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Obtaining Siebel Installation Media Files

This chapter describes how to use the Siebel Image Creator utility to create a network image from which you install Business Applications software.

Siebel Business Applications releases are provided by Oracle through the Oracle E-Delivery Web site. Files are provided in ZIP file format. Use a standard unpacking tool such as WinZip to extract from each ZIP file a set of JAR files that serve as the Siebel media files. The JAR files are compressed files using the Java Archive format. Siebel Business Applications releases are also available on DVD.

NOTE:  Siebel Business Applications software must be installed from a network image created using Siebel Image Creator. You cannot install directly from JAR files or DVDs.

Download the ZIP files representing products or languages you will require into one or more target locations. Before you download, review the ZIP file sizes. Also provided are the Image Creator executable program and the files it requires. Extract the JAR files from the ZIP files in a single flat directory on your network, then run the Siebel Image Creator utility from this same directory.

You use Image Creator to create a network image from which you will later install Siebel Business Applications. All product installations must be performed from the network image, for each software version. Product installation is described in subsequent chapters.

The same set of JAR files supports two application types: one for horizontal applications and one for vertical applications. When you run Image Creator, you specify the application type for the image you are creating, based on the software you have purchased. For horizontal applications, choose Siebel Business Applications (SBA). For vertical applications, choose Siebel Industry Applications (SIA). The siebel.ini file created for each product records the application type. You cannot change an existing image from one type to the other.

The JAR file names include the designation SBA. As noted, these files apply to both horizontal and vertical applications.

NOTE:  For more information about obtaining Siebel media files, see the Oracle E-Delivery Web site (http://edelivery.oracle.com).

For more information about the contents and organization of the Siebel media files, see Siebel Installation Media Contents.

Before you download the ZIP files to your network, see Preparing to Create a Siebel Installation Image.

Siebel Media Files Provided on DVD

Siebel JAR media files may be provided on DVD. These JAR files are the same as those you can extract from ZIP files obtained online.

Accessing Siebel media JAR files provided on DVD requires a compatible DVD drive (+R compatible). You must use an appropriate mount command to mount each DVD before you can access its contents.

NOTE:  Siebel DVD media require the Rock Ridge extensions. On some UNIX operating systems, such as HP-UX, the mount command requires the -o rr switch to mount Rock Ridge-compliant media properly. For details, consult the manpages of your operating system for the mount CDFS command.

Copy the media files for each DVD representing products or languages you will require into one or more target locations. Review the JAR file sizes before you copy them. Each DVD uses up to 5 GB of storage.

For more information about the contents and organization of the Siebel media files, see Siebel Installation Media Contents.

Before you copy the JAR files to your network, see Preparing to Create a Siebel Installation Image.