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Copying Ancestor Repositories

Use this task to copy the ancestor repositories before beginning your upgrade. Ancestor repository files are located in an Ancestor Repositories media directory that you access from Oracle Software Delivery Cloud. You can also obtain them from My Oracle Support.

The ancestor repository relevant to your upgrade is the Siebel repository that was shipped with the Siebel CRM release that you are upgrading from. It contains none of your customizations.

To copy the ancestor repositories

1. To download ancestor repositories from Oracle Software Delivery Cloud, do the following:
   1. For Siebel CRM Version 8.1.1.14, access the Siebel CRM Version 8.1.1.14 Ancestor Repository media, part number V48723-01.
   2. For Siebel CRM Version 8.2.2.14, access the Siebel CRM Version 8.2.2.14 Ancestor Repository media, part number V50006-01.
   3. Proceed to Step 3.
2. To download ancestor repositories from My Oracle Support, do the following:
   1. From My Oracle Support, click the Patches & Updates tab.
   2. Enter patch ID 19867680 in the Search box to access the ancestor repository media for both Siebel CRM version 8.1.1.14 and Siebel CRM version 8.2.2.14.
3. After downloading, extract the included file to its own unique folder.

   NOTE:  Keep these files in a separate directory from other downloaded JAR files.

4. From the newly created directory where the ancestor repository media files are located, run the following script to copy the ancestor repositories to your Siebel root directory:
   • Windows: copydat.bat (copydat.bat SIEBEL_ROOT optional_log_file)

     For example, if your Siebel Database Server installation location is c:\siebel\8.1.1.x\ses\dbsrvr, then you might run the following:

   copydat.bat c:\siebel\8.1.1.x\ses d:\temp\out.log

   • UNIX: copydat.sh (sh copydat.sh $SIEBEL_ROOT optional_log_file)

     For example, if your Siebel Database Server installation location is /export/home/22313/ses/dbsrvr, then you might run the following:

   sh copydat.sh /export/home/22313/ses /tmp/out.log

   The script copies the ancestor repository files p753.dat, r77.dat, r782.dat, r80.dat, r811.dat, r81110.dat, r82.dat, r821.dat, r822.dat, r8223, and r2013.dat to $SIEBEL_ROOT/dbsrvr/common/SIA and copies hor782.dat, hor80.dat, and hor811.dat to $SIEBEL_ROOT/dbsrvr/common/HOR. After the script has been successfully run, the Checksum verification is run on the copied files against the checksum values shipped in the manifest file.

   NOTE:  If a log file location is not specified, then a log file is generated in the directory that you run the script from or, if that directory is not writable, in your temp directory.