Specifying the Siebel Product Configurator File System Location

This topic is part of Guidelines for Siebel Product Configurator Tuning.

The Siebel Product Configuration Object Manager, running on a dedicated Siebel Server computer, can use a Siebel File System directory to cache all configuration-related object definitions. The server parameter, Product Configurator - FS location (alias eProdCfgCacheFS), specifies the location of this directory. Specify a value for this parameter to reference a directory path that has write permission. For example, you might specify \\MyServer\SiebFS\SiebConfig. Note the following considerations:

• Although you can specify any network-accessible directory for caching object definitions, it is strongly recommended that you specify the full path to a directory that is local to the dedicated Siebel Product Configurator server, such as C:\siebel\SiebConfig on Microsoft Windows. Do not specify a top-level directory of a network directory. For example, if SiebFS is a top-level directory (at a location like \\MyServer\SiebFS), then specify a subdirectory, such as \\MyServer\SiebFS\SiebConfig, as the value for the eProdCfgCacheFS parameter.

• If you do not specify a value for eProdCfgCacheFS, then Siebel Product Configurator attempts to use the location of the Siebel File System directories, as configured for the Siebel Server, for caching object definitions.

Note: If your deployment uses the File System Manager (alias FSMSrvr) component, however, then Siebel Product Configurator cannot cache object definitions in the Siebel File System directories, and you must specify a location using the eProdCfgCacheFS parameter. For more information about the Siebel File System, see Siebel Installation Guide and Siebel System Administration Guide.

For more information about caching in the Siebel Product Configurator File System, see About Siebel Product Configurator Caching.