This chapter provides information about preparing to deploy Oracle's Siebel Business Analytics Applications product. You should review this information before you begin the installation process.

NOTE:  To install the server components, the computers need to meet the conditions specified in System Requirements and Supported Platforms for Siebel Business Analytics Applications on Siebel SupportWeb.

This chapter contains the following topics:

• Siebel Data Warehouse Deployment Configuration
• Operating System, Driver, and Connectivity Requirements for Siebel Data Warehouse
• IBM DB2 UDB-Specific Database Guidelines for Siebel Data Warehouse
• IBM DB2 UDB zOS and OS/390-Specific Database Guidelines for Siebel Data Warehouse
• Oracle-Specific Database Guidelines for Siebel Data Warehouse
• Additional Suggestions for Optimizing Oracle Performance in Siebel Data Warehouse
• SQL Server-Specific Database Guidelines for Siebel Data Warehouse
• Deploying Siebel Data Warehouse in Latin-1 General, Unicode and Non-English Environments