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Configuring Database Connectivity

DB2 UDB for UNIX and Windows. Define a database alias with the proper connection information for your database. This alias will be the connect string used when installing the Siebel Server. Record the connect string in Deployment Planning Worksheet. You specify this connect string when installing the Siebel Server.

Use either the DB2 Client Configuration Assistant or the Command Line Processor (CLP) to define your database alias. For more information, see IBM documentation such as DB2 Universal Database for Windows or DB2 Universal Database Command Reference.

Oracle. Verify that the Oracle Net9 database connectivity software is installed on each machine, according to the Oracle documentation. For database connectivity software requirements, see System Requirements and Supported Platforms on Siebel SupportWeb.

Siebel Server connections to the Oracle Database are made through dedicated server processes rather than through Oracle MTS; the use of MTS may negatively affect performance.

Use the Oracle Net9 Easy Configuration utility to define a database alias with the proper connection information for your Siebel Database. Record the connect string in Deployment Planning Worksheet. You specify this connect string when installing the Siebel Server.

Microsoft SQL Server. No configuration is required after the Microsoft SQL Server ODBC driver, as specified in System Requirements and Supported Platforms on Siebel SupportWeb, has been installed on each machine.

Siebel Business Applications automatically create an ODBC data source using connectivity parameters that you specify during installation of the Siebel Server. This data source should be recorded in Deployment Planning Worksheet.

NOTE:  For Microsoft SQL Server deployments, the correct version of Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) must be installed before you install the Siebel Server. See System Requirements and Supported Platforms on Siebel SupportWeb for version information.

DB2 UDB for z/OS. For information on configuring database connectivity for DB2 UDB for z/OS, see Implementing Siebel Business Applications on DB2 UDB for z/OS.