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Siebel – License keys don’t work / are invalid

by Nitin Jain

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So, here I am again. After the fabulous solution to enter license key in Siebel by Prachi, I guess I would also just put an icing on the cake!

Okay, Prachi’s post, is valid in case you HAVE the license keys available. What do you do in case you DON’T HAVE the license keys in the first place!!

This is what this post is all about, entering Siebel without a valid license key.

I had this problem once when I was working on Siebel v 7.8. At that time, Siebel 7.8 had been newly launched in the market, and we were having some issues getting all the license keys being made available. It was all tied up in some project politics (not literally, I mean just that the process in the organization was cumbersome) and delays, hampering our project success.

I had the installation of Siebel 7.8 Tools and Client in front of me, and everything was working fine. The problem was, we could only access a few screens for which we had the license. I was however, interested in looking at some of the areas which were unfortunately unavailable since we did not have the appropriate license keys.

Never to be tied down in chains, I tried something which nobody sane would recommend to anybody sane lest they risk to destroy their installations! I did something which I doubt you would get on any other forum or blog, and definitely not on Oracle sponsored websites or links.

I had been working on Siebel 7.7 for a long time then. With an increased focus on Siebel v7.8 and v8.0, I noticed that ORACLE CORP. (R) had reduced its focus on the older versions. So much so, that all inclusive lifelong license keys were now easily available for Siebel v7.7. I was surprised initially, and smiling the next moment!

I entered the very same license (all inclusive) keys of Siebel 7.7 into Siebel 7.8. Guess what, it seemed I had just entered the forbidden world of dwarfs and fairies, with innumerable Siebel screens in front of me in the sitemap, with the entire Siebel functionality exposed even for Siebel 7.8! Now these were lifelong keys of Siebel 7.7 which will never expire, AND are all-inclusive. The same behaviour was carried forward in Siebel 7.8 as well. However, I doubt if it would expose the Siebel 7.8 specific functionality with the 7.7 license keys. Only functionality common to both versions would be exposed, I would guess.

In case you need help on as to how to enter license keys in Siebel, please refer Prachi’s post here. I believe it’s a beautifully written post. We already have 2 more workarounds suggested in the comments there.

Please note that this is my personal solution, and in case you are serious about implementing this, you would be doing so at your own risk. I must say that please read the Disclaimer on this website carefully before implementing this highly insane solution.

I am just waiting to see as to how long it is before ORACLE CORP. (R) finds out about this post! Entering Siebel without having a valid License key, now this is new!!

Cheers

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