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About Running the Database Configuration Wizard on Windows

Upgrades: All upgrades.

Environments: All environments.

Platforms: Windows only.

This topic is part of an upgrade process. See How to Perform a Siebel Database Upgrade.

Run the Database Configuration Wizard to upgrade the Siebel database. The wizard collects information, populates a master configuration file, and calls the SQL generator to create SQL commands. The Siebel Upgrade Wizard then uses the configuration file and SQL commands to generate upgrade files that are applied on the mainframe, and to make upgrade changes to the Siebel database. For more information about the Database Configuration Wizard, see About the Siebel Database Configuration Utilities and Database Configuration Wizard.

Requirements:

• Collect the information that the Database Configuration Wizard requires. See Information Required by the Database Configuration Wizard.
• Install the new release's languages packs for all deployed languages. For further information on multilingual upgrades, see the topic on upgrade planning for multilingual Siebel deployments in Siebel Database Upgrade Guide. For a list of languages shipped by Oracle, see Siebel System Requirements and Supported Platforms on Oracle Technology Network.

CAUTION:  When you run the Siebel Database Configuration Wizard to upgrade the Siebel Database, the procedure will not complete successfully if you have deployed languages within your system that are not shipped with Siebel CRM 8.1. You receive an error message stating that your present installation is incomplete, and a list of the languages that caused the error is displayed. If this error occurs, you must delete records for unshipped languages from the S_LST_OF_VAL database table. For information on this task, see the topic on running the Database Configuration Wizard in Siebel Database Upgrade Guide.

Running the Database Configuration Wizard Under Windows

This topic describes the standard procedure to follow to run the Database Configuration Wizard under Windows.

To run the Database Configuration Wizard under Windows

1. Stop all Siebel Servers by navigating to the Start menu, then select Settings, Control Panel, and then Services.

   NOTE:  The Database Configuration Wizard runs in live mode only so you must be connected to the Gateway Name Server to run it. For further information on Siebel Configuration Wizard running modes, see Siebel Installation Guide for the operating system you are using.

2. From the Start menu, select Programs, Siebel Enterprise Server Configuration 8.1, and then Database Server Configuration.

   The first screen of the Database Configuration Wizard appears.

3. Enter the information you are prompted for in each screen, and click Next to continue.
4. When the Configuration is Complete screen appears, select one of the following options, and click Next:
   • Yes apply configuration changes now. The configuration information you entered is saved and you can choose to launch the Siebel Upgrade Wizard in Step 7.
   • No I will apply configuration changes later. The configuration information is saved but you cannot choose to launch the Siebel Upgrade Wizard in Step 7.
5. On the Configuration Parameter Review screen, review the configuration values you entered on the previous screens. To change any of the values, click Back to return to the screen with the parameter you want to change. If the values are correct, click Next to continue.
6. You are prompted as to whether you want to execute the configuration:
   • Click No if you decide you do not want to continue with the upgrade process. The configuration information you have entered is not saved. You must enter the database configuration parameters again.
   • Click Yes to continue. The configuration information you have entered is saved.
7. Depending on the option you selected in Step 4, do one of the following:
   • If you selected the No I will apply configuration changes later option, click OK to finish. The configuration information is saved in a master file located in SIEBEL_ROOT\bin but the Upgrade Wizard is not launched. You can restart the configuration and run the Upgrade Wizard later. See Starting the Siebel Upgrade Wizard.
   • If you selected the Yes apply configuration changes now option in Step 4, the configuration information you entered is saved. Click OK and the Siebel Upgrade Wizard is launched; it calls the SQL generator to create or populate SQL scripts.

You can also launch the Database Configuration Wizard from the command line. For information on the command line syntax and on the available options, see Siebel Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows.