1. Using Siebel Tools
  2. Overview of Exporting and Importing Repositories

Overview of Exporting and Importing Repositories

You can use the Database Configuration Wizard to export or import an entire repository – as detailed in the remainder of this chapter. For information on how to import objects from or export objects to an archive, see Archiving Objects.

Note: Whereas you use the Database Configuration Wizard to export or import entire repositories, you use the database utilities that your RDBMS vendor provides to back up the entire contents of the Siebel database.

For more detailed information about the Database Configuration Wizard, see Siebel Database Upgrade Guide and the Siebel Installation Guide.

Guidelines for Exporting and Importing Repositories

If you use the Database Configuration Wizard to import or export a repository, then it is recommended that you adhere to the following guidelines:

  • Make sure to perform a Full Publish if you modify the repository. Make a backup copy of the repository file in case you want to compare it to the contents of the updated repository. If necessary, you can use this comparison to verify that the import is identical to the backup.

  • Use the database utilities that your RDBMS vendor provides to back up the entire contents of the Siebel database.

  • Use the Migrate option of the Database Configuration Wizard if you customize the source repository. For more information, see Process of Migrating Repositories.

  • If you import a custom repository, then the Database Configuration Wizard will restore all the languages that are part of the predefined repository when you do the import. For example, if you archive repositories weekly, and if your development repository includes ENU and DEU, then the wizard includes ENU and DEU when it imports one of the archived repositories. For more information, see About Predefined Objects.

Supported Character Encoding to Export and Import Repositories

The following table describes the character encoding that Siebel CRM supports when it imports or exports a repository. These databases must use the same Siebel version.

Source Database Target Database

Code Page

Code Page

Unicode

Unicode

Code Page

Unicode

Where the Database Configuration Wizard Saves Log Files

If you export a repository in a Windows or UNIX environment, and if you use the Export Repository option of the Database Configuration Wizard, then this wizard saves log files in following directories:

  • SIEBSRVR_ROOT\log\exprep\output

  • SIEBSRVR_ROOT\log\exprep\state

Exprep is the default process name for the exprep utility. You can modify this value.