Siebel File System and Siebel Server Components

This topic is part of Creating the Siebel File System.

Each Siebel Server accesses the Siebel File System (for the Siebel Enterprise) by means of a dedicated server component, called File System Manager (alias FSMSrvr). Individual Siebel Web Clients require no direct knowledge of the locations of the Siebel File System directories, because they connect to FSMSrvr through the Application Object Manager component on the Siebel Server to request file uploads or downloads. The Application Object Manager passes such requests to FSMSrvr, which processes the requests through interaction with the File System directories.

Because the Siebel Server is the sole access mechanism to the Siebel File System, the user with administrative privileges for the Siebel Server, and no other user, must have access privileges to the File System directories. This precaution protects the File System from direct physical access by all other users.

Some Siebel Server components might access the Siebel File System directly, without using File System Manager.