Base Setup Wizard In the Metadata Administration Utility (MAU), a program that runs during initial product installation to perform base setup tasks in the proper sequence. The setup tasks are divided into six stages. Until the base setup tasks in all stages have been completed, the Base Setup Wizard starts at the appropriate stage when the MAU is started. Once all base setup tasks have been completed, the Base Setup Wizard no longer starts when the MAU is started and cannot be run again on an ARM instance.