Chapter 3. Enterprise Manager Key Concepts and Subsystems

Generally enterprise software is composed of many technical and functional subsystems. Many of the technical and functional subsystems need to be tweaked or customized according to the needs of a particular enterprise. Good enterprise software is one that provides useful out-of-the-box features that need minimal or no customizations of the subsystems, and at the same time provides flexibility for customizations.

Most often we see that, while using enterprise software, System Administrators discover an un-documented feature, or use an existing feature or a subsystem in an innovative way. This helps to get better returns on the investment made on the enterprise software. Hence, it's very important that the System Administrators and IT Managers are aware of major processes and subsystems in any given enterprise software.

In this chapter, we'll learn about major processes and subsystems of Enterprise Manager Grid Control, and the concepts behind those subsystems.

The subsystems that we'll be covering in this chapter are as follows: