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About Siebel CRM Releases

This topic is part of About Installing Siebel Business Applications.

Siebel CRM software releases and their various installation methods have evolved significantly. New types of releases are provide, and some of the traditional types of releases no longer apply. The current release is Siebel CRM version 16.0 (Siebel Innovation Pack 2016). This book describes the tasks and requirements that apply for the current release.

An innovation pack release is similar to a traditional Siebel Fix Pack release (applicable to some prior releases), but includes new application functionality. In a limited sense, an innovation pack release could be considered a patch release, because, although you can install the release as a new installation, you can also install it for an existing installation, in the migration installation case. Siebel Fix Pack releases are no longer provided.

This guide, the Siebel Installation Guide for the operating system you are using, is for installing the current release. The Siebel Installation Guides describe how to perform both new installations and migration installations.

You install Siebel Enterprise Server, Siebel Web Server Extension, Siebel Web Client, or Siebel Tools as a new installation of the current version of the software or as a migration installation. For more information, see Installation-Related Changes for Siebel Innovation Pack 2016 and related topics.

NOTE:  For an existing installation, running Incremental Repository Merge is required after performing a migration installation for Siebel Innovation Pack 2016. For more information, see About Database Updates for the Current Release. Other requirements apply. See also Additional Tasks for Migration Installations.

Table 26 lists the major Siebel CRM installable modules for Siebel CRM version 16.0 and shows which installation methods are supported in order to install the current release as a new installation or as a migration installation for an existing installation, where applicable. Both new installations and migration installations use the same installers and are one-step installations.

For information about the features and fixes provided in Siebel Business Applications for prior Siebel Innovation Pack and Siebel Fix Pack releases, and about the configuration requirements for those features, see the applicable Siebel Maintenance Release Guide on My Oracle Support. For versions of Siebel Maintenance Release Guide for prior releases, see 880452.1 (Article ID) on My Oracle Support for version 8.1.1.x or see 1441523.1 (Article ID) for version 8.2.2.x. Many of the configuration steps documented for prior Siebel Fix Pack releases are superseded by the Incremental Repository Merge feature. For information about using Incremental Repository Merge, see Siebel Database Upgrade Guide.

Typically, no additional Siebel Configuration Wizard tasks are associated with a migration installation. You would not run the Siebel Configuration Wizard to configure a module that was already configured. However, requirements might vary for a given release, or for using particular functionality. In some cases, you might have to perform a new installation instead of a migration installation or you might need to reconfigure a server after doing a migration installation.

Siebel Patchset releases are provided for the current release, each of which provides several fixes. The fixes are provided on a cumulative basis in each Siebel Patchset release. In some cases, installing a particular Siebel Patchset release might be required or strongly recommended.

In general, this guide does not provide details about installing or uninstalling Siebel Patchset releases. The information in this guide complements the existing documentation for installing the applicable Siebel Patchset release. For more information, see Siebel Patchset Installation Guide for Siebel CRM, 1614310.1 (Article ID) on My Oracle Support.

NOTE:  You must verify the availability, characteristics, and requirements of any future releases, including any Siebel CRM version 16.x releases, that might also be covered by this guide (or updated versions of it) or by other documentation. The installation tasks and requirements for all future releases are subject to change.

Related Books

For the readme documents for individual Siebel Patchset releases, see Siebel Patchset Installation Guide for Siebel CRM, 1614310.1 (Article ID) on My Oracle Support.

For more information about Siebel Patchset releases, see 1600520.1 (Article ID) on My Oracle Support.