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What is instance ?

Former Member
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Hi Guys,

This is my first post in this forum. I ama beginner in XI. I am in the early stage and I come across the word instance a lot. What exactly is meant by that? What is an instance ? Wht is the difference between instance and machine ?

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vijay_b4
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HI Midhun,

An SAP instance defines a group of resources such as memory, work processes and so on, usually in support of a single application server or database server within a client/server environment. Application servers share the same memory areas and are controlled by the same dispatcher process.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/c4/3a5e90505211d189550000e829fbbd/frameset.htm

it often means flow instance (like BPM instance)

it means exactly one BPM flow

let's say we have one BPM - ordersend

and you send two message via it

one with order 555

one with order 666

it will create two flow instances - one for 555 and one for 666

See the bellow links it will help you to solve your problem

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/b8d8f7b2-0701-0010-b09a-cda4cca2...

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005vp/helpdata/en/00/99497332ae4293890658b68ba43cb2/frameset.htm

If you only want to create a new instance definition for one application server, it is useful to copy the instance definition for the server. Assigning an instance definition to an operation mode makes it part of the operation mode. As a result, you can switch the instance, see if it is inactive and start and stop it using the control panel (Transaction RZ03).

Prerequisites

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/c4/3a6143505211d189550000e829fbbd/frameset.htm

Reward points if this helps

Regards

Vani.

Former Member
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Thanks Vani for your time.

That was really helpful

Regards

Midhun

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vijay_b4
Active Contributor
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Hi Midhun,

You are welcome.

Regards

Vani.