Siebel Anywhere Administration Guide

What's New in This Release

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Overview of Siebel Anywhere

Features and Benefits of Siebel Anywhere

Roadmap for Using Siebel Anywhere

About the Siebel Anywhere User Interface Features

Siebel Anywhere Screens and Views

Siebel Anywhere Wizards and Utilities

About Siebel Anywhere File Attachments

About Siebel Anywhere Version Settings

Siebel Anywhere Terminology

Siebel Anywhere Deployment Recommendations

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Planning and Preparing to Use Siebel Anywhere

Process of Planning and Preparing to Create Upgrade Kits

Determining Your Upgrade Requirements

Identifying Software to Be Replaced or Added

Evaluating Siebel Anywhere as an Upgrade or Delivery Method

Identifying Computers and Users to Receive Upgrades

Identifying Configurations to Deliver Upgrade Components

Identifying Files to Include in Upgrade Kits

Determining If an Upgrade Kit Is Required or Optional

Determining Version-Setting Values

Other Preliminary Tasks for Upgrade Kits

Determining Required Upgrade Sequences

Planning Upgrade Test Details

Modifying and Creating Siebel Anywhere Configurations

Adding Components to a Configuration

Removing Components from a Configuration

Creating a New Configuration

About Assigning Employees to a Configuration

Assigning Employees to a Configuration

Removing Employees from a Configuration

Setting Up Custom Siebel Anywhere Upgrade Components

About Monitoring and Verifying Siebel Anywhere Version Numbers

Creating a Custom Component

Verifying Client Connections to the Siebel File System

Verifying the Availability of Siebel Anywhere

Preparing Upgrade Kit Contents

Preparing Contents for a Siebel Upgrade Wizard Upgrade Kit

Preparing Contents for a Siebel Client Executables Upgrade Kit

About Reducing the Size of Siebel Client Executables Upgrade Kits

Preparing Contents for a Siebel Quick Fix Upgrade Kit

Preparing Contents for Repository File or Third Party Software Upgrade Kits

Creating a Delta Patch File

Compiling an SRF File for Use in a Delta Repository File

Preparing a Delta Repository File

Synchronizing Server Components

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Defining Upgrade Kits

About Defining Upgrade Kits

Running the Upgrade Kit Wizard

Defining a Siebel Upgrade Wizard Upgrade Kit

Defining a Siebel Configuration File (CFG) Upgrade Kit

Defining a Siebel Database Schema Upgrade Kit

Defining a Siebel Client Executables Upgrade Kit

Roadmap for Distributing a Siebel Maintenance Release or Patch

Roadmap for Creating a Delta Installation Siebel Client Executables Upgrade Kit

Defining a Siebel Quick Fix Upgrade Kit

Defining a Siebel Repository File Upgrade Kit

Roadmap for Creating a Delta Repository File Upgrade Kit

Defining a Third Party Software Upgrade Kit

Defining a Siebel Client Customer Revisions Upgrade Kit

Defining a Custom Component Upgrade Kit

Viewing Upgrade Kit Properties

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Retrieving, Installing, and Testing Upgrade Kits

Process of Retrieving, Installing, and Testing Upgrade Kits

Retrieving and Installing Upgrade Kits

Retrieving Optional Upgrade Kits for Mobile Web Clients

Retrieving Optional Upgrade Kits for Developer Web Clients

Retrieving Required Upgrade Kits

Starting the Upgrade Wizard

Retrieving Upgrade Kits for Siebel Regional Node Servers

Testing Upgrade Kits

Uninstalling Siebel Maintenance Releases or Patches

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Activating, Applying, and Distributing Upgrade Kits

Process of Completing Upgrade Kit Creation

Activating an Upgrade Kit

Controlling the Order of Upgrade Kit Installation

Deactivating an Upgrade Kit

Applying an Upgrade Kit

Converting an Optional Upgrade Kit to a Required Upgrade Kit

Distributing Upgrade Kits

Limiting the Distribution of an Upgrade Kit

Distributing Different CFG Files to Different Users

Disabling Siebel Anywhere

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Performing Additional Siebel Anywhere Tasks

Distributing Additional Language Packs

Example of Global Deployment with Siebel Anywhere

Example of Creating Multiple Upgrade Kits of the Same Type

Process of Updating the Siebel Database Schema

Review What Happens During a Siebel Database Schema Upgrade

Changing the Siebel Database Schema in a Development Environment

Moving Siebel Database Schema Changes Between Environments

Creating Upgrade Kits for Siebel Database Schema Changes

Preparing Mobile Web Clients for Siebel Database Schema Changes

Preparing Siebel Regional Node Servers for Siebel Database Schema Changes

Checking Siebel Regional Node Server Parameters Before a Siebel Database Schema Update

Installing Siebel Database Schema Changes on Mobile Web Clients

Installing Siebel Database Schema Changes on Siebel Regional Node Servers

Deleting Old Upgrade Kits

Testing the Consistency of Upgrade Kit Components

Creating Upgrade Kits That Check DLL File Versions

Example of Constructing a Third Party Software Upgrade Kit

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Troubleshooting for Siebel Anywhere

Upgrade Kit Wizard Error at Finish

New Upgrade Kit Status: Request Submitted

New Upgrade Kit Status: In Progress

Unable to Download Upgrade Kit

Required Upgrade Kit Cannot Be Installed

Failed Upgrade Kit Locks the Siebel Administrator's Account

Converting a Required Upgrade Kit to an Optional Upgrade Kit

Changing Version Settings After Distribution

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