1 Introduction

This document provides an introduction to Postgres Enterprise Manager™ (PEM). The guide will acquaint you with the basics of the toolset, and help you be successful in your database management activities. The guide is broken up into the following core sections and categories:

•	Postgres Enterprise Manager Overview – Chapter 2 provides information about PEM functionality, components, architecture, and supported platforms.

•	Using the PEM Web Interface – Chapter 3 provides an overview of PEM's web interface. The web interface is installed with the PEM server, and can be used from your browser of choice.

•	Registering a Server - Chapter 4 highlights the different tools available to assist with server registration.

•	General database administration – Chapter 5 will assist you in performing general database administration tasks, and SQL query and stored procedure development.

•	Server Management - Chapter 6 provides information about controlling the PEM server, and managing server authentication.

•	PEM Agent Management - Chapter 7 provides information about configuring and managing a PEM agent.

•	Replacing SSL Certificates - Chapter 8 provides information about managing SSL certificates.

This guide is not a comprehensive resource; rather, it is meant to serve as an aid to bring you up to speed with the basics of how to use the product. For more information about using PEM features, please see the online help made available through the PEM web interface, or in the PEM guides.

This document uses Postgres to mean either the PostgreSQL or EDB Postgres Advanced Server database.