This chapter provides information about preparing to deploy the Siebel Data Warehouse. You should review this information before you begin the installation process.

NOTE:  To install the server components, the computers need to meet the conditions specified in Siebel System Requirements and Supported Platforms, Siebel Analytics.

This chapter includes the following sections:

• Siebel Data Warehouse Deployment Configuration
• Operating System, Driver, and Connectivity Requirements for Siebel Data Warehouse
• IBM DB2 UDB-Specific Database Guidelines for Siebel Data Warehouse
• IBM DB2 UDB zOS and OS/390-Specific Database Guidelines for Siebel Data Warehouse
• Oracle-Specific Database Guidelines for Siebel Data Warehouse
• Additional Suggestions for Optimizing Oracle Performance in Siebel Data Warehouse
• SQL Server-Specific Database Guidelines for Siebel Data Warehouse
• Deploying Siebel Data Warehouse in Latin-1 General, Unicode and Non-English Environments