Siebel 8.

0 Application Deployment Manager

ADM Overview Siebel 8.0 Application Deployment Manager (ADM) is a framework for migrating application customizations from a source environment to one or more target environments. It provides a process to automate and unify the deployment of application customizations and enables an efficient and predicable deployment outcome through re-usable deployment packages and process automation. Siebel ADM is designed to reduce the deployment effort and application downtime and to increase the application deployment quality

ADM High-Level Architecture

Source environment

Orchestration environment

Deployment Package

Management Server

Target environment

Siebel enterprise

Agent Siebel Server

Agent

Agent

Siebel Server

Siebel Server

ADM Key Features in Siebel 8.0 ADM consists of four key stages to deploy application customizations: package, deploy, activate and restore. ADM in 8.0 supports 70+ data types as out-of-the-box functionalities. All three data categories can be deployed using ADM in 8.0: Repository: e.g. WF Action Type, WF policy Database: e.g. Smart Scripts, Access Groups File: e.g. Web Templates, Reports Package

The ADM Package Utility creates and validates the ADM deployment package, which can then be used by the ADM framework to deploy Siebel application customizations to a target environment. It also creates the ADM package descriptor file that is used during the deployment process. The ADM Package Utility is a stand-alone, Java-based program that is invoked through a batch file to execute various package commands at the command-line. By default, it is installed with the Siebel Management Server and Siebel Tools, and you can copy it to other Windows or UNIX machines. Deploy The ADM feature automates the migration of Siebel application customizations between same-version and same-language environments. The migration process uses the ADM framework as a means of managing the customization migration process, validating the process in various stages, and activating the data customizations in the new environment. The customizations migration process can also be run outside the ADM framework using the Siebel application ADM GUI or Siebel Server Manager command-line interface to facilitate the deployment. Activate This feature activates the new application customizations in the target environment. It can be used to stage deployment to minimize downtime. Activation is only required for certain data types. Restore Siebel ADM enables automated backup and restore through command line interface. It allows changes to be backed out in the event of any problems. Restore is only effective within the same deployment session.

ADM Business Benefits Siebel ADM reduces overall deployment effort Export and packaging of changes into re-usable packages Automation of deployment and activation steps Comprehensive logging and status reporting Siebel ADM reduces application downtime Reduced deployment-time by automation Limited high-availability deployment support (e.g. online deployment/activation, staged server deployment) Performance report for deployment optimization Siebel ADM increases application deployment quality Unified mechanism of deployment hiding underlying complexities Predictable deployment outcome through re-usable package and automation Siebel ADM provides a packaged solution No need to develop custom solutions Provides single consistent transport for all changes Reduces in-house development and maintenance

ADM References ADM 8.0 Functionalities & Usage: Siebel Application Deployment Manager Guide, Version 8.0 ADM 8.0 Supported Data Types: Siebel Application Deployment Manager Guide, Version 8.0, Appendix A & B