How to check OEM agent status on Solaris

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This article provides the steps necessary to check the status of the Oracle Enterprise Manager Agent (OEM) on any given Solaris system

Check Status

To check the status of an OEM agent do the following: (in this example we are assuming agent owner is oemagent and base install is /agent

  • SSH to the Solaris host

  • switch user to OEM agent owner

    $ su - oemagent

  • Check agent status

    # cd /agent/agent_inst/bin
# ./emctl status agent

Stopping OEM agent

To stop an OEM agent do the following: (may be needed if there are upload errors if agent is running but now connecting to the OMS)

  • SSH to the host

  • Switch user to OEM agent owner

    $ su - oemagent

  • Stop agent

    # cd /agent/agent_inst/bin
# ./emctl stop agent

Starting OEM agent

To start an OEM agent perform the following steps: (In this example, assuming owner is emagent and install base is /agent)

  • SSH to the host

  • Switch user to OEM agent owner

    $ su - oemagent

  • Start agent

    # cd /agent/agent_inst/bin
# ./emctl start agent