Managing Temporary Disk Space Required by Siebel Installers and Wizards

This task is part of Planning Your Siebel Deployment.

The Siebel CRM installer and other programs all require the use of temporary disk space while operating. Disk space required varies by operating system. The location of temporary directories is specified using the TEMP and TMP environment variables. Set these variables the same: to a valid existing directory that contains adequate space.

It is recommended that you periodically clear out the temporary directory that you are using. You might have to do this as part of resolving installer or wizard problems.

On Microsoft Windows, the temporary directory used by default is C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Temp.

The minimum disk space figures provided in this topic are general guidelines only. The specific amount of temporary disk space needed by a particular installation operation varies. If there is insufficient disk space, then the installer will notify you that more disk space is needed.

Caution: (Windows) A nondefault temporary directory name that you specify must not include spaces, in order to avoid problems associated with how Microsoft Windows handles long path names. Installers or wizards might fail if this problem is encountered.

The user running the installer or wizard must have privileges that include write permission for the temporary directory.

The following shows the minimum disk space required by Siebel installers and wizards (by operating system), along with the default temporary directory locations.

Operating System	Minimum Required Space	Default Location
Windows	65 to 100 MB	System drive (usually C:)
AIX	200 MB	/tmp
HP-UX	240 MB	/var/tmp
Linux	200 MB	Home directory for user
Oracle Solaris	115 MB	/var/tmp

To verify the name of your temporary directory

• From a DOS command prompt, enter the commands set temp and set tmp.