9 Managing From Anywhere - EM2Go

Mobile Security

EM2Go offers a highly secure solution as it leverages the Enterprise Manager security features. EM2Go utilizes HTTPS communications and the security model of administrator privileges and roles. When you connect your browser to the EM2Go URL, a login prompt is issued for you to enter your Enterprise Manager preferred credentials (Figure 9-1). You will then only see the targets to which you have been granted privileges.

A lost or stolen device is no longer a security risk because no enterprise data is stored on the device itself.

Figure 9-1 EM2Go Logon Page

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Intuitive Interface

EM2Go provides an intuitive interface, similar to the Grid Control. Because the layout is easy to use, you can quickly assess the availability and health of the Oracle Environment. Figure 9-2 displays a consolidated and personal Grid Control home page.

Figure 9-2 EM2Go Home Page

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The EM2Go Home page provides high-level data to isolate, and repair availability and performance problems.

On the EM2Go home page:

• From the Alert and Availability section, you can drill down to investigate the problem that generated the alert.

• From the Targets section, you can click the type of target in which you are interested. The associated target home page, displays only the most important metrics thus helping you to quickly isolate and diagnose the root cause of the problem.

Notifications

You can schedule notifications to be sent by way of e-mail to your PDA.

If a target becomes unavailable or experiences performance problems, an alert is generated to both the Grid Control and EM2Go.

For example, you receive an e-mail notification that the Tablespace Full metric has triggered. You log into EM2Go to view the alert details. To help solve the problem, you can use the host information to check the file system space available. You can then use EM2Go to increase the size of the tablespace by enabling automatic extension of one of the tablespace data files, manually resizing one of the data files, or adding another data file.

Ad Hoc SQL and OS Queries

EM2Go provides a tool that allows you to enter and execute SQL/OS commands dynamically.

For example, you receive an alert from the CPU Utilization for Top Processes % metric through mobile e-mail. Use the Execute OS Commands tool to check the load on the system using the following UNIX commands: uptime, top, or ps -ef.

Performance Monitoring

Using EM2Go, you can monitor the performance of your environment by:

• Displaying all metric warnings and alerts together with a metric history graph

• Accessing the database home page which provides information about the status of the database and the administration and configuration of the database environment

• Studying key performance metrics to allow you to quickly assess the health of the host

• Viewing storage information about tablespaces and data files

• Observing transaction alerts, beacons, and availability of your Web applications

• Studying availability and performance metrics of your Application Server