Verifying the successful Enterprise configuration

Apart from the success message at the end of the configuration process, we can undertake several checks in order to verify the Enterprise configuration.

First and foremost, the enterprise has been created in the siebns.dat file. At the moment, we can only verify this by comparing the file size of the siebns.dat file to the size before we started the Enterprise configuration. Because of the propagation of security information, the Gateway Name Server will now authenticate (and audit) any connection. We will have to wait with the connection to the Gateway Name Server (for example using the nsbrowse utility) until we have fully installed the Siebel Database.

The Siebel Enterprise configuration has also created subfolders in the Siebel File System shared folder.

The next check we should do is to navigate to the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator and verify whether a new data source has been created. This data source will be used for the initial installation of the Siebel database. The Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator can be found in the Administrative Tools folder in the Windows Control Panel.

Note

In order to proceed with the installation and configuration of the Siebel CRM demonstration environment, you will now execute the Siebel Configuration Wizard and create a new Siebel Enterprise. Use the table provided in the above section and your planning document to enter the correct parameter values.