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Then, set up the configurations for your applications on the management server. Some applications

may require you to provide additional discovery information about the application. Finally, perform

discovery and then obtain Get Details/Discovery Data Collection. Get Details and Discovery Data

Collection takes some time. Perform this step when the network is not busy. More details about the

steps mentioned above are provided later.
See the following topics for more information:

Monitoring Oracle

” on page 123

Monitoring Microsoft SQL Server

” on page 128

Monitoring Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise

” on page 133

Monitoring Microsoft Exchange

” on page 136

Monitoring Oracle

To monitor and manage Oracle, you must do the following:

Step A - Create the APPIQ_USER Account for Oracle

” on page 123

Step B - Provide the TNS Listener Port

” on page 125

Step C - Set up Discovery for Oracle 10g

” on page 126

After you complete these steps, you must discover Oracle,and perform Discovery Data Collection or

Get Details. See

Step 3 - Discovering Applications

” on page 137.

IMPORTANT:

Before you begin these steps, make sure you purchased the module that lets you

monitor Oracle. Contact your customer support if you are unsure if you purchased this module.

Step A - Create the APPIQ_USER Account for Oracle

The management server accesses Oracle through the APPIQ_USER account. This account is created

when you run the CreateOracleAct.bat script on Microsoft Windows or
CreateOracleAct.sh on UNIX on the computer running the Oracle database you want to

monitor. The account has create session and select dictionary privileges to be used with the

management server.
Keep in mind the following:

The CreateOracleAct.bat script must run under SYS user.

Create APPIQ_USER account on Oracle Database you want to monitor, not on the management

server.

You should have already installed the database for the management server.

Verify that the instance TNS (Transparent Name Substrate) listener is running so that the

management server can find the Oracle installation and its instances. For example on Microsoft

Windows 2000, you can determine if the instance TNS listener is running by looking in the

Services window for OracleOraHome92TNSListener. The name of the TNS listener might vary

according to your version of Oracle. Refer to the Oracle documentation for information about

verifying if the instance TNS listener is running. You can also verify the listener is running by