Rejoice!! You can now download Oracle VM templates for Siebel.
Click here edelivery - and look under Under Oracle VM templates.
What is it?
Two Oracle VM templates.
One is the Oracle Database configured with the Siebel 8 schema.
The other comprises the Siebel Application server, gateway server web server.
It's all running on Oracle software (Oracle Enterprise Linux, Oracle HTTP web server, Oracle 11G).
What do you have to do?
Download and unzip the files.
Spend about 30 minutes setting up the Oracle VM templates to work on your network/domain.
Then start Siebel - as it ships out of the box - but without the boring stuff (i.e. install and reading manuals).
What is the point
Well, beyond the obvious benefit - of getting your Siebel instance up and running in less time than it takes to order / deliver pizza - here are some of the benefits that you can enjoy through the use of Oracle VM :
a) you cut energy costs (electricity, oil, steam - whatever you power your data center on) through virtualisation - you can share the same hardware for multiple purposes - fire up a Siebel instance on demand ....
b) you cut water costs - because you are using less hardware and need less water to cool your servers
c) you cut your real estate costs (less hardware = less floor space)
need I go on?
In short, leveraging Virtualisation has, at a macro level, a greater impact on TCO than any one feature that we could build into any product. Period.
So if you are interested in Siebel 8, Siebel on Oracle Enterprise Linux, looking at an Enterprise class application running on Oracle 11G - stop reading this blog and get yourself to edelivery......
