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Configuring Siebel Management Server

This topic is part of Configuring Siebel Management Agent and Siebel Management Server.

This topic describes how you configure Siebel Management Server after installation. You configure using the Siebel Configuration Wizard - Siebel Management Server Configuration (the Management Server Configuration Wizard).

When you configure the Management Server, you are also registering one or two Management Agents with the Management Server.

Some settings in the Management Server Configuration Wizard apply only to Siebel Diagnostic Tool or only to Siebel ADM.

If you are deploying Siebel ADM, note the following requirements for the ADM package directory, which you specify while configuring Siebel Management Server:

  • Users who deploy ADM packages must have read and write permissions in this directory.
  • The directory must be a shared network resource that will be available to all the machines where Siebel Management Agent is installed. For UNIX deployments, where Management Agent is installed on UNIX machines, a cross-platform networking tool such as Samba may be required to help provide such access to Siebel Management Server on Windows.

In general, this topic assumes that you configure Siebel Management Server immediately after you install it. Optionally, you can cancel configuration and launch it later. Installation is described in Installing Siebel Management Server.

NOTE:  If you are using database authentication, in order to select the Configuration Wizard option to start the Management Server immediately, you must have already installed the Siebel Database schema and seed data. For details on performing these tasks, see Configuring the Siebel Database.

To configure Siebel Management Server

  1. If necessary, launch the Siebel Management Server Configuration Wizard.

    For more information, see About Configuring Siebel Enterprise Server and Related Components and Launching the Siebel Configuration Wizard.

    The wizard requests the name of the Siebel Enterprise for which you will be using Siebel Management Server.

  2. Enter the name of the Siebel Enterprise, then click Next.

    The wizard requests the name of the machine that hosts the Siebel Gateway Name Server. It also requests the port number (default 2320) on which the Gateway Name Server listens for requests.

  3. Enter the name of the machine that hosts the Siebel Gateway Name Server and its port number, then click Next.

    NOTE:  Make sure the Siebel Gateway Name Server is running.

    The wizard requests the account details of the Siebel user who administers the Siebel Management Server.

  4. Enter the Siebel user name and password, confirm the password, then click Next.

    The wizard requests the account details of the Siebel user who accesses Siebel Diagnostic Tool. See also Creating the Siebel User for Siebel Diagnostic Tool. For more information about Siebel Diagnostic Tool, see Siebel System Monitoring and Diagnostics Guide.

  5. Enter the Siebel user name and password for the Siebel user who accesses the Diagnostic Tool, confirm the password, then click Next.

    The wizard displays a check box that allows you to enable RC2 encryption for the Siebel user account you specified in Step 4. By default, the check box is clear. For more information about RC2 encryption, see Siebel Security Guide.

  6. Take the appropriate action:
    • Select the check box to enable RC2 encryption of the Siebel user's password, then click Next. Specify or verify the full path to the RC2 key file.
    • Leave the check box clear, then click Next to leave the Siebel user's password in base64 Content-Transfer-Encoding.

      The wizard requests the port numbers for the RMI Registry and the Diagnostic Tool. The RMI Registry port number (default 1099) is the port number where Siebel Management Server listens for requests. The port number for the Diagnostic Tool (default 8080) is the port number where it listens for requests.

  7. Enter the port numbers for the RMI Registry and the Diagnostic Tool or accept the defaults, then click Next.

    The wizard requests the location of the JRE home directory.

  8. Click Browse to navigate to the JRE home directory. Select the directory, then click Next.

    The wizard requests the type of authentication to deploy for Siebel Management Server. You must select the same type of authentication for both Siebel Management Server and any Siebel Management Agents that connect to this Siebel Management Server. For more information about the authentication types, see Siebel Security Guide.

  9. Select the type of authentication, then click Next.
    • If you selected LDAP or Database, go to Step 10 and specify the path to the security adapter file. Use one of these options for production deployments.
    • If you selected None, go to Step 11. This option is not suitable for production deployments.

      NOTE:  For deployments using Siebel ADM, None will allow ADM to perform deployments without any authentication credentials (anyone with access to the ADM server installation directory can run deployments).

  10. Specify the path to the security adapter file (located in the bin subdirectory of the Management Server installation directory), then click Next.
    • For LDAP, specify the file secadp.cfg.
    • For database authentication, specify the file odbcsecadp.cfg.

      For database authentication, after you configure the software you must edit the file odbcsecadp.cfg before operation so it contains values like the following. Set DSConnectString to your ODBC data source name (such as SBA_80_DSN, where SBA_80 is the name of the Siebel Enterprise). Set DSTableOwner to the owner of the Siebel schema (such as siebel).

    [ServerDataSrc]
    DSConnectString = SBA_80_DSN
    DSTableOwner = siebel

    The wizard asks if you want to deploy the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol for the Siebel Management Server. For more information about SSL, see Siebel Security Guide.

  11. Take the appropriate action:
    • To deploy SSL, select the check box, then click Next. Proceed to Step 12.
    • Leave the check box clear if you do not want to deploy SSL, then click Next. The wizard requests the Microsoft Windows account details for the machine that hosts Siebel Management Server. Proceed to Step 15.
  12. Take the appropriate action:
    • Select Client to use the SSL protocol for communication from the client, then click Next. (In this context, the client is the Siebel Management Agent.) The wizard requests the name of the Truststore file. Proceed to Step 14.
    • Select Dual to use the SSL protocol for communications in both directions (between the Management Server and the Management Agents), then click Next. The wizard requests the Private Key File Name and Private Key File Password. Proceed to Step 13.
  13. Enter values for the Private Key File Name and Private Key File Password, then click Next.

    The wizard requests the name of the Truststore file.

  14. Enter the name of the Truststore file, then click Next.

    The wizard requests the Microsoft Windows account details for the machine that hosts Siebel Management Server.

  15. Enter the Windows User Account and the Windows User Account Password, confirm the password, then click Next.

    The wizard requests the default location of the ADM package directory—the directory that stores packages prior to deployment in the target environment. For more information, see Siebel Application Deployment Manager Guide.

  16. (For Siebel ADM deployments only) Click Browse to navigate to the directory, select it, then click Next.

    If you do not intend to use ADM, leave the default ADM package directory empty, then click Next.

    The wizard requests the host name and port number (default 1199) of the machine with the first Siebel Management Agent you want to register with the Management Server.

  17. Enter the host name of the machine that hosts the monitored Siebel Server (where the first Siebel Management Agent is installed) and the port number on which Management Agent listens, then click Next.

    The wizard requests the name of the monitored Siebel Server.

  18. Enter the name of the Siebel Server, then click Next.

    The wizard asks you to select the type of monitored server.

  19. Take the appropriate action:
    • To monitor a Siebel Server, select the Siebel Server check box, then click Next.
    • To monitor another type of server, select the Generic Server check box, then click Next. For more information about this option, see Siebel Application Deployment Manager Guide.

      The wizard asks if you want to register a second Siebel Management Agent with this Management Server.

  20. Take the appropriate action:
    • Select the check box if you have two Siebel Servers with Siebel Management Agent and are registering the second Management Agent. Repeat Step 17 through Step 19 to register the second Management Agent.
    • Clear the check box, then click Next, if you do not want to register a second Siebel Management Agent at this time.

      For example, clear the check box if you only have one Siebel Server with a Management Agent, or if you have more than two Siebel Servers with Management Agents. To register more than two Management Agents, you must run Perl scripts as described in Using Perl Scripts to Register Additional Siebel Management Agents and Configure Siebel ADM.

      The wizard asks if you want to start Siebel Management Server.

  21. Take the appropriate action:
    • To start Siebel Management Server when configuration is complete, select the check box and click Next.

      NOTE:  On Microsoft Windows, if you are using database authentication, in order to select this option, you must have already installed the Siebel Database schema and seed data. For details on performing these tasks, see Configuring the Siebel Database.

    • To start Siebel Management Server at a later time, leave the check box clear and click Next.

      The wizard summarizes the selections you have made.

  22. Review this information and take the appropriate action:
    • If the information is correct, click Next to complete the configuration. A dialog box appears that asks if you want to execute the configuration. Proceed to Step 23.
    • If the information is incorrect, click Back to return to the parameter you need to modify.
  23. Click OK to execute the configuration and complete the configuration of the Siebel Management Server.
  24. If you launched the Configuration Wizard from the installer, return to Installing Siebel Management Server to complete the installation.

    NOTE:  If necessary, after you have configured Management Server using the Configuration Wizard, go to Using Perl Scripts to Register Additional Siebel Management Agents and Configure Siebel ADM.

    
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