Managing service instances

Which service administration tasks you can perform depends on your authorizations.

Tasks that all users can perform:

Tasks that require authorization for the respective service:

Types of services:

There are different types of services with regard to how many instances you can have for a system configuration:

Type Initial number of instances Possible number of instances Creating instances possible?

Optional service None; service template provided 0 or 1 yes

Single instance service 1 1 no

Multiple instance service None; service template provided 0 to n yes

For an optional or a multiple instance service, you must first create the required instances of the service before you can start refresh or customization for it. You can rename and delete service instances for optional and multiple instance services but not the single instances of a single instance service. Sysplex-wide services are always single instance services.