Perform Preupgrade Tasks for the Siebel Database

These steps apply to all database types.

  1. Review guidelines for configuring the RDBMS. See the Siebel Installation Guide.

  2. Verify that the Workflow Monitor and Workflow action agents have processed all pending requests.

  3. Stop the Siebel Servers.

  4. Verify that the Siebel Gateway is still running.

  5. Stop all other Siebel Servers.

  6. Close all database connections. The only open connection must be the account performing the upgrade.

  7. Perform the tasks in Preparing for Siebel Database Upgrade