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File and Directory Naming Conventions

This topic is part of Planning Your Siebel Deployment.

Use lowercase for all of the file names, directory names, path names, parameters, flags, and command-line commands, unless you are instructed otherwise.

Directory names or file names cannot contain special characters, including periods, apostrophes, accents, number (pound or hash) signs, or ampersands. Underscores are acceptable. Spaces are not allowed for server installs on Windows (though the operating system might otherwise allow it). Spaces are acceptable for Siebel Web Client or Siebel Tools installs (on Windows).

How This Guide Refers to Your Installation Directories

This guide uses the following conventions to refer to the installation directories either created by the installers or to which users navigate to access files and executable programs.

NOTE:  The default installation directories shown in this guide for Siebel Enterprise Server modules, Siebel Application Interface, Siebel Web Clients, and Siebel Tools are those for new installations of the current release, Siebel CRM 17.0. Alternatively, your products might have been installed in different installation directories, such as if you had originally installed them for a prior release.

SIEBEL_ROOT. Generally, this refers to the main directory in which software for each Siebel Enterprise Server module has been installed. The installers for the Siebel Enterprise Server modules install into the top-level directory, such as C:\Siebel, although the directory where you install might be different. Generally, this directory is what SIEBEL_ROOT represents in this guide.

ORACLE_HOME. This refers to the same directory as represented by SIEBEL_ROOT.

SIEBEL_HOME. The installation or root directory for Siebel CRM software in general (such as C:\Siebel), or of a specific module such as Siebel Gateway or Siebel Server (such as C:\Siebel\siebsrvr for Siebel Server), depending on the context. Many scripts contain variables with this name; its meaning is most often derived from the context.

SIEBSRVR_ROOT. The installation or root directory for Siebel Server, such as C:\Siebel\siebsrvr.

SIEBEL_GATEWAY_ROOT. The installation or root directory for Siebel Gateway, such as C:\Siebel\gtwysrvr.

DBSRVR_ROOT. The directory into which you install Siebel Database Configuration Utilities (also called the Siebel Database Server), such as C:\Siebel\dbsrvr (on a Siebel Server computer).

SIEBEL_AI_ROOT. The directory into which you install Siebel Application Interface, such as C:\Siebel_AI.

SIEBEL_CLIENT_ROOT. The directory into which you install Siebel Mobile Web Client or Siebel Developer Web Client, such as C:\Siebel\Client or a similar location.

SIEBEL_TOOLS_ROOT. The directory into which you install Siebel Tools, such as C:\Siebel\Tools or a similar location.