Table 2. New Product Features in Siebel Database Upgrade Guide for DB2 UDB for z/OS, Version 8.0
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- Application Upgrade Planning
- Tables Modified or Seeded During Upgrade
- Siebel Marketing Upgrade Reference
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These chapters were deleted because the information they contain is in the core Siebel Database Upgrade Guide. |
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Topics that duplicated information in the Siebel Database Upgrade Guide were deleted from these chapters. |
How the Siebel Database Upgrade Works. |
Changed a number of topics to reflect changes in the z/OS upgrade process. |
How to Perform a Siebel Database Upgrade. |
Changed steps in the roadmap to reflect the new z/OS upgrade process. |
About Using the DSNTIAUL Utility |
New topic. Describes the DSNTIAUL patch supplied with Siebel 8.0. |
About Estimating Database Size |
Revised this topic to include the number of tables and the space required for a sample Siebel 8.0 SIA database. |
About Multilingual Deployments |
This topic was amended. In Siebel 8.0, the upgrade process upgrades both the primary (base) language and all deployed languages for upgrades from Siebel 7.x. If you are upgrading from Release 6.2.1, however, only the primary language is upgraded; all other deployed languages must be upgraded manually. |
Preparing the Storage Layout of the Schema |
Revised this topic to reflect the Database Configuration Wizard screen changes. |
Reviewing EIM Table Partitioning and Data Distribution |
New topic. This topic was formerly in Implementing Siebel Business Applications on DB2 for z/OS. |
Converting LONG VARCHAR Columns to CLOB Columns |
New topic. If you are upgrading to Siebel 8.0 from releases earlier than 7.8.x, the SCRIPT column of the S_SERVICE_SCRPT table must be converted from a LONG VARCHAR to a CLOB data type or the repository merge process fails. |
Running the Database Configuration Wizard to Perform Upgrade Tasks. |
Revised a number of topics to describe the new upgrade options that run from the Database Configuration Wizard. Moved topics that did not relate to running the Database Configuration Wizard to other chapters. |
Creating the Siebel Staging Database. |
New chapter. This chapter describes how to generate the staging database files and how to apply them on the z/OS host. Upgrades to previous releases of Siebel Business Applications did not use a staging database because in-place upgrades were not supported. |
Generating the Siebel Upgrade Files. |
New chapter. This chapter describes how to generate the upgrade files for the in-place upgrade by running the Upgrade Wizard against the staging database. |
Upgrading the Target Database. |
New chapter. This chapter describes how to perform the in-place upgrade of the target database. |
Performing Post-Upgrade Tasks On the Target Database. |
New chapter. This chapter describes tasks you must perform after performing the in-place target database upgrade. Some of these tasks were previously described in the Upgrading a Database from the Mainframe chapter, which was deleted. |
Upgrading a Development Environment Database from the Midtier |
This chapter was deleted. Midtier upgrades are no longer supported. |
Upgrading a Database from the Mainframe |
This chapter was deleted. Some of the information was incorporated into new chapters in this guide. |