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About the Siebel Network Image

For each Siebel Business Applications release representing the products that you have purchased, you run the Siebel Image Creator utility to create a Siebel network image, which is also called a Siebel image. All installations of Siebel Business Applications modules must be performed from a Siebel image. The Siebel Image Creator is also called the Network Image Creator. Unless otherwise stated in documentation for a particular release, each Siebel release includes Siebel Image Creator and you use this utility to create a version-specific Siebel image.

To install all of the Siebel CRM software for Siebel Innovation Pack 2014, you require an image of a single version: Siebel CRM version 8.1.1.14 or version 8.2.2.14. You must create network images as described in this chapter.

For Siebel Enterprise Server, Siebel Web Server Extension (SWSE), Siebel Web Client, Siebel Tools, or Siebel Sample Database, create a network image for the current release, Siebel CRM version 8.1.1.14 or version 8.2.2.14.

Installing these modules is a one-step task. The installers perform a complete installation of the current release. Siebel CRM version 8.1.1.14 and version 8.2.2.14 are base releases, and no Siebel CRM version 8.1.1 or version 8.2.2 network images are required or used. For existing deployments, you can use the same installers to install the current release as a migration installation.

For the Siebel Sample Database, the migration installation option does not apply. For an existing installation, you first uninstall the existing Siebel Sample Database from Siebel CRM version 8.1.1, version 8.2.2, or any prior Siebel CRM version 8.1.1.x or version 8.2.2.x. Then you install the Siebel Sample Database for the current version on the Siebel Mobile Web Client installation.

You must allocate disk space on the network for the Siebel images that you will use as the source location for Siebel installations. Retain all of the Siebel images until they no longer apply. Also retain all of the Siebel media files, particularly the JAR files that you use to create the Siebel images.

The remaining topics in this chapter describe how to obtain the Siebel media files from Oracle and how to create a Siebel image.

NOTE:  The Siebel image is always of application type Siebel Industry Applications. The application type Siebel Business Applications (formerly used for Siebel Cross-Industry Applications) no longer applies. For more information about the implications of this change, see 549362.1 (Article ID) and related articles on My Oracle Support. This document often refers to Siebel Business Applications in a generic way that currently means the same thing as Siebel Industry Applications.

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