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Starting the Siebel Database Configuration Wizard

Use the following procedure to start the Siebel Database Configuration Wizard. You start the wizard by using a Windows shortcut or from the command line. For UNIX-based procedures, see Siebel Installation Guide for UNIX.

Starting the Siebel Database Configuration Wizard Using a Windows Shortcut

Use the following procedure to start the Siebel Database Configuration Wizard by using a Windows shortcut.

To start the Siebel Database Configuration Wizard using a Windows shortcut

1. On a computer where you installed Siebel Enterprise Server software, choose Start, All Programs, Siebel Enterprise Server 17.0, and then Database Server Configuration.

   Go to Step 2.

2. Respond to each prompt in the Database Configuration Wizard, then click Next to go to the next screen, or to complete the configuration.

   See Installing the Siebel Database.

   NOTE:  You can click Cancel to exit the Database Configuration Wizard before you complete the configuration.

   After you specify or confirm all of your selections, the summary screen appears.

3. In the summary screen, do one of the following:
   • Click Next again to complete the configuration. Go to the next step.
   • Optionally, save a response file in this screen, to use in an unattended configuration, then click Cancel to exit the Database Configuration Wizard without completing configuration.
4. After configuration is complete, click Exit to exit the Database Configuration Wizard.

   To help you to verify that the configuration completed successfully, the log file is referenced at the end of the configuration task.

Starting the Siebel Database Configuration Wizard at the Command Line

Use the following procedure to start the Siebel Database Configuration Wizard at the command line.

To start the Siebel Database Configuration Wizard at the command line

1. Open a DOS command window.
2. Navigate to the config subdirectory within your SIEBEL_ROOT directory. For Siebel CRM version 17.0:

   Navigate to a directory like the following, on the Siebel Server computer: C:\Siebel\config.

   To start the Database Configuration Wizard to configure in GUI mode, go to the next step. Use the same commands if you are generating a response file for unattended configuration. To perform an unattended configuration, go to Step 4.

3. Enter a command similar to the following to start the Database Configuration Wizard:

   install_path\config\config.bat -mode dbsrvr

   In this command, install_path is the installation path for the installed Siebel module, such as:

   C:\Siebel\config\config.bat -mode dbsrvr

   Additional command-line options that you can use are:

   • -skipValidation. Specifies that no validation should be performed of user input. You can use this flag when saving a response file for an unattended configuration, or when previewing wizard screens.
   • -verbose. Specifies that more details should be included in configuration log files.

     For an unattended configuration, go to the next step. Otherwise, go to Step 5.

4. For an unattended configuration, you save and later execute a response file for configuring the Siebel database. Do one of the following:
   • If you are generating a response file, then go to Step 5 and continue the configuration process. In the summary screen, choose the option to save a configuration file, then cancel the Database Configuration Wizard. Then, to perform the unattended configuration of the same component, restart the wizard as described in the next paragraph.
   • If you are executing a response file that you saved in a previous configuration session, then start the wizard using the -responseFile option, specifying the name of the response file to execute. Use a command similar to the following:

   install_path\config\config.bat -mode dbsrvr -responseFile file_name

   where:

   • install_path is the installation path for the installed Siebel module (see examples in Step 3)
   • file_name is the name of the response file that you are executing

     NOTE:  For a command like this, the response file would have been saved in a previous configuration session. In unattended mode, wizard screens that would normally display are not displayed, because the applicable data is already stored in the response file.

     If you are generating a response file, then go to the next step. If you are executing a response file, then the Database Configuration Wizard runs in unattended mode and completes configuration.

5. Respond to each prompt in the Database Configuration Wizard, then click Next to go to the next screen or to complete the configuration.

   See Installing the Siebel Database.

   NOTE:  You can click Cancel to exit the Database Configuration Wizard before you complete the configuration.

   After you specify or confirm all of your selections, the summary screen appears.

6. In the summary screen, do one of the following:
   • Click Next again to complete the configuration. Go to the next step.
   • Optionally, save a response file in this screen, to use in an unattended configuration, then click Cancel to exit the Database Configuration Wizard without completing configuration.
7. After configuration is complete, click Exit to exit the Database Configuration Wizard.

   To help you to verify that the configuration completed successfully, the log file is referenced at the end of the configuration task.