NOTE: Oracle's Siebel 7.8 does not support upgrades from Siebel 6.x, except as noted below. You must first upgrade to Siebel 7.7 and then to Siebel 7.8. For information on upgrading to Siebel 7.7, see the latest Release 7.7 version of Siebel's Upgrade Guide on Oracle's Siebel SupportWeb.
IBM z/OS upgrades of Siebel 6.2.1 Financial Services directly to Release 7.8 of Siebel Industry Applications are supported. You do not have to upgrade to Release 7.7 first. To perform this upgrade, see version 7.8 of the Upgrade Guide for DB2 UDB for z/OS. What's New in Upgrade Guide, Version 7.8 Rev. E
Table 1 lists changes in this version of the documentation to support Release 7.8.2 of the software.
What's New in Upgrade Guide, Version 7.8 Rev. D
Table 2 lists changes in this version of the documentation to support Release 7.8.2 of the software.
What's New in Upgrade Guide, Version 7.8 Rev. C
Table 3 lists changes in this version of the documentation to support Release 7.8.2 of the software.
What's New in Upgrade Guide, Version 7.8 Rev. B
Table 4 lists changes in this version of the documentation to support Release 7.8.2 of the software.
Table 4. New Features in Upgrade Guide, Version 7.8 Rev. B
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Important Siebel Database Upgrade Planning Resources |
Revised topic. Oracle's Siebel SupportWeb now has an installation and upgrade portal page. |
Road Map for Performing a Siebel Database Upgrade |
Revised topic. Added a Road Map for upgrading from Release 7.8.1 to Release 7.8.2. |
New Siebel Upgrade Features and Requirements |
Revised topic. You can run Oracle 9i upgrades in CBO or RBO mode. |
Best Practices for Doing Your Siebel Database Upgrade |
Revised topic. Added steps for determining your upgrade path. |
About Siebel Multilingual Deployments |
Revised topic. For multilingual deployments, you must manually import language-specific repository strings and seed data after upgrep. |
Identifying Siebel Seed Data Customizations |
New topic. Seed data is overwritten when upgrading from Release 7.8.1 to 7.8.2 or later. Before upgrading, you can run a report to identify seed data customizations. |
Verifying the IBM DB2 Client for a Siebel Upgrade |
New topic. The 64-bit IBM DB2 client is not supported on the Siebel Server. |
Setting IBM DB2 Parameters for a Siebel Upgrade |
Revised topic. Topic lists only those DB2 parameters that must be reset specifically for upgrades. |
Setting Oracle Database Optimizer Mode for a Siebel Upgrade |
Revised topic. You can run Oracle 9i upgrades in either RBO or CBO mode. |
Setting the Value of Siebel S_SRC_PAYMENT.TYPE_CD for Upgrade |
New topic. S_SRC_PAYMENT.TYPE_CD is a required field. For records where this is null, set a value prior to upgrade. |
Running the Siebel Database Server Configuration Utilities Under UNIX |
Revised topic. Corrected and clarified procedure steps. |
Preparing to Run the Siebel Database Server Configuration Utilities |
Revised topic. For multilingual deployments, you must select the primary (base) language when you run the Database Server Configuration Utilities. |
Summarizing Siebel Log Files Using Logparse |
Revised topic. For steps executed in parallel, logparse adds to the process time only the duration of the longest step. |
Reviewing Siebel Upgrade Log Files for Errors |
Revised topic. Corrected file names of logs that can be ignored. |
About the Siebel Incorporate Custom Layout (ICL) Upgrade Option |
Revised topic:
- In an ICL merge, new controls from the New Siebel Repository are not copied to applets.
- In parent list views, you must select a record in the parent list applet to display view tabs. This is true for both ICL and non-ICL upgrades.
- After an ICL upgrade of objects that use the Upgrade Ancestor property, the layout of descendant objects may differ from ancestor objects.
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Migrating Custom Siebel Workflows |
New topic. If you are upgrading from Release 7.7.x or 7.8.x, you must migrate custom workflows to the New Customer Repository prior to the development environment upgphys. |
"Reviewing Customized Business Components" |
Deleted topic. No longer applicable. |
Upgrading the IBM DB2 Instance |
Deleted topic. No longer applicable. |
What's New in Upgrade Guide, Version 7.8 Rev. A
Table 5 lists changes in this version of the documentation to support Release 7.8.1 of the software.
What's New in Upgrade Guide, Version 7.8
Table 6 lists changes in this version of the documentation to support Release 7.8 of the software.
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