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File and Directory Naming Conventions

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

Use lowercase for all file names, directory names, path names, parameters, flags, and command-line commands, unless you are instructed otherwise.

Directory names or file names may not contain special characters, including periods, apostrophes, accents, number (pound or hash) signs, or ampersands. Underscores are acceptable. Spaces are not allowed for server installs on Windows (though the OS may otherwise allow it). Spaces are acceptable for client installs on Windows.

How This Guide Refers to Your Installation Directories

This guide uses the following variable-naming conventions to refer to the installation directories either created by the installers or to which users navigate to access files and executable programs.

SIEBEL_ROOT. Generally, this refers to the main directory in which software for each Siebel Enterprise Server component has been installed. The installers for the Enterprise Server components install into the top-level directory C:\sba80 by default. Generally, this directory is what SIEBEL_ROOT represents in this guide.

SIEBEL_HOME. The installation or root directory for Siebel Business Applications software in general, or of a specific module such as the Siebel Gateway Name Server or the Siebel Server—depending on the context. Many scripts contain variables with this name; its meaning is most often derived from the context.

SIEBSRVR_ROOT. The installation or root directory for Siebel Server. By default, it is installed in C:\sba80\siebsrvr.

SIEBEL_GATEWAY_ROOT. The installation or root directory for Siebel Gateway Name Server. By default, it is installed in C:\sba80\gtwysrvr.

DBSRVR_ROOT. The directory into which you install the Siebel Database Configuration Utilities (formerly referred to as the Siebel Database Server). By default, these utilities are installed in C:\sba80\dbsrvr (on a Siebel Server machine).

SWSE_ROOT. The directory into which you install the Siebel Web Server Extension (SWSE). By default, it is installed in C:\sba80\SWEApp.

SIEBEL_CLIENT_ROOT. The directory into which you install the Siebel Mobile Web Client or Siebel Developer Web Client. By default, it is installed in C:\Program Files\Siebel\8.0\web client.

SIEBEL_TOOLS_ROOT. The directory into which you install the Siebel Tools Client. By default, it is installed in C:\Program Files\Siebel\8.0\Tools.