Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control Implementation Guide and many other types of targets as well. It is best practice to run either Grid Control or Database Control, but not both, although you can run both concurrently. Grid Control vs. AS Control How is Grid Control different from Application Server (AS) Control? In short, as just one of many target types it monitors, Grid Control monitors the Oracle Application Server, whereas AS Control administers the Oracle Application Server. | 24 Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control Implementation Guide and many other types of targets as well. It is best practice to run either Grid Control or Database Control but not both although you can run both concurrently. Grid Control vs. AS Control How is Grid Control different from Application Server AS Control In short as just one of many target types it monitors Grid Control monitors the Oracle Application Server whereas AS Control administers the Oracle Application Server. Grid Control Monitors Oracle Application Server While Grid Control administers all Oracle products in your enterprise it only monitors the Oracle Application Server both the AS bundled with Grid Control and any separate AS targets that Grid Control monitors. Monitoring AS instances in the Grid Control Console encompasses real-time monitoring alerting and historical data collection just as with any other Grid Control target. For example the Application Servers tab within the GC Console reveals the status alerts policy violations noncompliance with a desired state for security configuration or storage and resource usage of all Application Servers and their subcomponents as shown here. Chapter 1 Overview of the Grid Control Architecture 25 AS Control Administers Oracle Application Server By contrast use the standalone AS Control Console to administer AS subcomponents. To get a better understanding of what it means to administer the Application Server take a look at the AS Control Console home page accessible directly at http AShost 1156 on UNIX or http AShost 18100 on Windows or through the Grid Control Console on the Application Server home page using the Administer link. From the AS Console home page you can control OMS and non-OMS Application Server subcomponents the Oracle HTTP Server OC4J instances and Web Cache. This control is from A to Z you can stop start restart enable or disable subcomponents. You can also gather information about the management software itself by clicking the
