Creating a New Server Instance

Before creating a new server instance, perform the following checks:

1. Check whether you have created a configuration. Creating a new server instance needs an existing instance configuration to be specified. Create a Configuration, if you have not created already. See Creating Server Configuration.

2. Check if all the available nodes in the Server Farm already have an instance of the required configuration. You cant create duplicate instances.

Create a new server instance by performing the following tasks:

1. Click theConfiguration tab and select New Instance from the action list.

2. In the New Instance Wizard page, select the configuration for which you need to create an instance and click the Next button.

3. Select the nodes on which instances of the previously selected configuration [Step 2] should exist. Select the checkbox to enable the SMF (Service Management Facility) and click the Next button.

4. View the summary of your selection. Click the Next button to view the result of the operation.