Configuring the Siebel Enterprise

As indicated in the previous section, the Gateway Name Server is now operational. We can now create the definition of a new Siebel Enterprise, which will later contain one or more Siebel Servers.

Note

It is technically possible but neither supported nor recommended by Oracle to create multiple enterprises in one Siebel Gateway Name Server configuration store.

We can use a utility named nsbrowse.exe (located in the BIN subdirectory of the Siebel Gateway Name Server installation folder) to open the siebns.dat file in read-only mode in order to verify or troubleshoot settings.

To start the configuration of the Siebel Enterprise, we launch the Configuration Wizard for the Siebel Enterprise again. We could also have decided to keep the wizard open once the Gateway Name Server has been configured. It is important that we execute the wizard on the machine where the Siebel Gateway Name Server is running. This is mandatory during an initial installation of a Siebel Enterprise because of the fact that the Siebel Gateway Name Server authentication settings will be changed during the configuration process.

The table below conveys the details of the process of configuring a new Siebel Enterprise: