Cache seeding in OBIEE 11g

Hi All,
How to implement cache seeding in OBIEE 11G.?
Please help.
Thanks
SwathiP

Hi Srini,
Created an Agent for seeding the cache, it ran successfully. On the Recipients tab, added Administrator. Agent ran successfully but the cache for a particular analysis gets recorded 2 times when checked in Admin tool along with BIAdministratorUser cache returning list of users., Is it a right way?
I am not sure how exactly Obiee server seeds the cache..
Please suggest,
Thanks,
SwathiP

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