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Terms Used in This Guide

This guide uses the following terms:

Database Upgrade. A set of standard procedures to migrate your custom repository and data schema from one release of Siebel CRM to a higher release.

Maintenance Releases. Siebel fix pack maintenance releases are applied onto existing fix packs, both of which are part of the same major Siebel CRM release. Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) is the standard tool that you use for applying fix packs. For more information on maintenance releases, see Siebel Installation Guide for the operating system you are using, and the applicable Siebel Maintenance Release Guide on My Oracle Support.

SEA and SIA: The Siebel Industry Applications (SIA) data model is physically a superset of the Siebel Enterprise Application (SEA) data model. The SIA data model has more tables, more columns in the same tables, and more indexes than the SEA data model, but it does not exclude any tables, columns or indexes from the SEA version.

Incremental Repository Merge. A mechanism which allows you to incrementally upgrade your custom repository data (including schema and seed data) from Siebel CRM version 8.1.1.x (SIA Fix Pack) to Siebel CRM version 8.1.1.11 (SIA innovation pack). Similarly, you can use incremental repository merge to incrementally upgrade from Siebel CRM version 8.2.2.x (SIA repository) to Siebel CRM version 8.2.2.4 (SIA innovation pack). For more information about the incremental repository merge process, see Performing the Siebel Incremental Repository Merge.

NOTE:  The Siebel CRM version 8.1.1.11 and 8.2.2.4 repositories contain the cumulative repository, schema, and seed data for all new content (such as Release Features) developed up to Siebel CRM version 8.1.1.11 and Siebel CRM version 8.2.2.4.