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Administering Siebel Server Tasks

To stop, pause, or resume Siebel Server tasks, use the Server Tasks view as shown in Figure 22. To start a Siebel Server task, see Component Request Administration. To change the task status using the command-line interface, see Task Management Commands.

Figure 22. Administering Siebel Server Tasks

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To stop a running task

  1. Navigate to the Siebel Servers screen.
  2. Click the Server Tasks view tab.
  3. In the Siebel Servers list, select the Siebel Server on which the task is running.
  4. In the Server Tasks list, select the running task you want to stop.
  5. Click the menu button and then Stop Task.

NOTE:  It is preferable to stop the individual tasks for a given component rather than shutting down the server component.

To kill a running task

  1. Navigate to the Siebel Servers screen.
  2. Click the Server Tasks view tab.
  3. In the Siebel Servers list, select the Siebel Server on which the task is running.
  4. In the Server Tasks list, select the running task you want to stop.
  5. Click the menu button and then Stop Task three times in succession.

Siebel Server tasks can only be paused for certain component types. Table 8 lists the component types and the predefined components that have this feature.

Table 8. Pausable Component Types
Component Types
Predefined Component
Predefined Component Alias
MailMgr
E-mail Manager
MailMgr
MktgSrvr
Marketing Server
MktgSrvr
PageMgr
Page Manager
PageMgr
ReqBroker
Server Request Broker
SRBroker
SRProc
Server Request Processor
SRProc
ServerMgr
Server Manager
ServerMgr
TxnMerge
Transaction Merger
TxnMerge
TxnProc
Transaction Processor
TxnProc
TxnRoute
Transaction Router
TxnRoute
WorkActn
Workflow Action Agent
WorkActn
WorkMon
Workflow Monitor Agent
WorkMon

To pause a running task

  1. Navigate to the Siebel Servers screen.
  2. Click the Server Tasks view tab.
  3. In the Siebel Servers list, select the Siebel Server on which the task is running.
  4. In the Server Tasks list, select the running task you want to pause.
  5. Click the menu button and then Pause Task.

To resume a paused task

  1. Navigate to the Siebel Servers screen.
  2. Click the Server Tasks view tab.
  3. In the Siebel Servers list, select the Siebel Server on which the task is paused.
  4. In the Server Tasks list, select the paused task you want to resume.
  5. Click the menu button and then Resume Task.

 Siebel Server Administration Guide, Version 7.5, Rev. C 
 Published: 18 April 2003