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Roadmap for Distributing a Siebel Maintenance Release or Patch

This topic provides an overview of the process of deploying a Siebel maintenance release or patch, including links to more specific instructions.

NOTE:  Only Mobile and Developer Web Clients can use Siebel Anywhere to download the upgrade kits needed for a Siebel maintenance release or patch. For other types of clients, such as Siebel Tools clients, users can only receive notification and then manually install the patch. For more information about installing maintenance releases manually, see Siebel Installation Guide for the operating system you are using and the applicable Siebel Maintenance Release Guide on My Oracle Support.

To distribute a Siebel maintenance release or patch, perform the following tasks or processes:

1. Determine your upgrade requirements. For more information about this step, see Determining Your Upgrade Requirements.
2. Prepare any needed infrastructure elements, such as configurations or custom components. For more information about this step, see Modifying and Creating Siebel Anywhere Configurations and Setting Up Custom Siebel Anywhere Upgrade Components.
3. Prepare Siebel maintenance release files or patch files for inclusion in upgrade kits. Check the release-specific documentation for any special requirements concerning this step.

   NOTE:  If you want to create a delta installation upgrade kit, rather than a standard installation upgrade kit, this is the point at which you create the delta patch file. For more information about delta installation upgrade kits, see About Reducing the Size of Siebel Client Executables Upgrade Kits and Roadmap for Creating a Delta Installation Siebel Client Executables Upgrade Kit.

4. Define one or more upgrade kits, as needed:
   1. Define a single standard installation upgrade kit for the language-independent (base) portion of the maintenance release or patch and for any language-specific portions. For more information about this step, see Defining a Siebel Client Executables Upgrade Kit.
   2. Or, define delta installation upgrade kits. For more information about delta installation upgrade kits, see About Reducing the Size of Siebel Client Executables Upgrade Kits and Roadmap for Creating a Delta Installation Siebel Client Executables Upgrade Kit
5. Activate the upgrade kit you created. For more information about this step, see Activating an Upgrade Kit.
6. Apply the upgrade kit you created. For more information about this step, see Applying an Upgrade Kit.
7. Distribute the upgrade kit to a test configuration. For more information about this step, see Distributing Upgrade Kits.
8. Test the upgrade kit by retrieving and installing it as both local and remote members of the test configuration, and by running the software that has been upgraded. For more information about this step, see Retrieving, Installing, and Testing Upgrade Kits.
9. After the upgrade kit is operating correctly for test configuration members, distribute the upgrade kit to one or more additional configurations, for general use.

Related Books

Siebel Installation Guide for the operating system you are using

Version 8.1.1.x Siebel Maintenance Release Guide on My Oracle Support (Article ID 880452.1)

Version 8.2.2.x Siebel Maintenance Release Guide on My Oracle Support (Article ID 1441523.1)