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About Starting Siebel Server Components

When a component group is enabled, all of the server components within the component group are started and assigned to the Siebel Servers. The Siebel Servers are configured to use the component group provided that the server components are configured to start automatically. If the server components are not configured to start automatically, then you must start them manually.

You determine the state of a server component by viewing the value that appears in the State field for a component. This field is available, for example, when you choose Administration - Server Management, then Enterprises. The State field for a component can have one of the following possible values:

• Running. The server component is online and accepting requests, and at least one task is running.
• Online. The server component is online and awaiting a request.
  • For a multithreaded component, if the number of active running processes are greater than the value of the parameter MinMTServers, and no tasks are running for the component, then the state is Online.
  • For a background mode component, if the number of active running processes is less than the value of the parameter DfltTasks, and no tasks are running for the component, then the state is Online.
• Not Online. The server component is not online. After the Siebel Server is restarted, this component state might occur temporarily before the component's state becomes Online. If the status Not Online persists, then an error is preventing the component from becoming online. Check the component log and fix the error to let the component state become Online again.
• Partially Offline. The server component is partially offline and cannot start until the Siebel Server is restarted.
  • For a multithreaded component, if the number of active running processes is less than the value of the parameter MinMTServers, then the state is Partially Offline.
  • For a background mode component, if the number of active running processes is less than the value of the parameter DfltTasks, then the state is Partially Offline.
• Unavailable. The server component is unavailable.
• Paused. The server component is online but is not accepting new requests.
• Shutting down. The server component is shutting down and cannot accept new requests. At least one task is still running.
• Shutdown. The server component is shut down.

Related Topics

Automatically Starting a Component on a Siebel Server

Manually Starting or Disabling a Component on a Siebel Server