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What's New in Siebel System Administration Guide, Version 7.7, Rev. A

Table 1 lists changes described in this version of the documentation to support release 7.7 of the software.

Table 1.  What's New in Siebel System Administration Guide, Version 7.7, Rev. A
Topic
Description

About Enabled and Disabled Component Groups

Revised and enhanced conceptual information on enabled and disabled component groups.

Configuring Server Components to use System Alerts

Added information on parameter Notification Action on Task Exit (alias NotifyOnTaskExit) required for system alerts.

Checking Your Enterprise and Siebel Server Configurations

New topic on checking your Enterprise and Siebel Server configurations to make sure server components can run tasks.

Reconfiguring Siebel Server Component Definitions

Revised and enhanced background information and reconfiguration procedure.

Reconfiguring Component Definition Commands

New topic on using Server Manager command-line interface program to run component definition reconfiguration.

What's New in Siebel System Administration Guide, Version 7.7

Table 2 lists changes described in this version of the documentation to support release 7.7 of the software.

Siebel System Administration Guide is a new title on the Siebel Bookshelf and is part of the new Siebel Deployment Documentation Suite. This book contains previously released information from across the Siebel Bookshelf.

Table 2.  What's New in Siebel System Administration Guide, Version 7.7
Topic
Description

Predeploying ActiveX Controls for Secure Environments

A file is now available, predeploy.htm, which can help you predeploy ActiveX controls.

ActiveX Controls Distributed for High Interactivity

Several new or updated versions of ActiveX controls are provided to support different features in the high interactivity client.

High-Interactivity Deployment—Java Requirements

Siebel high interactivity applications support Sun JRE only. Microsoft JVM is no longer supported.

Using the Browser Health Check

A configurable browser health check mechanism is provided that can help you manage the browser environment for your Siebel clients.

Configuring Siebel Servers and Administering Siebel Server Run-Time Operations.

The Server Manager GUI screens and views were reorganized based on configuration and administration tasks.

About the Enterprise Explorer View

An explorer view of the Siebel Enterprise added to the Server Manager GUI.

About Parameter Availability Status

A parameter availability view added to the Server Manager GUI to provide information on required Siebel Server operations, if necessary, to make the parameter effective.

About System Alert Notification

A new feature that allows server components to alert administrators if problems arise during operation.

Backing Up a Siebel Enterprise Server

This functionality added to the Server Manager GUI.

About Siebel Connection Broker (SCBroker)

A new server component added to the System Management component group that brokers inbound component requests and load balances session requests.

Siebel Server Components

A new server component added to the System Management component group that facilitates the alert notification feature.

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