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Preupgrade Tasks for the Test or Production Environment Scenario
Table 10 lists the tasks to complete in preparation for upgrading the test or production environment. See Upgrade Guide for Microsoft Windows for detailed information about each task.
Table 10. Preupgrade Tasks for the Test or Production Environment Scenario Step Date Owner Task Day 10 Siebel Upgrade Consultant, DBA Back up the preupgrade production database. Copy the production database to create a testing database. Day 11 Verify the database backup made in Step 1. Day 11 DBA Upgrade Oracle database server software from 8.0.5 to 8.1.7. Day 11 Siebel Upgrade Consultant, DBA Adjust the database server configuration parameters to the settings defined in Upgrade Guide for Microsoft Windows to allow for database growth during upgrade. Day 11 Siebel Upgrade Consultant Copy the production Siebel File System to your test environment. Set the test environment file system with the correct sharing privilege. Day 11 Complete all the workflow manager tasks. Make sure there is no record inS_ESCL_REQ table.
Day 11 Save any interface table data. Day 11 Disable any customized database triggers and views. Day 11 Siebel Remote Users,
Siebel Developers,
Siebel Upgrade Consultant All remote users synchronize their local databases. Day 11 Siebel Upgrade Consultant Disable transaction merger. Day 11 If you use eChannel, eConfigurator, Forecasting, Quotes, or Calendars, prepare application data for upgrade. Day 11 Complete Upgrade Planning Worksheet to record the parameters that will be used during the upgrade.You can find the Upgrade Planning Worksheet in Upgrade Guide for Microsoft Windows. Day 11 Stop the following services: Day 11 Siebel Upgrade Consultant
- Uninstall all but one of the Siebel 6.3 Tools applications from Siebel Tools developers' workstations. One Siebel Tools application is required to perform subsequent tasks in the upgrade.
- Uninstall Siebel 6.3 database software on the test environment.
- Uninstall Siebel 6.3 application server on the test environment.
- Uninstall Siebel 6.3 gateway server for the test environment.
- Uninstall Oracle client 8.0.5.
Day 11 Delete all directories related to test environment servers and and restart the machine. Day 11 Desktop Administrator Install Windows 2000 SP2. Day 11 Install Internet Explorer (the most recent version and service pack). Day 11 Install IIS 5.0. Make sure you can browse the IIS default page without firewall error. Day 11 Install Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook, and Adobe Acrobat Reader. Day 11 Desktop Administrator,
Siebel Upgrade Consultant Set up the Siebel administrator account (SADMIN
). See Siebel Server Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows for detailed instructions. Day 11 Siebel Upgrade Consultant Set IE security levels (for example, to allow Active X). Day 11 Log into Siebel 6.0 Tools, and renameSiebel Repository
toPrior Customer Repository
. Day 11 Backup and delete all extra repositories in Siebel 6.0 Tools.You only needPrior Customer Repository
.
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