Siebel Concepts：Live mode,Offline mode and Execute mode

■ Live mode. Live mode is the default. In live mode, wizards for configuring Siebel EnterpriseServer components connect directly to the Siebel Gateway Name Server (for products that
also support offline mode).

■ Offline mode. Offline mode saves your configuration into an XML response file, which you
can execute later using execute mode.
In offline mode, you are prompted to save a configuration response file with one of the
following default file names (derived from the model file names):
❏ Siebel Configuration Wizard (Enterprise Configuration) = default_enterprise_console.xml
❏ Siebel Server Configuration Wizard = default_siebel_server.xml
❏ SWSE Configuration Wizard = default_swse_server.xml

■ Execute mode. Execute mode (also referred to as unattended configuration mode) executes
an XML response file you previously saved using offline mode. Running the Configuration
Wizard in execute mode requires you to specify the name of the configuration response file
you are executing. Screens that would normally display are not displayed, because the
applicable data is already stored in the response file.
To run the Configuration Wizard in execute mode, launch it from the command line with the
necessary arguments, as shown in the example in “Procedures for Launching Configuration
Wizards” on page 141. You can also use a Windows shortcut that you created or customized
for this purpose.
To run the wizard in execute mode automatically after unattended installation, you would edit
the product’s siebel.ini file to launch configuration using the specified configuration response
file. For more information, see Chapter 13, “Installing and Configuring in Unattended and
Console Modes.”

NOTE: A response file you save in offline mode does not store the visibility mode. When you
run the Configuration Wizard in execute mode, the visibility mode must be consistent with
the visibility mode used when you generated the response file in offline mode. Enterprise
visibility mode is the default.

From: Siebel Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows
Version 8.0, Rev. A
August 2007