Oracle Server Manager User's Guide

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How the Oracle Server Manager User's Guide Is Organized

This guide is divided into parts and chapters, as described below.

Part I: Introduction to Server Manager

Chapter 1: Overview of Server Manager

This chapter describes the overall organization and behavior of Server Manager's graphical interface. It discusses connecting to one or more databases with Server Manager. It also describes how to use Server Manager's launch in context facility to start up Server Manager and jump to a specified place in the graphical interface.

Part II: The Administration Manager

Chapter 2: Overview of the Administration Manager

This chapter introduces the Administration Manager. It also describes the user interface elements used in the Administration Manager.

Chapter 3: Managing Database Storage

This chapter explains how to use the Administration Manager to manage the datafiles, tablespaces, and rollback segments in your database.

Chapter 4: Controlling Database Security

This chapter describes how to use the Administration Manager to manage users, roles, and profiles. It also describes how to view the audit options set for your system.

Chapter 5: Managing Instances and Sessions

This chapter describes how to use the Administration Manager to start up or shut down your database, and examine the values of the initialization parameters used to start up the instance. It also describes how to manage in-doubt transactions and users' sessions.

Chapter 6: Backing Up and Recovering the Database

This chapter describes how to use the Administration Manager to back up your database, perform recovery, and manage the redo log files.

Chapter 7: Viewing Schema Objects

This chapter describes how to use the Administration Manager to examine various objects in your database. It also explains how to determine which objects have been analyzed and how to list the SQL statements whose execution plans are stored in the PLAN_TABLE.

Chapter 8: Managing a Replication Environment

This chapter describes how to use the Administration Manager to manage and view information about your replication environment.

Part III: The SQL Worksheet

Chapter 9: Using the SQL Worksheet

This chapter explains how to use the SQL Worksheet to enter ad hoc SQL and PL/SQL statements. It also describes the editing capabilities of the SQL Worksheet, as well as the command history and session log features.

Part IV: System Monitors

Chapter 10: Overview of the System Monitors

This chapter introduces the System Monitors. It describes the interface elements common to the monitors available in Server Manager.

Chapter 11: Monitoring System Performance

This chapter describes the System Monitors and statistics that you can view using Server Manager.

Part V: Line Mode

Chapter 12: Using Server Manager in Line Mode

This chapter describes how to use Server Manager in line mode.

Part VI: Reference

Appendix A: Server Manager Command Reference

This appendix describes the Server Manager commands available in the SQL Worksheet and in line mode.

Appendix B: Server Manager Messages and Codes

This appendix describes the messages generated by Server Manager, and lists probable causes and actions for each message.

Appendix C: Compatibility with SQL*DBA

This appendix describes the differences in functionality and behavior between Server Manager/Line Mode and SQL*DBA.

Appendix D: Keyboard Shortcuts

This appendix lists the keyboard shortcuts implemented in Server Manager.

Appendix E: Motif-Specific Operations

This appendix describes operations that are specific to running Server Manager under Motif.

Appendix F: Windows-Specific Operations

This appendix describes operations that are specific to running Server Manager under Microsoft Windows.

Appendix G: Operating System Dependencies

This appendix lists all the operating system-specific references within this guide.


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