Initializing the Regional Database from the Administrative Interface

You can initialize the regional database from the administrative interface.

To initialize the regional database from the administrative interface

1. Make sure your environment meets the requirements for running the Regional Database Initialization program.

   For more information, see Requirements for Running the Regional Database Initialization Program.

2. On the regional server, stop the Siebel Server.

   You run the srvrinit command on the regional server. You must stop only the Siebel Server. Do not stop the Siebel Gateway.

3. Open a command line on the regional server.

4. If the regional server runs on Windows, then navigate to the SIEBEL_ROOT folder, and then run the siebenv.bat batch file, where SIEBEL_ROOT is the folder where you installed the Siebel Server.

   The siebenv.bat batch file sets the environment variables that srvrinit.exe requires. Make sure you run siebenv.bat in the same command shell where you run srvrinit.exe.

5. Navigate to the SIEBSRVR_ROOT/bin folder.

6. Run the srvrinit program:

   • In Windows, the Regional Database Initialization program is named srvrinit.exe. You must run srvrinit.exe from the DOS command prompt in the same window where you run siebenv.bat in Step 4.

   • In UNIX, the Regional Database Initialization program is named srvrinit. You must run srvrinit from the command line interface.

     The srvrinit program runs the Regional Database Initialization program and displays the Regional Database Initialization dialog box.

7. In the Siebel Remote Parameters fields, specify the values for each of the parameters that the regional server uses to connect to the parent node.

   For more information, see Parameters of the Regional Database Initialization Program.

8. In the Regional Database Parameters fields, specify the values for each of the parameters that the regional server uses to connect to the regional database.

   For more information, see Parameters of the Regional Database Initialization Program.

9. Click the following item:

   Start Initialization

   The Siebel Upgrade Wizard starts automatically and completes the work that Replication Manager requires to initialize the regional database. If a dialog box does not display while the utility runs, then something is wrong. If this situation occurs, or if the wizard fails, then see Recovering from a Failure While Initializing a Regional Database. For more information, see Error Messages That You Can Ignore.

10. Wait for the initialization to finish.

11. Enable the required server components, such as Siebel Remote and the required object managers.

    For more information, see Administering Server Components for Siebel Remote. For information about enabling object managers and other components, see Siebel System Administration Guide.

12. Install the Siebel Application Interface, and then configure it using Siebel Management Console.

13. If necessary, create user accounts.

    Srvrinit does not create user accounts. You must create users for database accounts for all users who access the regional node.