Unable to Initialize and Synchronize Siebel local db 8.1

Today I was trying to initialize local DB with server and getting Unknown Hostname error.

I have followed below steps:

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• Rename DBF name
• Run tools.exe and got error message (No Local Database found. You want to synchronize.)
• Click on Yes

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After that, I was getting error of Unknown Hostname.

Solution:

Error message shows that something wrong in CFG file, so after googling I found that below entries needs to be done in tools.cfg file.

[InfraObjMgr]
RequestServerName = Server hostname
[Local]
DockConnString = Server hostname
Server hostname is hostname of the machine where siebsrvr is installed

This works for me, it might help someone else.

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