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About Enabled and Disabled Component Groups

An enabled component group, at the enterprise level and server level, is one of the necessary conditions for execution of server component tasks belonging to that component group. For a checklist of other conditions, see Checking Your Enterprise and Siebel Server Configurations. Component groups are enabled and disabled independently at the enterprise and server level.

To enable or disable a component group at the enterprise or server level, it must first be assigned to one or more Siebel Servers. For further information on assigned and unassigned component groups, see About Assigned and Unassigned Component Groups.

When creating a new component group, first assign the component group to the appropriate Siebel Servers before enabling the component group at the enterprise and server levels.

• Enabled. The component group is enabled at the enterprise level. You can then configure the component group run state so tasks can be started for components within the component group.
• Disabled. The component group is disabled at the enterprise level. You cannot configure the component group run state, and tasks cannot be started for components within the component group.

Disabling a component group results in:

• Components that are unavailable on Siebel Servers, therefore, tasks cannot be started (existing tasks run to completion)
• No allocation of space in the shared memory segment for those components when the Siebel Server is restarted

Disable component groups on a particular server if the component group is not planned for immediate deployment but may be deployed in the future. If the component group is not planned for deployment, remove it from a Siebel Server by unassigning the component group, see About Assigned and Unassigned Component Groups for further information.

See the following topics for procedures on enabling and disabling component groups:

• Enabling Component Groups on a Siebel Enterprise Server
• Disabling Component Groups on a Siebel Enterprise Server
• Enabling Component Groups on a Siebel Server
• Disabling Component Groups on a Siebel Server

NOTE:  To reduce unnecessary consumption of resources on a given Siebel Server, it is suggested to unassign or disable component groups that are not intended to operate on that Siebel Server. Also, any component groups that are not specifically intended for a Siebel Server should not be enabled initially on that Siebel Server.