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Siebel System Administration Guide provides information about performing server administration tasks for Oracle's Siebel Business Applications.

NOTE:  Siebel Innovation Pack 2014 is a continuation of the Siebel 8.1/8.2 release.

What's New in Siebel System Administration Guide, Siebel Innovation Pack 2014

Table 1 lists the changes in this revision of the documentation to support this release of the software.

Table 1. What's New in Siebel System Administration Guide, Siebel Innovation Pack 2014
Topic
Description

About the Siebel Management Pack

Modified topic. Updated information about the Siebel Management Pack.

About Siebel Open UI

Generic Parameters

Modified topics.

Updated information about Siebel Open UI.

Added information about the Session Keepalive Timeout parameter, which is a hidden parameter.

"Using the Browser Health Check"

Deleted topic. The browser health check formerly provided for high interactivity clients is obsolete.

"Administering the Siebel Management Agent System Service"

"Administering the Siebel Management Server System Service"

Appendix E, "Siebel Management Framework API"

Siebel Server Component Groups

Siebel Server Components

Removed topics or modified topics. Siebel Management Server and Siebel Management Agent, which were formerly used with Siebel Application Deployment Manager, are no longer provided or supported for the current release. The server components in the Application Deployment Manager (ADM) component group no longer apply.

For more information, see the statement of direction on My Oracle Support, 1640801.1 (Article ID). For more information about Siebel Application Deployment Manager, see also Siebel Application Deployment Manager Guide on Siebel Bookshelf.

Siebel Server Management Commands

Modified topic. On Linux, the Siebel Gateway Name Server backup file that you create with the backup nameserver command is saved into the admin directory on the Siebel Gateway Name Server installation (GTWYSRVR_ROOT/admin), not the sys directory.

Siebel Server Component Groups

Siebel Server Components

Modified topics.

  • For the component group Handheld Synchronization SIA, added the FINS Mobile Object Manager component, which is new for the current release.
  • Added the component group Disconnected Mobile Synchronization (alias MobileSync), which is new for the current release.

MobileSync contains the Mobile Data Extraction component (alias MobileDbXtract), which is new. These four components were moved from the Siebel Remote component group: Database Extract, Parallel Database Extract, Transaction Processor, and Transaction Router. The BatchSync component was moved from the Handheld Synchronization component group.

  • For deployments of Siebel Mobile disconnected applications, you must enable the MobileSync component group. Other requirements apply.
  • For deployments of Siebel Remote or Siebel Replication Manager, you must enable both Siebel Remote and MobileSync. Other requirements apply.

Siebel Enterprise, Server, and Component Parameters (see Generic Parameters)

Modified topics. Updated the information about the parameter Maximum depth of the query (alias MaxDepthOfTheQuery).

Parameter Descriptions of the eapps.cfg File

Modified topic. Updated the description of the SessionTracking parameter to note that Siebel Open UI requires the use of cookies and does not support cookieless mode. For more information about this parameter, see Siebel Security Guide on Siebel Bookshelf.

What's New in Siebel System Administration Guide, Version 8.1/8.2, Rev. A

Table 2 lists the changes in this revision of the documentation to support this release of the software. The new features described in Table 2 are available in Siebel CRM version 8.1.1.11, Siebel CRM version 8.2.2.4, and later.

Table 2. What's New in Siebel System Administration Guide, Version 8.1/8.2, Rev. A
Topic
Description

Siebel Server Component Groups

Siebel Server Components

Modified topics. Added a component group and several components that are used by the Siebel Mobile applications. For more information, see Siebel Mobile applications documentation.

  • Added the component group Handheld Synchronization SIA (alias HandheldSyncSIS) and all of its components.
  • For the component group Handheld Synchronization (alias HandheldSync), added the Sales Mobile Object Manager and Service Mobile Object Manager components.

About Siebel Open UI

Modified topic. Updated information about deploying applications for Siebel Open UI.

Requirements for Deploying Siebel Applications Using Standard Interactivity

Modified topic. Standard interactivity requires that the browser support HTML 4.01 as a minimum.

Reconfiguring Siebel Server Component Definitions

Modified topic. Updated some of the information about reconfiguring server component definitions.

Cleaning Up the Siebel File System

Modified topic. For customers using earlier Siebel CRM version 8.1.1.x releases, note that Siebel CRM version 8.1.1.5 is the minimum version for some of the functionality described in Table 23.

Siebel Server Component Groups

Siebel Server Components

Modified topics. For the component group Siebel eChannel, added the Siebel Partner Portal Object Manager component. This component is used for Siebel Partner Portal for Siebel Open UI. Using this application requires Siebel CRM version 8.1.1.11 or version 8.2.2.4 or later. For more information, see Siebel Partner Relationship Management Administration Guide.

Siebel Enterprise, Server, and Component Parameters

Description of Siebel Application Parameters

Modified topics. Added a description of the parameter Maximum depth of the query (alias MaxDepthOfTheQuery).

What's New in Siebel System Administration Guide, Version 8.1/8.2

Table 3 lists the changes in this revision of the documentation to support this release of the software. The new features described in Table 3 are available in Siebel CRM version 8.1.1.11, Siebel CRM version 8.2.2.4, and later.

Table 3. What's New in Siebel System Administration Guide, Version 8.1/8.2
Topic
Description

Multiple topics

Modified topics. For Siebel CRM version 8.1.1.9 and later, and for version 8.2.2.2 and later, the system requirements and supported platform certifications are available from the Certifications application on My Oracle Support. Updated references throughout this guide. For more information, see article 1492194.1 (Article ID) on My Oracle Support.

"Enabling Support for SSL Acceleration in the Application Object Manager"

Removed topic. Information about enabling support for SSL acceleration is in Siebel Security Guide.

About Starting Siebel Server Components

Modified topic. Updated descriptions of component states.

About the Siebel File System

Modified topic. You can configure the Siebel File System to exclude certain file types based on their file extensions.

Siebel Server Component Groups

Siebel Server Components

Modified topics. Added a component group and several components that are used by the Siebel Mobile applications. For more information, see Siebel Mobile applications documentation.

  • Added the component group Handheld Synchronization SIA (alias HandheldSyncSIS) and all of its components.
  • For the component group Handheld Synchronization (alias HandheldSync), added the Sales Mobile Object Manager and Service Mobile Object Manager components.

Siebel Server Component Groups

Siebel Server Components

Modified topics. For the component group Siebel Call Center, added the Self Service Object Manager component. This component is used for Siebel eService for Siebel Open UI. For more information, see Siebel eService Administration Guide for Siebel Open UI.

Configuration Parameters Index

Modified topic. Added the CalDAVService parameter and related parameters. These parameters support a CalDAV integration for the Siebel calendar, using Siebel Enterprise Application Integration (EAI). For more information about configuring a CalDAV integration, see article 1574546.1 (Article ID) on My Oracle Support.

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