Determining the Locations for the Siebel Media Files and the Siebel Image

It is recommended that you download or copy all of the Siebel media files to a central location on your network where you have sufficient disk space. This might or might not be the same location where you create your Siebel image. For example, for Siebel CRM 22.x releases, you might create the top-level directory Siebel_media_22.x to store all of the Siebel CRM files. Then create additional directories, like the following examples for Siebel CRM 22.7:

  • Create a subdirectory Siebel_ZIP_22.7, in which to store the Siebel CRM download ZIP files. Do not combine files for different operating systems or releases in the same directory.

  • Create another subdirectory, Siebel_image_22.7, a version-specific Siebel CRM directory that will be the location of the Siebel image.

In this example, you copy the ZIP files into the Siebel image directory and then extract the contents, which represent the Siebel image for the installable Siebel CRM modules. For more information about creating the Siebel installation image, see Creating a Siebel Installation Image.

Your directories for the ZIP files and the Siebel image might be as shown in the following table. For other Siebel CRM releases, substitute the appropriate version numbers or create similar directories.

Directory Function Example Directory Locations Comments

ZIP files directory


(Windows) C:\Siebel_media_22.x\Siebel_ZIP_22.7
(UNIX) /Siebel_media_22.x/Siebel_ZIP_22.7

Create a version-specific subdirectory like this example to contain the ZIP files that you obtain from Oracle for Siebel CRM.

Siebel image directory


(Windows) C:\Siebel_media_22.x\Siebel_image_22.7
(UNIX) /Siebel_media_22.x/Siebel_image_22.7

Create a version-specific subdirectory like this example to contain the Siebel image for each release. You run the Siebel CRM installer from this location.

Note: After you create the Siebel image in a central location, you can optionally copy the entire version-specific Siebel image to a computer where you will install the software. Doing so can improve performance during the installation, particularly for installations of Siebel Enterprise Components. For additional recommendations or requirements for installers, see Oracle Universal Installer documentation on Oracle Technology Network. See also Requirements for Installing and Configuring Siebel CRM.