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Preparing Siebel Regional Node Servers for Siebel Database Schema Changes

This topic describes how to prepare Siebel Regional Node Servers for Siebel database schema changes.

This task is a step in Process of Updating the Siebel Database Schema.

Perform this task before you distribute your Siebel Database Schema upgrade kit to either test Regional Node Servers or production Regional Node Servers.

To prepare Siebel Regional Node Servers for Siebel database schema changes

1. Have your Regional Node Servers synchronize with the HQ Server.
2. Determine which configuration you will use to distribute the upgrade kit or upgrade kits to your Regional Node Servers.

   The default configuration that ships with Siebel Business Applications is Siebel Regional Server. You can create your own configuration for Regional Node Servers to suit the particular needs of your organization. Make sure the Siebel Database Schema component is associated with your custom configuration. For more information about these tasks, see Identifying Configurations to Deliver Upgrade Components and Modifying and Creating Siebel Anywhere Configurations.

3. Inspect the Upgrade Component server parameter value for each Regional Node Server, and change it if necessary. For more information, see Checking Siebel Regional Node Server Parameters Before a Siebel Database Schema Update.
4. Distribute your upgrade kit (or upgrade kits) to a configuration for your Regional Node Servers.

   These might be either test Regional Node Servers, or production Regional Node Servers, depending on where you are in the process. For more information about distributing upgrade kits, see Distributing Upgrade Kits.