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Configuring Siebel Analytics Scheduler Server


This process is part of the Roadmap for Configuring Siebel Analytics Platform.

After the Siebel Analytics installer is finished, there are a number of additional tasks you must complete in order to properly configure Siebel Analytics Scheduler server components. umber of additional tasks you must complete in order to properly configure Web server components.

TIP:   If you are migrating a Siebel Analytics environment to a new system, make sure you also migrate the Siebel Analytics Server repository file and the Scheduler tables. The Scheduler tables are required for iBots.

Siebel Analytics Scheduler Server Components

The Scheduler components consist of:

  • Scheduler Job Manager
  • The command line executable saschconfig.exe
  • The command line executable saschinvoke.exe

What the Scheduler Server Does

Scheduler uses a single commercial back-end database to store pertinent information about a job, its instances, and its parameters. The Scheduler works with all the supported databases for Siebel Analytics. For the complete list of supported databases, see Siebel System Requirements and Supported Platforms.

The Scheduler service starts only if the back-end database satisfies the following conditions:

Back-End Database Requirement
Notes

Configured

There is a one-to-one relationship between the back-end database and Siebel Analytics Scheduler. Do not configure multiple Siebel Analytics Scheduler applications to use a single back-end database.

Operational

For information about the specific back-end databases supported by Siebel Analytics Scheduler, see Siebel System Requirements and Supported Platforms on Siebel SupportWeb.

Mixed Authentication Mode

For example, if the database is SQL Server, then the security mode should be set to allow both SQL Server and Windows Authentication for logon.

Do not use operating system authentication for the back-end database login. If you do, the Scheduler service may not start in some cases.

Configuring the Siebel Analytics Scheduler Components

Depending upon your specific licensing and deployment situation, you may need to use one or more of the following Analytics Scheduler configuring topics:

For all other Scheduler Server configuration tasks, see the Siebel Analytics Scheduler Guide, located under the Windows directory $INSTALLDIR\SiebelAnalytics\Document.

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