This chapter describes the important database-related issues you need to consider when planning an upgrade to Siebel 7.8. It includes the following topics:

• Important Upgrade Planning Resources
• Best Practices for Doing Your Upgrade
• Planning Your Upgrade
• About Estimating Database Size
• Upgrading Your DB2 Software
• About Multilingual Deployments
• Upgrading to RC2 or AES Encryption
• New Upgrade Features
• About User Interface Changes
• About Upgrading Access Control
• About the Party Model
• About the New Column Added to S_SRC_PAYMENT
• About Database Clustered Indexes
• About Migrating HTML Attachments to Base Tables