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Restrictions on Names for Siebel Enterprise Server and Siebel Server

This topic is part of General Considerations in Planning Your Siebel Deployment.

This topic describes restrictions to observe when planning names you will give the Siebel Enterprise Server and Siebel Server instances during Siebel product configuration.

See also Restrictions on Host Names for Siebel Gateway Name Server and Siebel Server.

Siebel Configuration Wizard tasks that specify or refer to the Siebel Enterprise name or the Siebel Server name validate for some of the requirements below, such as the 12-character limit. More validations are performed in live mode than in offline mode. Observe all documented restrictions regardless of validation behavior.

Siebel Enterprise Server Naming Restrictions

The following restrictions apply to naming Siebel Enterprise Servers:

• Names must be no longer than 12 characters.
• Names cannot be server or enterprise. (Names such as enterprise1 are acceptable.)

Siebel Server Naming Restrictions

When planning the names of Siebel Server instances within a Siebel Enterprise, the following restrictions apply:

• Names must contain only alphabetic characters, numerals, underscores, or a combination thereof. For example, do not use dashes (hyphens) in naming Siebel Server instances.
• Names must lead with an alphabetic character.
• Names must be unique within the Siebel Enterprise.
• Names must be no longer than 12 characters.
• Names cannot be server or enterprise. (Names such as server1 are acceptable.)