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Installing the ODBC Driver

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At first, you install the appropriate ODBC driver. This section explains how to install the driver.

The ODBC driver used by Siebel to connect with the external Oracle databases is installed during installation of Siebel software.

NOTE:  For information about Siebel software installation, see Siebel Server Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows or Siebel Web Client Administration Guide on the Siebel Bookshelf.

From Siebel Client Installation

You can install the ODBC driver from the Siebel Web Client installation.

To install the ODBC driver from Siebel Client installation

Select Data Sources (ODBC) menu item from the Windows Start button (Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Data Sources (ODBC)) on Windows 2000 operating system. On Windows NT, launch the ODBC Administrator from the Control Panel by selecting ODBC Data Source.

If the Custom setup option is selected, the Select Components dialog appears.

Select ODBC Driver for External Oracle Database.

This action installs and registers the ODBC driver used by the Siebel application to connect to external Oracle databases.

When the ODBC IBM DB2 Driver - Add screen appears, enter a name for the ODBC data source (in this example, ODBCWiz). This data source name will be used in both tools.cfg and Siebel Web Client configuration file (such as siebel.cfg or uagent.cfg) to connect to the external database.

From Siebel Server Installation

To install the ODBC driver from Siebel Server installation

When the screen Configure Database Options: Register External Oracle DB ODBC Driver appears, as shown in the following figure, and prompts you to select the driver, click Yes.

From Siebel Tools Installation

You can select a custom set up from the Siebel Tools installation.

To install the ODBC driver from Siebel Tools installation

When the Siebel eBusiness Applications dialog appears, select Custom in the Setup Type dialog. This action allows you to customize the installation process.
If you chose the custom setup option, the Select Components dialog appears. In this case, select ODBC Driver for External Oracle. This action installs and registers the ODBC driver used by the Siebel application to connect to the external Oracle databases.

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