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Should an Incremental Platform Upgrade be Performed?

Releases: 7.8.2 release only.

This topic is part of the process Deciding to Upgrade the Siebel Analytics Platform.

Siebel Analytics version 7.8.2 allows incremental additions of individual components of the platform to an existing installation. Users can add new components, without having to uninstall and reinstall the entire platform.

For example, if you buy Siebel Delivers, then you receive a new license key for that component. The incremental feature of the installer creates a new AnalyticsWebLicense.xml file that includes this new license.

To add newly-purchased licensed Analytics functionality or components to an existing Siebel Business Analytics deployment without having to reinstall the product, see the topic Adding Licensed Functionality or Components to an Existing Siebel Business Analytics Deployment.

Each of the following components can be added to an existing installation of Siebel Analytics 7.8.2:

• Siebel Analytics Web and its sub-components (Delivers, Answers)
• Siebel Analytics Web Plug-In
• Client tools (drivers, Server Administration Tool, Catalog Manager)

  Siebel Analytics client environments run the Server Administration Tool must be of the same version as the Server Administration Tool itself. The Siebel Analytics client environments are:

  • Server Administration Tool

    NOTE:  You cannot open a newer version of the repository on an older version of the Server Administration Tool; that is, a repository saved under 7.8 cannot be opened on 7.7.1.

  • ODBC client

    These client environments are upgraded when you upgrade the platform using the option Complete. If you installed the newer Siebel Analytics software using an incremental upgrade, however, you may need to also install the Siebel Analytics Server or Siebel Analytics ODBC Client. See Checking the Analytics Component Version Number.

• Siebel Data Warehouse Administration Console (DAC)
• Siebel Analytics Server (and its sub-components, such as Data Mining Engine)

  CAUTION:  It is the responsibility of the Siebel Analytics Administrator to make sure that the versions of major Siebel Analytics components installed on the same machine are from the same release. For example, if only the Siebel Analytics Web Server is upgraded to 7.8.2 on a system, but the 7.7.1 release of Siebel Analytics Server remains installed, then the two servers will not work together properly. See Checking the Analytics Component Version Number.