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Reviewing the Siebel ADM Predeployment Checklist

Reviewing the Siebel Application Deployment Manager (ADM) predeployment checklist is a step in Process of Deploying a Siebel ADM Package. This topic lists the items you must review before executing an ADM package deployment.

This task involves the following commands to complete:

1. Reviewing ADM Data Types
2. Validating the ADM Enterprise Profile
3. Choosing to Use a Staged or Full Deployment
4. Reviewing Encryption Options

Reviewing ADM Data Types

This task involves reviewing the ADM data types you are deploying. Some of these data types have specific or additional deployment- or activation-related steps. For more information on individual data types and their requirements, see Siebel ADM Supported Data Types.

Validating the ADM Enterprise Profile

This task describes validating the Application Deployment Manager (ADM) enterprise profile, which includes checks for correct formatting and if the target servers match those listed in the ServerInfo section in the enterprise profile. It also checks if the ADM Management Server is configured to locate these servers.

The ADM enterprise profile is referenced during the deployment task and must be valid. For more information on the ADM enterprise profile, see About the ADM Enterprise Profile. For information on configuring this file, see Configuring the ADM Enterprise Profile.

To validate the ADM enterprise profile

1. At the ADM command-line interface prompt, enter:

   deploy_enterprise_name valent username password

   For more information about the syntax elements of this command, see About the Siebel ADM Command-Line Interface Syntax.

   After running the valent command, the ADM command-line interface returns either an error or a success message indicating the validity of the ADM enterprise profile.

2. Examine the resulting messages to make sure no error exists.

For more information, see Verifying Server Access.

Choosing to Use a Staged or Full Deployment

This task involves deciding whether to use a staged or full deployment. A full deployment migrates the customizations to all Siebel Servers in a Siebel Enterprise Server in a single deployment of the package without interruption.

A staged deployment migrates application customizations to a subset of Siebel Servers in a Siebel Enterprise Server in multiple deployments staggered across different servers, which minimizes downtime.

Reviewing Encryption Options

Siebel ADM uses EAI HTTP transport, which only supports MS Crypto or no encryption. ADM does not support the SIEBELHASH method of encryption. Use the ADM file deployment option or decrypt the password.