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Planning RDBMS Installation and Configuration

Note the following guidelines for installing and configuring your chosen Relational Database Management System (RDBMS).

• Make sure that this release of Siebel eBusiness Applications supports the exact version of your chosen RDBMS, as specified in System Requirements and Supported Platforms on Siebel SupportWeb, and that the RDBMS has been installed on the machine to be dedicated as the Siebel Database Server. This server will hold the database tables containing your business data, such as sales (personnel, territories, opportunities, and activities), marketing, and customer service information.
• Determine certain details about your RDBMS configuration for completion of the Deployment Planning Worksheet, located in Deployment Planning Worksheet.
  • Verify that the network names of the servers that will support the Siebel Database Server and Siebel File System are properly recorded in your copy of the Deployment Planning Worksheet. Use the machine names, not the IP addresses, for the Siebel File System names. IP addresses are not supported.
  • Siebel installer creates the ODBC data source name during installation, and the name is SiebSrvr_enterprise. For example, if your Siebel Enterprise Server name is the default, siebel, the ODBC data source name will be SiebSrvr_siebel. Using this pattern, determine what your ODBC data source name will be and fill in your copy of the Deployment Planning Worksheet accordingly.

Planning Database Connectivity

Use the version of the ODBC driver listed in System Requirements and Supported Platforms on Siebel SupportWeb for your chosen RDBMS for both Siebel Web clients and Siebel Servers.

In an enterprise-level deployment, configure the Siebel Web Clients, Siebel Servers, and Siebel Database Servers to use only the TCP/IP protocol for ODBC connectivity, not named pipes. Only in the case of smaller deployment (100 users or less), in which the database and the Siebel Server reside on the same machine, should you set ODBC configuration to use named pipes to possibly enhance performance.