Adding Non-Host Targets By Using the Declarative Process

To add a target on a managed host by specifying the target monitoring properties, follow these steps:

  1. From the Setup menu, select Add Target, then select Add Targets Manually. Enterprise Manager displays the Add Targets Manually page.

  2. On the Add Targets Manually page, select Add Target Declaratively.

  3. In the Add Target Declaratively dialog box, choose one of the target types to add from the Target Types list, such as ADF Business Components for Java, Cluster Database, or Oracle HTTP Server.

  4. Specify the Management Agent that will be used to monitor the target, or click on the Search icon to search for and select the Management Agent. Click Add...

  5. After you select the target type, a wizard specific to the target type guides you through the process of manually adding the target.

    Upon confirmation, the target becomes a managed target in Enterprise Manager. Enterprise Manager simply accepts the information, performs validation of the supplied data where possible and starts monitoring the target.

    Note:

    When you manually add a non-host target to Enterprise Manager, the plug-in required for the target is automatically deployed to the Management Agent, which monitors the host where the non-host target exists. For the plug-in to be deployed, the Management Agent must be secure. Therefore, before manually adding a non-host target to Enterprise Manager, ensure that the Management Agent is secure. You can always unsecure it after the target is added to Enterprise Manager, that is, after the required plug-in is deployed.

    To verify the secure status of a Management Agent, and to secure it if required, use any one of the following methods:

    • From the Setup menu, select Manage the Manager, and then, click Agents. Click the required Management Agent. Verify whether the Management Agent is secure. If it is not secure, from the Agent menu, click Secure to secure it.

    • Run the following command to verify if the Management Agent is secure:

      <EMSTATE>/bin/emctl status agent

      If the Management Agent is secure, the Management Agent URL displayed in the output of the previous command is an HTTPS URL. However, if the Management Agent URL displayed is an HTTP URL, secure the Management Agent by running the following command:

      <EMSTATE>/bin/emctl secure agent