Part4: Patching Siebel 8.1.1.10 Client

This step is the  last and simplest step of the Siebel installation.The only two point to make sure in this step are:
Select the right oracle home for patching, by default it create another oracle home and might not complete as installation file does not contain all the data.
Second verify Summary which is shown just before installation,  it should read as below.

See the complete list of steps : Installing Siebel 8.1.1.10 on Windows 8

Part 3:Installing Siebel 8.1.1 Client on Windows 8

After downloading the jar files and creating Siebel Install Image, task that remains is to install Siebel 8.1.1 Tools and client and patching  with 8.1.1.10. There are only few hiccups with this installation.

Pre-Installation steps:

1. Create Siebel folder, and share this folder with every user with full access. - although it is not required but it helps to avoid file write errors.

2. Change oui.exe comapatibility setting to run it in Windows XP(Service Pack 3) mode.

Installation steps:

1. Run oui.exe and select Run as administrator option, select the folder created for installation.

2. Installer might report some warnings as part of Pre-requisite checks, check the flags to skip them.

3. Select Developer web client in next prompt.

4. After this step, installer asks for parameters for server configuration, which is used for server management screens of the application. These parameters are not required to populate now, one can safely skip to next steps keeping the “CHANGE_ME” value.

5. In final step installer displays all your inputs to confirm your responses, and provide option to install.

6. To install Active X, installer opens up the internet explorer, if installation of Active X fails, installation can get corrupted and you can get the following error, to avoid this error click allow button on ie for installation of active x and close the browser when requested.

Errors you might face:

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siebel

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SSACommonDllInit failed for enu(SBL-GEN-02505)

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OK  

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Steps to download Siebel Tools 8.1.1.0

Part 2: Creating Siebel Install Image

This article is Second in series of How to Install Siebel 8.1.1.10 on Windows 8.

It explain how to create Siebel Install Images on Windows 8 using files downloaded in Part 2: Download Siebel Jar files from Oracle
Before proceeding with installation make sure you are logged in using administrator user, and latest JRE is installed if not please use: Java.com

Download Java

After installing JRE,  follow these steps in sequence.
Point to be noted:

1. Full install image need to be created for Siebel 8.1.1  
2. Patch Image need to be created for Siebel 8.1.1.10
3. Siebel Image creator will need to be run in console mode for 8.1.1 (only 8.1.1.10 image creation is shown below).

Part 1: Download Siebel Jar files from Oracle

This article is First in series of steps to Install Siebel 8.1.1.10 on Windows 8.

It explain which files to download from Oracle Software Delivery Cloud for installation of Siebel 8.1.1.10
As explained earlier to install Siebel 8.1.1.10 we need to download binaries for version 8.1.1 also.

Siebel 8.1.1 installation downloads required:

Siebel Business Applications Version 8.1.1.0 Siebel Client(Part 1 of 2)

Siebel Business Applications Version 8.1.1.0 Siebel Client(Part 2 of 2)

Siebel Business Applications Version 8.1.1.0 Siebel Client Part 2 (Part 1 of 2)

Siebel Business Applications Version 8.1.1.0 Siebel Client Part 2 (Part 2 of 2)
Siebel Business Applications Version 8.1.1.0 Siebel Tools
Siebel Business Applications Version 8.1.1.0 ImageCreator Files

Siebel 8.1.1.10 installation downloads required:

Siebel Industry Applications Version 8.1.1.10 Siebel Client

Siebel Industry Applications Version 8.1.1.10 Siebel Tools

Siebel Business Applications Version 8.1.1.10 Sample Database Files

Siebel Business Applications Version 8.1.1.10 ImageCreator Files

These files in total are around 10 GB, luckily Oracle software delivery cloud allows opening multiple connections for downloading files. I was able to download @ 2Mbps using Free download manager, otherwise download speed drops soon after reaching 20%.

I highly recommend to use Free Download Manager to manage Siebel downloads.

http://download.cnet.com/Free-Download-Manager/3000-2071_4-10301621.html 

Next in series: Creating Siebel Installation Image for Siebel 8.1.1.10 and Siebel 8.1.1.0

Installing Siebel 8.1.1.10 on Windows 8

Installing Siebel Tools and Web Client can be very daunting sometimes, especially when you trying to install  a new Version of Siebel on a new operating system. I spent many weeks to get my Siebel 8.1.1.10 (technically ver 8.1.1.10.0) self learning environment on Windows 8 and as expected process was difficult.

Every step in installing there was some sort of issue, I have created list of issues I found and the work around. I have divided steps into posts:

Downloading Siebel Jar file from Oracle
Creating Siebel Install Image
Installing Siebel 8.1.1
Patching Siebel 8.1.1.10

Before proceeding with the steps please be informed about following: 

1. Siebel 8.1.1.10 Tools and Client can not be installed at directly, you will have to install Siebel 8.1.1 first and then create patch-set to install Siebel 8.1.1.10. However it is possible to create single Siebel 8.1.1.10 Server installation image.
2. You should have administrator privileges and have the latest version of JRE from java.com
3. You would need oracle accoun to access and download all the files from  Oracle Software Delivery Cloud  required for Siebel 8.1.1 and Siebel 8.1.1.10

Disclaimer: Windows 8 is not supported/recommended platform for Siebel, please use solutions provided at your own discretion.