Introduction to Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control

Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control (Database Control) is the primary tool for managing your Oracle database. It is installed with the database.

Using Database Control, you can perform administrative tasks such as creating schema objects (tables, views, indexes, and so on), managing user security, managing database memory and storage, backing up and recovering your database, and importing and exporting data. You can also view performance and status information about your database.

Database Home Page

The main page for database administration is the Database Home page. This is the page that loads when you log in to Database Control. See "Accessing the Database Home Page".

Online Help

You can access context-sensitive online help by clicking the Help link displayed at the top of every page. On any help page, click Contents for links to all help topics. A search facility enables you to search the contents of online help.

Navigation

Navigational features of Database Control include the following:

• Subpage links at the top of the page. These links take you to the various Database Control subpages that organize management tasks into distinct categories. For example, you click Availability to perform tasks associated with backing up and recovering your data.

  
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• Drill-down links that provide increasing levels of detail.

  
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  For example, clicking the link next to the label Host provides additional details about the computer on which the database runs.

• Suggested related links for more information.