A monitoring template defines all Enterprise Manager parameters you would normally set to monitor a target. A template specifies:

• Name: A unique identifier for the template. The template name must be globally unique across all templates defined within Enterprise Manager.

• Description: Optional text describing the purpose of the template.

• Target Type: Target type to which the template applies.

• Owner: Enterprise Manager administrator who created the template.

• Metrics: Metrics for the target type. A monitoring template allows you to specify a subset of all metrics for a target type. With these metrics, you can specify thresholds, collection schedules and corrective actions.

• Other Collected Items: Additional collected information (non-metric) about your environment.