Grid Control Metrics Browser

Post date: Oct 26, 2009 10:58:34 AM

It's possible in Grid Control to get the Agent on a monitored host to publish it's information to a browser without the need for a logon.

Very useful if you want to check that the Agent is working correctly, or for providing some useful links to developers while they are trying to debug peformance etc.

A text based list is viewable on your browser which you can drill down on to see more detail.

Below is the output when drilling down on the problemTbsp Metric.

UPDATE: The OEM 11.1 Manual is found at 

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11857_01/em.111/e17018/howto.htm#EMFHM121

To enable the Metric Browser see the Troubleshooting Metrics chapter in the Enterprise Manager Framework, Host and Services Metric Reference Manual.

Follow these steps to enable the Metric Browser.

• 1. The Metric Browser is enabled by setting the enableMetricBrowser property in the Management Agent's emd.properties file. The location of that file depends on the type of Management Agent you are working with:

     1. • For the Grid Control (central|standalone) Management Agent, the file is:

          • <AGENT_HOME>/sysman/config/emd.properties

        • For a clustered (RAC) Management Agent install, the file is:

          • <AGENT_HOME>/<hostname>/sysman/config/emd.properties

        • For the Database Control Management Agent, the file is:

          • <DATABASE_HOME>/<hostname>_<SID>/sysman/config/emd.properties

        • For Application Server Control Management Agent, the file is:

          • <AS_HOME>/sysman/config/emd.properties

  2. Make a backup copy of the emd.properties file.

  3. Edit the file and locate the line that reads:

• • 1. #To enable the metric browser, uncomment the following line

    2. #This is a reloadable parameter

    3. #

    4. #enableMetricBrowser=true

• 4. Uncomment the line: #enableMetricBrowser=true, so that it reads:

• • 1. enableMetricBrowser=true

• 5. Reload the Management Agent Configuration using the command:

• • 1. <AGENT_HOME>/bin/emctl reload agent

• 6. After reloading the Management Agent, the Metric Browser will be enabled and therefore accessible using a browser.