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Importing the Siebel Repository

This task is a step in Process of Completing the Siebel Database Implementation.

Importing the Siebel Repository is the final stage in the Siebel Schema installation process. When you import the Siebel Repository, you populate all the repository tables in the Siebel database with Siebel release 8.2 application objects.

Regardless of how many Siebel Business Applications you are using (for example, Siebel Sales, Siebel Service, Siebel Marketing), you load data into the repository tables only once for each installation.

You can also export the Siebel Repository into a platform-independent file that can be sent to Global Customer Support for analysis in case of problems that cannot be diagnosed by telephone or email. For help with problems relating to your Siebel application, create a service request (SR) on My Oracle Support.

To import the Siebel Repository

1. Launch the Database Configuration Wizard and follow the steps in Performing a Standard Installation until the Siebel Database Operation screen is displayed (Step 6).
2. Select the Import/Export Repository option, and click Next.
3. The following options are available on the Select Repository Operation screen:
   • Import Repository. Used to import the Siebel Repository for the first time with a base language.
   • Add language to an existing Repository. If you have already imported your Siebel Repository and its base language, select this option to add another language to the repository. For information, see Importing a New Language to Your Repository.
   • Export Repository. Exports the Siebel Repository into a platform-independent file that can be sent to Global Customer Support for analysis, if needed.

     NOTE:  You can also use the repository export option to replicate repositories.

     Select the Import Repository option, and click Next.

4. On the Import Selection screen, indicate whether you want to import a standard Siebel version 8.2 repository, or a customized repository, by clicking the appropriate radio button.

   NOTE:  Select Import Custom Repository when you are importing a multilingual repository from a test or development environment. This imports all languages to your target repository.

   To continue, click Next.

5. On the Language Selection screen, select the base language in which you want to run the database.
6. On the ODBC Data Source Name screen, enter the name of the ODBC data source, or enter the database alias you prefer to use for the data source. If you specify a database alias, the alias must have been previously registered within DB2 Connect.

   The Siebel Server installation process automatically creates the data source, using the syntax: EnterpriseName_DSN. To continue, click Next.

7. In the Siebel Database User Name screen, enter the database user name, then click Next.

   The Database User Name is the ID used to log into the Siebel database. This user ID must be part of the security group with authorization to set the current SQLID to the schema name.

8. In the Siebel Database Password screen, enter the password associated with the database user name, then click Next to continue.
9. On the Siebel Schema Qualifier screen, enter the ID that identifies the Siebel Schema owner, and click Next.

   The Import Repository Name screen appears.

10. On the Import Repository Name screen, enter the designated name of the repository you want to import, for example, Siebel Repository, then click Next.
11. Enter the file and path name of the repository file you want to import, then click Next.
12. On the Log Output Directory screen, specify where you want the import repository log files to be generated.

    By default, the files are created in SIEBSRVR_ROOT\log\imprep (Windows) or SIEBSRVR_ROOT/log/imprep (UNIX).

13. Save the configuration information you have entered and launch the Siebel Upgrade wizard as described in the following topics:
    • Running the Database Configuration Wizard Under Windows
    • Running the Database Configuration Wizard Under UNIX
14. Click OK to begin the repository import.

    A window appears, displaying information about the repository import activities.

    If the repository import is successful, the Upgrade Wizard displays a message that the repository has been imported. Otherwise, review the log files. For more details on logs, see About the Siebel Log Files and Rerunning the Installation.

NOTE:  If the Siebel Repository import fails midway through the process, you must clean up the data from the failed import by using Siebel Tools to delete the repository.