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Roadmap for Creating a Delta Installation Siebel Client Executables Upgrade Kit

Siebel Anywhere supports the use of delta installation Siebel Client Executables upgrade kits. For more information about this type of upgrade kit, see About Reducing the Size of Siebel Client Executables Upgrade Kits.

To create a delta installation client executables upgrade kit, perform the following tasks:

1. Consult the release-specific documentation for the release you want to install, to determine whether you must define an Upgrade Wizard upgrade kit. If so, prepare and define the Upgrade Wizard upgrade kit, as described in the following topics:
   • Preparing Contents for a Siebel Upgrade Wizard Upgrade Kit
   • Defining a Siebel Upgrade Wizard Upgrade Kit
2. Identify the computer where you will create the delta patch file. This is typically a Siebel administrator's computer. Install the version of the Siebel Mobile Web Client software that your mobile users currently use, if that version of the software is not already present.
3. On the same computer, but in a different directory, install the client software for the new release.

   NOTE:  The client environment is sufficient for creating the delta patch file; no servers are required at this time.

4. Create a delta patch file for each of the following components, as described in Creating a Delta Patch File:
   • Siebel Client Executables base (language-independent) component
   • (Optional) Each Siebel Client Executables__language-code component that is in use in your Siebel Business Applications implementation
5. Define a Siebel Client Executables upgrade kit for each of the components listed in Step 4, choosing Delta Install for the Select Type of Installation setting in the Upgrade Kit Wizard.

   For more information about defining a Siebel Client Executables upgrade kit, see Defining a Siebel Client Executables Upgrade Kit.

6. If you defined an Upgrade Wizard upgrade kit, make the Siebel Client Executables base upgrade kit dependent on the Upgrade Wizard upgrade kit, and make each Siebel Client Executables__language-code upgrade kit dependent on the base upgrade kit.

   For more information about making one upgrade kit dependent upon another, see Controlling the Order of Upgrade Kit Installation.