Controlling the Order of Upgrade Kit Installation

Usually, when you distribute upgrades to a configuration requiring several related components, the order in which upgrade kits are installed is undefined. If you must control the installation order of upgrade kits, then you can do this by making one upgrade kit dependent upon another. If this is the case, then do not use the Upgrade Kit Wizard to activate the upgrade kit.

An example of this type of situation is when you have one Siebel Repository Export Import upgrade kit (Upgrade Kit 1) and another Siebel Client Customer Revisions upgrade kit (Upgrade Kit 2), and you need Upgrade Kit 1 to be installed first.

To set the order of upgrade kit installation

Navigate to the Administration - Siebel Anywhere screen, then the Upgrade Kits view.

The Upgrade Kits list appears.
In the Upgrade Kits list, select the upgrade kit that you need installed second (for example, Upgrade Kit 2, the Siebel Client Customer Revisions upgrade kit).
If the upgrade kit is already activated, then perform one of the following actions:
- Manually set the status to Pending.
- Deactivate the upgrade kit, which changes the status to Pending.
In the Upgrade Kit Component list (lower list in the same view), make sure that the upgrade kit to be installed second is still selected in the Upgrade Kits list, and then click New.

The Upgrade Components dialog box appears.
Select the component Upgrade Kit 1 upgrades; for example, Siebel Client Repository__language-code.
In the new record, set the Min Old Version to the New Version of the upgrade kit (the Siebel Repository Export Import upgrade kit).
Click to activate the Upgrade Kits applet.
Select the upgrade kit that you need installed second again and click Activate.

This procedure forces first the installation of Upgrade Kit 1 (Siebel Repository Export Import upgrade kit), followed by Upgrade Kit 2 (Siebel Client Customer Revisions upgrade kit). This interlinked series can be extended to three or more upgrade kits.