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Oracle Siebel CRM 8 Installation and Management

By : Alexander Hansal
Book Image

Oracle Siebel CRM 8 Installation and Management

By: Alexander Hansal

Overview of this book

Oracle’s Siebel CRM is market-leading Customer Relationship Management software. Unmatched in functionality and scalability, Siebel enhances a company’s sales performance, improves customer satisfaction, and provides a robust Customer Relationship Management system for an organization.This practical book offers a comprehensive understanding of Siebel CRM. It is your safe vessel for navigating the deep waters of Siebel installation and system management.This book is a complete exercise in installing and managing Oracle’s Siebel CRM for your organization. You will understand the Siebel architecture and install it piece by piece. In easy-to-follow chapters, the book will guide you through the installation of Siebel server, client and third-party reporting software on Microsoft Windows and Linux, covering everything from the planning the process and software download to the installation and configuration tasks.After reading this book, you will feel fully prepared for setting up multiple servers and multi-lingual configurations. This book fosters your general understanding of the intricate features and functionality of Oracle Siebel CRM. In addition, you will learn how to support development environments and how to migrate configuration changes between environments using Application Deployment Manager.Another benefit of this book is that it teaches administrators how to establish system monitoring strategies to identify and avoid performance bottlenecks. When you have finished the book, you will feel prepared to install and manage Oracle’s Siebel CRM in a real-world environment. In addition, you will know some tricks that even seasoned experts will envy.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
Oracle Siebel CRM 8 Installation and Management
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Introducing the Siebel Web Architecture
Index

Downloading the Siebel installation archives


We have discussed the preliminary steps for the installation of a Siebel CRM demonstration system. Now, it is time to download the Siebel installation files from the Oracle E-Delivery website (http://edelivery.oracle.com).

When we first use Oracle E-Delivery, we must register with our full name, company name, E-mail address, and country information. A new registration is processed by Oracle in typically a day.

Also, we must ensure that we read and agree to the licensing information. Software downloaded from Oracle E-Delivery must either be licensed or is made available for a limited 30 day trial period.

Once we have successfully filled in the Export Validation Form, we enter the search screen of Oracle E-Delivery. The following screenshot shows the search results for the Siebel CRM product pack on the Microsoft Windows (32-bit) platform:

We can also use the License List link in the instructions section to conduct a search for the correct product...