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About Siebel ADM and Siebel Management Server

The Siebel Management Server and Siebel Management Agents are Siebel Business Applications infrastructure components that are used to host the Siebel Application Deployment Manager (ADM) feature and that provide a framework for its functionality.

You can use ADM to target multiple Siebel Enterprise Servers. The Siebel Management Server and Siebel Management Agent components that you install and use are based on your business requirements, such as whether the environment is used for development, testing, or production.

At the installation of the Siebel Management Server, specific configurations are required at that time if you are using the ADM functionality.

For more information on the installation of the Siebel Management Server and Siebel Management Agents, see About the Siebel ADM Framework Installation.

For information about postinstallation configurations necessary for ADM, see Process of Configuring the Siebel ADM Framework After Installing Siebel Management Server and Agents.

NOTE:  The Siebel Diagnostic Tool can optionally use the Siebel Management Server and Management Agents. For more information, see Siebel System Monitoring and Diagnostics Guide.