The Siebel CRM installation images provide a setup executable, which is located in the root folder of the respective module we wish to install. When we invoke this executable, an installation dialog will guide us through the installation process. During this process, the application's binary files and other files that provide Siebel CRM functionality are extracted from the installation image files to a directory structure on the disk drive.
The setup executables read a text file named siebel.ini
, which contains information such as which programs to launch when the file copy process is complete. In the current Siebel CRM releases for example, the siebel.ini
files are preconfigured to launch the Siebel Software Configuration Wizard immediately after the software files have been extracted.
For the installation of components of the Siebel Enterprise Server on Microsoft Windows-based operating systems, we find the setup.exe
file among others in the Siebel_Enterprise_Server...