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Moving the Siebel File System

The location of the Siebel File System may require movement to another directory or machine due to size limitations or other requirements. To move the Siebel File System, perform the following steps:

To move the Siebel File System

  1. Update the client and server configuration file parameter FileSystem with the new file system location.

    2. Specify the new directory first followed by the old directory, and separate the paths with a comma. A value in this format allows clients to search the first path for the files and, if they are not found, the client searches the next path in the list. When writing files to the Siebel File System, write to the first directory specified. Making this change allows clients to access old files while allowing the writing of new files to the new directory. See Siebel Web Client Administration Guide for further details on updating the configuration file parameters.

  2. Update the enterprise parameter Siebel File System (parameter alias FileSystem) with the new file system location.

    3. See Administering Siebel Enterprise Server Parameters for details on this procedure.

  3. Update the ServerDataSrc named subsystem parameter DSFileSystem with the new file system location.

    4. See To modify Named Subsystems for details on this procedure.

  4. Set the current file system directory to read only.

    5. This measure prevents inconsistencies between the old and new file system.

  5. Change the share properties to the new directory.
  6. Copy the old file to the new Siebel File System directory.
  7. Update the client and server configuration files to remove the old Siebel File System directory.

NOTE:  Perform this update in a test environment before moving to a production environment.


 Siebel Server Administration Guide, Version 7.5, Rev. C 
 Published: 18 April 2003