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| Last update: Dec 20th, 2010
| Last action: Add DB2 9.7 Certification matrix 
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| This readme state the minimum supported DB2 fixpak with the appropriate Siebel 7 versions that the fixpak applies to. 
| It also gives the latest db2 fixpack available. 
| This covers DB2 fixpaks for Windows, AIX, HP and Solaris (Sun). 
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| Note: The same DB2 fixpak will install on top of both DB2 server products as well as DB2 clients. 
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|     All DB2 pre-V8 FP8 fixpaks can be obtained from 
|     ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes/ 
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|     All DB2 V8FP8 files can be obtained from 
|     ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes2/ 
|     or from the officical DB2 UDB V8 download site 
|     http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/db2/udb/support/downloadv8.html 
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|     DB2 UDB special build for Siebel locations are specified below and are relative to 
|     ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes/english-us/siebel/ 
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|     DB2 special builds for Siebel are located in : 
|           ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes/english-us/siebel/siebel7/DB2V8/<platform>/fpxs 
|     where 
|          <platform>   can be    aix433, aix5, hp, linux32, sun, win32 or win64 
|                   x             is a fixpack number as fp5s, fp3s ... 
|       Example :  in ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes/english-us/siebel/siebel7/DB2V8/win32/fp3s 
|                             we have a special build fp3s on the top of fp3 for win32 platform   
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|     NOTE : BEFORE USING ANY REGULAR FIXPACK (AS FP10 FOR EXAMPLE), YOU SHOULD CHECK IF THERE IS ANY SPECIAL BUILD FOR 
|            SIEBEL (FP10s RESPECTIVELY) ON THE TOP OF THIS PARTICULAR FIXPACK 
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|     The detailed DB2 certified fixpacks with Siebel versions could be found following this URL   
|     ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes/english-us/siebel/siebel7/Siebel7CertifiedFixpaks_tobedeleted.txt 
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|     Always check Siebel SRSP
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|  DB2 UDB LUW Version 7 Certified Fixpaks
|  Siebel Version     Minimum DB2 Supported Fixpak 
|  =============      ============================ 
|  Siebel 7.0.2        FP3sa and up 
|  Siebel 7.5.1        FP5sa and up 
|  Siebel 7.5.2        FP5sc and up 
|  Siebel 7.5.3.x      FP7sa and up 
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|  DB2 UDB LUW Version 8 Certified Fixpaks
|  Siebel Version     Minimum DB2 Supported Fixpak 
|  =============      ============================ 
|  Siebel 7.5.3.x      FP3s and up 
|  Siebel 7.7.x        FP5s and up 
|  Siebel 7.8.x        FP10s and up 
|  Siebel 8.0.x        FP2 and up 
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|  DB2 9.1 LUW Certified Fixpaks
|  Siebel Version     Minimum DB2 Supported Fixpak 
|  =============      ============================ 
|  Siebel 7.5.3.x      FP4 and up  
|  Siebel 7.7.x        FP4 and up  
|  Siebel 7.8.x        FP4 and up  
|  Siebel 8.0.x        FP4 and up  
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|  DB2 9.7 LUW Certified Fixpaks
|  Siebel Version             Minimum DB2 Supported Fixpak 
|  =====================      ============================ 
|  Siebel 8.0.0.9 and up      FP1 and up
|  Siebel 8.1.1.3 and up      FP1 and up
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|  DB2 Connect Version 7 Certified Fixpaks   
|  Siebel Version:    Minimum DB2 Fixpak Supported 
|  =============      ============================ 
|  Siebel 7.0.4        FP5s and up 
|  Siebel 7.0.x        FP9 and up 
|  Siebel 7.5.2        FP7s and up 
|  Siebel 7.5.3.x      FP7sa and up 
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|  DB2 Connect Version 8 Certified Fixpaks   
|  Siebel Version:    Minimum DB2 Fixpak Supported 
|  =============      ============================ 
|  Siebel 7.0.4        FP5 and up 
|  Siebel 7.5.3.x      FP1s and up 
|  Siebel 7.7.x        FP3s and up 
|  Siebel 7.8.x        FP10s and up 
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