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Extracting a Database to a CD-ROM or Other Portable Media

By default, a database extract stores the compressed file on the Siebel Server. To download data and initialize the local database, the user logs on to the Siebel Server. A database extract can also store the compressed file in a directory that you specify in the server database extract parameters. This feature allows you to copy the compressed database file from a directory, and then make an image of the files on a CD-ROM or other media device, which you can then distribute to users. The user can initialize the local database directly from the CD-ROM rather than having to download it from the Siebel Server.

The remote client must synchronize before it retrieves a database extract from a CD-ROM. The remote client requires a network connection to perform this synchronization.

To extract a database to a CD-ROM or other portable media

1. On the Siebel Server, delete any .toc, .uaf, and .dat files that exist in the docking directory of the user.

   Removing these files makes sure that the remote client does not attempt to download the files from the Siebel Server during the next synchronization.

2. Complete the procedure described in Extracting the Server Database, with the following modifications:
   1. After you add the Client Name in the Component Request Parameters list, click New to add the CD Directory parameter using values from the following table.

      Parameter Name	Value
      CD Directory	Specify the name of the directory on the CD-ROM to which Siebel Remote extracts the server database files. For example, type the following text: e:\db_extract\username where: e is the drive that contains the CD-ROM db_extract\username is a directory on the CD-ROM

   2. Modify the values of other parameters, as necessary.

      For more information, see Parameters of the Database Extract Server Component.

3. In the Component Requests form, click Menu, and then click Submit.

   Siebel Remote extracts the local database to the directory that you specify in the CD directory parameter. You can create an image of these files on a CD-ROM or other media device.

Specifying the Directory That Stores Files

Beginning with Siebel CRM version 7.7, the DbinitLocalSource parameter in the Local section of the CFG (configuration) file on the remote client specifies the directory that Siebel Remote uses to store files that it downloads to initialize the local database. To enable the remote client to initialize a local database from a CD-ROM or a directory other than the default location on the Siebel Server, it might be necessary for you to change the value of this parameter. In previous releases, Siebel Remote used the FileSystem parameter for this purpose. Beginning with Siebel CRM version 7.7, Siebel Remote ignores the FileSystem parameter in the Local section of the CFG file on the remote client.

You can extract groups of users simultaneously. You can use one CD for more than one user. The names of the files contain the remote client names.

For more information, see Modifying the Configuration File.