About Installing the Latest Monthly Update

Before proceeding to the configuration steps, it is very important that you install the latest Monthly Update. While it is possible to install Updates later, it is possible that an Update could contain bug fixes, repository data, or seed data that would not otherwise be included in your Siebel database. Only the most recent Monthly Update is required for installation, as they are cumulative. For example, if the 18.5 Update is available, it can be installed directly on top of the 17.0 Innovation Pack without the intermediate installation of 17.1, 17.2, 18.4, and so on. To install the Monthly Update, run the installers on the same machines on which you previously ran the base Innovation Pack installers.

Note: If a given base Innovation Pack installer was run more than once, then you must run the Update installers a corresponding number of times. For example, if you run the Siebel Enterprise Server installer to install the Gateway, Siebel Server, and Database, and then run it once more to install the Siebel Application Interface on the same server, then you must run the Update installer twice, directing the installer to each of the ORACLE_HOMEs specified during the installation of the Innovation Pack.