Module 9: Server Configuration and

Management

Module 9: Server Configuration and

Management

Essentials (Siebel 7.7)Essentials (Siebel 7.7)

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Module Objectives

After completing this module you will be able to: Use Server Administration screens to configure and

manage your Siebel Enterprise

Why you need to know: Server Administration screens enable you to perform

server administration duties required for your Siebel application

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Server Administration Overview

Server Configuration: Enables you to define and control the behavior of your Siebel enterprise

Server Management: Enables you to manage and monitor the day-to-day operations of your Siebel enterprise

Screens and views for server

configuration

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Server Configuration Activities

Reconfigure component definitions

Define component definitions

Synchronize components

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Use component alerts

Set server and component event logging

Create and define job templates

Back up and restore enterprise configuration

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Define Component Definitions

Tailor existing components or create custom components using these steps:

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1. In the Components Definitions list, select and copy the component definition of interest

2. For the copied record, change the name, alias, and type fields

3. In the Component Parameters list, make the desired changes

4. Enable the new component definition

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Reconfigure Component Definitions

Is accomplished through the Component Definitions applet drop-down menu

Start Reconfiguration: Opens existing component

parameters for modification Commit Reconfiguration:

Commits the updated Component Definition

Cancel Reconfiguration: Cancels the current

reconfiguration, component definition remains unaltered

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Synchronize Components

A required post-installation task for executing components on the Siebel Server Makes enabled components available to the Siebel Enterprise

Navigate to Administration – Server Configuration > Enterprises

2. Click the Synchronize button

1. Select the Synchronize

view tab

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Set Server Event Logging

Use the Server Event Configuration view to set the log level of Siebel Server event types

Select the Siebel Server for which you want to configure an event

Select the event type you want toconfigure and enter the value in

the log level field

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Set Component Event Logging

Use the Component Event Configuration view to set the log level of component event types

Select the component for

which you want to configure an event

Select the event type you want toconfigure and enter the value in

the log level field

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Use Component Alerts

Traps information about the failure of tasks and unavailability of components and sends an email alert to the Administrator

Examples: A component fails to restart Critical system throughput

thresholds are hit Additional alerts and parameters

can be set up

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1. Select the System Alerts folder from the Enterprise

Explorer tree

2. Define new system alerts

and alert parameters

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Create and Define Job Templates

Create and define job templates for repeating jobs that have unchanging parameters Navigate to Administration – Server Configuration > Job

Templates

4. Set parameters

2. Select component to

be used

1. Click New to create a

new template

3. Click New to create a new

parameter

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Back Up the Enterprise Configuration

Use Server Manager to back up a working copy of siebns.dat1. Navigate to Administration – Server Configuration

2. Locate the backup in the Administration directory of the Siebel Server root directory

2.Click the Backup

Enterprise Configuration

button1. Click the Enterprises

link

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Restore the Enterprise Configuration

Restore a previous Enterprise configuration with these steps:1. Shutdown the Siebel Gateway Name Server and the Siebel

Server

2. Replace the existing siebns.dat file with a working backup

3. Start the Siebel Gateway Name Server and the Siebel Server

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Server Management Activities

Monitor components and tasks

Enable/disable components and component groups

Create, define, and submit jobs

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Examine log files

Monitor sessions

Change component’s state

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Enable/Disable Components and Component Groups

Can be performed at the enterprise and server level

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Enterprise level

Server level

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Change Component State

Component’s state can be set online, offline, startup, shutdown

Online, Offline, Startup, Shutdown

buttons

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Online, Offline, Startup, Shutdown

menu options

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Monitor Servers, Components, or Tasks

State icons indicate the state of a server, component, or task Can be used with component alerts to notify the system

administrator in the event a component is not in a normal state

Red, yellow, and green state icons

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Create, Define, and Submit Jobs

Navigate to Administration – Server Management > Jobs

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1. Create a new Job

2. Create and define job

parameters

3. Submit job

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Create, Define, and Submit Jobs Continued

Submit job using a job template Navigate to Administration – Server Management > Jobs

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1. Create new job record and select previously created

job template

2. Enter values for job

detail

3. Submit job

Set values for Repeating

Info or Retry, if needed

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Examine Log Files

Each task creates a log of its execution when logging is enabled

… to view Task Information Log

Drill down on task number …

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Examine Log Files Continued

View log file on the Siebel Server

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Note the task number

View the file in log directory

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Monitor Sessions

Allows you to monitor users logged in and their current activity Navigate to Administration – Server Management > Sessions

Session ID

Component Name

View tabs provide

additional information

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Summary

This module showed you how to: Use Server Administration screens to configure and

manage your Siebel Enterprise

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Lab

In the lab you will: Enable and synchronize server components Use command line Server Manager to list status of current tasks

and list parameters for a specific Siebel Server Run a server task Create and submit a job using a job template