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What's New in Siebel System Administration Guide, Version 8.0, Rev C

Table 1 lists changes described in this version of the documentation to support release 8.0 of the software.

Table 1. New Product Features in Siebel System Administration Guide, Version 8.0, Rev C
Topic
Description

Siebel Server Management Commands

Revised topic. It includes new commands for backing up the Siebel Gateway Name Server.

Generic Parameters

Revised topic. It includes a new entry for the OM - Timed Statistics parameter.

Siebel Server Manager Commands

Revised topic. It includes new information noting that you must have Siebel Administrator responsibility to start or run Siebel Server tasks.

Partitioning the Siebel File System

Revised topic. It includes revised information about parameter settings for the Siebel File System Partition utility, and a new subtopic which provides information about the ATT subdirectory.

Parameter Descriptions of the eapps.cfg File

Revised topic. It includes new information about the LogSegmentSize parameter in the eapps.cfg file.

Example of a Load Balancing Configuration File

Revised topic. It includes revised information about the #Server Rules: entry in the lbconfig.txt file example.

Administering Siebel Management Agents on UNIX

Revised topic. It corrects the syntax for the command which starts the Siebel Management agent.

Siebel Server Parameters

Revised topic. It enhances the definitions of the Log Maximum Segments parameter and the Siebel Server Name parameter.

What's New in Siebel System Administration Guide, Version 8.0, Rev B

Table 2 lists changes described in this version of the documentation to support release 8.0 of Siebel Business Applications for Oracle.

Table 2. What's New in Siebel System Administration Guide, Version 8.0, Rev B
 
 

ActiveX Requirements in High-Interactivity Deployments

Revised topic. Feature/Function definition of SiebelAx_Desktop_Integration.cab and Siebel Desktop Integration changed to reflect the new location of the EnableWebClientAutomation parameter. Prior to Siebel CRM version, 8.0 this parameter was located in the application configuration file. From Siebel CRM, version 8.0 or later, this parameter is set in the (AOM) Application Object Manager.

Configuration Parameters Index

Revised topic. Removed the entry for the EnableWebClientAutomation parameter which is no longer located in the application configuration file.

What's New in Siebel System Administration Guide, Version 8.0, Rev A

Table 3 lists changes described in this version of the documentation to support release 8.0 of Siebel Business Applications from Oracle.

Table 3. What's New in Siebel System Administration Guide, Version 8.0, Rev A
Topic
Description

About Deployment Modes for Siebel Web Clients

Revised topic. Added note to indicate that using different versions of the Siebel Web client simultaneously on the same client machine is not supported.

Configuring Automatic JRE Downloads

New topic. Describes how you configure the AOM (Application Object Manager) component parameter, JREDownloadUrl, so that a Web client automatically downloads the correct version of the Java runtime environment (JRE) if it is not already present on the Web client's machine.

About System Alert Notification

Revised topic. Elaborates scenarios where Siebel Business Applications trigger system alerts.

Configuring Memory-Based Server Component Recycling

Revised topic. Describes how you can set a value for the parameter Process VM Usage Upper Limit (alias MemoryLimitPercent) to trigger a fast shutdown of a memory-consuming process.

Starting the Siebel Server Manager Command-Line Interface

Revised topic. Added recommendation that you use the Siebel Server Manager GUI to enter non-ASCII characters.

About Other System Management Components

New topic. Provides descriptions of additional server components in the System Management and Auxiliary System Management component groups.

Generic Parameters

Revised topic. Now includes a description of the:

  • EnableSIDataLossWarning (alias EnableSIDataLossWarning) parameter which, when set to TRUE, allows a message to appear if a user attempts to change the context without saving changes in standard-interactivity mode employee applications.
  • OM - Save Preferences (alias SavePreferences) parameter which determines if user preference files are created or not.

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