1. Database Upgrade Guide
  2. Preparing Siebel Tools for Custom ODBC Data Source Names for All Databases

Preparing Siebel Tools for Custom ODBC Data Source Names for All Databases

If you create a custom ODBC data source name instead of using the default ODBC data source name, then you must perform the following modifications to enable Siebel Tools for the incremental repository merge.

This task is a step in Process of Meeting Requirements for an Incremental Repository Merge.

To prepare Siebel Tools for a custom ODBC data source name for all databases

  1. Navigate to the $SIEBEL_HOME\bin\<primary_lang_code> directory, where <primary_lang_code> is the language code for the primary language, and open tools.cfg.

  2. In the [Siebel] section of the .cfg file, do the following:

    1. Change the ServerDbODBCDataSource parameter from the default value to your custom ODBC name.

    2. (For Microsoft SQL Server and IBM DB2 only) In the [ServerDataSrc] section, change the Connect String parameter from the default value to your custom ODBC name.