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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.
• (Incremental Repository Merge Only) If you are performing an incremental repository merge and your Siebel Server is installed on Windows, then start the Siebel Database Configuration Wizard from the computer where Siebel Tools is installed. The merge process automatically starts Siebel Tools to execute the incremental repository merge.
• 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.

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 the current release of Siebel CRM. 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. Ensure that no server tasks except the Siebel Gateway Name Service are running in the background.

   To verify, navigate to Start, 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 All Programs, Siebel Enterprise Server 8.x, 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. On the Summary 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.
5. Depending on the option you chose on the Select Runupg Option screen, 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, the configuration information you entered is saved. Click OK to launch the Siebel Upgrade Wizard; it calls the SQL generator to create or populate SQL scripts.
6. After configuration is complete, click Exit to exit the Configuration Wizard.

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.