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Pre-Installation Tasks for Database Server Installation for DB2
Before installing the Siebel Database Server, you must complete the following tasks:
- Obtain the services of a qualified database administrator who will assist you during your installation.
- Complete all the steps described under Installing the Siebel Gateway and Installing the Siebel Server to install at least one Siebel Server.
- If this Enterprise will be multilingual, make sure that you install all the languages that you want the Siebel Database to support onto the Siebel Server from which you will be performing file installation.
- If you have not done so already, make sure you have installed the IBM FixPack required for this release on the machine that will act as your database server. Otherwise, your installation will fail. For more information, see System Requirements and Supported Platforms on Siebel Bookshelf.
- Make sure that DB2 is properly configured, as documented in Creating the DB2 Universal Database for Windows and UNIX
- Allocate and configure disk space appropriate to your installation requirements and DB2.
- If you have not already done so, copy the Deployment Planning Worksheet, located in Deployment Planning Worksheets and fill out the appropriate page with the following:
- DB2 database alias. This is the appropriate DB2 database alias that you created when installing the DB2 software.
- Tableowner/database owner account user name and password. DB2 requires that you assign a user name and password to each database you create. Prior to installing the database server tablespaces and indexes, you will be prompted to edit the
grantusr.sql
script and enter this information before proceeding.SIEBEL
is the default tableowner account user name and password for Siebel applications.- Siebel 4-KB tablespace. The name of the tablespace on the DB2 server where the 4 KB Siebel data tables are stored.
- Siebel 16-KB tablespace. The name of the tablespace on the DB2 server where tables reside whose row length is equal to or greater than 4005 bytes, but less than 16384 bytes.
- Siebel 32-KB tablespace. The name of the tablespace on the DB2 server where tables reside whose row length is 32768 bytes.
- Siebel Index Tablespace. The name of the space on the DB2 server where the Siebel indexes are stored.
- In Siebel eBusiness Applications, release 7.x.x, statistics are generated automatically during table, index, and seed data installation and during the repository import process. However, it is recommended that statistics be kept up to date through standard database administration procedures.
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Siebel Server Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows Published: 25 June 2003 |