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Applying an Upgrade Kit

After you activate the upgrade kits for an upgrade, you must apply each upgrade kit. Applying an upgrade kit updates the compiled information string in the database with the component version information. This is an essential step in creating an upgrade kit. This is also the step in which you indicate whether an upgrade kit is a required upgrade kit.

This task is a step in Process of Completing Upgrade Kit Creation.

Upgrade.ucf is the driver file for the Upgrade Wizard to apply the upgrade kit. It contains an ordered list of action items for the Upgrade Wizard to execute during the installation of the upgrade kit.

The following procedure describes how to apply an upgrade kit. This updates the compiled information string in the database with the component version information.

NOTE:  If a replacement upgrade kit uses the same values for New Version, Minimum Old Version, and Maximum Old Version as the deactivated upgrade kit that it replaces, and if the deactivated upgrade kit was previously distributed, then you do not need to apply or distribute the replacement upgrade kit.

To apply an upgrade kit

1. Navigate to the Administration - Siebel Anywhere screen, and, from the link bar, click Upgrade Kits.

   The Upgrade Kits view appears.

2. Select the upgrade kit that you want to apply.

   The Status field must show that it is Active.

3. Click Apply Versions.

   The Apply Upgrade Kit Version Information dialog box appears. Review the information in this dialog box:

   • The Min Version and Max Version numbers in this dialog box apply to the version of the component that can be used to bring up the application in read and write mode. If users have a version below the minimum and choose not to install the upgrade, then they can only access the application in a read-only mode.
   • If you click OK without clicking Require Upgrade Kit, then you are making it an optional upgrade kit (that is, after the upgrade kit is distributed, your subscribers can use Siebel Business Applications without upgrading, if their version is between the minimum and maximum).
   • If you click Require Upgrade Kit, then the minimum version changes to match the maximum version, which is the new version. In this case, the subscribers must upgrade after the configuration is distributed; otherwise, they can only start the application in read-only mode.

     NOTE:  It is strongly recommended that you create upgrade kits as optional and then test to make sure the upgrade kit is functioning properly. After you thoroughly test an upgrade kit using retrieval and installation, you can return to the Upgrade Kits view and reapply and distribute the upgrade kit as a required upgrade kit. See Distributing Upgrade Kits for more information.

4. Click OK if the version information is correct or click Cancel to exit the dialog box without applying the upgrade kit.

   If you click OK, then a prompt reminds you that you must distribute the upgrade kit to make it available to subscribers.

5. Repeat Step 2 through Step 4 for each upgrade kit in this upgrade.

Continue to Distributing Upgrade Kits for distributing updated version information for upgrade kits.

NOTE:  If there are multiple upgrade kits of the same type that are SRF, Siebel Database Schema, or Siebel Client Executables, then it is strongly recommended you deactivate the old upgrade kits. This will save time for your users by preventing the downloading of outdated upgrade kits. (The version information for a deactivated upgrade kit can be retrieved, but a deactivated upgrade kit, itself, cannot be retrieved. When a user tries and fails to retrieve a deactivated upgrade kit, an automatic attempt is made to retrieve a later upgrade kit that is currently activated.)