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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 17.0 (Siebel Innovation Pack 2017). This book describes the tasks and requirements that apply for the current release.

An innovation pack release always 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 to update 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 Gateway, Siebel Server, Database Configuration Utilities, Siebel Application Interface, 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 2017 and related topics.

NOTE:  For an existing installation, running Incremental Repository Merge is required after performing a migration installation for Siebel Innovation Pack 2017. For more information, see About Database Updates for the Current Release. Other requirements apply. See also Additional Tasks for Migration Installations.

Table 20 lists the major Siebel CRM installable modules for Siebel CRM version 17.0 and shows which installation methods are supported in order to install the current release. Both new installations and migration installations use the same installers.

Siebel Patchset releases are provided for the current Siebel Innovation Pack 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.

Typically, no additional Siebel application configuration tasks are associated with a migration installation. You would not have to run the Siebel Management Console (successor to Siebel Configuration Wizards) to configure a module that was already configured. However, requirements vary for different release, or for using particular functionality. In some cases, for example, you might need to reconfigure a server module after doing a migration installation. In Siebel CRM version 17.0, you must configure the Siebel Application Interface after performing migration installations.

NOTE:  You must verify the availability, characteristics, and requirements of any future releases, including any Siebel CRM version 17.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 Siebel Installation Guides for prior releases, see My Oracle Support, at 1461732.1 (Article ID).

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.

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.