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About Terms Used in Siebel Database Upgrade Topics


Upgrades from: All Siebel releases.

Environments: Development, production test, production.

This guide follows several naming conventions:

  • Current release means the currently shipping release of the Siebel Business Applications.
  • Siebel 8.x refers collectively to all versions of Siebel 8, for example, Release 8.0. See the See the Upgrade topic in System Requirements and Supported Platforms on Siebel SupportWeb for specific information on which release numbers are meant by Siebel 8.x.
  • Siebel 7.x refers collectively to all versions of Siebel 7, for example, Release 7.0.4 or 7.5.3. See the Upgrade topic in System Requirements and Supported Platforms on Siebel SupportWeb for specific information on which release numbers are meant by Siebel 7.x.
  • Siebel 7.0.x refers to versions of Siebel 7 prior to Release 7.5 that are supported for upgrade to the current release, for example, Release 7.0.4. See the Upgrade topic in System Requirements and Supported Platforms on Siebel SupportWeb for specific information on which release numbers are meant by Release 7.0.x.
  • Siebel 6.x refers collectively to all versions of Siebel 2000 that are supported for upgrade to the current release. See the Upgrade topic in System Requirements and Supported Platforms on Siebel SupportWeb for specific information on which release numbers are meant by Siebel 6.x.
  • The term "Windows" refers to all Microsoft Windows operating systems listed as supported for this release in System Requirements and Supported Platforms on Siebel SupportWeb.
  • The term "UNIX" refers to all forms of the UNIX operating system supported for this release in System Requirements and Supported Platforms on Siebel SupportWeb.
  • The term IBM z/OS refers to the IBM mainframe operating systems collectively referred as
    z/OS and supported for this release in System Requirements and Supported Platforms on Siebel SupportWeb.
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