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Backing Up the Siebel Gateway Name Server Data

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It is recommended to make a backup of the Siebel Gateway Name Server data—which contains configuration information from the Enterprise and Siebel Servers—prior to and after making any configuration changes, especially creating new component definitions and adding or deleting Siebel Servers. The Siebel Gateway Name Server information is stored in the siebns.dat file located in the Admin folder of the Siebel Gateway root directory. See To back up Siebel Gateway Name Server information for information on making a backup of the siebns.dat file.

If the Siebel Server does not start up due to recent configurations or a corruption of the current siebns.dat file, use the following procedure with a working backup siebns.dat file.(The siebns.dat file can become corrupt for many reasons, such as inconsistent data or write errors.)

To restore a previous Siebel Enterprise Server configuration

Follow the shutdown procedures for the Siebel deployment. (Shutting down the Siebel Database Server is not necessary.) See Starting Up and Shutting Down a Siebel Deployment for further information.
Replace the existing siebns.dat file with a working backup file.
Follow the startup procedures for the Siebel deployment. See Starting Up and Shutting Down a Siebel Deployment for further information.

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