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Synchronization Validation

This topic describes the data that the Synchronization Manager validates when a client synchronizes with the server database. To make sure that the remote client is valid, the Synchronization Manager authenticates incoming client requests.

About Data Validation Manager

Data that the Data Validation Manager uses is not intended to be routed. For help with Data Validation Manager, see Getting Help from Oracle.

Validating the Remote Client Name

Synchronization Manager validates the name of the remote client with the list of valid clients that exist in the server database. It validates that the effective end date for the client name is valid or is NULL.

Validating the Siebel Server

The DockConnString parameter identifies the local database. This parameter resides in the CFG file of the Siebel application on the remote client. If the DockConnString parameter includes a value that is different from the Siebel Server that the App Server Name field contains, then the Synchronization Manager does the following work:

• Reroutes the connection to the Siebel Server that the App Server Name field defines
• Resets the DockConnString parameter of the CFG file of the Siebel application on the remote client to the value that the App Server Name field contains

The App Server Name field resides in the Mobile Clients view of the Administration - Siebel Remote screen.

For more information, see Modifying the Configuration File.

Validating the Credentials

If the Authentication Method parameter of the Synchronization Manager is not set to None, then the Synchronization Manager validates the authentication credentials for synchronization with the remote client. The authentication credentials that Siebel Remote uses depends on when the user attempts to synchronize:

• User synchronizes before Siebel Remote initializes the local database. It uses the user ID and password that the user provides during the login.
• User synchronizes after Siebel Remote initializes the local database. It uses the user ID and password from the DB Synchronization view of the User Preferences screen on the remote client.

The authentication method is a Synchronization Manager parameter that identifies the type of authentication that Siebel Remote uses during synchronization. For more information, see Parameters of the Synchronization Manager Server Component.