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Copying Ancestor Repositories

This task is a step in Process of Meeting the Requirements for an Incremental Upgrade to Siebel Innovation Pack 2016, Using the Incremental Repository Merge. You also perform this task for other repository upgrades.

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 or My Oracle Support. Where these files are made available depends on the type of release.

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.

NOTE:  This guide describes upgrading to Siebel Innovation Pack 2016 (Siebel CRM version 16.0). This release and the associated ancestor repository media are available on Oracle Software Delivery Cloud or My Oracle Support. Use the following procedure to obtain Siebel CRM Version 16.0 Ancestor Repository media.

• For upgrades of Siebel CRM version 15.5 or later to version 16.0 using Incremental Repository Merge:
  • If your repository version is version 15.5, then the ancestor repository version is 15.5 (Siebel Innovation Pack 2015, Patchset 5 or later).
• For upgrades of Siebel CRM version 15.0 to version 16.0 using Incremental Repository Merge:
  • If your repository version is version 15.0, then the ancestor repository version is 15.0 (Siebel Innovation Pack 2015).
• For upgrades of Siebel CRM version 8.1.1.x to version 16.0 using Incremental Repository Merge:
  • If your repository version is version 8.1.1.14, then the ancestor repository version is 8.1.1.14 (Siebel Innovation Pack 2014).
  • If your repository version is version 8.1.1.11, then the ancestor repository version is 8.1.1.11 (Siebel Innovation Pack 2013).
  • If your repository version is version 8.1.1.10, then the ancestor repository version is version 8.1.1.10.
  • If your repository version is anything prior to version 8.1.1.10, then the ancestor repository is version 8.1.1.
• For upgrades of Siebel CRM version 8.2.2.x to version 16.0 using Incremental Repository Merge:
  • If your repository version is version 8.2.2.14, then the ancestor repository version is 8.2.2.14 (Siebel Innovation Pack 2014).
  • If your repository version is version 8.2.2.4, then the ancestor repository version is 8.2.2.4 (Siebel Innovation Pack 2013).
  • If your repository version is version 8.2.2.3, then the ancestor repository version is version 8.2.2.3.
  • If your repository version is anything prior to version 8.2.2.3, then the ancestor repository is version 8.2.2.

To copy the ancestor repositories

1. To download ancestor repositories from Oracle Software Delivery Cloud, do the following:
   1. For Siebel CRM Version 16.0, access the Siebel CRM Version 16.0 Ancestor Repository media, part number V137750-01.
   2. 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 23092685 in the Search box to access the ancestor repository media for Siebel CRM version 16.0.
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 r782.dat, r80.dat, r811.dat, r81110.dat, r82.dat, r821.dat, r822.dat, r8223, r2013.dat, r2014.dat, r150.dat, and r155.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.