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About File Paths and Commands in Upgrade Topics

Environment variables and path placeholders for both Windows and UNIX paths are used throughout this guide. You must enter UNIX commands in a Korn shell. Enter Windows commands in a Windows Command Prompt window.

Windows Paths

The following path conventions specify file system locations in topics:

• SIEBEL_ROOT is the absolute path to the Siebel Server installation directory. When you install a Siebel Server, the installation program queries for the Siebel CRM installation path and installs the Siebel Server in a subdirectory of this path called siebsrvr. For example, if you specified C:\sba811 as the installation directory (this is the default), then SIEBEL_ROOT is C:\sba811\siebsrvr.
• DBSRVR_ROOT is the absolute path to the Siebel Database Configuration Utilities files installation directory on the Siebel Server. When you install the Siebel Database Configuration Utilities, the installation program queries for the Siebel Server installation directory and then installs the Siebel Database Configuration Utilities files at the same level in a subdirectory called dbsrvr. For example, if SIEBEL_ROOT is C:\sba811\siebsrvr, then DBSRVR_ROOT is C:\sba811\dbsrvr.

UNIX Paths

The following environment variables and path conventions specify file system locations in the topics in this guide:

• SIEBEL_ROOT is an environment variable that defines the absolute path of the Siebel Server installation directory. When you install a Siebel Server, the installation program queries for the installation directory and installs the Siebel Server in a subdirectory of this path called siebsrvr. For example, if you specified usr/siebel as the installation directory, then $SIEBEL_ROOT is /usr/siebel/siebsrvr.

  The definition of SIEBEL_ROOT and other environment variables required for doing an upgrade are located in /siebsrvr/siebenv.sh. The Siebel Server installation script sets environment variable definitions in this shell script. Do not edit or delete this file.

  TIP:   Before performing command line procedures, source siebenv.csh or siebenv.sh first. This refreshes the environment variables required to run commands.

• DBSRVR_ROOT is a path convention used in this guide. It is not an environment variable and is not defined in siebenv.csh or siebenv.sh.

  DBSRVR_ROOT is the absolute path to the Siebel Database Configuration Utilities files on the Siebel Server. When you install the Siebel Database Configuration Utilities, the installation program queries for the Siebel Server installation directory and installs the Siebel Database Configuration Utilities files at the same level in a subdirectory called dbsrvr. For example, if $SIEBEL_ROOT is usr/siebel/siebsrvr, then DBSRVR_ROOT is /usr/siebel/dbsrvr.

• Run UNIX scripts in a C or Korn shell.

Commands

Procedural steps that ask you to execute a command must be performed as follows, unless specified otherwise:

• Windows. Open a Command Prompt window and use the cd command to make the specified directory the current directory. Enter the command.

  Do not use the Windows File Explorer to navigate to the directory and do not run the command by entering it in the Run window in the Start Menu.

• UNIX. In a shell window, make the specified directory the current directory, source the siebenv script, then enter the command.

Use lowercase for all filenames, directory names, path names, parameters, flags, and command-line commands, unless you are instructed otherwise.