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Setting Up the DCOM Exchange Connector Share Directory

The SSSE DCOM Exchange Connector is a Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) application which SSSE starts as required. DCOM applications can run on any computer that hosts the Exchange Connector software, including any computer that hosts the PIMSI Engine component.

For a DCOM application to function correctly, you must create a local shared directory on the computer where the DCOM application will run, then configure the security and permissions for the shared directory to give the user account that runs PIMSI Engine full access rights to the directory. The user account that runs PIMSI Engine is sometimes called the SSSE startup user.

The SSSE installation and configuration process automatically creates and configures one connector share directory. The procedures in this topic describe how to create each additional shared directory, and then register its location with SSSE. These tasks are steps in Process of Configuring the DCOM Exchange Connector.

Creating the Shared Connector Directory

You must create a shared directory on each computer that will run the DCOM Exchange Connector applications, as described in the following procedure.

To create the shared connector directory

1. On each computer where the DCOM Exchange Connector is installed, create a new folder.

   The folder name can be any name you choose.

2. Right-click the folder, and choose Sharing and Security.
3. In the Properties dialog box, select Share This Folder and enter a share name.
4. Click Permissions to display the Permissions for the ShareName dialog box.
5. Click Add and enter the user account name that the PIMSI Engine component runs under.

   If you want to increase security, also select Everyone and click Remove.

6. Click OK to display the Properties dialog box, and click the Security tab.
7. Enter the user account name that the PIMSI Engine component runs under.

   If you want to increase security, also select Everyone and click Remove.

8. Click OK twice.

Registering the Shared Directory with SSSE

You must register the location of the shared directory you created with SSSE, as described in the following procedure.

To register the shared directory with SSSE

1. Navigate to the Administration - PIM Server Integration screen, Configuration, and then the PIM Server Integration Configuration view.
2. In the PIM Server Integration Configuration list, select the Exchange 2000/2003 Connector record.
3. Navigate to the Configuration Parameters list, Engine Shares section.
4. In the Value field, specify the path of the shared directory using the following format:

   \\ComputerName\ShareName

   where:

   • ComputerName is the name of the DCOM Exchange Connector computer
   • ShareName is the name of the shared directory
5. For each additional shared directory that you created, click New, and then complete the fields as described in the following table.

   Field	Value
   Section	Engine Shares
   Parameter	Sharen (where n is a unique number for each shared directory) Increment the Parameter value to match the instance of the DCOM Exchange Connector software. For example, use either Share1 or Share01 for the first Exchange Connector instance, and Share2 or Share02 for the second Exchange Connector instance, and so on.
   Value	share pathname

6. Restart the Siebel Servers on your PIMSI Dispatcher and PIMSI Engine computers.

   For information about restarting Siebel Servers, see Siebel System Administration Guide.