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Siebel Installation Guide for UNIX: Servers, Mobile Web Clients, Tools > Creating the Siebel Installation Image on the Network > Preparing to Create a Siebel Installation ImageBefore you create a Siebel installation image on your network, review the issues presented in this section. Determine Location for Siebel Media Files and Siebel ImagesYou download or copy all Siebel media files to a central location on your network where you have sufficient disk space. This may be the same location where you will create your Siebel image, or a subdirectory of this location. For example, if you will create Siebel images on a Windows system, you might create a directory D:\Siebel_Install_Image, in which to store all of your Siebel images and all Siebel media files. You might then create a subdirectory JAR_7.8.2.0, in which you will place all Siebel media (JAR) files you will use to create a Siebel image for version 7.8.2. In this scenario, if you run Image Creator, specify D:\Siebel_Install_Image as the top-level directory. The utility will automatically create another subdirectory, 7.8.2.0, to contain the installable Siebel products (by platform) you choose to include in the image. So, your applicable directories would be:
The default top-level names for Siebel image directory are C:\Siebel_Install_Image (on Windows) and /Siebel_Install_Image (on UNIX). NOTE: Siebel Business Applications (formerly Siebel eBusiness Applications) and Siebel Industry Applications cannot both reside in the same Siebel image. If you will create network images for both of these sets of applications, you should specify a top-level directory name that indicates the image type—for example, by appending SEA or SIA at the end of the top-level directory name. You also specify the type while you run Image Creator, which stores this information internally. Requirements for Siebel Image DirectoriesThe directory in which you will create a Siebel image, or the directory that you will specify as the location for Siebel media files, must meet the following requirements:
Cross-Platform Issues in Creating Siebel Image DirectoriesEach network image you create will contain directories representing specified operating system platforms you will support, such as Windows, AIX, and so on. The image itself can reside on any supported platform. Image Creator can run natively on Windows, AIX, Solaris, and HP-UX. If you support multiple platforms, you must use a cross-platform networking tool, such as Samba, to make a Siebel image accessible from multiple platforms. This issue does not apply, however, if you create a separate Siebel image for each platform, where the image is created on the same platform. Requirements for Running Image Creator UtilityBefore you run Image Creator for your chosen platform, consider the following requirements:
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