).
Figure 4-42.
A database system
Services is the final menu option in this group and the basis of the service-level management capabilities of
Enterprise Manager. A
service
is simply defined as the provision of a useful function to one or more users. This is pretty
similar to the widely used ITIL definition, which focuses on the delivery of useful outcomes to customers. Systems
as previously defined can deliver services, but you can also define services that are not based on systems (perhaps
you don't own or monitor the IT infrastructure that provides them). The exact list of types of services available for
monitoring in Enterprise Manager depends on the plug-ins in your installation.
The next set of menu items simply consists of home pages for the various managed target types for which you
have monitoring configured. For example you might have entries for Hosts, Databases, and Middleware. Clicking any
of these entries simply takes you to a view of your managed estate, filtered for all targets of the specified type. Each
page allows you to view existing targets of that specific type, add new ones by way of the discovery process, or remove
old ones at the end of the target's useful life.
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If your job role is as a dedicated administrator for a specific type of target—for example, if you are a Fusion
Middleware administrator—you are better off choosing and, if necessary, customizing an appropriate home page.
Tip
Finally, in this menu you have links to applications that are under management. These are not supplied target
types, but rather are built up by you from monitored components. This functionality is complex and site- and
application-specific. The subject is covered in the documentation set
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