======Overview======
The repository of the Enterprise Manager is nothing more than a simple database. There is however two imporatnt requirements, the database should support:

  * Partitioning
  * Be Enterprise Edition

Since any Oracle Enterprise Edition database supports partitioning, you can install a simple database OR you can use Oracle predone configuration depending on the purpose of the Enterprise Manager:

  * Simple
  * Small
  * Medium
  * Large
  * Enterprise

Depending on your company needs, you can choose one of the predone templates for repository.