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About Exporting and Importing Repositories


You can export and import the entire repository using Export/Import option in the Database Configuration Utility. Use this utility when you want to back up your repository, restore your repository, or move all repository objects to another environment that shares the same physical database schema as the source environment.

If you do not need to export and import the entire repository, but need to export and import sets of objects only, use Siebel archive files. For more information, see Exporting Objects to an Archive File.

If you need to migrate a customized repository and schema from one environment to another, use the Repository Migration utility (dev2prod). For more information on Repository Migration, see Going Live with Siebel eBusiness Applications.

Supported Source and Target Databases for Importing and Exporting Repositories

The source and target databases must be configured for the same Siebel version. Siebel Systems does not recommend migrating a repository between two databases that are on a different release or patch levels. Siebel applications support importing and exporting repository data from the source databases to the target databases listed in Table 37.

Table 37.  Code Pages and Unicode Support for Repository Import and Export
Source Database
Target Database

Code Page

Code page

Unicode

Unicode

Code Page

Unicode

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