Use the Groups page to:
View a list of all the defined groups.
Search for existing groups.
View a roll-up of the outstanding alerts and policy violations for a group.
Add groups, remove groups, and change the configuration of currently defined groups.
Drill down from a specific group to collectively monitor and manage its member targets.
Redundancy groups and special high availability groups are not accessed from this Groups page. You can access them from the All Targets page.
Consider the following guidelines as you review the Groups page.
The following table describes the available functions on the page:
| Function |
Description |
|---|---|
| Search | Enables you to enter a search string to find one or more groups matching the string. The search facility returns all groups whose names match the string you entered. Click Advanced Search to focus the search criteria. |
| Add |
Accesses Create Group pages that enable you to define a new group. The pages function similarly to a wizard. The new group can include targets of the same type (for example, all your production databases) or include targets of different types (for example, all targets comprising your business's application). It is suggested that you configure each page before clicking OK. |
| Configure | Accesses Edit Group pages that enable you to partially or completely change the group definition, such as the target members in the group, the performance charts associated with the group, the metric columns displayed when viewing member information in the Group Home page, and the group’s System Monitoring Dashboard. |
| Remove | Removes a group, which does not remove the targets within the group. The targets continue to exist on their own. |
You can also sort the Groups summary table by Name, Alerts, or Policy Violations.
The summary table provides the following information for default columns:
| Column |
Description |
|---|---|
| Name |
Shows the group name. Click the Name to drill down for more details. For all types of groups, a Group Home page appears that displays the following critical information:
The rolled-up numbers include alerts and violations for all members including those in nested groups. |
| Alerts |
Shows the rolled-up number of alerts. The first number in red represents critical alerts, and the second number in yellow represents warning alerts. Click a number link for detailed information about the alerts. |
| Policy Violations | Shows the rolled-up number of Oracle guideline violations across all member targets in a group. This includes all types of violations, including security violations. The first number in red represents critical violations, the second number in yellow represents warning violations, and the third number in blue represents informational messages. Click a number link for detailed information about the violations. |
| Members | Shows the members of the group by target type. Click a number link to display information about members of a particular target type, which includes the status, alerts, and policy violations for each member. Click the more.. link for this data for all members. If you add columns in the Create Group Columns page or Edit Group Columns page, the added columns do not appear in the Groups page. They appear in the Members page. |
Click the Customize Table Columns link in the Related Links section to access the Customize Table Columns page, where you can select or deselect the columns that appear in the summary table.
Related Topics
Creating, Editing, and Viewing Groups
Adding Targets to be Monitored and Administered by Enterprise Manager
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