About Upgrading Your RDBMS in the Siebel Environment

Environments: Development, Test and Production.

If your currently installed RDBMS version is not supported in the new release, then you must upgrade your RDBMS before performing the Siebel database upgrade. For information on supported RDBMS versions, see the Certifications tab on My Oracle Support.

If your currently installed RDBMS version is supported in the new release, and you plan to upgrade your RDBMS, then you can do so before or after upgrading your Siebel database.

The following guidelines and requirements are for planning your RDBMS upgrade.

Note: When you upgrade the RDBMS, also be sure to upgrade your client database connectivity software. See the Certifications tab on My Oracle Support.