3.4 Optional Oracle Enterprise Manager Application Server Packs

Two add-on packs, available through Oracle Enterprise Manager 10 g , provide you with additional Oracle Application Server management capabilities. They supplement the standard functionality by allowing you access to specific, functional areas within Grid Control.

These packs are particularly useful if you need to monitor multiple Oracle Application Server components. Monitoring multiple components will help you understand such characteristics of your environment as web application availability, end- user performance, transaction performance, on-demand cross-tier transaction performance, and historical cross- tier application performance.

Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Application Server Diagnostics Pack: This pack helps you to identify performance bottlenecks and provides tools for resolving problems. It enables ASLM through end-to-end analysis of performance across multiple components. You can measure the performance seen by end users, web server performance, and transaction processing times. By comparing these different measurements, you can quickly diagnose where the source of a performance problem lies. You can also trace transaction paths, identify bottlenecks such as the slowest URLs and problematic EJBs and SQL, and understand performance through other components including servlets, JSPs, and JDBC.
Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Application Server Configuration Management Pack: This pack allows you to track current Oracle Application Server hardware, operating systems, patches, and policies, as well as other current software installations and patches. It also enables automated cloning and patching.